Editing Angel (1999 TV series) (section)

===Executive producers===
[[Joss Whedon]] is credited as executive producer throughout the run of the series.<ref name="whedonimdb">Various authors, "[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0923736/ Joss Whedon]", ''Internet Movie Database'' (updated 2006).</ref> Alongside ''Angel'', he was also working on a series of other projects such as ''Buffy'', ''[[Fray (comic)|Fray]]'', ''[[Astonishing X-Men]]'' and ''[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'', which would later also lead to the film ''[[Serenity (2005 film)|Serenity]]''.<ref name="whedonimdb" />

For the first three seasons, David Greenwalt, who co-created the series with Whedon, was also credited as executive producer;<ref>Various authors, "[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0339264/ David Greenwalt]", ''Internet Movie Database'' (updated 2006).</ref> during this time, he also took on the role of [[show runner]]. He left to oversee ''[[Miracles (TV series)|Miracles]]'', but continued to work on ''Angel'' as a consulting producer for the final two seasons. [[Tim Minear]] also served as an executive producer during the second season, contributing heavily to the season's story arc. At the start of the fourth season, [[David Simkins]] was made showrunner and executive producer, but after three months, he left the show due to "creative differences" and is not credited in any episodes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whedon.info/A-Brief-History-of-Mutant-Enemy.html|title=A Brief History of Mutant Enemy|work=Whedon.info|date=May 24, 2004|access-date=August 9, 2010}}</ref> Established ''Angel'' writer [[Jeffrey Jackson Bell|Jeffrey Bell]] took over for the balance of season 4 and became executive producer for season 5. After ''Buffy'' concluded, writer [[David Fury]] joined the staff as executive producer for the final season.

[[Fran Rubel Kuzui]] and her husband, [[Kaz Kuzui]], were also credited as executive producers throughout ''Angel'',<ref>Various authors, "[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0476900/ Fran Kuzui]" and "[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0476901/ Kaz Kuzui]", ''Internet Movie Database'' (updated 2006).</ref> but were not involved in any writing or production for the show. Jeffrey Bell mentions in his DVD commentary during the closing credits of the ''Angel'' series finale "[[Not Fade Away (Angel episode)|Not Fade Away]]" that two people were credited and paid for ''Angel'' without needing to ever step on the set.<ref>''Angel Complete Fifth Series'' DVD Boxset.</ref> ''Angel'' crew member Dan Kerns also revealed in an essay that two executive producers "received credit and sizeable checks for the duration of ''Buffy'' and ''Angel'' for doing absolutely nothing".<ref>Kerns, Dan, "Angel by the Numbers", from Yeffeth, Gareth (editor), ''[[Five Seasons of "Angel"]]'', ''Benbella''(October 2004), p25.</ref> Their credit, rights and royalties for the whole ''Buffy'' franchise, which includes spinoff ''Angel'', relate to their funding, producing and directing of the original movie version of ''Buffy''.<ref>See Kerns, Dan, "Angel by the Numbers", from Yeffeth, Gareth (editor), ''Five Seasons of "Angel"'', ''Benbella''(October 2004), p25, and Golden, Christopher, and Holder, Nancy, ''Watcher's Guide Vol. 1''. Simon & Schuster (October 1, 1998), "Gail Berman and Fran Kuzui came to [Whedon] to ask if he wanted to do the TV series" (p241). Also see ''Watcher's Guide Vol. 1'', pp246–249.</ref>