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class="vector-toc-text"> 9 Canceled reboot </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Canceled_reboot-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 10 See also </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 11 Notes </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 12 References </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 13 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data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Asturianu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%9E%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%9E" title="Сапраўдная кроў – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Сапраўдная кроў" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%B2" title="Истинска кръв – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Истинска кръв" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Blood" title="True Blood – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="True Blood" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prav%C3%A1_krev" title="Pravá krev – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Pravá krev" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Blood" title="True Blood – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="True Blood" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Blood" title="True Blood – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="True Blood" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Blood" title="True Blood – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="True Blood" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Blood" title="True Blood – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="True Blood" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Blood" title="True Blood – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="True Blood" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AD%D9%82%DB%8C%D9%82%DB%8C" title="خون حقیقی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="خون حقیقی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Blood" title="True Blood – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="True Blood" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Blood" title="True Blood – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="True Blood" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8A%B8%EB%A3%A8_%EB%B8%94%EB%9F%AC%EB%93%9C" title="트루 블러드 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="트루 블러드" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BB%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6" title="Իրական արյուն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Իրական արյուն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%82_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A1" title="ट्रू ब्लड – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="ट्रू ब्लड" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target">हिन्दी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okus_krvi" title="Okus krvi – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Okus krvi" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Blood" title="True Blood – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="True Blood" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Blood" title="True Blood – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="True Blood" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%9D_%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%99" title="דם אמיתי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="דם אמיתי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%93%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%AE%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98" title="ნამდვილი სისხლი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ნამდვილი სისხლი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Blood" title="True Blood – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="True Blood" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kreyòl ayisyen</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikras_kraujas" title="Tikras kraujas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Tikras kraujas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Blood_%E2%80%93_Inni_%C3%A9s_%C3%A9lni_hagyni" title="True Blood – Inni és élni hagyni – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="True Blood – Inni és élni hagyni" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B2" title="Вистинска крв – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Вистинска крв" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Македонски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_%E1%83%96%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%AE%E1%83%98%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98" title="ნანდული ზისხირი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ნანდული ზისხირი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target">მარგალური</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Blood" title="True Blood – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="True Blood" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%82%A5%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%83%89" title="トゥルーブラッド – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="トゥルーブラッド" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Blood" title="True Blood – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="True Blood" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czysta_krew" title="Czysta krew – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Czysta krew" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Blood" title="True Blood – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="True Blood" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%8F%D1%89%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8C" title="Настоящая кровь – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Настоящая кровь" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Blood" title="True Blood – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="True Blood" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li 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href="/wiki/Valentina_Cervi" title="Valentina Cervi">Valentina Cervi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutger_Hauer" title="Rutger Hauer">Rutger Hauer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arliss_Howard" title="Arliss Howard">Arliss Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Overton" title="Kelly Overton">Kelly Overton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Patrick" title="Robert Patrick">Robert Patrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Kazinsky" class="mw-redirect" title="Rob Kazinsky">Rob Kazinsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jurnee_Smollett-Bell" class="mw-redirect" title="Jurnee Smollett-Bell">Jurnee Smollett-Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amelia_Rose_Blaire" title="Amelia Rose Blaire">Amelia Rose Blaire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregg_Daniel" title="Gregg Daniel">Gregg Daniel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Christian_Howles" title="Aaron Christian Howles">Aaron Christian Howles</a></li> <li>Noah Matthews</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bailey_Noble" title="Bailey Noble">Bailey Noble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Parsons" title="Nathan Parsons">Nathan Parsons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karolina_Wydra" title="Karolina Wydra">Karolina Wydra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tara_Buck" title="Tara Buck">Tara Buck</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Theme music composer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jace_Everett" title="Jace Everett">Jace Everett</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opening theme</th><td class="infobox-data">"<a href="/wiki/Bad_Things_(Jace_Everett_song)" title="Bad Things (Jace Everett song)">Bad Things</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Jace_Everett" title="Jace Everett">Jace Everett</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Composer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Barr" title="Nathan Barr">Nathan Barr</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of seasons</th><td class="infobox-data">7</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of episodes</th><td class="infobox-data">80 (<a href="/wiki/List_of_True_Blood_episodes" title="List of True Blood episodes">list of episodes</a>)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Production</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Executive producers</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Ball_(screenwriter)" title="Alan Ball (screenwriter)">Alan Ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregg_Fienberg" title="Gregg Fienberg">Gregg Fienberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Buckner" title="Brian Buckner">Brian Buckner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raelle_Tucker" title="Raelle Tucker">Raelle Tucker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Woo" title="Alexander Woo">Alexander Woo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Oliver" title="Nancy Oliver">Nancy Oliver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Hudis" title="Mark Hudis">Mark Hudis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Robinson_(director)" class="mw-redirect" title="Angela Robinson (director)">Angela Robinson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Producers</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Bruce Dunn</li> <li>W. Mark McNair</li> <li>Carol Dunn Tussell</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Running time</th><td class="infobox-data">45–64 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production companies</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Your Face Goes Here Entertainment</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HBO" title="HBO">HBO Entertainment</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Original release</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/HBO" title="HBO">HBO</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data">September 7, 2008 (2008-09-07) – August 24, 2014 (2014-08-24)</td></tr></tbody></table> True Blood is an American <a href="/wiki/Fantasy" title="Fantasy">fantasy</a> <a href="/wiki/Horror_fiction" title="Horror fiction">horror</a> <a href="/wiki/Drama_(film_and_television)" title="Drama (film and television)">drama</a> television series produced and created by <a href="/wiki/Alan_Ball_(screenwriter)" title="Alan Ball (screenwriter)">Alan Ball</a>. It is based on <a href="/wiki/The_Southern_Vampire_Mysteries" title="The Southern Vampire Mysteries">The Southern Vampire Mysteries</a>, a series of novels by <a href="/wiki/Charlaine_Harris" title="Charlaine Harris">Charlaine Harris</a>. The series revolves around <a href="/wiki/Sookie_Stackhouse" title="Sookie Stackhouse">Sookie Stackhouse</a> (<a href="/wiki/Anna_Paquin" title="Anna Paquin">Anna Paquin</a>), a <a href="/wiki/Telepathic" class="mw-redirect" title="Telepathic">telepathic</a> waitress living in the fictional rural town of Bon Temps, Louisiana. It is set two years after the invention of a synthetic blood product branded "Tru Blood" that has allowed vampires to "come out of the coffin" and let their presence be known to mankind. It chronicles the vampires' struggle for equal rights and assimilation while anti-vampire organizations begin to gain power. Sookie's world is turned upside down when she falls in love with 174-year-old vampire <a href="/wiki/Bill_Compton_(The_Southern_Vampire_Mysteries)" title="Bill Compton (The Southern Vampire Mysteries)">Bill Compton</a> (<a href="/wiki/Stephen_Moyer" title="Stephen Moyer">Stephen Moyer</a>), and for the first time, she must navigate the trials and terrors of intimacy and relationships.<a href="#cite_note-HBO_roles_with-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-Ball_bringing-2">[2]</a> The show was broadcast on the premium cable network <a href="/wiki/HBO" title="HBO">HBO</a>, in the United States, and was produced by HBO in association with Ball's production company, Your Face Goes Here Entertainment.<a href="#cite_note-HBO_roles_with-1">[1]</a> The series premiered on September 7, 2008, and concluded on August 24, 2014, comprising seven seasons and 80 episodes.<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-:0-4">[4]</a> The first five seasons received highly positive reviews, and both nominations and wins for several awards, including a <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe">Golden Globe</a> and an <a href="/wiki/Emmy" class="mw-redirect" title="Emmy">Emmy</a>. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Series_overview">Series overview</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=True_Blood&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Series overview">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_True_Blood_episodes" title="List of True Blood episodes">List of True Blood episodes</a></div> <div style="display:block;overflow-x:auto"><table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;height:1px;display:table"><tbody><tr style="text-align:center"><th scope="col" rowspan="2" style="min-width:50px;padding:0 8px">Season</th><th scope="col" rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="padding:0 8px">Episodes</th><th scope="colgroup" colspan="2">Originally aired</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">First aired</th><th scope="col">Last aired</th></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><a href="/wiki/List_of_True_Blood_episodes#Season_1_(2008)" title="List of True Blood episodes">1</a></th><td colspan="2">12</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">September 7, 2008 (2008-09-07)</td><td style="padding:0 8px">November 23, 2008 (2008-11-23)</td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><a href="/wiki/List_of_True_Blood_episodes#Season_2_(2009)" title="List of True Blood episodes">2</a></th><td colspan="2">12</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">June 14, 2009 (2009-06-14)</td><td style="padding:0 8px">September 13, 2009 (2009-09-13)</td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><a href="/wiki/List_of_True_Blood_episodes#Season_3_(2010)" title="List of True Blood episodes">3</a></th><td colspan="2">12</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">June 13, 2010 (2010-06-13)</td><td style="padding:0 8px">September 12, 2010 (2010-09-12)</td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><a href="/wiki/List_of_True_Blood_episodes#Season_4_(2011)" title="List of True Blood episodes">4</a></th><td colspan="2">12</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">June 26, 2011 (2011-06-26)</td><td style="padding:0 8px">September 11, 2011 (2011-09-11)</td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><a href="/wiki/List_of_True_Blood_episodes#Season_5_(2012)" title="List of True Blood episodes">5</a></th><td colspan="2">12</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">June 10, 2012 (2012-06-10)</td><td style="padding:0 8px">August 26, 2012 (2012-08-26)</td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><a href="/wiki/List_of_True_Blood_episodes#Season_6_(2013)" title="List of True Blood episodes">6</a></th><td colspan="2">10</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">June 16, 2013 (2013-06-16)</td><td style="padding:0 8px">August 18, 2013 (2013-08-18)</td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><a href="/wiki/List_of_True_Blood_episodes#Season_7_(2014)" title="List of True Blood episodes">7</a></th><td colspan="2">10</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">June 22, 2014 (2014-06-22)</td><td style="padding:0 8px">August 24, 2014 (2014-08-24)</td></tr></tbody></table></div> The <a href="/wiki/Fictional_universe" title="Fictional universe">fictional universe</a> depicted in the series is premised on the notion that <a href="/wiki/Vampire" title="Vampire">vampires</a> exist, unbeknownst to the majority of humans until two years before the series premiere, when the creation of synthetic blood ("Tru Blood") by Japanese scientists, which eliminated vampires' need for human blood to survive, allowed vampires to "come out of the coffin" and reveal their existence to the world.<a href="#endnote_Strange_Love">E-1</a> This so-called "Great Revelation" has split vampires into two camps: those who wish to integrate into human society (i.e., "mainstream") by campaigning for citizenship and equal rights,<a href="#endnote_Strange_Love">E-1</a> and those who think human-vampire co-existence is impossible, because it conflicts with the inherently predatory and violent nature of vampires. It has also caused similar divisions amongst non-vampires; some believe that vampires should be accepted and granted rights, while others view them as monsters to be destroyed. Throughout the series, other <a href="/wiki/Supernatural" title="Supernatural">supernatural</a> creatures are introduced, among them <a href="/wiki/Shapeshifters" class="mw-redirect" title="Shapeshifters">shapeshifters</a>, <a href="/wiki/Werewolves" class="mw-redirect" title="Werewolves">werewolves</a>, <a href="/wiki/Faeries" class="mw-redirect" title="Faeries">faeries</a>, <a href="/wiki/Witches" class="mw-redirect" title="Witches">witches</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/Maenad" title="Maenad">maenad</a>. The series revolves around Sookie Stackhouse (<a href="/wiki/Anna_Paquin" title="Anna Paquin">Anna Paquin</a>), a <a href="/wiki/Telepathic" class="mw-redirect" title="Telepathic">telepathic</a> human-faerie hybrid known as a halfling (not to be confused with similarly named, but unrelated <a href="/wiki/Halfling" title="Halfling">creatures</a> found in other fantasy works). Sookie is a waitress at Merlotte's Bar and Grill, owned by <a href="/wiki/Sam_Merlotte" title="Sam Merlotte">Sam Merlotte</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sam_Trammell" title="Sam Trammell">Sam Trammell</a>) in the small <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a> town of Bon Temps. Sam is a shapeshifter, though this secret is kept hidden from most of the town. Other characters include <a href="/wiki/Bill_Compton_(The_Southern_Vampire_Mysteries)" title="Bill Compton (The Southern Vampire Mysteries)">Bill Compton</a> (<a href="/wiki/Stephen_Moyer" title="Stephen Moyer">Stephen Moyer</a>), a 173-year-old vampire who has returned to Bon Temps to take up residence in his former home following the death of his last remaining relative; <a href="/wiki/Tara_Thornton" title="Tara Thornton">Tara Thornton</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rutina_Wesley" title="Rutina Wesley">Rutina Wesley</a>), Sookie's tough-talking but insecure best friend; <a href="/wiki/Jason_Stackhouse" title="Jason Stackhouse">Jason</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ryan_Kwanten" title="Ryan Kwanten">Ryan Kwanten</a>), Sookie's womanizing brother; <a href="/wiki/Eric_Northman" title="Eric Northman">Eric Northman</a> (<a href="/wiki/Alexander_Skarsg%C3%A5rd" title="Alexander Skarsgård">Alexander Skarsgård</a>), a 1,000-year-old vampire and Sheriff of Area 5; and <a href="/wiki/Lafayette_Reynolds" class="mw-redirect" title="Lafayette Reynolds">Lafayette Reynolds</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nelsan_Ellis" title="Nelsan Ellis">Nelsan Ellis</a>), a <a href="/wiki/Short_order_cook" class="mw-redirect" title="Short order cook">short order cook</a>, drug dealer, road crew member, and <a href="/wiki/Medium_(spirituality)" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium (spirituality)">medium</a>. The show explores several contemporary issues such as the struggle for equal rights, discrimination, and violence against minorities and homosexuals, the problems of drug addiction, the power of faith and religion, the control/influence of the media, the quest for identity, and the importance of family. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Season_synopses">Season synopses</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=True_Blood&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Season synopses">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Season_1_(2008)">Season 1 (2008)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=True_Blood&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Season 1 (2008)">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/True_Blood_(season_1)" class="mw-redirect" title="True Blood (season 1)">True Blood (season 1)</a></div> The main mystery of the first season concerns the murders of women connected to Sookie's brother, Jason. Maudette Pickens and Dawn Green are both strangled shortly after having been alone with him. Though Detective Bellefleur has little doubt that Jason is the killer, the town sheriff does not suspect him. Sookie's grandmother is murdered shortly afterward. After the murders, Jason becomes addicted to vampire blood and has a short relationship with another addict, Amy Burley, which ends when she is murdered as well. The season also focuses on Sookie's relationship with Bill and Sam's relationship with Sookie's friend Tara. Bill explains the rules of being a vampire to Sookie and, after killing a vampire to defend her, is forced to "turn" a young girl named Jessica into a vampire as punishment. The immature Jessica is left under Bill's care and starts to grow up both as a vampire and as a person. In the end, it is revealed that Arlene Fowler's fiancé, Rene Lenier, has been killing women who associate with vampires. Further, he is actually a man named Drew Marshall who created a false identity, complete with a fake Cajun accent. The season ends with the discovery of a body in Detective Andy Bellefleur's car in Merlotte's parking lot. