True Blood

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True Blood
True Blood intertitle
Genre	Supernatural Drama Horror
Created by	Series: Alan Ball Books: Charlaine Harris
Starring	Anna Paquin Alexander Skarsgård Stephen Moyer Sam Trammell Ryan Kwanten Rutina Wesley Kevin Alejandro Marshall Allman Chris Bauer Mehcad Brooks Anna Camp Kristin Bauer van Straten Nelsan Ellis Michelle Forbes Mariana Klaveno Todd Lowe Michael McMillian Denis O'Hare Jim Parrack Adina Porter Carrie Preston Michael Raymond-James Lindsay Pulsipher William Sanderson Deborah Ann Woll Lynn Collins Lizzy Caplan Lois Smith Stephen Root Joe Manganiello
Theme music composer	Jace Everett
Opening theme	"Bad Things"
Composer(s)	Nathan Barr
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English, Swedish
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	31 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Alan Ball Gregg Fienberg (Season 2)
Running time	approx. 55 min.
Broadcast
Original channel	HBO
Original run	September 7, 2008 – present
External links
Official website

True Blood is an American television drama series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, and details the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional small Louisiana town. The series centers on Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), a telepathic waitress at a bar, who falls in love with vampire Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer).^[1][2]
The show is broadcast on the premium cable network HBO in the United States. It is produced by HBO in association with Ball's production company, Your Face Goes Here Entertainment.^[1] It premiered on September 7, 2008.
The first season received critical acclaim and won several awards, including one Golden Globe and an Emmy. The show's second 12-episode season premiered on June 14, 2009. On July 30, 2009, HBO confirmed that True Blood would be renewed for a third season,^[3] which began shooting on December 3, 2009^[4] and premiered on June 13, 2010. On June 21, 2010, HBO renewed True Blood for a fourth season, to debut in summer 2011.^[5]