Buffy The Vampire Slayer

3. BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER

Believe it or not, kids, before Lost, Emmy didn’t always understand shows with fanciful premises. —Alynda Wheat

22. SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Can you believe it!? The closest this classic ever got to a major nomination was a writing nod for the genius Joss Whedon (and the poor guy didn’t even win). But if there was one person that deserved that little golden angel it was Gellar (duh), who played Buffy Summers as a high school girl all high school kids could relate to. Sure, the goths may have claimed her, but Buffy blurred the lines of cliques and social circles and played into a fantasy any high schooler would envy: superpowers + important mission in life. —Loren Lankford