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Season_2_(2009)">Season 2 (2009)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=True_Blood&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Season 2 (2009)">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/True_Blood_(season_2)" class="mw-redirect" title="True Blood (season 2)">True Blood (season 2)</a></div> The second season loosely follows the plot of the second novel of <a href="/wiki/The_Southern_Vampire_Mysteries" title="The Southern Vampire Mysteries">The Southern Vampire Mysteries</a>, <a href="/wiki/Living_Dead_in_Dallas" title="Living Dead in Dallas">Living Dead in Dallas</a>. In addition, the character of <a href="/wiki/Sophie-Anne_Leclerq" class="mw-redirect" title="Sophie-Anne Leclerq">Sophie-Anne Leclerq</a>, initially introduced in the sixth novel <a href="/wiki/Definitely_Dead" title="Definitely Dead">Definitely Dead</a>, was introduced as a major supporting character. The main theme of the season involves the disappearance of <a href="/wiki/Characters_of_True_Blood#Godric" class="mw-redirect" title="Characters of True Blood">Godric</a>, the 2,000-year-old vampire Sheriff of Area 9. <a href="/wiki/Eric_Northman" title="Eric Northman">Eric</a> enlists Sookie and Bill's aid in finding the ancient vampire in Dallas. Their paths cross Jason's as he seeks to discover meaning in his life with the Fellowship of the Sun, a church dedicated to anti-vampire activities. A second theme concerns a <a href="/wiki/Maenad" title="Maenad">maenad</a> named <a href="/wiki/Characters_of_True_Blood#Maryann_Forrester" class="mw-redirect" title="Characters of True Blood">Maryann</a> who visits Bon Temps after <a href="/wiki/Characters_of_True_Blood#Tara_Thornton" class="mw-redirect" title="Characters of True Blood">Tara</a> attracts her attention at the end of the first season. Maryann is a figure from <a href="/wiki/Characters_of_True_Blood#Sam_Merlotte" class="mw-redirect" title="Characters of True Blood">Sam</a>'s past and knows his true identity as a shapeshifter. Her influence on the town and its residents results in mayhem that grows more destructive as the season progresses. At the end of the season, Bill proposes to Sookie but is kidnapped by unknown assailants when Sookie retreats to the bathroom to consider his proposal. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Season_3_(2010)">Season 3 (2010)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=True_Blood&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Season 3 (2010)">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/True_Blood_(season_3)" class="mw-redirect" title="True Blood (season 3)">True Blood (season 3)</a></div> Season 3 loosely follows the plot of the third novel of The Southern Vampire Mysteries, <a href="/wiki/Club_Dead" title="Club Dead">Club Dead</a>, and introduces <a href="/wiki/Werewolves" class="mw-redirect" title="Werewolves">werewolves</a> to the show's mythology through Alcide, a werewolf hired by Eric to help Sookie find Bill. It also introduces the characters of <a href="/wiki/Russell_Edgington" class="mw-redirect" title="Russell Edgington">Russell Edgington</a>, the Vampire King of Mississippi, who wishes to overturn the Vampire Authority. In addition, some characters from the fourth novel <a href="/wiki/Dead_to_the_World_(novel)" title="Dead to the World (novel)">Dead to the World</a> are introduced: <a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Southern_Vampire_Mysteries_characters#Stackhouse" title="List of The Southern Vampire Mysteries characters">Crystal Norris</a> as Jason's love interest, her family of <a href="/wiki/Werecat" title="Werecat">werepanthers</a> from Hotshot, and Sookie's "faerie godmother", Claudine. Sookie's heritage as part <a href="/wiki/Faerie" class="mw-redirect" title="Faerie">faerie</a> is also revealed later in the season, a major plot element from the eighth and ninth novels <a href="/wiki/From_Dead_to_Worse" title="From Dead to Worse">From Dead to Worse</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dead_and_Gone_(novel)" title="Dead and Gone (novel)">Dead and Gone</a>. This season ends with Jason left to take care of the werepanthers of Hotshot, Tara leaving Bon Temps after a traumatic experience with a vampire, Sookie discovering that Bill was first sent to Bon Temps by the Vampire Queen of Louisiana, Sam shooting his brother, Tommy, and Hoyt and Jessica moving in together. The final cliffhanger involves Claudine taking Sookie away to the land of Faerie. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Season_4_(2011)">Season 4 (2011)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=True_Blood&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Season 4 (2011)">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/True_Blood_(season_4)" class="mw-redirect" title="True Blood (season 4)">True Blood (season 4)</a></div> A coven of witches, led by Marnie, poses a threat to vampires when they discover the witches are working on necromancy. Sookie returns to Bon Temps after a year (even though for her she was away for only a few minutes in Faerie) to find Bill as the new King of Louisiana and that her brother and friends had given up hope of finding her. As the series progresses, a powerful necromancer from the 16th century, Antonia, possesses the body of Marnie in order to exact revenge on all vampires. Sookie starts a romance with Eric who has amnesia due to a spell cast by Antonia/Marnie. The witch Antonia eventually realizes the wrongdoing she's caused to innocent people and decides to stop. Yet Marnie, addicted to Antonia's power, binds her against her will to acquire her powers. Subplots include Lafayette's introduction to the world of magic and his abilities as a medium, Sam's family troubles, Alcide and Debbie's troubled relationship, and Jason, Hoyt and Jessica's love triangle. The finale is a series of cliffhangers, including a warning from the ghost of Rene that Terry will cause Arlene trouble, the escape of Russell Edgington, the reappearance of Steve Newlin as a vampire, and the shooting of Tara. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Season_5_(2012)">Season 5 (2012)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=True_Blood&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Season 5 (2012)">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/True_Blood_(season_5)" class="mw-redirect" title="True Blood (season 5)">True Blood (season 5)</a></div> The season starts with Sookie and Lafayette asking for Pam to turn Tara into a vampire. Bill and Eric are captured by the Vampire Authority for killing Nan Flanagan. The two are almost sentenced to death by the Guardian, Roman, before revealing that Russell Edgington is alive and free after being released by a mysterious vampire. With the help of Sookie, the team discovers his hiding place and brings him in. Russell and his new vampire-companion, Steve Newlin, along with Salome, and Eric's vampire sister, Nora, redefine the values of the Authority and view humans as nothing more than food: just as Lilith of the Vampire bible wanted. Meanwhile, Alcide deals with his troubled rise to pack-master, Terry learns he is death-cursed after committing a terrible crime during the war in <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>, while Tara learns how to deal with her newly given life as Pam's progeny. Jason and Sookie discover that their parents were murdered by a vampire named Warlow. Hoyt gets involved with a hate group, then decides to leave for Alaska, just as Andy heads towards life as a family man, and Lafayette tries to deal with the powers given to him by Jesus. The season ends with the Authority leadership being wiped out during the True Blood crisis, and Bill drinking the entirety of the sacred vial of Lilith in front of Sookie and Eric. He soon meets the "true death", but shortly after, he "rises from the blood", as an even more powerful vampire reincarnation of Lilith ("Billith"). <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Season_6_(2013)">Season 6 (2013)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=True_Blood&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Season 6 (2013)">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/True_Blood_(season_6)" class="mw-redirect" title="True Blood (season 6)">True Blood (season 6)</a></div> The sixth season of True Blood premiered on June 16, 2013. After Alan Ball's departure from the series at the end of season 5, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Buckner" title="Brian Buckner">Brian Buckner</a> replaced Ball as the show's showrunner. Season six focuses on Bill's abilities after he had drunk Lilith's blood. Sookie and Jason try to find Warlow, the vampire who killed their parents, with a fairy grandfather named Niall who arrives in Bon Temps while Louisiana governor Burrell leads a platform to eradicate the entire vampire race with Sarah Newlin. Sam and Alcide fight for Emma's safety; Terry struggles to live with himself after having killed Patrick; Andy raises his fairy daughters. Eric decides to turn the governor's daughter Willa into a vampire to convince him to stop his campaign, but she is put into a vampire camp by her father along with Eric, Pam, Jessica, and Tara, where they are all supposed to meet the sun according to Bill’s prophecy. Bill asks Sookie for help, who is considering becoming Warlow's vampire-fairy bride after discovering her parents tried to kill her when she was young. Eric has discovered that Sarah Newlin created a virus that kills vampires, later witnessing Dr. Overlark and Governor Burrell infect Nora in front of him. When the vampires are about to meet the sun, Bill offers his blood to them, allowing them to walk in the daylight. The season finishes six months later where Sookie is dating Alcide, Bill has released a book about the effects of drinking Lilith's blood, and Sam being the mayor of Bon Temps and selling his bar to Arlene, and a group of infected vampires heading toward the bar during a human/vampire outdoor night barbecue mixer.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Season_7_(2014)">Season 7 (2014)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=True_Blood&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Season 7 (2014)">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/True_Blood_(season_7)" class="mw-redirect" title="True Blood (season 7)">True Blood (season 7)</a></div> The final season premiered on June 22, 2014, with the last episode airing on August 24. In this season, Bon Temps is terrorized by a group of vampires infected with the virus created in the previous season. They kill Tara and kidnap Arlene, Holly, Jane Bodehouse, Kevin and Nicole. Pam travels the world in search of Eric, who is found in France infected by the virus. They return to Bon Temps and help Sookie, Bill, and Jessica rescue the people who were kidnapped, after Sookie and Bill’s first attempt results in Alcide's death and Sookie being infected by the virus which she later transmits to Bill. Eric and Pam search for Sarah Newlin, who supposedly has an antidote for the virus. Several characters encounter closure like Lettie Mae making peace with Tara through visions caused by vampire blood, Jessica and Hoyt getting married after reuniting during the season, Lafayette entering a relationship with Jessica's ex-boyfriend James, and Sam leaving Bon Temps with Nicole. At the end of the series, Bill refuses to take the antidote to heal himself from the virus and asks Sookie to give him the "ultimate kindness". Sookie eventually agrees and strikes Bill's heart with a wooden stick in his grave at Bon Temps cemetery. Pam and Eric successfully sell the new Tru Blood with the antidote. The last scene of the series shows a pregnant Sookie sitting outside at a table full of people on Thanksgiving beside an unknown man. They kiss and drink, and everyone around them appears to be happy. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=True_Blood&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Cast">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:True_Blood_-_2011_International_Comic-Con.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/True_Blood_-_2011_International_Comic-Con.jpg/220px-True_Blood_-_2011_International_Comic-Con.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/True_Blood_-_2011_International_Comic-Con.jpg/330px-True_Blood_-_2011_International_Comic-Con.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/True_Blood_-_2011_International_Comic-Con.jpg/440px-True_Blood_-_2011_International_Comic-Con.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2717" data-file-height="1898" /></a><figcaption>Some of the cast of True Blood at the 2011 Comic-Con.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_True_Blood_characters" title="List of True Blood characters">List of True Blood characters</a></div> True Blood employs a broad ensemble cast composed of regular, central characters and a rotating group of impermanent supporting characters. Though the series is based in the fictional town of Bon Temps, Louisiana, a noticeable number of the actors are originally from outside the United States. In an interview, Ball explained that he didn't intentionally seek out "non-American" actors, but was willing to go anywhere he needed to in order "to find the actor who makes the character breathe". Ball went on to explain that, in casting, there was more of a focus on who would portray the character in a compelling way rather than who would physically resemble the characters from the book. Noting that there's a definite difference between the characters and storylines portrayed in True Blood and the ones depicted in The Southern Vampire Mysteries, he described Harris as being very understanding in terms of how her work was being reinterpreted.<a href="#cite_note-Futon1-6">[6]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Main_characters">Main characters</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=True_Blood&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Main characters">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Actor </th> <th rowspan="2">Character </th> <th colspan="7">Seasons </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:9%;"><a href="/wiki/True_Blood_(season_1)" class="mw-redirect" title="True Blood (season 1)">1</a> </th> <th style="width:9%;"><a href="/wiki/True_Blood_(season_2)" class="mw-redirect" title="True Blood (season 2)">2</a> </th> <th style="width:9%;"><a href="/wiki/True_Blood_(season_3)" class="mw-redirect" title="True Blood (season 3)">3</a> </th> <th style="width:9%;"><a href="/wiki/True_Blood_(season_4)" class="mw-redirect" title="True Blood (season 4)">4</a> </th> <th style="width:9%;"><a href="/wiki/True_Blood_(season_5)" class="mw-redirect" title="True Blood (season 5)">5</a> </th> <th style="width:9%;"><a href="/wiki/True_Blood_(season_6)" class="mw-redirect" title="True Blood (season 6)">6</a> </th> <th style="width:9%;"><a href="/wiki/True_Blood_(season_7)" class="mw-redirect" title="True Blood (season 7)">7</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Anna_Paquin" title="Anna Paquin">Anna Paquin</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sookie_Stackhouse" title="Sookie Stackhouse">Sookie Stackhouse</a> </td> <td colspan="7" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Moyer" title="Stephen Moyer">Stephen Moyer</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Compton_(The_Southern_Vampire_Mysteries)" title="Bill Compton (The Southern Vampire Mysteries)">Bill Compton</a> </td> <td colspan="7" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sam_Trammell" title="Sam Trammell">Sam Trammell</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sam_Merlotte" title="Sam Merlotte">Sam Merlotte</a> </td> <td colspan="7" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Kwanten" title="Ryan Kwanten">Ryan Kwanten</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jason_Stackhouse" title="Jason Stackhouse">Jason Stackhouse</a> </td> <td colspan="7" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rutina_Wesley" title="Rutina Wesley">Rutina Wesley</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tara_Thornton" title="Tara Thornton">Tara Thornton</a> </td> <td colspan="7" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Bauer" title="Chris Bauer">Chris Bauer</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andy_Bellefleur" class="mw-redirect" title="Andy Bellefleur">Andy Bellefleur</a> </td> <td colspan="7" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nelsan_Ellis" title="Nelsan Ellis">Nelsan Ellis</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lafayette_Reynolds" class="mw-redirect" title="Lafayette Reynolds">Lafayette Reynolds</a> </td> <td colspan="7" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Parrack" title="Jim Parrack">Jim Parrack</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hoyt_Fortenberry" class="mw-redirect" title="Hoyt Fortenberry">Hoyt Fortenberry</a> </td> <td colspan="5" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Carrie_Preston" title="Carrie Preston">Carrie Preston</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arlene_Fowler" class="mw-redirect" title="Arlene Fowler">Arlene Fowler Bellefleur</a> </td> <td colspan="7" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Raymond-James" title="Michael Raymond-James">Michael Raymond-James</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rene_Lenier" class="mw-redirect" title="Rene Lenier">Rene Lenier / Drew Marshall</a> </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="background: #DEF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Special Guest </td> <td colspan="3" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Sanderson" title="William Sanderson">William Sanderson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bud_Dearborne" class="mw-redirect" title="Bud Dearborne">Bud Dearborne</a> </td> <td colspan="3" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="background: #DEF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Special Guest </td> <td colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Collins" title="Lynn Collins">Lynn Collins</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dawn_Green" class="mw-redirect" title="Dawn Green">Dawn Green</a> </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td colspan="6" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lois_Smith" title="Lois Smith">Lois Smith</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Adele_Stackhouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Adele Stackhouse">Adele Stackhouse</a> </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="background: #DEF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Special Guest </td> <td colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="background: #DEF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Special Guest </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Adina_Porter" title="Adina Porter">Adina Porter</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lettie_Mae_Thornton" class="mw-redirect" title="Lettie Mae Thornton">Lettie Mae Daniels</a> </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td colspan="2" style="background: #FFE3E3; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Recurring </td> <td colspan="3" style="background: #DEF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Special Guest </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Skarsg%C3%A5rd" title="Alexander Skarsgård">Alexander Skarsgård</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eric_Northman" title="Eric Northman">Eric Northman</a> </td> <td colspan="7" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lizzy_Caplan" title="Lizzy Caplan">Lizzy Caplan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amy_Burley" class="mw-redirect" title="Amy Burley">Amy Burley</a> </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td colspan="6" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Root" title="Stephen Root">Stephen Root</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Gauthier" class="mw-redirect" title="Eddie Gauthier">Eddie Fournier</a> </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td style="background: #DEF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Special Guest </td> <td colspan="5" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mehcad_Brooks" title="Mehcad Brooks">Mehcad Brooks</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_True_Blood_characters" title="List of True Blood characters">"Eggs" Benedict Talley</a> </td> <td style="background: #DEF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Guest </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td colspan="5" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Anna_Camp" title="Anna Camp">Anna Camp</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_True_Blood_characters" title="List of True Blood characters">Sarah Newlin</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td colspan="3" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Forbes" title="Michelle Forbes">Michelle Forbes</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_True_Blood_characters" title="List of True Blood characters">Maryann Forrester</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Recurring </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td colspan="5" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Todd_Lowe" title="Todd Lowe">Todd Lowe</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_True_Blood_characters" title="List of True Blood characters">Terry Bellefleur</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Recurring </td> <td colspan="5" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td style="background: #DEF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Special Guest </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_McMillian" title="Michael McMillian">Michael McMillian</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_True_Blood_characters" title="List of True Blood characters">Reverend Steve Newlin</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Recurring </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td colspan="2" style="background: #DEF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Special Guest </td> <td colspan="2" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td style="background: #DEF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Special Guest </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Deborah_Ann_Woll" title="Deborah Ann Woll">Deborah Ann Woll</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Hamby" title="Jessica Hamby">Jessica