True Blood

69
Metascore
2008-2014
7 seasons
HBO
Drama, Fantasy, Suspense
TV-MA

In a time when vampires have entered the mainstream, a young Louisiana waitress (Anna Paquin) sets out to prove not only can vamps and humans co-exist, they can find true love. Created by Alan Ball (Six Feet Under) and based on the best-selling "Sookie Stackhouse" novels by Charlaine Harris.

69
Metascore
2008-2014
7 seasons
HBO
Drama, Fantasy, Suspense
TV-MA

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Benedict Cumberbatch Almost Played Bill in True Blood

Can you even imagine?!

Mon, Nov 19, 2018

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9 Fake Drugs As Hilarious as Riverdale's Jingle Jangle

JJ is in these streets

Fri, Oct 27, 2017

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Claws' Carrie Preston Is Down for a True Blood Reunion

But it wouldn't be the same without Nelsan Ellis

Mon, Aug 14, 2017

Claws' Carrie Preston Is Down for a True Blood Reunion

Midnight, Texas: How the Show Is Different From True Blood

And the beautiful moment in the book that inspired the showrunner

Mon, Jul 24, 2017

Midnight, Texas: How the Show Is Different From True Blood

Here's What's Coming to Amazon Prime in July

Including every season of Entourage

Fri, Jun 19, 2015

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True Blood Series Finale: Who Lived? Who Died? Who Ended Up with Sookie?

We're finally here, fangbangers, the end of True Blood. You've surely seen by now what we thought was going to happen. Let's "put it all in prescription" and see how we did:

Mon, Aug 25, 2014

True Blood Series Finale: Who Lived? Who Died? Who Ended Up with Sookie?

Watch This Tonight: True Blood's Series Finale

Get ready to bid a final farewell to Bon Temps, True Blood fans. After seven seasons, HBO's vampire drama will air its final episode Sunday night.

Sun, Aug 24, 2014

Watch This Tonight: True Blood's Series Finale

Top Moments: Fallon Stands for Robin Williams and Big Brother's Grande Meltdown

Our top moments of the week: 13. Best Affair to Remember: Bachelor in Paradise goes behind the scenes when contestant Michelle K. hooks up with a sound guy. But when producers find out and knock on their door, the sound guys freaks out and takes a page from a romantic comedy by jumping off the balcony. Wait, it gets better: He breaks his ankles. Interviewing him in the hospital Chris Harrison makes a point to ask...

Fri, Aug 15, 2014

Top Moments: Fallon Stands for Robin Williams and Big Brother's Grande Meltdown

Top Moments: Clinton Name-Drops In on Colbert, The Bridge Makes an Eye-Popping Move

Our top moments of the week: 13. Worst Meltdown: The Power of Veto competition gives Zach one last chance to save himself in the Big Brother house and, as usual, he is over-confident. After failing to...

Fri, Aug 8, 2014

Top Moments: Clinton Name-Drops In on Colbert, The Bridge Makes an Eye-Popping Move

Mega Buzz: A True Blood Sacrifice, Once's Parental Secrets and a Castle Reset?

Each week, senior reporter Natalie Abrams satisfies your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to megascoop@tvguide.com. Will Sarah escape from Eric on True Blood? — Boris  Aww, did you want her to live? That's cute. She'll soon get what she deserves, but you might be surprised by how the standoff at the Light of Day camp goes down. "I see the cars pull up, and I actually end up deciding to sacrifice myself," Anna Camp says. "I believe that I am the new Messiah, and the best thing to do is to tell the truth and to go out there and just surrender." Sarah does realize there's no way in hell they'll take mercy on her, right? Do you know if Once Upon a Time's Frozen adaptation takes place before or after the movie? — DaveA little bit of both, actually. "There...

Tue, Aug 5, 2014

Mega Buzz: A True Blood Sacrifice, Once's Parental Secrets and a Castle Reset?

Chicago P.D.: Boardwalk Empire Alum to Play Burgess' New Partner

Brian Geraghty has joined the cast of Chicago P.D., according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Boardwalk Empire alum...

Tue, Aug 5, 2014

Chicago P.D.: Boardwalk Empire Alum to Play Burgess' New Partner

Top Moments: Sharknado 2 Bites Off More Buzz, Bachelorette's Awkward Sex Talk

Our top moments of the week:10. Best Impression: We're just going to pretend Zach's ridiculous gameplay this week on Big Brother is his impersonation of the recently evicted Devin. How else to explain his awful moves once he gets a slight taste of power as HOH? The highlight of Zach's stupidity comes at the nomination ceremony, where he compares alliance member Christine to notorious Season 14 floater Jenn and calls ...

