Series creator
Joss Whedon remained as the sole executive producer of the show after
David Greenwalt left at the end of season three to produce the ABC series
Miracles after his contract with 20th Century Fox was up. He stayed on as a consulting producer for the remainder of the series. At the start of the 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.
Jeffrey Bell was promoted to co-executive producer and assumed the role of showrunner for the season.
Tim Minear also left the series to run Whedon's new series
Firefly but, like Greenwalt, stayed on as a consulting producer, and wrote and directed the season finale "
Home". Whedon would write and direct only one episode of the season, "
Spin the Bottle", because of his commitments to the first season of
Firefly and the final season of
Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Steven S. DeKnight, who had written for
Buffy during seasons five and six, moved over to
Angel where he stayed for the remainder of the show's run. He wrote or co-wrote six episodes of the season, including the season premiere and also directed his debut episode; "
Inside Out".
Buffy writer-producer
David Fury joined as a consulting producer (taking over
Marti Noxon's role) and ended up writing four episodes.
Mere Smith was promoted to executive story editor and wrote or co-wrote four episodes.
Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain joined the show as staff writers and wrote or co-wrote five episodes.
Firefly writer
Ben Edlund was hired as a producer towards the end of the season, following the cancellation of
Firefly. == Episodes ==