Hamby</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Recurring </td> <td colspan="6" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mariana_Klaveno" title="Mariana Klaveno">Mariana Klaveno</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lorena_Krasiki" class="mw-redirect" title="Lorena Krasiki">Lorena Krasiki</a> </td> <td style="background: #DEF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Guest </td> <td colspan="2" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="background: #DEF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Guest </td> <td colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Allman" title="Marshall Allman">Marshall Allman</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Mickens" class="mw-redirect" title="Tommy Mickens">Tommy Mickens</a> </td> <td colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td colspan="3" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kristin_Bauer_van_Straten" title="Kristin Bauer van Straten">Kristin Bauer van Straten</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pamela_Swynford_De_Beaufort" title="Pamela Swynford De Beaufort">Pam Swynford de Beaufort</a> </td> <td colspan="2" style="background: #FFE3E3; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Recurring </td> <td colspan="5" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Alejandro" title="Kevin Alejandro">Kevin Alejandro</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jesus_Velasquez" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesus Velasquez">Jesus Velasquez</a> </td> <td colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Recurring </td> <td colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Denis_O%27Hare" title="Denis O'Hare">Denis O'Hare</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Russell_Edgington" class="mw-redirect" title="Russell Edgington">Russell Edgington</a> </td> <td colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Pulsipher" title="Lindsay Pulsipher">Lindsay Pulsipher</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_True_Blood_characters" title="List of True Blood characters">Crystal Norris</a> </td> <td colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Recurring </td> <td colspan="3" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lauren_Bowles" title="Lauren Bowles">Lauren Bowles</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_True_Blood_characters" title="List of True Blood characters">Holly Cleary</a> </td> <td colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Recurring </td> <td colspan="4" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Janina_Gavankar" title="Janina Gavankar">Janina Gavankar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_True_Blood_characters#Luna_Garza" title="List of True Blood characters">Luna Garza</a> </td> <td colspan="3" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td style="background: #DEF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Special Guest </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fiona_Shaw" title="Fiona Shaw">Fiona Shaw</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_True_Blood_characters" title="List of True Blood characters">Marnie Stonebrook</a> </td> <td colspan="3" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td colspan="3" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Tuck" title="Jessica Tuck">Jessica Tuck</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_True_Blood_characters" title="List of True Blood characters">Nan Flanagan</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Recurring </td> <td style="background: #DEF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Guest </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Recurring </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="background: #DEF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Special Guest </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Manganiello" title="Joe Manganiello">Joe Manganiello</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alcide_Herveaux" title="Alcide Herveaux">Alcide Herveaux</a> </td> <td colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Recurring </td> <td colspan="4" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Foley" title="Scott Foley">Scott Foley</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_True_Blood_characters" title="List of True Blood characters">Patrick Devins</a> </td> <td colspan="3" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="background: #DEF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Special Guest </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lucy_Griffiths_(actress,_born_1986)" title="Lucy Griffiths (actress, born 1986)">Lucy Griffiths</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nora_Gainesborough" class="mw-redirect" title="Nora Gainesborough">Nora Gainesborough</a> </td> <td colspan="4" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Meloni" title="Christopher Meloni">Christopher Meloni</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_True_Blood_characters" title="List of True Blood characters">Roman Zimojic</a> </td> <td colspan="4" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Valentina_Cervi" title="Valentina Cervi">Valentina Cervi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Salome_Agrippa" class="mw-redirect" title="Salome Agrippa">Salome Agrippa</a> </td> <td colspan="4" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rutger_Hauer" title="Rutger Hauer">Rutger Hauer</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Niall_Brigant" title="Niall Brigant">Niall Brigant</a> </td> <td colspan="5" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td style="background: #DEF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Special Guest </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Arliss_Howard" title="Arliss Howard">Arliss Howard</a> </td> <td>Truman Burrell </td> <td colspan="5" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Overton" title="Kelly Overton">Kelly Overton</a> </td> <td>Rikki Naylor </td> <td colspan="4" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Recurring </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Patrick" title="Robert Patrick">Robert Patrick</a> </td> <td>Jackson Herveaux </td> <td colspan="4" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Recurring </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td style="background: #DEF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Special Guest </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rob_Kazinsky" class="mw-redirect" title="Rob Kazinsky">Rob Kazinsky</a> </td> <td>Macklyn Warlow </td> <td colspan="5" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jurnee_Smollett-Bell" class="mw-redirect" title="Jurnee Smollett-Bell">Jurnee Smollett-Bell</a> </td> <td>Nicole Wright </td> <td colspan="5" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Amelia_Rose_Blaire" title="Amelia Rose Blaire">Amelia Rose Blaire</a> </td> <td>Willa Burrell </td> <td colspan="5" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Recurring </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gregg_Daniel" title="Gregg Daniel">Gregg Daniel</a> </td> <td>Reverend Daniels </td> <td colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="background: #DEF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Guest </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="background: #DEF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Guest </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Christian_Howles" title="Aaron Christian Howles">Aaron Christian Howles</a> </td> <td>Rocky Cleary </td> <td colspan="4" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="background: #DEF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Guest </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Recurring </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td></tr> <tr> <td>Noah Matthews </td> <td>Wade Cleary </td> <td colspan="4" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="background: #DEF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Guest </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Recurring </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bailey_Noble" title="Bailey Noble">Bailey Noble</a> </td> <td>Adilyn Bellefleur </td> <td colspan="5" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Recurring </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Luke_Grimes" title="Luke Grimes">Luke Grimes</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">James Kent </td> <td colspan="5" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Recurring </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Parsons" title="Nathan Parsons">Nathan Parsons</a> </td> <td colspan="6" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Karolina_Wydra" title="Karolina Wydra">Karolina Wydra</a> </td> <td>Violet Mazurski </td> <td colspan="5" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Recurring </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tara_Buck" title="Tara Buck">Tara Buck</a> </td> <td>Ginger </td> <td style="background: #DEF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Guest </td> <td colspan="3" style="background: #FFE3E3; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Recurring </td> <td style="background: #DEF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Guest </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Recurring </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td></tr> </tbody></table> <dl><dt>Cast notes</dt></dl> The major characters of the <a href="/wiki/True_Blood_(season_1)" class="mw-redirect" title="True Blood (season 1)">first season of True Blood</a> are introduced among various intertwining plot lines that surround the Bon Temps bar "Merlotte's". The show's main protagonist, <a href="/wiki/Sookie_Stackhouse" title="Sookie Stackhouse">Sookie Stackhouse</a> (<a href="/wiki/Anna_Paquin" title="Anna Paquin">Anna Paquin</a>), is a telepath and waitress at Merlotte's.<a href="#endnote_Strange_Love">E-1</a> In the opening episode she saves Merlotte's first vampire customer, <a href="/wiki/William_%22Bill%22_Comptom" class="mw-redirect" title="William "Bill" Comptom">Bill Compton</a> (<a href="/wiki/Stephen_Moyer" title="Stephen Moyer">Stephen Moyer</a>), when a local couple attempts to drain him of his blood (vampire blood is known on the show as a human narcotic: "V" or "V Juice").<a href="#endnote_Strange_Love">E-1</a> Through the relationship that develops between Sookie and Bill, the viewer progressively learns more about vampire culture and the limitations of vampire physiology (e.g. susceptibility to silver and the sun). The major plot of the first season revolves around the murder of several women connected to Sookie's older brother, <a href="/wiki/Jason_Stackhouse" title="Jason Stackhouse">Jason</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ryan_Kwanten" title="Ryan Kwanten">Ryan Kwanten</a>).<a href="#endnote_Strange_Love">E-1</a> The women murdered include sexual partner Maudette Pickens (Danielle Sapia),<a href="#endnote_Strange_Love">E-1</a> on-and-off romantic interest and Merlotte's waitress Dawn Green (<a href="/wiki/Lynn_Collins" title="Lynn Collins">Lynn Collins</a>),<a href="#endnote_Mine">E-3</a> grandmother <a href="/wiki/Adele_Stackhouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Adele Stackhouse">Adele</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lois_Smith" title="Lois Smith">Lois Smith</a>) or simply "Gran",<a href="#endnote_Sparks">E-5</a> and girlfriend <a href="/wiki/Characters_of_True_Blood#Amy_Burley" class="mw-redirect" title="Characters of True Blood">Amy Burley</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lizzy_Caplan" title="Lizzy Caplan">Lizzy Caplan</a>).<a href="#endnote_Love_Bury">E-11</a> Though the viewer is always aware of Jason's innocence in their deaths, Detective <a href="/wiki/Characters_of_True_Blood#Andy_Bellefleur" class="mw-redirect" title="Characters of True Blood">Andy Bellefleur</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chris_Bauer" title="Chris Bauer">Chris Bauer</a>) targets him as the prime suspect in the investigation he conducts with <a href="/wiki/Characters_of_True_Blood#Sheriff_Bud_Dearborne" class="mw-redirect" title="Characters of True Blood">Sheriff Bud Dearborne</a> (<a href="/wiki/William_Sanderson" title="William Sanderson">William Sanderson</a>) to identify their killer.<a href="#endnote_Strange_Love">E-1</a> Jason's best friends and co-workers, <a href="/wiki/Characters_of_True_Blood#Hoyt_Fortenberry" class="mw-redirect" title="Characters of True Blood">Hoyt Fortenberry</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jim_Parrack" title="Jim Parrack">Jim Parrack</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Rene_Lenier" class="mw-redirect" title="Rene Lenier">Rene Lenier</a> (<a href="/wiki/Michael_Raymond-James" title="Michael Raymond-James">Michael Raymond-James</a>) provide him with support despite the turmoil he encounters.<a href="#endnote_Strange_Love">E-1</a> Rene, who becomes engaged to Merlotte's waitress <a href="/wiki/Arlene_Fowler" class="mw-redirect" title="Arlene Fowler">Arlene Fowler</a> (<a href="/wiki/Carrie_Preston" title="Carrie Preston">Carrie Preston</a>),<a href="#endnote_Fourth">E-8</a> is eventually exposed as the Bon Temps murderer and is killed in a final confrontation with Sookie.<a href="#endnote_You'll_Be">E-12</a> A secondary plot in the first season (that later develops as the primary storyline in the second) revolves around Sookie's best friend <a href="/wiki/Tara_Thornton" title="Tara Thornton">Tara Thornton</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rutina_Wesley" title="Rutina Wesley">Rutina Wesley</a>).<a href="#endnote_Strange_Love">E-1</a> In the first episode, Tara is hired as a bartender at Merlotte's by bar owner, shapeshifter,<a href="#endnote_Don't_Wanna">E-11</a> and admirer of Sookie, <a href="/wiki/Sam_Merlotte" title="Sam Merlotte">Sam Merlotte</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sam_Trammell" title="Sam Trammell">Sam Trammell</a>),<a href="#endnote_Strange_Love">E-1</a> with whom Tara later has a brief relationship.<a href="#endnote_Mine">E-3</a> Tara's cousin <a href="/wiki/Lafayette_Reynolds" class="mw-redirect" title="Lafayette Reynolds">Lafayette Reynolds</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nelsan_Ellis" title="Nelsan Ellis">Nelsan Ellis</a>) already works as a cook at Merlotte's<a href="#endnote_Strange_Love">E-1</a> (in addition to several other jobs that include road crew, prostitute, and drug dealer)<a href="#endnote_Mine">E-3</a> with Andy's cousin and <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a> <a href="/wiki/Veteran" title="Veteran">veteran</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_True_Blood_characters#Terry_Bellefleur" title="List of True Blood characters">Terry</a> (<a href="/wiki/Todd_Lowe" title="Todd Lowe">Todd Lowe</a>).<a href="#endnote_First_Taste">E-2</a> Tara's story is characterized by her relationship with her <a href="/wiki/Alcoholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Alcoholic">alcoholic</a> and abusive mother <a href="/wiki/List_of_True_Blood_characters#Lettie_Mae_Thornton" title="List of True Blood characters">Lettie Mae</a> (<a href="/wiki/Adina_Porter" title="Adina Porter">Adina Porter</a>)<a href="#endnote_First_Taste">E-2</a> and her own inner "demons".<a href="#endnote_Wanna_Know">E-10</a> During the season, Lettie Mae achieves sobriety<a href="#endnote_Fourth">E-8</a> but Tara's life begins to spin out of control. Kicked out of her home and totaling her car in a drunk driving crash,<a href="#endnote_Wanna_Know">E-10</a> she's taken in by "social worker" <a href="/wiki/Characters_of_True_Blood#Maryann_Forrester" class="mw-redirect" title="Characters of True Blood">Maryann Forrester</a> (<a href="/wiki/Michelle_Forbes" title="Michelle Forbes">Michelle Forbes</a>).<a href="#endnote_Love_Bury">E-11</a> While staying with Maryann, Tara is introduced to <a href="/wiki/List_of_True_Blood_characters#Benedict_Talley" title="List of True Blood characters">"Eggs" Benedict Talley</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mehcad_Brooks" title="Mehcad Brooks">Mehcad Brooks</a>), to whom she becomes attracted.<a href="#endnote_Love_Bury">E-11</a> The final major plotline of the first season revolves around the elements of vampire society that Sookie and Bill's relationship introduce. While trying to prove her brother's innocence in relation to Maudette and Dawn's murders, Bill takes Sookie to the vampire bar "Fangtasia" to investigate. There, Sookie is introduced to Fangtasia's owner and the vampire sheriff of "Area 5" in Louisiana: <a href="/wiki/Eric_Northman" title="Eric Northman">Eric Northman</a> (<a href="/wiki/Alexander_Skarsg%C3%A5rd" title="Alexander Skarsgård">Alexander Skarsgård</a>).<a href="#endnote_Dragon_House">E-4</a> Eric is immediately interested in Sookie and her strange abilities, but his progeny and assistant <a href="/wiki/Pamela_Swynford_De_Beaufort" title="Pamela Swynford De Beaufort">Pam</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kristin_Bauer" class="mw-redirect" title="Kristin Bauer">Kristin Bauer</a>) is less impressed.<a href="#endnote_Dragon_House">E-4</a> Eric employs Sookie to find a thief in his bar, but the perpetrator (a vampire named Longshadow) attempts to kill Sookie when she reveals his identity. Bill stakes and kills the thief to save her, but has committed a serious crime in killing another vampire.<a href="#endnote_Fourth">E-8</a> When Bill is tried for his crime, his punishment is to transform seventeen-year-old <a href="/wiki/Jessica_Hamby" title="Jessica Hamby">Jessica Hamby</a> (<a href="/wiki/Deborah_Ann_Woll" title="Deborah Ann Woll">Deborah Ann Woll</a>) into a vampire to replace the one he destroyed.<a href="#endnote_Wanna_Know">E-10</a> A secondary plotline introduced in the first season (which later becomes a main plotline in Season 2) is that although many humans are attracted to vampires (referred to as "fang bangers") and flock to establishments like Fangtasia, not all people are accepting of the idea that vampires should be given rights equal to those afforded the mortals of the True Blood universe. During the first season, one of the ways in which anti-vampire sentiment is expressed is through regular televised appearances by the "Fellowship of the Sun",<a href="#endnote_First_Taste">E-2</a> a Dallas-based church that in Season 2 becomes headed by the <a href="/wiki/Characters_of_True_Blood#Steve_Newlin" class="mw-redirect" title="Characters of True Blood">Reverend Steve Newlin</a> (<a href="/wiki/Michael_McMillian" title="Michael McMillian">Michael McMillian</a>)<a href="#endnote_Mine">E-3</a> after his father and family are killed in a strange "accident".<a href="#endnote_First_Taste">E-2</a> During the <a href="/wiki/True_Blood_(season_2)" class="mw-redirect" title="True Blood (season 2)">second season of True Blood</a>, the influence of Maryann Forrester and the conflict between vampires and humans is expanded. Most of the cast from the first season returns and several new main characters are introduced. The same style of interconnected storytelling used in the first season is repeated, with the foremost plot focusing on Maryann Forrester being revealed as a <a href="/wiki/Maenad" title="Maenad">maenad</a><a href="#endnote_Release">E-19</a> with the power to influence humans.<a href="#endnote_Scratches">E-15</a> She begins by manipulating Tara and Eggs to achieve her goal of summoning her god to earth,<a href="#endnote_Timebomb">E-20</a> and eventually takes control of almost the entire population of Bon Temps.<a href="#endnote_New_World">E-22</a> While Maryann begins establishing her hold on Bon Temps, Sookie is recruited by Eric<a href="#endnote_Scratches">E-15</a> to investigate the disappearance of his two-thousand-year-old maker and the Sheriff of Area 9 in Texas: <a href="/wiki/List_of_True_Blood_Characters#Godric" class="mw-redirect" title="List of True Blood Characters">Godric</a> (<a href="/wiki/Allan_Hyde" title="Allan Hyde">Allan Hyde</a>).<a href="#endnote_Never_Let">E-17</a> While Sookie is absent from Bon Temps, Sam hires <a href="/wiki/Characters_of_True_Blood#Daphne_Landry" class="mw-redirect" title="Characters of True Blood">Daphne Landry</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ashley_Jones" title="Ashley Jones">Ashley Jones</a>) to join Merlotte's staff.<a href="#endnote_Nothing_but">E-13</a> Daphne (who is revealed to also be a shapeshifter<a href="#endnote_Never_Let">E-17</a>) begins a romance with Sam,<a href="#endnote_Fingerpop">E-16</a> but is later exposed as working for Maryann.<a href="#endnote_Hannah">E-18</a> Jason also leaves Bon Temps for Dallas to join the Fellowship of the Sun,<a href="#endnote_Party_Going">E-14</a> which Reverend Newlin has steered in a new militant direction despite the protestations of his wife <a href="/wiki/Characters_of_True_Blood#Sarah_Newlin" class="mw-redirect" title="Characters of True Blood">Sarah</a> (<a href="/wiki/Anna_Camp" title="Anna Camp">Anna Camp</a>).<a href="#endnote_Nothing_but">E-13</a> Godric is discovered in the custody of the Fellowship,<a href="#endnote_Never_Let">E-17</a> and one of Godric's lieutenants, <a href="/wiki/List_of_True_Blood_characters#Isabel_Beaumont" title="List of True Blood characters">Isabel Beaumont</a> (<a href="/wiki/Valerie_Cruz" title="Valerie Cruz">Valerie Cruz</a>),<a href="#endnote_Never_Let">E-17</a> sends her human boyfriend Hugo (<a href="/wiki/Christopher_Gartin" title="Christopher Gartin">Christopher Gartin</a>)<a href="#endnote_Hannah">E-18</a> to assist Sookie in infiltrating the church. Though Eric's primary interest in Dallas is finding Godric, he also attempts to place himself between Sookie and Bill. To accomplish this, he enlists the aid of Bill's maker <a href="/wiki/Characters_of_True_Blood#Lorena" class="mw-redirect" title="Characters of True Blood">Lorena</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mariana_Klaveno" title="Mariana Klaveno">Mariana Klaveno</a>);<a href="#endnote_Never_Let">E-17</a>, who thus becomes a more prominent contribution to the cast after a brief introduction in the first season.