Bon Temps is going to be very crowded for True Blood's third season, what with all the new vampires walking around. Executive producer Alan Ball, and several of True Blood's writers and producers, sat down with fans of the show Wednesday at the Paley Center for Media to discuss the new residents of Bon Temps, Bill and Sookie's future and a naked Alexander Skårsgard.
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So where does the action pick up at the beginning of Season 3? "I believe [Eric] appears without most of his clothes in the very first episode," jokes Ball. (But seriously, he says, fans of Eric's amnesia story line from the books will have to wait until Season 4.)
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True Blood's Season 3 won't return until next summer, but we can still bring you the scoop on what's happening when the HBO series returns. "It's a crazy season," executive producer Alan Ball tells TVGuide.com. "It picks up right where we left off and things get weird really fast."
True Blood executive producer: Someone will die
As Ball already spilled, someone is going to die and we'll be pretty happy about it. Find out what else he teases, including the juicy relationship between Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) and Sookie (Anna Paquin), and the addition of some new characters. Also, get a few extra tidbits from your favorite shaggy dog, star Sam Trammell...
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From the dead to the undead Alan Ball the creator of the dearly missed mortuary drama Six Feet Under turns his darkly comic sights on the supernatural with True Blood Sundays at 9 pmET HBO the story of a telepathic Southern waitress who takes a stab at romance with a 173-year-old vampire Kate HahnTV Guide What was it about the Sookie Stackhouse novels that made you want to turn them into a seriesAlan Ball I bought [the book] because of the tagline Maybe having a vampire for a boyfriend wasnt such a good idea which struck me as funny[Author] Charlaine Harris created such an imaginative and clever world thats frightening funny sexy and deeply romantic all at onceTV Guide Anna Paquin looks so different in the series blonde and tan Weird for a vampire showBall [Laughs] Ive tried to be as true to the books as possibleThere are legions of fans for Charlaines books and I want them to be fans of the show too And after she did it Anna actu
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HBO has just announced that, after only two episodes, the network has renewed its freshman vampire series True Blood for a second season.Michael Lombardo, president of West Coast Operations at HBO said, "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."After a disappointing showing in the ratings for its premiere episode, Blood rebounded after its second episode on Sept. 14 with an "unprecedented" 24 percent gain in viewers.Ball says he's "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."True Blood airs on Sundays at 9 pm/ET on HBO.Have you discovered a thirst for True Blood yet? — Erin FoxRelated• Mega Buzz on True Blood• Watch More on True Blood Using Our Online Video Guide
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Feels like old times, having a Sunday HBO lineup to get excited about again. But excited I am, having seen the first five episodes of the wildly entertaining new vampire mystery/romance/comedy/thriller hybrid True Blood, and the first four episodes of Entourage’s much-improved fifth season.I posted my initial thoughts on True Blood in a Dispatch filed shortly after HBO’s presentation during TCA press tour this summer, at which time I had screened the first two episodes. Since then, I’ve watched more and have also devoured the first two books in Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse series, which are also great fun. (Season one of True Blood roughly tracks the plot of Harris’s first volume, Dead Until Dark.) All I can say is: I’m hooked.Alan Ball’s colorful adaptation goes way over the top as only pay cable can do, both in terms of sexuality (especially where Sookie’s horndog brother is concerned) and in terms of broadly played Southern caricatur...
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