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There are so many people love True Blood Episodes. This is very huge success brings into any genre that almost 90% viewers follow all the 36 episodes.
According to statistics,True Blood debuted at a very modest 1.44 million viewers compared to the network's past drama premiers. However, by late November 2008, 6.8 million a week were watching; this figure includes repeat and on-demand viewings.
True Blood premiered on September 7, 2008 and concluded on November 23, 2008. It consisted of 12 episodes,During its first premier the show sit at first rank for the top ten tv shows during a month.
The episodes each running approximately 55 minutes in length and was, for the most part, based on the novel Dead Until Dark, the first entry in The Southern Vampire Mysteries by Charlaine Harris. The story takes place in the fictional town of Bon Temps, Louisiana, two years after vampires have made their presence known to mankind, and follows telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse as she attempts to solve a series of murders that seem to be motivated by a hatred of vampires.
HBO broadcast the first season on Sunday nights at 9:00 pm in the United States, with a repeat showing at 11:00 pm. The complete first season was released on DVD and Blu-Ray on May 19, 2009.
The series creator Alan Ball had previously worked with premium cable channel HBO on Six Feet Under, which ran five seasons. In October 2005, after Six Feet Under's finale, Ball signed a two-year agreement with HBO to develop and produce original programming for the network. True Blood became the first project under the deal, after Ball became acquainted with Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampire Mystery books. One day, while early for a dentist appointment, Ball was browsing through Barnes and Noble and came across Dead Until Dark, the first installment in Harris' series.
Enjoying it, he read the following entries and became interested in "bringing Harris' vision to television. However, Harris had two other adaptation options for the books when Ball approached her. He said she chose to work with him, though, because "[Ball] really got' me. That's how he convinced me to go with him. I just felt that he understood what I was doing with the books."
A year later True Blood Season 1 was getting a big rewards and positive reviews from its audience.