<a href="#endnote_Sparks">E-5</a> In the penultimate episode of the second season, once the conflict in Texas is concluded, the vampire queen of Louisiana <a href="/wiki/Sophie-Anne_Leclerq" class="mw-redirect" title="Sophie-Anne Leclerq">Sophie-Anne Leclerq</a> (<a href="/wiki/Evan_Rachel_Wood" title="Evan Rachel Wood">Evan Rachel Wood</a>) is introduced.<a href="#endnote_Frenzy">E-23</a> Both Bill and Eric visit her in an attempt to find out how to defeat Maryann.<a href="#endnote_Frenzy">E-23</a> Bill uses the information provided by Sophie-Anne to devise a plan involving Sam and Sookie, and the three manage to kill Maryann in the season two finale. Subsequently, Bill takes Sookie out to an exclusive French restaurant to propose to her. However, before she can give her answer, Bill is kidnapped. Season three picks up straight after the events of season two with Sookie on the hunt to track down Bill and his kidnappers. She turns to Eric for help, who is not interested (seeing this turn of events as a chance to get Sookie for himself), but he ends up sending werewolf <a href="/wiki/Alcide_Herveaux" title="Alcide Herveaux">Alcide Herveaux</a> (<a href="/wiki/Joe_Manganiello" title="Joe Manganiello">Joe Manganiello</a>) for assistance after it is revealed that Bill was taken by V-addicted werewolves in the employ of the 3000-year-old vampire king of Mississippi, <a href="/wiki/List_of_True_Blood_characters#Seasonal_antagonists" title="List of True Blood characters">Russell Edgington</a> (<a href="/wiki/Denis_O%27Hare" title="Denis O'Hare">Denis O'Hare</a>). Meanwhile, back in Bon Temps, Lafayette embarks on a relationship with his mother's care nurse and <a href="/wiki/Brujer%C3%ADa" class="mw-redirect" title="Brujería">brujo</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_True_Blood_characters" title="List of True Blood characters">Jesús Velasquez</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kevin_Alejandro" title="Kevin Alejandro">Kevin Alejandro</a>) and learns about his own special powers as a medium, while Sam hires a new waitress at Merlotte's, Wiccan Holly Cleary (<a href="/wiki/Lauren_Bowles" title="Lauren Bowles">Lauren Bowles</a>). In season 4, <a href="/wiki/Jessica_Tuck" title="Jessica Tuck">Jessica Tuck</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_True_Blood_characters#Nan_Flanagan" title="List of True Blood characters">Nan Flanagan</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Janina_Gavankar" title="Janina Gavankar">Janina Gavankar</a> (Luna) became season regulars. <a href="/wiki/Alexandra_Breckenridge" title="Alexandra Breckenridge">Alexandra Breckenridge</a> (Kate) and Vedette Lim (Naomi) became recurring actresses.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> Joining the cast for season five was <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Meloni" title="Christopher Meloni">Christopher Meloni</a>, who previously starred on another of <a href="/wiki/HBO" title="HBO">HBO</a>'s own original series <a href="/wiki/Oz_(TV_series)" title="Oz (TV series)">Oz</a> as well as <a href="/wiki/Law_%26_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit" title="Law & Order: Special Victims Unit">Law & Order: Special Victims Unit</a> for 12 years.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> Also joining the cast is <a href="/wiki/Scott_Foley" title="Scott Foley">Scott Foley</a> as Patrick, Terry's old war buddy,<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> Louis Herthum as JD, <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Overton" title="Kelly Overton">Kelly Overton</a> as Rikki, a new werewolf curious how Marcus died,<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> <a href="/wiki/Carolyn_Hennesy" title="Carolyn Hennesy">Carolyn Hennesy</a> is expected to be Rosalyn Harris, a Texas vampire with twang,<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> and Jacob Hopkins will play child vampire Chancellor Alexander Drew.<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> For season six, it was announced that <a href="/wiki/Robert_Kazinsky" title="Robert Kazinsky">Robert Kazinsky</a> would join the principal cast as Ben, a faerie and a potential love interest for Sookie. He will also help Sookie and Jason discover the truth about their parents' murders.<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Patrick" title="Robert Patrick">Robert Patrick</a>, who guest starred in season five as Jackson Herveaux, was promoted to series regular for season six.<a href="#cite_note-ign.com-14">[14]</a> <a href="/wiki/Rutger_Hauer" title="Rutger Hauer">Rutger Hauer</a>, who starred in <a href="/wiki/Blade_Runner" title="Blade Runner">Blade Runner</a> and <a href="/wiki/Batman_Begins" title="Batman Begins">Batman Begins</a>, was announced as a series regular playing Macklyn, a character with "strong ties to Sookie and Jason."<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> As reported by <a href="/wiki/The_Hollywood_Reporter" title="The Hollywood Reporter">The Hollywood Reporter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adina_Porter" title="Adina Porter">Adina Porter</a> would be returning for the seventh season as a series regular after being credited as a Special Guest Star since season two. Also upgraded to regulars are season six guest stars <a href="/wiki/Amelia_Rose_Blaire" title="Amelia Rose Blaire">Amelia Rose Blaire</a> as Willa Burrell, <a href="/wiki/Bailey_Noble" title="Bailey Noble">Bailey Noble</a> as Adilyn Bellefleur, <a href="/wiki/Luke_Grimes" title="Luke Grimes">Luke Grimes</a> as James and <a href="/wiki/Karolina_Wydra" title="Karolina Wydra">Karolina Wydra</a> as Violet Mazurski.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=True_Blood&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Production">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Development_history">Development history</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=True_Blood&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Development history">edit</a>]</div> Series creator <a href="/wiki/Alan_Ball_(screenwriter)" title="Alan Ball (screenwriter)">Alan Ball</a> had previously worked with the cable channel HBO on <a href="/wiki/Six_Feet_Under_(TV_series)" title="Six Feet Under (TV series)">Six Feet Under</a>, which ran for five seasons. In October 2005, after Six Feet Under wrapped, Ball signed a two-year agreement with HBO to develop and produce original programming for the network. True Blood became the first project under the deal after Ball became acquainted with <a href="/wiki/Charlaine_Harris" title="Charlaine Harris">Charlaine Harris</a>'s Southern Vampire Mystery books.<a href="#cite_note-press_release-17">[17]</a> One day, while early for a dental appointment, Ball was browsing through a <a href="/wiki/Barnes_%26_Noble" title="Barnes & Noble">Barnes & Noble</a> bookshop and came across <a href="/wiki/Dead_Until_Dark" title="Dead Until Dark">Dead Until Dark</a> (2001), the first installment in Harris' series. He read the entries that followed and became interested in "bringing [Harris'] vision to television".<a href="#cite_note-press_release-17">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-IGN_paley_fest-18">[18]</a> Having already had two other adaptation options for the books, Harris said she chose to work with him, though, because "[Ball] really 'got' me. That's how he convinced me to go with him. I just felt that he understood what I was doing with the books."[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] The project's hour-long <a href="/wiki/Pilot_(TV)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pilot (TV)">pilot</a> was ordered concurrently with the completion of the development deal. It was written, directed, and produced by Ball.<a href="#cite_note-HBO_roles_with-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-press_release-17">[17]</a> Cast members Paquin, Kwanten, and Trammell were announced in February 2007, and Moyer later in April.<a href="#cite_note-Paquin_finds-19">[19]</a><a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> The pilot was shot in the early summer of 2007 and was officially ordered to series in August, at which point Ball had already written more episodes.<a href="#cite_note-HBO_roles_with-1">[1]</a> Production on the series began later that fall,<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> with <a href="/wiki/Brook_Kerr" title="Brook Kerr">Brook Kerr</a>, who portrayed Tara Thornton in the original pilot, replaced by <a href="/wiki/Rutina_Wesley" title="Rutina Wesley">Rutina Wesley</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Futon_review-22">[22]</a> Two more episodes of the series had been filmed before the <a href="/wiki/2007-08_Writers_Guild_of_America_strike" class="mw-redirect" title="2007-08 Writers Guild of America strike">2007-08 Writers Guild of America strike</a> shut down production of the 12-episode first season until February 2008.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> That September, after only the first two episodes of the series had aired, HBO placed an order for a second season of 12 episodes, with production scheduled to commence in January 2009 for a summer premiere.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Title_sequence">Title sequence</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=True_Blood&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Title sequence">edit</a>]</div> True Blood's Emmy-nominated title sequence is composed of portrayals of the show's <a href="/wiki/Deep_South" title="Deep South">Deep South</a> setting, and runs to "<a href="/wiki/Bad_Things_(Jace_Everett_song)" title="Bad Things (Jace Everett song)">Bad Things</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Jace_Everett" title="Jace Everett">Jace Everett</a>. The original featurette was created around the <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Herrema" title="Jennifer Herrema">Jennifer Herrema</a> (<a href="/wiki/Royal_Trux" title="Royal Trux">Royal Trux</a>) song "RadTimesXpress".<a href="#cite_note-Doing_baptisms-25">[25]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:True_Blood_Opening_Sequence.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/15/True_Blood_Opening_Sequence.jpg/220px-True_Blood_Opening_Sequence.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="248" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/15/True_Blood_Opening_Sequence.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="267" data-file-height="301" /></a><figcaption>The makers of the title sequence wanted to explore themes of redemption and forgiveness.</figcaption></figure> Conceptually, the sequence was constructed around the idea of "the whore in the house of prayer"<a href="#cite_note-DK_feature-26">[26]</a> by intermingling contradictory images of sex, violence, and religion and displaying them from the point of view of "a <a href="/wiki/Supernatural" title="Supernatural">supernatural</a>, predatory creature observing human beings from the shadows ..."<a href="#cite_note-Doing_baptisms-25">[25]</a> Ideas of redemption and forgiveness are also explored, and thus the sequence progresses from morning to night and culminates in a <a href="/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">baptism</a>.<a href="#cite_note-DK_feature-26">[26]</a> The title sequence was created by the independent film company Digital Kitchen. The sequence also features images and themes of death and rebirth; the circle of life. A <a href="/wiki/Venus_fly-trap" class="mw-redirect" title="Venus fly-trap">Venus fly-trap</a> can be seen engulfing a frog, while the rotting of a fox's head is sped up to reveal maggots feeding off the corpse. Rebirth is represented by an image of a woman being "washed clean" from her sins in a lake, and a preacher blessing and possibly performing an exorcism on a member of his congregation.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> Some of the footage used in the sequence was filmed on location. Digital Kitchen took a four-day trip to <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a> to film; it also shot scenes at a <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> church, and on a stage and in a bar in <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>.<a href="#cite_note-DK_feature-26">[26]</a> The opening sequence of TRUE BLOOD contains shots that are composed of original documentaries, tabletop photography, studio and found footage which are completely handmade. Creative director Matt Mulder explains that they wanted the edit to “rumble through the swamps, wilderness and the cultures of the South to eventually reach into the hearts and minds of its inhabitants.”<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a><a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> During editing, individual frames were splattered with drops of blood.<a href="#cite_note-DK_feature-26">[26]</a> The sequence's transitions were constructed differently; they were made with a <a href="/wiki/Instant_film" title="Instant film">Polaroid</a> transfer technique. The last frame of one shot and the first frame of another were taken as a single Polaroid photo, which was divided between <a href="/wiki/Emulsion" title="Emulsion">emulsion</a> and backing. The emulsion was filmed being further separated by chemicals, and those shots of this separation were placed back into the final edit.<a href="#cite_note-Doing_baptisms-25">[25]</a> Eight different typefaces, inspired by Southern road signs, were created manually for cast and crew credits, as well as the show's title card.<a href="#cite_note-DK_feature-26">[26]</a> In a 2010 issue of <a href="/wiki/TV_Guide" title="TV Guide">TV Guide</a>, the show's opening title sequence ranked #5 on a list of TV's top 10 credits sequences, as selected by readers.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=True_Blood&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Music">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Gary_Calamar" title="Gary Calamar">Gary Calamar</a>, who supervises the series' music, said his goal for the show's soundtrack is to create something "swampy, bluesy and spooky" and to feature local Louisiana musicians.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> True Blood soundtrack albums have twice earned <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a> nominations. Composer <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Barr" title="Nathan Barr">Nathan Barr</a> writes the original score for the series, which features the cello, guitar, <a href="/wiki/Prepared_piano" title="Prepared piano">prepared piano</a>, and glass harmonica among other instruments, all of which he performs himself.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> The main theme song is "Bad Things" by <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country music</a> artist <a href="/wiki/Jace_Everett" title="Jace Everett">Jace Everett</a>, from his 2005 self-titled debut.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> Both <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Barr" title="Nathan Barr">Nathan Barr</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jace_Everett" title="Jace Everett">Jace Everett</a> won 2009 awards from <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_Music_Incorporated" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadcast Music Incorporated">Broadcast Music Incorporated</a> in the BMI Cable Awards category for, respectively, True Blood's original score and theme song.<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> The show's individual episode titles are named after songs featured in the episodes, usually heard during the closing credits. The title usually indicates something about the events that will unfold throughout the given episode. For example, episode ten of season four is titled "<a href="/wiki/Burning_Down_the_House" title="Burning Down the House">Burning Down the House</a>", and the end credits feature a cover version of the classic <a href="/wiki/Talking_Heads" title="Talking Heads">Talking Heads</a> song performed by <a href="/wiki/The_Used" title="The Used">The Used</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Soundtrack_albums">Soundtrack albums</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=True_Blood&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Soundtrack albums">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"> <caption>List of albums, with selected chart positions </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" scope="col">Title </th> <th rowspan="2" scope="col">Album details </th> <th colspan="2" scope="col">Peak chart positions </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">US</a> <a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> </th> <th scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/UK_Albums_Downloads_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Albums Downloads Chart">UK DL</a> <a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/True_Blood:_Music_from_the_HBO_Original_Series" title="True Blood: Music from the HBO Original Series">True Blood: Music from the HBO Original Series</a> </th> <td> <ul><li>Released: May 19, 2009</li> <li>Label: <a href="/wiki/Elektra_Records" title="Elektra Records">Elektra Records</a></li> <li>Formats: Digital download, CD and vinyl</li></ul> </td> <td>105 </td> <td>90 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/True_Blood:_Music_from_the_HBO_Original_Series,_Vol._2" title="True Blood: Music from the HBO Original Series, Vol. 2">True Blood: Music from the HBO Original Series, Vol. 2</a> </th> <td> <ul><li>Released: May 25, 2010</li> <li>Label: Elektra Records</li> <li>Formats: Digital download, CD and vinyl</li></ul> </td> <td>84 </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/True_Blood:_Music_from_the_HBO_Original_Series,_Vol._3" title="True Blood: Music from the HBO Original Series, Vol. 3">True Blood: Music from the HBO Original Series, Vol. 3</a> </th> <td> <ul><li>Released: September 6, 2011</li> <li>Label: <a href="/wiki/WaterTower_Music" title="WaterTower Music">WaterTower Music</a></li> <li>Formats: Digital download, CD and vinyl</li></ul> </td> <td>191 </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/True_Blood:_Music_from_the_HBO_Original_Series,_Vol._4" title="True Blood: Music from the HBO Original Series, Vol. 4">True Blood: Music from the HBO Original Series, Vol. 4</a> </th> <td> <ul><li>Released: May 28, 2013</li> <li>Label: Ato Records</li> <li>Formats: Digital download, CD and vinyl</li></ul> </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marketing">Marketing</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=True_Blood&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Marketing">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Truebloodopticalillusion.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/ca/Truebloodopticalillusion.jpg/220px-Truebloodopticalillusion.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="324" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ca/Truebloodopticalillusion.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="260" data-file-height="383" /></a><figcaption>Promotional poster for second season</figcaption></figure> The premiere of True Blood was prefaced with a <a href="/wiki/Viral_marketing" title="Viral marketing">viral marketing</a>/<a href="/wiki/Alternate_reality_game" title="Alternate reality game">alternate reality game</a> (ARG) campaign, based at BloodCopy.com, throughout the summer.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> This included setting up multiple websites,<a href="#cite_note-bloodcopy-38">[38]</a><a href="#cite_note-rev-39">[39]</a><a href="#cite_note-chishio.jp-40">[40]</a> encoding web address into unmarked envelopes mailed to high-profile blog writers and others, and even performances by a "vampire" who attempted to reach out to others of their kind, to discuss the recent creation of "TrueBlood", a fictional beverage featured in the show. A <a href="/wiki/MySpace" class="mw-redirect" title="MySpace">MySpace</a> account with the username "Blood"<a href="#cite_note-myspace-account-41">[41]</a> had, as of June 19, uploaded two videos;<a href="#cite_note-blood-videos-42">[42]</a> one entitled "Vampire Taste Test – True Blood vs Human",<a href="#cite_note-myspacevid1-43">[43]</a> and one called "BloodCopy Exclusive INTERVIEW WITH SAMSON THE VAMPIRE". A <a href="/wiki/Prequel" title="Prequel">prequel</a> <a href="/wiki/Comic" class="mw-redirect" title="Comic">comic</a> was handed out to attendees of the 2008 <a href="/wiki/Comic-Con_International" class="mw-redirect" title="Comic-Con International">Comic-Con</a>. The comic centers around an old vampire named Lamar, who tells the reader about how TruBlood surfaced and was discussed between many vampires before going public. At one point, Lamar wonders if TruBlood is making the world safe for vampires or from them. Several commercials featured on HBO and <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a><a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> aired prior to the series premiere, placing vampires in ads similar to those of beer and wine. HBO produced and broadcast two documentaries to promote True Blood, entitled "True Bloodlines".<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> The first, Vampire Legends, explored the earliest portrayals of vampires in legend, literature, and cinema. The second, A New Type, discusses vampire culture from Nosferatu to today's sensual, sexual creatures. To that end, the show also covered the modern vampire subculture and real-life vampire clubs.<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> Actors and writers from True Blood appeared in the documentaries. The shows first aired on September 6, 2008, on HBO. Thousands of DVDs of the first episode were handed out to attendees of Midnight Madness, a special film festival. <a href="/wiki/Blockbuster_Video" class="mw-redirect" title="Blockbuster Video">Blockbuster Video</a> provided free rental of the first episode of True Blood several days before it was broadcast on HBO. On April 16, 2009, HBO released the first teaser poster for season 2. The image uses a perspective technique that shows observers one of two images.