From what I've heard and read, both CoE and Miracle Day were written as original scripts, but because nobody wanted to make them as TV shows or movies, RTD recycled them as Torchwood scripts. He must have made minimal changes because everyone was acting out of character during Children of Earth and the strongest scenes had nothing to do with Torchwood. I hated it. Everything I liked about Torchwood - the Cardiff setting, the Hub, the SUV, most of the cast, the Rift, the Weevils - was ditched, the action moved to London and the plot was idiotic, particularly when set in the Whonivers. More than seven years on, I still feel betrayed because of the outright lies we were told about how much we'd love the developments in the Jack/Ianto relationship. >=[

I still enjoy both Buffy and Angel. I'll never watch CoE again, but despite Gwen being annoying, I still like the first two seasons of Torchwood. I completely refuse to watch Miracle Day at all, though I read synopses of the episodes. The whole thing sounded awful. Buffy and Angel stand the test of time. CoE and Miracle Day never will.

I've seen some episodes of Charmed recently, but it hasn't aged well. Then again, I've been watching re-runs of MacGyver too and so much of that is laughable, particularly the female characters and attitudes towards women, and the oh so outdated technology. The computers may have been state-of-the-art back then (my boyfriend had something similar) but nowadays, looking at them... ROFLMAO!