I'm not not including Joss in the process nor was I trying to imply that the show was good in spite of him. There were just other writers and creative types involved in his shows that wrote the good majority of episodes. However, I do take offense to those that would like to dump all of the good and none of the bad on one sole person and vice versa when it comes to a television program or film. Dollhouse and Firefly had just as large of a creative team as BtVS and Angel, but (and this is totally my opinion) they just weren't as compelling. Dr. Horrible was good until the third act in which it turned into a cliche. I think Joss has some good ideas, but when left to his own devices he falls into the contrivances and tropes and then falls through his own plotholes. ...And Crying-at-the-drop-of-a-hat!Buffy makes me physically ill.

I don't have target audiences; I'll leave that to Allie to try and sort out.