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> A minute-long promotional video advertising season two, which featured <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Beyond_Here_Lies_Nothin%27" title="Beyond Here Lies Nothin'">Beyond Here Lies Nothin'</a>", was released via <a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Tonight" title="Entertainment Tonight">Entertainment Tonight</a> in early May.<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> There was also a website for The Fellowship of the Sun,<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> antagonists from the book series, featuring videos about hot-button issues such as becoming a vampire. In September 2009, HBO filed a trademark registration with the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Patent_and_Trademark_Office" title="United States Patent and Trademark Office">United States Patent and Trademark Office</a> for a possible future electronic game based on True Blood.<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> The network then launched a True Blood jewelry line in collaboration with New York-based designer Udi Behr. Inspired by the series, the jewelry has a Gothic look and features sterling silver, polished steel, and rubies.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> In the same month, HBO.com began selling Tru:Blood, a beverage branded to resemble the fictional synthetic blood that appears in the show. The beverage is a carbonated blood orange-flavored drink, developed and manufactured by <a href="/wiki/Omni_Consumer_Products_(company)" title="Omni Consumer Products (company)">Omni Consumer Products</a>, a company that specializes in defictionalizing brands from television and movies, and FMCG Manufacturing Company, a specialist manufacturer of licensed entertainment products.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Universitatea_Bucure%C8%99ti_2012-09-23_02-31-44.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Universitatea_Bucure%C8%99ti_2012-09-23_02-31-44.jpg/200px-Universitatea_Bucure%C8%99ti_2012-09-23_02-31-44.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Universitatea_Bucure%C8%99ti_2012-09-23_02-31-44.jpg/300px-Universitatea_Bucure%C8%99ti_2012-09-23_02-31-44.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Universitatea_Bucure%C8%99ti_2012-09-23_02-31-44.jpg/400px-Universitatea_Bucure%C8%99ti_2012-09-23_02-31-44.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1232" /></a><figcaption>The fountain in <a href="/wiki/Bucharest" title="Bucharest">Bucharest</a>'s <a href="/wiki/University_Square,_Bucharest" title="University Square, Bucharest">University Square</a> being colored in red for the premiere of 4th season</figcaption></figure> In June 2010, HBO held a special event at a number of movie theaters around the U.S.,<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> complete with red carpet, searchlights, and swag bags. Contest winners were invited to watch a live special, the Season 2 finale, a preview of Season 3, and a live interview on the set of True Blood with the cast and Alan Ball. HBO also began selling True Blood figural <a href="/wiki/Bust_(sculpture)" title="Bust (sculpture)">busts</a> featuring Bill, Sookie, and Eric. Busts of other characters became available later. HBO and IDW Publishing announced at the 2010 WonderCon that they would be publishing a comic book based on the series.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> <a href="/wiki/Alan_Ball_(screenwriter)" title="Alan Ball (screenwriter)">Alan Ball</a> developed and wrote the comic. The first booklet, with a print run of 53,000, was released in July 2010<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> and soon sold out. The second issue went on sale August 18, 2010, with a second printing of the first issue going on sale August 25.<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> Six comics were issued in the series, and they were compiled as the graphic novel All Together Now on February 15, 2011. This was the first in a series of four graphic novels released by <a href="/wiki/HBO" title="HBO">HBO</a> under the True Blood franchise and sold in major bookstores.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> Ensuing titles include Tainted Love, The French Quarter, and Ongoing. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Home_media">Home media</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=True_Blood&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Home media">edit</a>]</div> The True Blood DVDs have been consistent best-sellers in the US. By the end of 2009, the first season DVD had sold over 1.6 million units and taken in over $57 million. It was the only TV show in the 50 top-selling DVDs of 2009.<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> The second season DVD sold a total of 1,159,509 units in 2010, earning over $41 million.<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> The third season DVD was the 61st best-selling DVD of 2011, selling almost 1 million copies and earning over $30 million. It was the best selling TV box set of 2011.<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> In its first week of release—the week ending June 2, 2012—season four debuted at number one on the UK "TV on Video" chart.<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> However, it reached only number six in the combined DVD chart.<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> In its first week of release in North America, it sold over 660,000 units, earning nearly $20 million.<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> In its second week of release in North America, it sold a further 120,000 units (making a combined total of 784,000 units sold), earning another $4 million.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="6">True Blood: The Complete First Season </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:300px;" colspan="2">Set details </td> <td style="width:400px;" colspan="3">Special features </td> <td style="width:400px;" colspan="3">Exclusive items </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left; width:300px;"> <ul><li>12 episodes</li> <li>5 disc set</li> <li>1.78:1 aspect ratio</li> <li>Subtitles: English</li> <li>English</li></ul> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left; width:400px;"> <ul><li>In Focus: Vampires in Americas</li> <li>Tru Blood Beverage Ads</li> <li>Vampire PSAs</li> <li>Episode trailers</li> <li>Audio commentaries on: <ul><li>"Strange Love" by writer/director Alan Ball</li> <li>"The First Taste" by director Scott Winant and star Anna Paquin</li> <li>"Escape from Dragon House" by director Michael Lehmann and writer Brian Buckner</li> <li>"Sparks Fly Out" by director Daniel Minahan and star Stephen Moyer</li> <li>"Burning House of Love" by director Marcos Siega</li> <li>"To Love Is to Bury" by writer/director Nancy Oliver</li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left; width:400px;"> <ul><li>No known exclusives</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="6">True Blood: The Complete Second Season </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:300px;" colspan="2">Set details </td> <td style="width:400px;" colspan="3">Special features </td> <td style="width:400px;" colspan="3">Exclusive items </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left; width:300px;"> <ul><li>12 episodes</li> <li>5 disc set</li> <li>1.78:1 aspect ratio</li> <li>Subtitles: English</li> <li>English</li></ul> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left; width:400px;"> <ul><li>The Vampire Report: Special Edition</li> <li>Fellowship of the Sun: Reflections of Light</li> <li>Episode trailers</li> <li>Audio commentaries on: <ul><li>"Keep This Party Going" by Nelsan Ellis (Lafayette) and Michael Lehmann (Director)</li> <li>"Release Me" by Raelle Tucker (Writer) and Michael Ruscio (Director)</li> <li>"Timebomb" by Stephen Moyer (Bill), Alexander Skarsgård (Eric) and John Dahl (Director)</li> <li>"New World in My View" by Ryan Kwanten (Jason) and Sam Trammell (Sam)</li> <li>"Frenzy" by Rutina Wesley (Tara), Alan Ball (Writer) and Daniel Minahan (Director)</li> <li>"Beyond Here Lies Nothin'" by Anna Paquin (Sookie) and Michelle Forbes (Maryann)</li> <li>"Beyond Here Lies Nothin'"' by Alexander Woo (Writer) and Michael Cuesta (Director)</li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left; width:400px;"> <ul><li>USA Target stores <ul><li>Cast and crew panel DVD</li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="6">True Blood: The Complete Third Season </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:300px;" colspan="2">Set details </td> <td style="width:400px;" colspan="3">Special features </td> <td style="width:400px;" colspan="3">Exclusive items </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left; width:300px;"> <ul><li>12 episodes</li> <li>5 disc set</li> <li>1.78:1 aspect ratio</li> <li>Subtitles: English</li> <li>English</li></ul> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left; width:400px;"> <ul><li>Anatomy of a Scene</li> <li>True Blood Minisodes</li> <li>True Blood Postmortems</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snoop_Dogg" title="Snoop Dogg">Snoop Dogg</a> "Oh Sookie" video</li> <li>Episode trailers</li> <li>Audio commentaries on: <ul><li>"Beautifully Broken" by Alexander Skarsgård (Eric) and Scott Winant (Director)</li> <li>"It Hurts Me Too" by Alexander Woo (Writer) and Michael Lehmann (Director)</li> <li>"9 Crimes" by Kristin Bauer Van Straten (Pam) and David Petrarca (Director)</li> <li>"I Got a Right to Sing the Blues" by Denis O'Hare (Russell) and Alan Ball (Executive Producer and Creator)</li> <li>"Hitting the Ground" by Anna Paquin (Sookie), Joe Manganiello (Alcide) and Brian Buckner (Writer)</li> <li>"Evil Is Going On" by Stephen Moyer (Bill) and Anthony Hemingway (Director)</li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left; width:400px;"> <ul><li>USA Target stores <ul><li>One of 3 cardboard overlays of the 3 main cast members</li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="6">True Blood: The Complete Fourth Season </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:300px;" colspan="2">Set details </td> <td style="width:400px;" colspan="3">Special features </td> <td style="width:400px;" colspan="3">Exclusive items </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left; width:300px;"> <ul><li>12 episodes</li> <li>5 disc set</li> <li>1.78:1 aspect ratio</li> <li>Subtitles: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish</li> <li>English</li></ul> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left; width:400px;"> <ul><li>Inside the Episodes (12 clips)</li> <li>Backstories on each of the episodes – interviews with the show writers</li> <li>True Blood: The Final Touches – Behind the scenes tour of the post production process of True Blood</li> <li>6 audio commentaries with the cast and crew including Alan Ball, Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgård, Deborah Ann Woll, Sam Trammell and Fiona Shaw</li></ul> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left; width:400px;"> <ul><li>USA Target stores <ul><li>Bonus DVD – 80-minute Paley Center panel with Alan Bell and cast</li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6">True Blood: The Complete Fifth Season </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:300px;" colspan="2">Set details </td> <td style="width:400px;" colspan="3">Special features </td> <td style="width:400px;" colspan="3">Exclusive items </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left; width:300px;"> <ul><li>12 episodes</li> <li>5 disc set</li> <li>1.78:1 aspect ratio</li> <li>Subtitles: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish</li> <li>English</li></ul> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left; width:400px;"> <ul><li>Inside the Episodes: Get the back-stories on each episode with revealing interviews from the show writers.</li> <li>5 audio commentaries with the Cast and Crew including Alan Ball, Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Denis O'Hare, Carrie Preston, and many more!</li> <li>Previews & Recaps</li> <li>Enhanced Viewing: Character Bios, Vampire Histories, Hints, FYI's, Flashbacks, and Flash Forwards.</li> <li>Authority Confessionals: Learn more about the mysterious institution known as The Authority, from Nora, Kibwe, Rosalyn, Salome, Steve, and Russell.</li> <li>True Blood Episode Six: Autopsy: Join the cast and crew as they dissect the major events of episode six and provide an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at how True Blood is made.</li> <li>True Blood Lines: Uncover secrets from relationships past and present in this engaging, fully interactive ""re-Vamped"" guide and archive.</li></ul> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left; width:400px;"> <ul><li>No known exclusives</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6">True Blood: The Complete Sixth Season </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:300px;" colspan="2">Set details </td> <td style="width:400px;" colspan="3">Special features </td> <td style="width:400px;" colspan="3">Exclusive items </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left; width:300px;"> <ul><li>10 episodes</li> <li>4 disc set</li> <li>1.78:1 aspect ratio</li> <li>Subtitles: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish</li> <li>English</li></ul> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left; width:400px;"> <ul><li>Inside the Episodes (10 clips)</li> <li>Backstories on each of the episodes – interviews with the show writers</li> <li>5 audio commentaries with cast and crew including executive producer Brian Buckner, Stephen Moyer, Carrie Preston, Amelia Rose Blaire and more!</li> <li>Vamp Camp Files – get an inside look at the secret trove of documents detailing the effort to eradicate vampires via the institution known as "Vamp Camp". (Blu-ray only)</li> <li>True Blood Lines – uncover secrets from relationships past and present in this engaging fully interactive guide and archive (Blu-ray only)</li></ul> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left; width:400px;"> <ul><li>No known exclusives</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6">True Blood: The Complete Seventh Season </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:300px;" colspan="2">Set details </td> <td style="width:400px;" colspan="3">Special features </td> <td style="width:400px;" colspan="3">Exclusive items </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left; width:300px;"> <ul><li>10 episodes</li> <li>4 disc set</li> <li>1.78:1 aspect ratio</li> <li>Subtitles: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish</li> <li>English</li></ul> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left; width:400px;"> <ul><li>True Death: The Final Days on Set – Witness the final days of True Blood through the eyes of your favorite cast members as they document their experiences on their last times on set. See cast and crew as you have never seen them before, with this exclusive access. Be there as we say goodbye to the town of Bon Temps forever.</li> <li>True Blood Lines – Uncover secrets from relationships past and present in this engaging fully interactive guide and archive.</li> <li>True Blood: A Farewell to Bon Temps: Say goodbye to True Blood with this behind-the-scenes special of the series as it enters its seventh and final season.</li> <li>Five audio commentaries with cast and crew.</li></ul> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left; width:400px;"> <ul><li>No known exclusives</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=True_Blood&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Reception">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Critical_reception">Critical reception</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=True_Blood&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Critical reception">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable" style="float: right; text-align:center; margin:10px"> <caption><a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a> ratings per season </caption> <tbody><tr> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Notice plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-notice" role="presentation" style="width:100%;margin:0;"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/40px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/60px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/80px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620" /></div></td><td class="mbox-text" style="text-align: left;"><div class="mbox-text-span">Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on <a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T334940" class="extiw" title="phab:T334940">Phabricator</a> and on <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Graph/Plans" class="extiw" title="mw:Extension:Graph/Plans">MediaWiki.org</a>.</div></td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td> <table style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="row">Season </th> <td scope="col"><a href="/wiki/True_Blood_(season_1)" class="mw-redirect" title="True Blood (season 1)">1</a> </td> <td scope="col"><a href="/wiki/True_Blood_(season_2)" class="mw-redirect" title="True Blood (season 2)">2</a> </td> <td scope="col"><a href="/wiki/True_Blood_(season_3)" class="mw-redirect" title="True Blood (season 3)">3</a> </td> <td scope="col"><a href="/wiki/True_Blood_(season_4)" class="mw-redirect" title="True Blood (season 4)">4</a> </td> <td scope="col"><a href="/wiki/True_Blood_(season_5)" class="mw-redirect" title="True Blood (season 5)">5</a> </td> <td scope="col"><a href="/wiki/True_Blood_(season_6)" class="mw-redirect" title="True Blood (season 6)">6</a> </td> <td scope="col"><a href="/wiki/True_Blood_(season_7)" class="mw-redirect" title="True Blood (season 7)">7</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Rating </th> <td>63<a href="#cite_note-MetacriticS1-65">[65]</a> </td> <td>74<a href="#cite_note-MetacriticS2-66">[66]</a> </td> <td>79<a href="#cite_note-MetacriticS3-67">[67]</a> </td> <td>74<a href="#cite_note-MetacriticS4-68">[68]</a> </td> <td>74<a href="#cite_note-MetacriticS5-69">[69]</a> </td> <td>58<a href="#cite_note-MetacriticS6-70">[70]</a> </td> <td>54<a href="#cite_note-MetacriticS7-71">[71]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> The series has an approval rating of 70% on the <a href="/wiki/Review_aggregator" title="Review aggregator">review aggregator</a> website Rotten Tomatoes.<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> The first season of True Blood received positive reviews, despite initial impressions being mixed. Linda Stasi of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Post" title="New York Post">New York Post</a> wrote of the opening episodes: <blockquote>If HBO's new vampire show is any indication, there would still be countless deaths – especially among vampire hunters and the viewers who love them – because everyone would be dying of boredom. And so it is with HBO's new series from death-obsessed Alan Ball, creator of the legendary <a href="/wiki/Six_Feet_Under_(TV_series)" title="Six Feet Under (TV series)">Six Feet Under</a>, whose new show True Blood, won't so much make your blood run cold as it will leave you cold.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a></blockquote> Robert Bianco of <a href="/wiki/USA_Today" title="USA Today">USA Today</a> concluded: <blockquote>Sexy, witty and unabashedly peculiar, True Blood is a blood-drenched <a href="/wiki/Southern_Gothic" title="Southern Gothic">Southern Gothic</a> romantic parable set in a world where vampires are out and about and campaigning for equal rights. Part mystery, part fantasy, part comedy, and all wildly imaginative exaggeration, [True] Blood proves that there's still vibrant life — or death — left in the '<a href="/wiki/Star-crossed" title="Star-crossed">star-crossed</a> cute lovers' paradigm. You just have to know where to stake your romantic claim.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a></blockquote> The series achieved its highest <a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a> rating of 95%, with an average rating of 8.25/10 based on 22 reviews, during its third season. The critical consensus of the season reads, "True Blood seems to fully understand its appeal, and its third season provides plenty of graphic thrills, steamy romance, and biting satire for its fans."<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> <a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a>, another aggregator of critical responses, found "generally favorable reviews" for the first five seasons, with ratings of 63, 74, 79, 74 and 74, respectively.<a href="#cite_note-MetacriticS1-65">[65]</a><a href="#cite_note-MetacriticS2-66">[66]</a><a href="#cite_note-MetacriticS3-67">[67]</a><a href="#cite_note-MetacriticS4-68">[68]</a><a href="#cite_note-MetacriticS5-69">[69]</a> The sixth season, notable for being the first of the series not to have <a href="/wiki/Alan_Ball_(screenwriter)" title="Alan Ball (screenwriter)">Alan Ball</a> as showrunner, was met with mixed reviews in contrast to the acclaim of the previous five seasons. Many critics noted the decreasing quality of the scripts and production values. In his review, Brian Lowry of <a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a> remarked: <blockquote>People can debate when “True Blood’s” creative rigor mortis officially set in — somewhere during that stretch when the show began piling one supernatural creature upon another (werewolves and witches and faeries, oh my!) — but suffice it to say this once-significant and hugely lucrative HBO series limps into its seventh and final season looking pretty anemic.<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a></blockquote> The sixth and seventh seasons each received an approval rating of 44% on Rotten Tomatoes, with the critical consensus of season six reading: "A major letdown coming off the end of season five, True Blood seems to be running out of steam and isn't aging as elegantly as its eternal vampires."<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a><a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> On Metacritic, the sixth season rated 58, while the seventh 54, both indicating "mixed or average reviews".