True Blood

2008

fantasy television series, horror television series, drama television series, romance television series

Creator

Alan Ball

Network

HBO

Seasons

7

Episodes

80

Premiered

2008-09-07

Rating

7.9 / 10

True Blood is a horror/drama based on a series of novels called The Southern American Vampires Mysteries. It focuses on Sookie Stackhouse and her various encounters with vampires and other supernatural beings. The show is centred in the small town of Bon Temps in Louisiana. The show focuses heavily on the co-existence of humans with vampires. The show also touches on several other controversial issues involving equal rights, violence, discrimination and religion.