Fri, Aug 1, 2014

Top Moments: Sharknado 2 Bites Off More Buzz, Bachelorette's Awkward Sex Talk

True Blood Postmortem: Anna Camp Breaks Down Big Twist, Talks Sarah's Future

[Warning: This story contains major spoilers from Sunday's episode of True Blood. Read at your own risk!] Bill and Eric may have a chance at survival!

Mon, Jul 28, 2014

True Blood Postmortem: Anna Camp Breaks Down Big Twist, Talks Sarah's Future

True Blood: Sarah Newlin's Fate, Tara's Return and More Final Season Scoop

The True Blood cast and showrunner Brian Buckner said their final goodbye to Comic-Con on Saturday night to much applause and nostalgia. More importantly, they also offered a few spoilers on what's in store for the residents of Bon Temps before the end...

Sun, Jul 27, 2014

True Blood: Sarah Newlin's Fate, Tara's Return and More Final Season Scoop

Anthony Hopkins, Evan Rachel Wood Join J.J. Abrams' Westworld for HBO

Anthony Hopkins and Evan Rachel Wood have signed on to star in J.J. Abrams' adaptation of Michael Crichton's 1973 movie Westworld for HBO, TVGuide.com has learned. Written and directed by Crichton, the original film was...

Tue, Jul 22, 2014

Anthony Hopkins, Evan Rachel Wood Join J.J. Abrams' Westworld for HBO

Carrie Preston Returns to The Good Wife for Season 6

Carrie Preston will reprise her Emmy-winning role as quirky lawyer Elsbeth Tascioni on Season 6 of The Good Wife, Entertainment Weekly reports.

Tue, Jul 22, 2014

Carrie Preston Returns to The Good Wife for Season 6

Telenovela Star Angelica Celaya Cast as Zed on Constantine

Constantine has found its leading lady! Telenovela star Angélica Celaya has joined the cast as comic book character Zed, executive producers David Goyer and Daniel Cerone announced at the Television Critics Association's fall previews on Sunday. Get the latest news about NBC's fall shows Based on the popular comic book series Hellblazer, Constantine stars Matt Ryan (Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior) as...

Sun, Jul 13, 2014

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Constantine Shakeup: True Blood's Lucy Griffiths Exits

True Blood alum Lucy Griffiths has exited NBC's upcoming comic book drama Constantine, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Based on the popular comic book series...

Fri, Jul 11, 2014

Constantine Shakeup: True Blood's Lucy Griffiths Exits

Top Moments: Another True Blood Shocker and Halle Berry Is on a Roll

Our top moments of the week: 13. Worst Union: FYI takes reality dating one step further by introducing strangers to each other — as they walk down the aisle to get married. By the end of  Married at First Sight's premiere, we see one of the pairs reactions and are left hanging. Will Jamie would go running or say "I do"? Regardless of the outcome, we're not embarrassed to say that we can't...

Fri, Jul 11, 2014

Top Moments: Another True Blood Shocker and Halle Berry Is on a Roll

What Items Are True Blood Cast Members Stealing from Set?

True Blood fans aren't the only ones having a hard time letting go of the HBO vampire drama. In fact, many of the cast members refuse to leave set empty handed. So, what are the actors taking? "The Stackhouse badge [I] wear as a cop," Ryan Kwanten says in the video below.True Blood's Final Season: Where were we and what's next? Looking back at the show's seven-year run, star Anna Paquin admits she's emotional about saying goodbye. "I started this when I was 25 and there have been a lot of changes in my personal life," she says. "This has been creatively the most exciting thing I've ever gotten to do."

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

What Items Are True Blood Cast Members Stealing from Set?

Is HBO's Female Nudity Contributing to a Bigger Problem?

Not too long after a Washington Post writer linked Neighbors to Santa Barbara killer Elliot Rodger, another site is asking if disparate television nudity has contributed to male entitlement as well. The Society Pages recently posted an article by Sezin Koehler, who writes: "Ann Hornaday ... argues in the Washington Post that male entitlement fantasies are part of a climate in which women are displayed as objects for the sexual fulfillment of men.

Mon, Jul 7, 2014

Is HBO's Female Nudity Contributing to a Bigger Problem?

