I've been watching Buffy for the first time, and hitting season four, I'm using a guide to alternate episodes between it and Angel season one so I hit all the crossovers and whatnot when I'm supposed to. Angel is pretty balls, because I don't like his character and haven't since he turned all evil in Buffy season two, Cordelia is best used as a foil for more interesting characters to bounce off of which this show doesn't have, and Doyle is basically the only character I like. It's also got the bad episodicness that Buffy season one had that made it take me this long to be able to ever get through the damn thing. The thing about Joss Whedon shows of course [spoiler]is that they fucking melt the only character you like into nothingness at the first chance they get. Fuck you with a rake.[/spoiler] People tell me season two of Angel improves, but god, every time I hit a run of Angel episodes to watch after Buffy it really hurts my momentum to keep going.
(oh uh, p.s. no spoilers, i've actually managed to keep relatively spoiler free of these series aside from the stuff nobody would shut up about i.e. OZ IS A WEREWOLF, WILLOW'S A GAY WITCH)