True Blood: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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.

Series details

• Title: True Blood
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Romance, Supernatural
• Premiere date: 2008-09-07
• Final broadcast date listed: 2014-08-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: HBO
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.9/10
• TVMaze ID: 22

Cast and credited roles

• Anna Paquin — Sookie Stackhouse
• Nelsan Ellis — Lafayette Reynolds
• Ryan Kwanten — Jason Stackhouse
• Stephen Moyer — Bill Compton
• Sam Trammell — Sam Merlotte
• Chris Bauer — Andy Bellefleur
• Rutina Wesley — Tara Thornton
• Alexander Skarsgård — Eric Northman
• Carrie Preston — Arlene Fowler
• Deborah Ann Woll — Jessica Hamby
• Kristin Bauer — Pamela Swynford De Beaufort
• Todd Lowe — Terry Bellefleur

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2008-09-07; final listed air date 2008-11-23; episode order: 12.
• Season 2: premiered 2009-06-14; final listed air date 2009-09-13; episode order: 12.
• Season 3: premiered 2010-06-13; final listed air date 2010-09-12; episode order: 12.
• Season 4: premiered 2011-06-26; final listed air date 2011-09-11; episode order: 12.
• Season 5: premiered 2012-06-10; final listed air date 2012-08-26; episode order: 12.
• Season 6: premiered 2013-06-16; final listed air date 2013-08-18; episode order: 10.
• Season 7: premiered 2014-06-22; final listed air date 2014-08-24; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

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