True Blood's Latest Victim: "You Have to Get Him Out of the Way"

[Warning: This story contains major spoilers from Sunday's episode of True Blood. Read at your own risk!] Just three episodes into the final season, and True Blood is once again proving that anyone and everyone can be killed off. It's never been safe to be friends with Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) — See: Pretty much everyone who has ever died on this show — but poor...

Mon, Jul 7, 2014

True Blood's Latest Victim: "You Have to Get Him Out of the Way"

Top Moments: True Blood's Steamy Sex Dream and Robin Thicke Can't Take a Hint

Our top moments of the week: 11. Best Mass Exodus: HBO's new series The Leftovers follows the aftermath of a Rapture-like event where 2 percent of the world's population mysteriously vanishes without a trace. Three years later, people are still mourning the sudden loss of their loved ones, as well as the famous ones that never returned. When Kevin goes to a local bar to get away from the hoopla surrounding the anniversary of that fateful day, a...

Thu, Jul 3, 2014

Top Moments: True Blood's Steamy Sex Dream and Robin Thicke Can't Take a Hint

Top Moments: True Blood's Sucky Death and Triumph Poops on the World Cup

Our top moments of the week: 13. Best Brushes with Death: Despite Mike's misgivings, Johnny goes undercover to befriend Carlos, a high-rolling criminal on Graceland. Just when it seems Johnny has won him over, Carlos challenges him to a "friendly" gun duel and of course cheat by drawing early. He's about to squeeze the trigger, when his concerned sister interrupts. Whew! Moments later, Johnny escapes death a second time when...

Fri, Jun 27, 2014

Top Moments: True Blood's Sucky Death and Triumph Poops on the World Cup

Ratings: True Blood’s Final Season Off to a Solid Start

Sookie Stackhouse and the colorful men, women, vampires, and shape-shifters of Bon Temps returned for one last admittedly weird hurrah on Sunday. The initial telecast of Season 7's premiere brought in 4 million viewers, which was down from last season...

Wed, Jun 25, 2014

Ratings: True Blood’s Final Season Off to a Solid Start

True Blood's First Final Season Victim Speaks Out

[Warning: This story contains major spoilers from True Blood's final season premiere. Read at your own risk!]   Yes, that did just happen. True Blood's seventh and final season started off Sunday with quite the bloodbath as the Hep-V-infected vampires made their way to Bon Temps and attacked the BBQ, slaughtering dozens and taking others captive.

Mon, Jun 23, 2014

True Blood's First Final Season Victim Speaks Out

True Blood's Final Season: Where Were We and What's Next?

Goodbyes suck! True Blood returns for its seventh and final season Sunday (9/8c, HBO) and picks up just moments after most of the townspeople of Bon Temps gathered in support of the "One Vampire-One Human" movement that paired people up in exchange for clean blood and protection. But a horde of Hep-V-infected vamps were about to close in and surely cause chaos in the little backwoods parish. Sadly, you shouldn't expect everyone to survive the inevitable clash. It is the final season, after all! So, what's in store for Sookie & Co. before the HBO fantasy drama meets its true death? TVGuide.com offers up this quick refresher on where we left off and a juicy tease about what to expect in the final season:

Fri, Jun 20, 2014

True Blood's Final Season: Where Were We and What's Next?

Mega Buzz: A True Blood Tragedy, Falling Skies' Hybrid and Sleepy's New Monster

Every week, senior reporter Natalie Abrams satisfies your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to megascoop@tvguide.com or tweet them to @NatalieAbrams I'm sad that this is going to be the final season of True Blood. Do you have anything to make me feel better? — Carrie Yes, but it may not make you feel better. When the HBO drama returns, the Hep-V-infected vampires that were poised to attack Bon Temps arrive and the bloodbath quickly ensues. Unfortunately, the casualties are not just redshirts. In fact, one character's fate is so jaw-dropping that you'll spend the rest of the episode wondering if what you just watched was a dream. It's not, which clearly means all bets are off in this final season. Anything on Falling Skies? — Deon As the trailer implied, Tom and Anne's daughter Alexis has gone through some very interesting changes...

Wed, Jun 4, 2014

Mega Buzz: A True Blood Tragedy, Falling Skies' Hybrid and Sleepy's New Monster

Summer Preview: On the Set for True Blood's Final Season

R.I.P., True Blood. The sexy, scary series about vampires coming out of their coffins to mingle with humans will end its seven-season run this summer. But at 3am on the Los Angeles set, no one's in mourning quite yet. In fact, Stephen Moyer is doing a happy dance after nailing a particularly tough scene.

