True Blood renewed for second season already

[CaptainWacky]

HBO RENEWS TRUE BLOOD, NEW SERIES FROM "SIX FEET UNDER"
CREATOR ALAN BALL, FOR SECOND SEASON,
WITH PRODUCTION TO BEGIN EARLY NEXT YEAR

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17, 2008 - HBO has renewed the new drama series TRUE BLOOD for a second season, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, Programming Group and West Coast Operations. Created by Alan Ball, the series will begin production of new episodes early next year in Los Angeles, with debut set for summer 2009.

"We are absolutely thrilled that the critics and our viewers have embraced TRUE BLOOD," noted Lombardo. "Alan Ball has done it again - made an addictive series that is unlike any other."

"I am thrilled to be able to continue to work with such a talented group of writers, cast and crew to explore the characters and world created by Charlaine Harris in her novels," Ball said. "It really is a joy to go to work every day and I couldn't be happier to be back home at HBO."

The Sept. 7 debut episode is proving to be a hit with HBO audiences, attracting more than four million viewers to date, while the debut of the second episode on Sept. 14 posted an unprecedented 24% gain in viewers over the first week's debut.

Critics across the country in Detroit, Baltimore, Denver and Orlando have proclaimed TRUE BLOOD one of the best new shows on TV. USA Today called it "wildly imaginative," with "one of the best ensembles of the new series," while the Washington Post found it "audacious, outrageous and playfully grisly." TV Guide hailed the show as "graphically sexy and scary, and often wildly funny," and "a broadly entertaining, deliciously twisted slice of modern Southern Gothic."

Mixing romance, suspense, mystery and humor, TRUE BLOOD takes place in the not-too-distant future, when vampires have come out of the coffin, thanks to the invention of mass-produced synthetic blood that means they no longer need humans for their fix. Set in a backwoods Louisiana town, the show follows the romance between waitress Sookie Stackhouse (played by Anna Paquin), who can read minds, and 173-year-old vampire Bill Compton (played by Stephen Moyer). Alan Ball (creator of the Emmy(r)-winning HBO series "Six Feet Under") created and executive produced the show, as well as wrote and directed episodes of the series, which is based on the popular Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris.

The cast also includes Ryan Kwanten as Sookie's brother Jason, Rutina Wesley as her best friend Tara Thornton, Sam Trammell as Sookie's good-hearted boss Sam Merlotte and Nelsan Ellis as Lafayette Reynolds, a cook at Merlotte's

Season one credits: TRUE BLOOD is created by and executive produced by Alan Ball; based on the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris; co-executive producer, Brian Buckner; supervising producer, Nancy Oliver; produced by Carol Dunn Trussell; producer, Alexander Woo; co-producer, Raelle Tucker.

Season one directors: Alan Ball, John Dahl, Nick Gomez, Anthony M. Hemingway, Michael Lehmann, Daniel Minahan, Nancy Oliver, Marcos Siego, Scott Winant. Season one writers: Alan Ball, Brian Buckner, Chris Offutt, Nancy Oliver, Raelle Tucker, Alexander Woo.

The first episode wasn't good, but the second showed improvement and I absolutely love Anna Paquin, so good news on the whole.

 

[Tisiphone]

Yay baby!!

I'm so happy this show turned out to be on HBO. They don't cancel a show after just one episode like networks do.

Can't wait for Sundays, now.

 

[curiousa2z]

This news makes me happy. Thanks for passing that along, Wacky.

*does a happy dance to prove it*

 

[curiousa2z]

last night I told my subconscious to dream about Bill with his shirt off.
Didn't work, but I'm not giving up yet.

 

[Tisiphone]

You mean Jason's tight little ass isn't enough for you??? Sheesh, woman! <g>

 

[curiousa2z]

lol - even if he wasn't such a twat, Jason would be the last of my choices(well, except for Mike Spencer) - no hairy chest, small mouth (to go with his small brain), eyes too close together....

...BUT I wouldn't mind drawing him - that's quite the definition in those muscles! Holy crap! everytime he moves ther's ripples....!

I like Bill. he's not too pretty and when he takes his shirt off ...OOOEEE.

So we will be meeting ERIC soon? *whistles* I hope they've cast him right.

p.s. Lafayette is LA DEE DAH BEAUTIFUL, but he don't swing my way.

 

[Tisiphone]

I'm actually kinda starting to feel all tingly when Rene is on.

 

[Cassie]

I like Jason cause he's not scared of the vagina, but I'd rather be bitten by Bill.

 

[Tisiphone]

But...but...according to Lafayette, all men, even George W. Bush, are afraid of the pussy!!!

 

[CaptainWacky]

Oh, you girls.

 

[Cassie]

Jason has no problem putting his face in one!

 

[Tisiphone]

Or pulling an American Psycho moment while fucking a gal doggy style.

 

[curiousa2z]

I know, the stupid bastard - and even when he thought he HAD killed Maudette, he goes to the bar and tries to hit on Dawn! Did he think to turn himself in? Did he even show remorse - other than at the possibilty of being put away for murder? What a prat! Even if he does go muff-diving.

 

[CaptainWacky]

How come Dawn had vampire bite marks? I bet it was her that killed the dead bitch...or something. (Dawn's the other waitress, right?)

 

[Cassie]

Obviously she's had some vampire sex! Probably with the freaky tattooed one.

 

[CaptainWacky]

she's quite hot too