I agree with Ness. You probably won't care too much about Angel by the time his show starts, but he is a much much better character in his own show, which is arguably just as good or better than Buffy, and watching them at the time is fun. There are only a handful of times they crossover in any way, but if you are going to watch them both, might as well.
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