True Blood

...tune into 'True Blood' HBO's vampiric drama "True Blood" tapped into 1.4 million viewers upon its initial airing Sunday, topping off at 2.1 million when numbers for a 10:30 rebroadcast were factored in. As series premieres for the...

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...what's underneath the surface. He's also crammed True Blood full of X-Men and Mutant X stuff: There's an American Vampire League advocating for equal treatment under the law, and a Vampire Rights Act in Congress. Sookie's best friend, Tara, a...

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...had fewer than half of John's viewers watch its premiere, or 1.4 million total. Fingers crossed that rebroadcasts and On Demand viewings give it a boost. How about Fringe? Eh. It did all right, and won its timeslot last night, capturing...

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...across multiple platforms. Also on the plus side, it's not "John From Cincinnati." "True Blood" is based on Charlaine Harris's Sookie Stackhouse novels. Alan Ball of "Six Feet Under" is exec-producing the series, which stars Anna Paquin as...

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...as $4 million an episode. When it premiered last year, "True Blood" drew only 1.4 million viewers and looked like it would join "John From Cincinnati" and "Tell Me You Love Me" as another quirky flop for HBO. As the season wore on,...

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...in the summer of '07. In fairness, "John" enjoyed a "Sopranos" lead-in audience of nearly 12 million, while someone at HBO decided the best lead-in for "True Blood" would be a one-hour promo for "True Blood." And of course, viewers do a...

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After swing-and-miss shows like "JOHN FROM CINCINNATI," the lengthy disappearance of "CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM," and the end of "SEX AND THE CITY" and "SOPRANOS," I was getting disenchanted with HBO, but "TRUE BLOOD" knocks it out of the park.

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...addict - quick bursts that'll ultimately leave you empty. Q. Would you say that "True Blood" is more like "Big Love"-type success, or a "John From Cincinnati"-type success? A. Ha! You used "John From Cincinnati" and "success" in the...

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...and a slew of questionable upcoming series. Take, for example, Alan Ball's (the creator of "Six Feet Under") new vampire series, "True Blood," based on a series of popular mystery novels. A proposed new comedic series "12 Miles of Bad...

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