Tue, May 27, 2014

Summer Preview: On the Set for True Blood's Final Season

True Blood: Watch the First Trailer for the Final Season

Is Bon Temps turning on Sookie? HBO premiered the first full trailer for True Blood's upcoming seventh and final season Saturday, and the Hep-V vampires are causing chaos in the community.

Sun, May 18, 2014

True Blood: Watch the First Trailer for the Final Season

True Blood First Look: Check Out Photos From the Final Season

The end of True Blood is upon us! With vampires on the verge of extinction, the final season will be ripe for an all-out battle to survive. HBO has released the first photos from the seventh season, which include...

Fri, May 2, 2014

True Blood First Look: Check Out Photos From the Final Season

A&E Orders The Returned Adaptation From Lost's Carlton Cuse

A&E has given a 10-episode series order to Carlton Cuse's adaptation of the French series The Returned.

Tue, Apr 29, 2014

A&E Orders The Returned Adaptation From Lost's Carlton Cuse

True Blood's Final Season Trailer: "There's No One Left"

Vampires are on the verge of becoming extinct in the final season of True Blood. In the first trailer for Season 7, Sookie (Anna Paquin) surveys Bon Temps as the vampires start attacking each other. "How can this be happening in this country and in this day of age that our government would leave us for dead?" Sookie says. "Now good folks in this town are turning on each other, acting like animals." HBO sets premiere dates for True Blood, Damon Lindelof's The Leftovers In the final few seconds, Sookie, surrounded by Sam (Sam Trammell), Jason (Ryan Kwanten), Alcide (Joe Manganiello) and Sheriff Andy (Chris Bauer), says, "There's no one left."

Mon, Apr 21, 2014

True Blood's Final Season Trailer: "There's No One Left"

Nathan Parsons Wolfs Down His Role on The Originals

Will they give peace a chance? The CW's The Originals returns Tuesday, April 15 (8/7c) with steamy new werewolf Jackson — played by former Bunheads and General Hospital star Nathan Parsons — hoping to get the vampires and wolves to move past their decades-old beef and make nice. Or at the very least be frenemies. Parsons, who will also join the cast of HBO's True Blood in its final season, gave TV Guide Magazine the lowdown on his new supernatural life.

Tue, Apr 15, 2014

Nathan Parsons Wolfs Down His Role on The Originals

HBO Sets Premiere Dates for True Blood, Damon Lindelof's The Leftovers

HBO is filling out its summer lineup. The cable network has announced June premiere dates for True Blood, as well as the debut of Damon Lindelof's new series The Leftovers.

Thu, Apr 3, 2014

HBO Sets Premiere Dates for True Blood, Damon Lindelof's The Leftovers

90210 Alum Joins Final Season of True Blood to Romance Arlene

Riley Smith is moving from Beverly Hills to Bon Temps. The actor, who recurred as Riley Wallace on the final season of 90210, has joined the ...

Fri, Feb 28, 2014

90210 Alum Joins Final Season of True Blood to Romance Arlene

Dancing with the Stars Pro Anna Trebunskaya Welcomes Baby Girl

Dancing with the Stars pro Anna Trebunskaya and her boyfriend, Nevin Millan, are new parents. The couple welcomed their first child, a daughter, on Saturday, Us Weekly reports.

Tue, Jan 21, 2014

Dancing with the Stars Pro Anna Trebunskaya Welcomes Baby Girl

Bunheads Star to Replace Luke Grimes on True Blood

Bunheads star Nathan Parsons will join True Blood for its seventh season this summer, taking over the role of James from Luke Grimes, TVGuide.com has confirmed.

Thu, Jan 16, 2014

Bunheads Star to Replace Luke Grimes on True Blood

Orphan Black: Cosima's Mortality, Felix's Independence and More Season 2 Scoop

Let the Clone Club rejoice! Orphan Black returns for Season 2 on BBC America in April to continue the story of Sarah (Tatiana Maslany) and her various clone siblings (also Maslany). "We are going to take some risks in our premise in the second season, and push [it], technically," co-creator Graeme Manson said Saturday at the Television Critics Association winter TV previews. VIDEO: Watch the teaser trailer for Orphan Black Season 2 When we last left Sarah, she was...