<a href="#cite_note-MetacriticS6-70">[70]</a><a href="#cite_note-MetacriticS7-71">[71]</a> The cast received positive reviews for their performances, with praise going to the performances of <a href="/wiki/Anna_Paquin" title="Anna Paquin">Anna Paquin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nelsan_Ellis" title="Nelsan Ellis">Nelsan Ellis</a>. For the first season, <a href="/wiki/Anna_Paquin" title="Anna Paquin">Anna Paquin</a> won the Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe">Golden Globe</a> at the <a href="/wiki/66th_Golden_Globe_Awards" title="66th Golden Globe Awards">66th Golden Globe Awards</a>; she was also nominated the next year and won the <a href="/wiki/Saturn_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Saturn Award">Saturn Award</a> for Best Actress in a Series, Drama at the <a href="/wiki/13th_Satellite_Awards" title="13th Satellite Awards">13th Satellite Awards</a>, a ceremony in which <a href="/wiki/Nelsan_Ellis" title="Nelsan Ellis">Nelsan Ellis</a> also won Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Moyer" title="Stephen Moyer">Stephen Moyer</a> won the award for Best Actor on Television at the 2010 ceremony. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cultural_influence">Cultural influence</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=True_Blood&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Cultural influence">edit</a>]</div> True Blood was the subject of a <a href="/wiki/Sesame_Street" title="Sesame Street">Sesame Street</a> sketch parody titled "True Mud" (2010), featuring puppet versions of Sookie, Bill, Lafayette, Sam, Tara, and Sheriff Dearborne. In the skit, Muppet Sookie struggles to fulfill Muppet Bill's pleas for a pint of "True Mud", as the other characters speculate whether or not he is a "grouch".<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> Anna Paquin (Sookie), Stephen Moyer (Bill), and Alexander Skarsgård (Eric) appeared on the September 2010 cover of <a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a> covered in blood and completely naked. This cover drew criticism<a href="#cite_note-aoltv1-80">[80]</a> due to the image's supposed promotion of sexuality and violence. The show's creator, Alan Ball, stated in the magazine, "To me, vampires are sex... I don't get a vampire story about <a href="/wiki/Abstinence" title="Abstinence">abstinence</a>", referring to the <a href="/wiki/Twilight_(novel_series)" title="Twilight (novel series)">Twilight books</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Twilight_Saga_(film_series)" title="The Twilight Saga (film series)">films</a> which were also highly popular at the time but had a more conservative approach to vampires and sexuality. "I'm 53. I don't care about high school students. I find them irritating and uninformed."<a href="#cite_note-aoltv1-80">[80]</a> Professional wrestler <a href="/wiki/Matt_Hardy" title="Matt Hardy">Matt Hardy</a> credits the show as the inspiration for his "Broken" Matt Hardy character.<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Comparisons_to_LGBT_rights">Comparisons to LGBT rights</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=True_Blood&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Comparisons to LGBT rights">edit</a>]</div> The struggle for vampire equality in True Blood has been interpreted as an allegory for the <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights movement">LGBT rights movement</a>.<a href="#cite_note-entertainment_weekly-82">[82]</a> <a href="/wiki/Charlaine_Harris" title="Charlaine Harris">Charlaine Harris</a>, the author of the <a href="/wiki/The_Southern_Vampire_Mysteries" title="The Southern Vampire Mysteries">book series</a> on which the show is based, stated that her initial characterization for the vampires were as "...a minority that was trying to get equal rights".<a href="#cite_note-gayrights1-83">[83]</a><a href="#cite_note-NPR_review-84">[84]</a> Several phrases in the series are borrowed and adapted from expressions used against and about <a href="/wiki/LGBT" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT">LGBT</a> people, such as "God Hates Fangs" (<a href="/wiki/Westboro_Baptist_Church#Views_on_homosexuality" title="Westboro Baptist Church">God Hates Fags</a>) and "Coming out of the coffin" (<a href="/wiki/Coming_out_of_the_closet" class="mw-redirect" title="Coming out of the closet">coming out of the closet</a>).<a href="#cite_note-NPR_review-84">[84]</a> <a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly" title="Entertainment Weekly">Entertainment Weekly</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Ken_Tucker" title="Ken Tucker">Ken Tucker</a> wrote that the show is built "around a series of metaphors: Vampire rights stand in for gay rights, and now the clever laughs elicited from this bratty-vampire girl represent an extreme of adolescent rebelliousness".<a href="#cite_note-entertainment_weekly-82">[82]</a> David Bianculli of <a href="/wiki/NPR" title="NPR">NPR</a> wrote, "True Blood is big on allegory, and the tension about accepting vampires into society is an obvious play on <a href="/wiki/Civil_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil rights">civil rights</a> in general, and gay rights in particular".<a href="#cite_note-NPR_review-84">[84]</a> However, the series' creator, <a href="/wiki/Alan_Ball_(screenwriter)" title="Alan Ball (screenwriter)">Alan Ball</a>, who is gay, has stated that such a comparison is lazy and possibly <a href="/wiki/Homophobic" class="mw-redirect" title="Homophobic">homophobic</a>; and Lauren Gutterman of the <a href="/wiki/Center_for_Lesbian_and_Gay_Studies" class="mw-redirect" title="Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies">Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies</a> has expressed concerns that the show might perpetuate negative <a href="/wiki/Stereotype" title="Stereotype">stereotypes</a> of homosexuals as deviants.<a href="#cite_note-gayrights1-83">[83]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ratings">Ratings</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=True_Blood&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Ratings">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Viewers_of_True_Blood.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Viewers_of_True_Blood.png/400px-Viewers_of_True_Blood.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Viewers_of_True_Blood.png/600px-Viewers_of_True_Blood.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Viewers_of_True_Blood.png 2x" data-file-width="660" data-file-height="356" /></a><figcaption>Graph of the US viewing figures of the first three seasons of True Blood.</figcaption></figure> The first episode of True Blood debuted at a very modest 1.44 million viewers compared to the network's past drama premieres such as <a href="/wiki/Big_Love" title="Big Love">Big Love</a> which premiered at 4.56 million, and <a href="/wiki/John_from_Cincinnati" title="John from Cincinnati">John from Cincinnati</a> which debuted at 3.4 million.<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> However, by late November 2008, 6.8 million a week were watching: this figure included repeat and on-demand viewings.<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> The season finale's viewership was 2.4 million. The second-season premiere of the series (June 14, 2009) was viewed by 3.7 million, making it the most watched program on HBO since the series finale of <a href="/wiki/The_Sopranos" title="The Sopranos">The Sopranos</a>. The total number of viewers for the season premiere, including the late night replay, was 5.1 million.<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> The tenth episode of the second season (August 23, 2009) was seen by 5.3 million viewers, a new record for the series.<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> The second season's finale (September 13, 2009) was seen by 5.1 million viewers. An average of 12.4 million a week watched the second season.<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> The ninth episode of the fourth season (August 21, 2011) set a new record with 5.53 million viewers, making it the most viewed episode to date.<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> True Blood is HBO's most watched series since <a href="/wiki/The_Sopranos" title="The Sopranos">The Sopranos</a>.<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="U.S._Nielsen_ratings">U.S. Nielsen ratings</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=True_Blood&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: U.S. Nielsen ratings">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:10%;" rowspan="2">Season </th> <th style="width:20%;" rowspan="2">Timeslot (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone_(North_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Time Zone (North America)">ET</a>/<a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">PT</a>) </th> <th style="width:7%;" rowspan="2"># Ep. </th> <th colspan="2">Premiere </th> <th colspan="2">Finale </th> <th style="width:7%;" rowspan="2">Aired </th> <th style="width:10%; background:#ffdead;" rowspan="2">Viewers (in millions) </th></tr> <tr> <th>Date </th> <th style="width:11%; font-size:smaller; line-height:100%;">Premiere Viewers (in millions) </th> <th>Date </th> <th style="width:11%; font-size:smaller; line-height:100%;">Finale Viewers (in millions) </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/True_Blood_(season_1)" class="mw-redirect" title="True Blood (season 1)">Season 1</a> </th> <td rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;">Sundays 9:00pm </td> <th>12 </th> <td style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">September 7, 2008</div> </td> <th>1.44<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> </th> <td style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">November 23, 2008</div> </td> <th>2.45<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> </th> <th style="font-size:smaller">2008 </th> <th style="background:#fc9;">2.00 </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/True_Blood_(season_2)" class="mw-redirect" title="True Blood (season 2)">Season 2</a> </th> <th>12 </th> <td style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">June 14, 2009</div> </td> <th>3.70<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> </th> <td style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">September 13, 2009</div> </td> <th>5.11<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> </th> <th style="font-size:smaller">2009 </th> <th style="background:#fc9;">4.28 </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/True_Blood_(season_3)" class="mw-redirect" title="True Blood (season 3)">Season 3</a> </th> <th>12 </th> <td style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">June 13, 2010</div> </td> <th>5.10<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> </th> <td style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">September 12, 2010</div> </td> <th>5.38<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> </th> <th style="font-size:smaller">2010 </th> <th style="background:#fc9;">4.97 </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/True_Blood_(season_4)" class="mw-redirect" title="True Blood (season 4)">Season 4</a> </th> <th>12 </th> <td style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">June 26, 2011</div> </td> <th>5.42 </th> <td style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">September 11, 2011</div> </td> <th>5.05 </th> <th style="font-size:smaller">2011 </th> <th style="background:#fc9;">4.97 </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/True_Blood_(season_5)" class="mw-redirect" title="True Blood (season 5)">Season 5</a> </th> <th>12 </th> <td style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">June 10, 2012</div> </td> <th>5.20<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> </th> <td style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">August 26, 2012</div> </td> <th>5.05 </th> <th style="font-size:smaller">2012 </th> <th style="background:#fc9;">4.67 </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/True_Blood_(season_6)" class="mw-redirect" title="True Blood (season 6)">Season 6</a> </th> <th>10 </th> <td style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">June 16, 2013</div> </td> <th>4.52<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a> </th> <td style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">August 18, 2013</div> </td> <th>4.12<a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> </th> <th style="font-size:smaller">2013 </th> <th style="background:#fc9;">4.24 </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/True_Blood_(season_7)" class="mw-redirect" title="True Blood (season 7)">Season 7</a> </th> <th>10 </th> <td style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">June 22, 2014</div> </td> <th>4.03 </th> <td style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">August 24, 2014</div> </td> <th>4.04 </th> <th style="font-size:smaller">2014 </th> <th style="background:#fc9;">3.48<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_nominations">Awards and nominations</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=True_Blood&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Awards and nominations">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_True_Blood" title="List of awards and nominations received by True Blood">List of awards and nominations received by True Blood</a></div> The show won an <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Casting_for_a_Drama_Series" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series">Outstanding Casting for a Drama</a> at the <a href="/wiki/61st_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="61st Primetime Emmy Awards">61st Primetime Emmy Awards</a>; the two lead actors have both been recognized for their performances: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Paquin" title="Anna Paquin">Anna Paquin</a> as <a href="/wiki/Sookie_Stackhouse" title="Sookie Stackhouse">Sookie Stackhouse</a>, for <a href="/wiki/Satellite_Award_for_Best_Actress_%E2%80%93_Television_Series_Drama" title="Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama">Best Actress in a Drama</a> at the <a href="/wiki/13th_Satellite_Awards" title="13th Satellite Awards">13th Satellite Awards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Moyer" title="Stephen Moyer">Stephen Moyer</a> as <a href="/wiki/Bill_Compton_(The_Southern_Vampire_Mysteries)" title="Bill Compton (The Southern Vampire Mysteries)">Bill Compton</a> for <a href="/wiki/Saturn_Award_for_Best_Actor_on_Television" title="Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television">Best Actor</a> at the <a href="/wiki/37th_Saturn_Awards" title="37th Saturn Awards">37th Saturn Awards</a></li></ul> The show received an <a href="/wiki/American_Film_Institute_Awards_2009" class="mw-redirect" title="American Film Institute Awards 2009">American Film Institute Award in 2009</a> as "One of the 10 Best TV Programs" and was chosen as "Favorite TV Obsession" at the <a href="/wiki/36th_People%27s_Choice_Awards" title="36th People's Choice Awards">36th People's Choice Awards</a>. Its <a href="/wiki/Stunt_performers" class="mw-redirect" title="Stunt performers">stunt performers</a> have been recognized for <a href="/wiki/Screen_Actors_Guild_Award_for_Outstanding_Performance_by_a_Stunt_Ensemble_in_a_Television_Series" title="Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series">Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble</a> at the <a href="/wiki/17th_Screen_Actors_Guild_Awards" title="17th Screen Actors Guild Awards">17th Screen Actors Guild Awards</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Canceled_reboot">Canceled reboot</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=True_Blood&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Canceled reboot">edit</a>]</div> In December 2020, it was announced that <a href="/wiki/HBO" title="HBO">HBO</a> was developing a reboot of True Blood.<a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> The original series' creator and original showrunner, Alan Ball, was set to executive produce the reboot.<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> In February 2023, HBO CEO Casey Bloys confirmed HBO had developed a few scripts but stated, "nothing that felt like it got there".<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=True_Blood&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Southern_Vampire_Mysteries" title="The Southern Vampire Mysteries">The Southern Vampire Mysteries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_vampire_television_series" title="List of vampire television series">List of vampire television series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vampire_film" title="Vampire film">Vampire film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vampire_literature" title="Vampire literature">Vampire literature</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=True_Blood&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin refbegin-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 20em"> <dl><dd><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><a href="#ref_Strange_Love">^E-1</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation episode cs1">"Strange Love". <a class="mw-selflink selflink">True Blood</a>. Season 1. Episode 1. September 7, 2008. HBO.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=True+Blood&rft.series=Season+1.+Episode+1&rft.date=2008-09-07&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrue+Blood" class="Z3988"></dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><a href="#ref_First_Taste">^E-2</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1">"The First Taste". <a class="mw-selflink selflink">True Blood</a>. Season 1. Episode 2. September 14, 2008. HBO.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=True+Blood&rft.series=Season+1.+Episode+2&rft.date=2008-09-14&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrue+Blood" class="Z3988"></dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><a href="#ref_Mine">^E-3</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1">"Mine". <a class="mw-selflink selflink">True Blood</a>. Season 1. Episode 3. September 21, 2008. HBO.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=True+Blood&rft.series=Season+1.+Episode+3&rft.date=2008-09-21&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrue+Blood" class="Z3988"></dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><a href="#ref_Dragon_House">^E-4</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1">"Escape from Dragon House". <a class="mw-selflink selflink">True Blood</a>. Season 1. Episode 4. September 29, 2008. HBO.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=True+Blood&rft.series=Season+1.+Episode+4&rft.date=2008-09-29&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrue+Blood" class="Z3988"></dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><a href="#ref_Sparks">^E-5</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1">"Sparks Fly Out". <a class="mw-selflink selflink">True Blood</a>. Season 1. Episode 5. October 5, 2008. HBO.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=True+Blood&rft.series=Season+1.+Episode+5&rft.date=2008-10-05&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrue+Blood" class="Z3988"></dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><a href="#ref_Fourth">^E-8</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1">"The Fourth Man in the Fire". <a class="mw-selflink selflink">True Blood</a>. Season 1. Episode 8. October 26, 2008. HBO.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=True+Blood&rft.series=Season+1.+Episode+8&rft.date=2008-10-26&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrue+Blood" class="Z3988"></dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><a href="#ref_Wanna_Know">^E-10</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1">"I Don't Wanna Know". <a class="mw-selflink selflink">True Blood</a>. Season 1. Episode 10. November 9, 2008. HBO.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=True+Blood&rft.series=Season+1.+Episode+10&rft.date=2008-11-09&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrue+Blood" class="Z3988"></dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><a href="#ref_Love_Bury">^E-11</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1">"To Love is to Bury". <a class="mw-selflink selflink">True Blood</a>. Season 1. Episode 11. November 16, 2008. HBO.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=True+Blood&rft.series=Season+1.+Episode+11&rft.date=2008-11-16&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrue+Blood" class="Z3988"></dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><a href="#ref_You'll_Be">^E-12</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1">"You'll Be the Death of Me". <a class="mw-selflink selflink">True Blood</a>. Season 1. Episode 12. November 23, 2008. HBO.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=True+Blood&rft.series=Season+1.+Episode+12&rft.date=2008-11-23&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrue+Blood" class="Z3988"></dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><a href="#ref_Nothing_but">^E-13</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1">"Nothing but the Blood". <a class="mw-selflink selflink">True Blood</a>. Season 2. Episode 13. June 14, 2009. HBO.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=True+Blood&rft.series=Season+2.+Episode+13&rft.date=2009-06-14&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrue+Blood" class="Z3988"></dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><a href="#ref_Party_Going">^E-14</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1">"Keep This Party Going". <a class="mw-selflink selflink">True Blood</a>. Season 2. Episode 14. June 21, 2009. HBO.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=True+Blood&rft.series=Season+2.+Episode+14&rft.date=2009-06-21&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrue+Blood" class="Z3988"></dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><a href="#ref_Scratches">^E-15</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1">"Scratches". <a class="mw-selflink selflink">True Blood</a>. Season 2. Episode 15. June 28, 2009. HBO.