sentences:  It was seen by 8.54 million American viewers, and received a 5.7 household rating and a 10% share of all televisions in use.The critical responses to the pilot were overall unfavorable.Several critics compared it detrimentally with the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and its spinoff "Angel", as well as other vampire-related media, including "Forever Knight", "Blood Ties", "The Night Stalker", "Dark Shadows" and the works of Anne Rice.