There hasn’t even been three episodes aired yet, and apparently HBO is really pleased with the way their vampire show TRUE BLOOD is performing, because it has already received a second-season pickup. Not bad for a show that sucks! Ha ha, pun intended… Actually not really, because I thought the first episode sucked in a non-amusing way and don’t know that I’ll be watching another one. I simply did not buy any of the characters, and some of the “Southern” accents were atrocious. Hard to get into a show when you’re constantly rolling your eyes at the performances… Maybe I’ll give it another glance, I don’t know. HBO has been good to me over the years. (When the f*ck are we going to see those DEADWOOD movies though?!)
Here’s a piece of the press release sent out today by the Home Box Office…
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.”
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.
And in case you don’t know what the hell I’m talking about, here’s the plot breakdown: 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.
Anyone have a take on this series so far? Spit some bullets, let us know what you think!