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=True+Blood&rft.series=Season+2.+Episode+15&rft.date=2009-06-28&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrue+Blood" class="Z3988"></dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><a href="#ref_Fingerpop">^E-16</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1">"Shake and Fingerpop". <a class="mw-selflink selflink">True Blood</a>. Season 2. Episode 16. July 12, 2009. HBO.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=True+Blood&rft.series=Season+2.+Episode+16&rft.date=2009-07-12&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrue+Blood" class="Z3988"></dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><a href="#ref_Never_Let">^E-17</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1">"Never Let Me Go". <a class="mw-selflink selflink">True Blood</a>. Season 2. Episode 17. July 19, 2009. HBO.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=True+Blood&rft.series=Season+2.+Episode+17&rft.date=2009-07-19&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrue+Blood" class="Z3988"></dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><a href="#ref_Hannah">^E-18</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1">"Hard-Hearted Hannah". <a class="mw-selflink selflink">True Blood</a>. Season 2. Episode 18. July 26, 2009. HBO.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=True+Blood&rft.series=Season+2.+Episode+18&rft.date=2009-07-26&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrue+Blood" class="Z3988"></dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><a href="#ref_Release">^E-19</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1">"Release Me". <a class="mw-selflink selflink">True Blood</a>. Season 2. Episode 19. August 2, 2009. HBO.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=True+Blood&rft.series=Season+2.+Episode+19&rft.date=2009-08-02&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrue+Blood" class="Z3988"></dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><a href="#ref_Timebomb">^E-20</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1">"Timebomb". <a class="mw-selflink selflink">True Blood</a>. Season 2. Episode 20. August 9, 2009. HBO.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=True+Blood&rft.series=Season+2.+Episode+20&rft.date=2009-08-09&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrue+Blood" class="Z3988"></dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><a href="#ref_I_Will_Rise_Up">^E-21</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1">"I Will Rise Up". <a class="mw-selflink selflink">True Blood</a>. Season 2. Episode 21. August 16, 2009. HBO.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=True+Blood&rft.series=Season+2.+Episode+21&rft.date=2009-08-16&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrue+Blood" class="Z3988"></dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><a href="#ref_New_World">^E-22</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1">"New World in My View". <a class="mw-selflink selflink">True Blood</a>. Season 2. Episode 22. August 23, 2009. HBO.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=True+Blood&rft.series=Season+2.+Episode+22&rft.date=2009-08-23&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrue+Blood" class="Z3988"></dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><a href="#ref_Frenzy">^E-23</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1">"Frenzy". <a class="mw-selflink selflink">True Blood</a>. Season 2. Episode 23. August 30, 2009. 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Turn!</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Authority_Always_Wins" title="Authority Always Wins">Authority Always Wins</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Whatever_I_Am,_You_Made_Me" title="Whatever I Am, You Made Me">Whatever I Am, You Made Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hopeless_(True_Blood)" title="Hopeless (True Blood)">Hopeless</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Somebody_That_I_Used_to_Know_(True_Blood)" title="Somebody That I Used to Know (True Blood)">Somebody That I Used to Know</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sunset_(True_Blood)" title="Sunset (True Blood)">Sunset</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Save_Yourself_(True_Blood)" title="Save Yourself (True Blood)">Save Yourself</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_True_Blood_characters" title="List of True Blood characters">Characters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Bad_Things_(Jace_Everett_song)" title="Bad Things (Jace Everett song)">Bad Things</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/True_Blood:_Music_from_the_HBO_Original_Series" title="True Blood: Music from the HBO Original Series">True Blood: Music from the HBO Original Series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/True_Blood:_Music_from_the_HBO_Original_Series,_Vol._2" title="True Blood: Music from the HBO Original Series, Vol. 2">True Blood: Music from the HBO Original Series, Vol. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/True_Blood:_Music_from_the_HBO_Original_Series,_Vol._3" title="True Blood: Music from the HBO Original Series, Vol. 3">True Blood: Music from the HBO Original Series, Vol. 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/True_Blood:_Music_from_the_HBO_Original_Series,_Vol._4" title="True Blood: Music from the HBO Original Series, Vol. 4">True Blood: Music from the HBO Original Series, Vol. 4</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_True_Blood" title="List of awards and nominations received by True Blood">Awards and nominations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Southern_Vampire_Mysteries" title="The Southern Vampire Mysteries">The Southern Vampire Mysteries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Ball_(screenwriter)" title="Alan Ball (screenwriter)">Alan Ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlaine_Harris" title="Charlaine Harris">Charlaine Harris</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" 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of Thrones">Game of Thrones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Game_of_Thrones_season_6" title="Game of Thrones season 6">season 6</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Game_of_Thrones" title="Game of Thrones">Game of Thrones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Game_of_Thrones_season_7" title="Game of Thrones season 7">season 7</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/GLOW_(TV_series)" title="GLOW (TV series)">GLOW</a>, season 2 (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Game_of_Thrones" title="Game of Thrones">Game of Thrones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Game_of_Thrones_season_8" title="Game of Thrones season 8">season 8</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Mandalorian" title="The Mandalorian">The Mandalorian</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Mandalorian_season_2" title="The Mandalorian season 2">season 2</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squid_Game" title="Squid Game">Squid Game</a>, season 1 (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stranger_Things" title="Stranger Things">Stranger Things</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stranger_Things_season_4" title="Stranger Things 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Men">Mad Men</a> (2008)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">True Blood</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glee_(TV_series)" title="Glee (TV series)">Glee</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Game_of_Thrones" title="Game of Thrones">Game of Thrones</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homeland_(TV_series)" title="Homeland (TV series)">Homeland</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Americans" title="The Americans">The Americans</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_Is_the_New_Black" title="Orange Is the New Black">Orange Is the New Black</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Better_Call_Saul" title="Better Call Saul">Better Call Saul</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mr._Robot" title="Mr. Robot">Mr. Robot</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/This_Is_Us" title="This Is Us">This Is Us</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killing_Eve" title="Killing Eve">Killing Eve</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Doll_(TV_series)" title="Russian Doll (TV series)">Russian Doll</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watchmen_(TV_series)" title="Watchmen (TV series)">Watchmen</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Lasso" title="Ted Lasso">Ted Lasso</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abbott_Elementary" title="Abbott Elementary">Abbott Elementary</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Bear_(TV_series)" title="The Bear (TV series)">The Bear</a> (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dgun_(2024_TV_series)" title="Shōgun (2024 TV series)">Shōgun</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Alan_Ball" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" 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navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oh,_Grow_Up" title="Oh, Grow Up">Oh, Grow Up</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Six_Feet_Under_(TV_series)" title="Six Feet Under (TV series)">Six Feet Under</a> (2001–2005)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">True Blood</a> (2008–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Here_and_Now_(2018_TV_series)" title="Here and Now (2018 TV series)">Here and Now</a> (2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Beauty_(1999_film)" title="American Beauty (1999 film)">American Beauty</a> (writer, 1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Towelhead_(film)" title="Towelhead (film)">Towelhead</a> (director, writer, 2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uncle_Frank_(film)" title="Uncle Frank (film)">Uncle Frank</a> (director, writer, 2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Plays</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Five_Women_Wearing_the_Same_Dress" title="Five Women Wearing the Same Dress">Five Women Wearing the Same Dress</a> (1993)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="HBO_programming" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:HBONetwork_Shows" title="Template:HBONetwork Shows"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:HBONetwork_Shows" title="Template talk:HBONetwork Shows"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:HBONetwork_Shows" title="Special:EditPage/Template:HBONetwork Shows"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="HBO_programming" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/HBO" title="HBO">HBO</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_HBO_original_programming" title="List of HBO original programming">programming</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Current_and_upcoming" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Current and upcoming</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/100_Foot_Wave" title="100 Foot Wave">100 Foot Wave</a> (since 2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/30_Coins" title="30 Coins">30 Coins</a> (since 2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dune:_Prophecy" title="Dune: Prophecy">Dune: Prophecy</a> (since 2024)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euphoria_(American_TV_series)" title="Euphoria (American TV series)">Euphoria</a> (since 2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fantasmas_(TV_series)" title="Fantasmas (TV series)">Fantasmas</a> (since 2024)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Franchise_(2024_TV_series)" title="The Franchise (2024 TV series)">The Franchise</a> (since 2024)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Gilded_Age_(TV_series)" title="The Gilded Age (TV series)">The Gilded Age</a> (since 2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hard_Knocks_(2001_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hard Knocks (2001 TV series)">Hard Knocks</a> (since 2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_the_Dragon" title="House of the Dragon">House of the Dragon</a> (since 2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Industry_(TV_series)" title="Industry (TV series)">Industry</a> (since 2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/It%27s_Florida,_Man" title="It's Florida, Man">It's Florida, Man</a> (since 2024)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerrod_Carmichael_Reality_Show" title="Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show">Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show</a> (since 2024)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Last_of_Us_(TV_series)" title="The Last of Us (TV series)">The Last of Us</a> (since 2023) </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Last_Week_Tonight_with_John_Oliver" title="Last Week Tonight with John Oliver">Last Week Tonight with John Oliver</a> (since 2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Real_Time_with_Bill_Maher" title="Real Time with Bill Maher">Real Time with Bill Maher</a> (since 2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Rehearsal_(TV_series)" title="The Rehearsal (TV series)">The Rehearsal</a> (since 2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Righteous_Gemstones" title="The Righteous Gemstones">The Righteous Gemstones</a> (since 2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somebody_Somewhere_(TV_series)" title="Somebody Somewhere (TV series)">Somebody Somewhere</a> (since 2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/True_Detective" title="True Detective">True Detective</a> (since 2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_White_Lotus" title="The White Lotus">The White Lotus</a> (since 2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Upcoming</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Get_Millie_Black" title="Get Millie Black">Get Millie Black</a> (2024)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Knight_of_the_Seven_Kingdoms_(TV_series)" title="A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (TV series)">A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms</a> (2025)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/It_%E2%80%93_Welcome_to_Derry" title="It – Welcome to Derry">It: Welcome to Derry</a> (2025)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Task_(miniseries)" title="Task (miniseries)">Task</a> (2025)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Former" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Former</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s debuts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HBO_World_Championship_Boxing" title="HBO World Championship Boxing">HBO World Championship Boxing</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/HBO_Sports_Bowling" title="HBO Sports Bowling">HBO Sports Bowling</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inside_the_NFL" title="Inside the NFL">Inside the NFL</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/On_Location_(TV_series)" title="On Location (TV series)">On Location</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Race_for_the_Pennant" title="Race for the Pennant">Race for the Pennant</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standing_Room_Only_(TV_series)" title="Standing Room Only (TV series)">Standing Room Only</a> ("<a href="/wiki/Vanities_(TV_program)" title="Vanities (TV program)">Vanities</a>") </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennis_on_HBO" title="Tennis on HBO">Tennis on HBO</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Time_Was" title="Time Was">Time Was</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s debuts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_%26_Ten_(1984_TV_series)" title="1st & Ten (1984 TV series)">1st & Ten</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Tom_Sawyer_(1980_TV_series)" title="The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1980 TV series)">The Adventures of Tom Sawyer</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/America_Undercover" title="America Undercover">America Undercover</a> ("<a href="/wiki/Autopsy_(TV_series)" title="Autopsy (TV series)">Autopsy</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Real_Sex" title="Real Sex">Real Sex</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Taxicab_Confessions" title="Taxicab Confessions">Taxicab Confessions</a>") </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babar_(TV_series)" title="Babar (TV series)">Babar</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Braingames_(1983_TV_series)" title="Braingames (1983 TV series)">Braingames</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Encyclopedia_(TV_series)" title="Encyclopedia (TV series)">Encyclopedia</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Encyclopedia_Brown" title="Encyclopedia Brown">Encyclopedia Brown</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Ghost_of_Faffner_Hall" title="The Ghost of Faffner Hall">The Ghost of Faffner Hall</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Hitchhiker_(TV_series)" title="The Hitchhiker (TV series)">The Hitchhiker</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/HBO_Storybook_Musicals" title="HBO Storybook Musicals">HBO Storybook Musicals</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Kids_in_the_Hall_(TV_series)" title="The Kids in the Hall (TV series)">The Kids in the Hall</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maximum_Security_(TV_series)" title="Maximum Security (TV series)">Maximum Security</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Not_Necessarily_the_News" title="Not Necessarily the News">Not Necessarily the News</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_Night_Stand_(American_TV_series)" title="One Night Stand (American TV series)">One Night Stand</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Marlowe,_Private_Eye" title="Philip Marlowe, Private Eye">Philip Marlowe, Private Eye</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Ray_Bradbury_Theater" title="The Ray Bradbury Theater">The Ray Bradbury Theater</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seabert" title="Seabert">Seabert</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_StoryTeller_(TV_series)" title="The StoryTeller (TV series)">The StoryTeller</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tales_from_the_Crypt_(TV_series)" title="Tales from the Crypt (TV series)">Tales from the Crypt</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tales_of_Little_Women" title="Tales of Little Women">Tales of Little Women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Video_Jukebox_(TV_series)" title="Video Jukebox (TV series)">Video Jukebox</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz_(TV_series)" title="The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (TV series)">The Wonderful Wizard of Oz</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s debuts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Paddington_Bear" title="The Adventures of Paddington Bear">The Adventures of Paddington Bear</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Tintin_(TV_series)" title="The Adventures of Tintin (TV series)">The Adventures of Tintin</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arliss_(TV_series)" title="Arliss (TV series)">Arliss</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Baby-Sitters_Club_(1990_TV_series)" title="The Baby-Sitters Club (1990 TV series)">The Baby-Sitters Club</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boxing_After_Dark" title="Boxing After Dark">Boxing After Dark</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Chris_Rock_Show" title="The Chris Rock Show">The Chris Rock Show</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Country_Mouse_and_the_City_Mouse_Adventures" title="The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures">The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crashbox" title="Crashbox">Crashbox</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Def_Comedy_Jam" title="Def Comedy Jam">Def Comedy Jam</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Miller_Live" title="Dennis Miller Live">Dennis Miller Live</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dream_On_(TV_series)" title="Dream On (TV series)">Dream On</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_and_Martha" title="George and Martha">George and Martha</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Happily_Ever_After:_Fairy_Tales_for_Every_Child" title="Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child">Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/HBO_Comedy_Half-Hour" title="HBO Comedy Half-Hour">HBO Comedy Half-Hour</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hotel_Room" title="Hotel Room">Hotel Room</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Larry_Sanders_Show" title="The Larry Sanders Show">The Larry Sanders Show</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lifestories:_Families_in_Crisis" title="Lifestories: Families in Crisis">Lifestories: Families in Crisis</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Little_Curious" title="A Little Curious">A Little Curious</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Little_Lulu_Show" title="The Little Lulu Show">The Little Lulu Show</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mr._Show_with_Bob_and_David" title="Mr. Show with Bob and David">Mr. Show with Bob and David</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Neverending_Story_(TV_series)" title="The Neverending Story (TV series)">The Neverending Story</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oz_(TV_series)" title="Oz (TV series)">Oz</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perversions_of_Science" title="Perversions of Science">Perversions of Science</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pippi_Longstocking_(1997_TV_series)" title="Pippi Longstocking (1997 TV series)">Pippi Longstocking</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rainbow_Fish_(TV_series)" title="Rainbow Fish (TV series)">Rainbow Fish</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Real_Sports_with_Bryant_Gumbel" title="Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel">Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reverb_(TV_series)" title="Reverb (TV series)">Reverb</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinocchio:_The_Series" title="Pinocchio: The Series">Saban's Adventures of Pinocchio</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sex_and_the_City" title="Sex and the City">Sex and the City</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Sopranos" title="The Sopranos">The Sopranos</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spicy_City" title="Spicy City">Spicy City</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenacious_D_(TV_series)" title="Tenacious D (TV series)">Tenacious D</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Todd_McFarlane%27s_Spawn" title="Todd McFarlane's Spawn">Todd McFarlane's Spawn</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tracey_Takes_On..." title="Tracey Takes On...">Tracey Takes On...