Sun, Jan 12, 2014

Orphan Black: Cosima's Mortality, Felix's Independence and More Season 2 Scoop

Anna Paquin Cut From X-Men: Days of Future Past

Rogue's special touch won't be felt anytime soon. Anna Paquin's appearance in X-Men: Days of Future Past has been cut from the final version of the film, Entertainment Weekly reports. The upcoming...

Mon, Dec 23, 2013

Anna Paquin Cut From X-Men: Days of Future Past

The Getaway Exclusive Video: True Blood's Ryan Kwanten Works Up a Sweat

How does Ryan Kwanten stay in shape for those revealing True Blood love scenes? On Esquire Network's The Getaway (Wednesdays at 9/8c), we get an inkling of his exercise regimen ...

Wed, Oct 30, 2013

The Getaway Exclusive Video: True Blood's Ryan Kwanten Works Up a Sweat

True Blood Bumps Up Adina Porter for Final Season

Oh, mama! Adina Porter, who plays Tara's mother on True Blood, has been promoted to a series regular for the series' final season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Porter has recurred as...

Mon, Oct 28, 2013

True Blood Bumps Up Adina Porter for Final Season

The Vampire Diaries' Janina Gavankar on Her Qetsiyah Reveal: "It's a Bloody Arc"

Hell hath no fury like a 2,000-year-old woman scorned. After almost a full season since the character was first mentioned, Vampire Diaries fans finally got to meet the show's most powerful witch, Qetsiyah, in the flesh. Turns out Tessa (Janina Gavankar), the Mystic Falls newcomer determined to take down Silas (Paul Wesley) was also the witch who created the immortality spell, the other side and the cure.

Fri, Oct 18, 2013

The Vampire Diaries' Janina Gavankar on Her Qetsiyah Reveal: "It's a Bloody Arc"

The Getaway Sneak Peek: Aziz Ansari Boozes It Up in Hong Kong

Aziz Ansari knows how to "Treat Yo' Self" even in Hong Kong. The Parks and Recreation star heads to Asia for Esquire Network's The Getaway, the brainchild of Chef Anthony Bourdain in which celebrities travel to their favorite place to reveal their go-to haunts, eats and activities.

Wed, Oct 2, 2013

The Getaway Sneak Peek: Aziz Ansari Boozes It Up in Hong Kong

Chicago Fire Boss Previews Season 2: Where We Left Off and What's Ahead

It's hard to keep track of a team as big and as busy as Firehouse 51. In between battling blazes and saving lives on Chicago Fire's freshman season, Matt Casey, Kelly Severide and the rest of the squad somehow found ample time to find, and lose, love more times than we can count. And things are just starting to heat up! "We're just adding more pressure points: The risk of closures, new people coming in," showrunner Matt Olmstead tells TVGuide.com. "It's more pressure on this family, and do they fracture or do they galvanize?"Ahead of the Season 2 premiere (Tuesday, 10/9c, NBC), TVGuide.com is catching up viewers on where we left off and what's coming up...

Tue, Sep 24, 2013

Chicago Fire Boss Previews Season 2: Where We Left Off and What's Ahead

True Blood's Carrie Preston Heads to The Following

Carrie Preston is a follower! The True Blood star has landed a guest-starring role on the upcoming season of The Following, E! Online reports. The Following reveals the fates of Joe Carroll, Claire at Comic-Con Preston...

Fri, Sep 6, 2013

True Blood's Carrie Preston Heads to The Following

Jeff Daniels: The Newsroom Has Been Renewed

The Newsroom has been renewed for a third season, star Jeff Danielssays. "It's official. #Newsroom coming back for a Season 3," Daniels tweeted on Tuesday. An email to HBO was not immediately returned. 

Wed, Sep 4, 2013

Jeff Daniels: The Newsroom Has Been Renewed

True Blood to End in 2014

True Blood's upcoming seventh season will be its last, HBO announced Tuesday. "True Blood has been nothing short of a defining show for HBO," HBO President Michael Lombardo said in a statement. "Alan Ball took the books by Charlaine Harris, assembled a brilliant cast led by the magnificentAnna Paquin in the role of Sookie Stackhouse, and crafted a show that has taken its many devoted fans on an unforgettable journey.

Tue, Sep 3, 2013

Mega Buzz: A Grey's Catch-22 and New Romances on The Mentalist and Nashville

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Wed, Aug 28, 2013

Mega Buzz: A Grey's Catch-22 and New Romances on The Mentalist and Nashville