</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s debuts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Animated_Tales_of_the_World" title="Animated Tales of the World">Animated Tales of the World</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Love" title="Big Love">Big Love</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bored_to_Death" title="Bored to Death">Bored to Death</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carniv%C3%A0le" title="Carnivàle">Carnivàle</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathouse:_The_Series" title="Cathouse: The Series">Cathouse: The Series</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Classical_Baby" title="Classical Baby">Classical Baby</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curb_Your_Enthusiasm" title="Curb Your Enthusiasm">Curb Your Enthusiasm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Comeback_(TV_series)" title="The Comeback (TV series)">The Comeback</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Costas_Now" title="Costas Now">Costas Now</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Da_Ali_G_Show" title="Da Ali G Show">Da Ali G Show</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deadwood_(TV_series)" title="Deadwood (TV series)">Deadwood</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Def_Poetry_Jam" title="Def Poetry Jam">Def Poetry Jam</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastbound_%26_Down" title="Eastbound & Down">Eastbound & Down</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Entourage_(American_TV_series)" title="Entourage (American TV series)">Entourage</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extras_(TV_series)" title="Extras (TV series)">Extras</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flight_of_the_Conchords_(TV_series)" title="Flight of the Conchords (TV series)">Flight of the Conchords</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/G_String_Divas" title="G String Divas">G String Divas</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_and_the_Purple_Crayon" title="Harold and the Purple Crayon">Harold and the Purple Crayon</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hung_(TV_series)" title="Hung (TV series)">Hung</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/In_Treatment" title="In Treatment">In Treatment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I_Spy_(2002_TV_series)" title="I Spy (2002 TV series)">I Spy</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Buck_Live" title="Joe Buck Live">Joe Buck Live</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_from_Cincinnati" title="John from Cincinnati">John from Cincinnati</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/K_Street_(TV_series)" title="K Street (TV series)">K Street</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kindergarten_(TV_series)" title="Kindergarten (TV series)">Kindergarten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KO_Nation" title="KO Nation">KO Nation</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Life_%26_Times_of_Tim" title="The Life & Times of Tim">The Life & Times of Tim</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Britain_USA" title="Little Britain USA">Little Britain USA</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucky_Louie" title="Lucky Louie">Lucky Louie</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Mind_of_the_Married_Man" title="The Mind of the Married Man">The Mind of the Married Man</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_No._1_Ladies%27_Detective_Agency_(TV_series)" title="The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (TV series)">The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/On_the_Record_with_Bob_Costas" title="On the Record with Bob Costas">On the Record with Bob Costas</a> </li> <li>El Perro y El Gato </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pornucopia" title="Pornucopia">Pornucopia</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Greenlight" title="Project Greenlight">Project Greenlight</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rome_(TV_series)" title="Rome (TV series)">Rome</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Six_Feet_Under_(TV_series)" title="Six Feet Under (TV series)">Six Feet Under</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Little_(TV_series)" title="Stuart Little (TV series)">Stuart Little</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summer_Heights_High" title="Summer Heights High">Summer Heights High</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tales_from_the_Neverending_Story" title="Tales from the Neverending Story">Tales from the Neverending Story</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tell_Me_You_Love_Me_(TV_series)" title="Tell Me You Love Me (TV series)">Tell Me You Love Me</a> </li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">True Blood</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourgasm" title="Tourgasm">Tourgasm</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unscripted" title="Unscripted">Unscripted</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Wire" title="The Wire">The Wire</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s debuts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/After_the_Thrones" title="After the Thrones">After the Thrones</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Def_Comedy" title="All Def Comedy">All Def Comedy</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angry_Boys" title="Angry Boys">Angry Boys</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Animals_(American_TV_series)" title="Animals (American TV series)">Animals</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Any_Given_Wednesday_with_Bill_Simmons" title="Any Given Wednesday with Bill Simmons">Any Given Wednesday with Bill Simmons</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballers" title="Ballers">Ballers</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_(TV_series)" title="Barry (TV series)">Barry</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Little_Lies_(TV_series)" title="Big Little Lies (TV series)">Big Little Lies</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Black_Lady_Sketch_Show" title="A Black Lady Sketch Show">A Black Lady Sketch Show</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boardwalk_Empire" title="Boardwalk Empire">Boardwalk Empire</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Brink_(TV_series)" title="The Brink (TV series)">The Brink</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camping_(American_TV_series)" title="Camping (American TV series)">Camping</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crashing_(American_TV_series)" title="Crashing (American TV series)">Crashing</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Deuce_(TV_series)" title="The Deuce (TV series)">The Deuce</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divorce_(TV_series)" title="Divorce (TV series)">Divorce</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doll_%26_Em" title="Doll & Em">Doll & Em</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enlightened_(TV_series)" title="Enlightened (TV series)">Enlightened</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esme_%26_Roy" title="Esme & Roy">Esme & Roy</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Family_Tree_(TV_series)" title="Family Tree (TV series)">Family Tree</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Funny_or_Die_Presents" title="Funny or Die Presents">Funny or Die Presents</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Game_of_Thrones" title="Game of Thrones">Game of Thrones</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gentleman_Jack_(TV_series)" title="Gentleman Jack (TV series)">Gentleman Jack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Getting_On_(American_TV_series)" title="Getting On (American TV series)">Getting On</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girls_(TV_series)" title="Girls (TV series)">Girls</a>  </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hello_Ladies" title="Hello Ladies">Hello Ladies</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Here_and_Now_(2018_TV_series)" title="Here and Now (2018 TV series)">Here and Now</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Maintenance" title="High Maintenance">High Maintenance</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/His_Dark_Materials_(TV_series)" title="His Dark Materials (TV series)">His Dark Materials</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/How_to_Make_It_in_America" title="How to Make It in America">How to Make It in America</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insecure_(TV_series)" title="Insecure (TV series)">Insecure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ja%27mie:_Private_School_Girl" title="Ja'mie: Private School Girl">Ja'mie: Private School Girl</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonah_from_Tonga" title="Jonah from Tonga">Jonah from Tonga</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Leftovers_(TV_series)" title="The Leftovers (TV series)">The Leftovers</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Life%27s_Too_Short_(TV_series)" title="Life's Too Short (TV series)">Life's Too Short</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Looking_(TV_series)" title="Looking (TV series)">Looking</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Espookys" title="Los Espookys">Los Espookys</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luck_(TV_series)" title="Luck (TV series)">Luck</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masterclass_(TV_series)" title="Masterclass (TV series)">Masterclass</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/My_Brilliant_Friend_(TV_series)" title="My Brilliant Friend (TV series)">My Brilliant Friend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Newsroom_(American_TV_series)" title="The Newsroom (American TV series)">The Newsroom</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Random_Acts_of_Flyness" title="Random Acts of Flyness">Random Acts of Flyness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Ricky_Gervais_Show_(TV_series)" title="The Ricky Gervais Show (TV series)">The Ricky Gervais Show</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Room_104" title="Room 104">Room 104</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sally4Ever" title="Sally4Ever">Sally4Ever</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Shop" title="The Shop">The Shop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silicon_Valley_(TV_series)" title="Silicon Valley (TV series)">Silicon Valley</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Succession_(TV_series)" title="Succession (TV series)">Succession</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Togetherness_(TV_series)" title="Togetherness (TV series)">Togetherness</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treme_(TV_series)" title="Treme (TV series)">Treme</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veep" title="Veep">Veep</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_(TV_series)" title="Vice (TV series)">Vice</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_News_Tonight" title="Vice News Tonight">Vice News Tonight</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Principals" title="Vice Principals">Vice Principals</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinyl_(TV_series)" title="Vinyl (TV series)">Vinyl</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westworld_(TV_series)" title="Westworld (TV series)">Westworld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyatt_Cenac%27s_Problem_Areas" title="Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas">Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s debuts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Avenue_5" title="Avenue 5">Avenue 5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Betty_(TV_series)" title="Betty (TV series)">Betty</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/How_To_with_John_Wilson" title="How To with John Wilson">How To with John Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Idol_(TV_series)" title="The Idol (TV series)">The Idol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lovecraft_Country_(TV_series)" title="Lovecraft Country (TV series)">Lovecraft Country</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Nevers" title="The Nevers">The Nevers</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Painting_with_John" title="Painting with John">Painting with John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pause_with_Sam_Jay" title="Pause with Sam Jay">Pause with Sam Jay</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perry_Mason_(2020_TV_series)" title="Perry Mason (2020 TV series)">Perry Mason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rain_Dogs_(TV_series)" title="Rain Dogs (TV series)">Rain Dogs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Run_(American_TV_series)" title="Run (American TV series)">Run</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Time_Traveler%27s_Wife_(TV_series)" title="The Time Traveler's Wife (TV series)">The Time Traveler's Wife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Vow_(TV_series)" title="The Vow (TV series)">The Vow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/We%27re_Here" title="We're Here">We're Here</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winning_Time:_The_Rise_of_the_Lakers_Dynasty" title="Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty">Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Miniseries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agents_of_Chaos_(miniseries)" title="Agents of Chaos (miniseries)">Agents of Chaos</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_the_Rivers_Run" title="All the Rivers Run">All the Rivers Run</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_v._Farrow" title="Allen v. Farrow">Allen v. Farrow</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angels_in_America_(miniseries)" title="Angels in America (miniseries)">Angels in America</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assume_the_Position_with_Mr._Wuhl" title="Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl">Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Baby_(TV_series)" title="The Baby (TV series)">The Baby</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Band_of_Brothers_(miniseries)" title="Band of Brothers (miniseries)">Band of Brothers</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Case_Against_Adnan_Syed" title="The Case Against Adnan Syed">The Case Against Adnan Syed</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Casual_Vacancy_(miniseries)" title="The Casual Vacancy (miniseries)">The Casual Vacancy</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catch_and_Kill:_The_Podcast_Tapes" title="Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes">Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_the_Great_(miniseries)" title="Catherine the Great (miniseries)">Catherine the Great</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chernobyl_(miniseries)" title="Chernobyl (miniseries)">Chernobyl</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Corner" title="The Corner">The Corner</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_I_(2005_TV_series)" title="Elizabeth I (2005 TV series)">Elizabeth I</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empire_Falls_(miniseries)" title="Empire Falls (miniseries)">Empire Falls</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exterminate_All_the_Brutes_(miniseries)" title="Exterminate All the Brutes (miniseries)">Exterminate All the Brutes</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/From_the_Earth_to_the_Moon_(miniseries)" title="From the Earth to the Moon (miniseries)">From the Earth to the Moon</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foo_Fighters:_Sonic_Highways" title="Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways">Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Generation_Kill_(miniseries)" title="Generation Kill (miniseries)">Generation Kill</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunpowder_(TV_series)" title="Gunpowder (TV series)">Gunpowder</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/God_Save_Texas" title="God Save Texas">God Save Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Saddam" title="House of Saddam">House of Saddam</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/I_Am_Not_a_Monster:_The_Lois_Riess_Murders" title="I Am Not a Monster: The Lois Riess Murders">I Am Not a Monster: The Lois Riess Murders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I_Know_This_Much_Is_True_(miniseries)" title="I Know This Much Is True (miniseries)">I Know This Much Is True</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/I_May_Destroy_You" title="I May Destroy You">I May Destroy You</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/I%27ll_Be_Gone_in_the_Dark_(TV_series)" title="I'll Be Gone in the Dark (TV series)">I'll Be Gone in the Dark</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irma_Vep_(miniseries)" title="Irma Vep (miniseries)">Irma Vep</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Jinx_(TV_series)" title="The Jinx (TV series)">The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Adams_(miniseries)" title="John Adams (miniseries)">John Adams</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Lady_and_the_Dale" title="The Lady and the Dale">The Lady and the Dale</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Last_Call:_When_a_Serial_Killer_Stalked_Queer_New_York" title="Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York">Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landscapers_(TV_series)" title="Landscapers (TV series)">Landscapers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurel_Avenue" title="Laurel Avenue">Laurel Avenue</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Love_Has_Won:_The_Cult_of_Mother_God" title="Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God">Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mare_of_Easttown" title="Mare of Easttown">Mare of Easttown</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/McMillions" title="McMillions">McMillions</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mildred_Pierce_(miniseries)" title="Mildred Pierce (miniseries)">Mildred Pierce</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mind_Over_Murder_(TV_series)" title="Mind Over Murder (TV series)">Mind Over Murder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosaic_(murder_mystery)" title="Mosaic (murder mystery)">Mosaic</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mrs._Fletcher" title="Mrs. Fletcher">Mrs. Fletcher</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_New_Pope" title="The New Pope">The New Pope</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Night_Of" title="The Night Of">The Night Of</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_Family_(TV_series)" title="Nuclear Family (TV series)">Nuclear Family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olive_Kitteridge_(miniseries)" title="Olive Kitteridge (miniseries)">Olive Kitteridge</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Boys_(miniseries)" title="Our Boys (miniseries)">Our Boys</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Outsider_(miniseries)" title="The Outsider (miniseries)">The Outsider</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Pacific_(miniseries)" title="The Pacific (miniseries)">The Pacific</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parade%27s_End_(TV_series)" title="Parade's End (TV series)">Parade's End</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Penguin_(TV_series)" title="The Penguin (TV series)">The Penguin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Rising_(American_TV_series)" title="Phoenix Rising (American TV series)">Phoenix Rising</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Plot_Against_America_(miniseries)" title="The Plot Against America (miniseries)">The Plot Against America</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pray,_Obey,_Kill" title="Pray, Obey, Kill">Pray, Obey, Kill</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Q_Into_the_Storm" title="Q Into the Storm">Q: Into the Storm</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Regime_(miniseries)" title="The Regime (miniseries)">The Regime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scenes_from_a_Marriage_(American_miniseries)" title="Scenes from a Marriage (American miniseries)">Scenes from a Marriage</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Seekers_(miniseries)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Seekers (miniseries)">The Seekers</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharp_Objects_(miniseries)" title="Sharp Objects (miniseries)">Sharp 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