“True Blood”
Role: Sookie Stackhouse
Directors: Alan Ball, Scott Winant, Michael Lehmann, John Dahl, Nick Gomez, Daniel Minahan, Marcos Siega
Writers: Charlaine Harris (Book Series) Alan Ball, Brian Buckner, Nancy Oliver, Raelle Tucker, Alexander Woo
Release: September 7th, 2008 on HBO at 9pm
Rating: N/A
Runtime: 60 min
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California; Shreveport, Lousiana

Links: Official Site, Charlaine Harris’ Official Site, IMDB

Cast:
Stephen Moyer, Ryan Kwanten, Sam Trammell, Rutina Wesley, Alexander Skarsgard, Raoul Trujillo, Kristin Bauer

Sypnosis:
The series follows the world of vampires who co-exist with humans in Louisiana by drinking a Japanese-made synthetic blood. Their integration into a small Louisiana town causes quite a stir, and a love story ensues between Bill Compton, a vampire, and Sookie Stackhouse, an innocent waitress who can read people’s minds.

Episodes
1.01 – Strange Love [Pilot] (Airdate: 9/7/08)
1.02 – The First Taste (Airdate: 9/14/08)
1.03 – Mine (Airdate: 9/21/08)
1.04 – Escape From Dragon House (Airdate: 9/28/08)
1.05 – Sparks Fly Out (Airdate: 10/05/08)
1.06 – Cold Ground (Airdate: 10/12/08)
1.07 – Burning House Of Love (Airdate: 10/19/08)
1.08 – 4th Man in the Fire (Airdate: 10/26/08)
1.09 – Plaisir D’Amour (Airdate: 11/02/08)
1.10 – I Don’t Wanna Know (Airdate: 11/09/08)
1.11 – To Love Is To Bury (Airdate: 11/16/08)
1.12 – You’ll Be The Death Of Me (Airdate: 11/23/08)

2.01 – Nothing But the Blood (Airdate: 6/14/09)
2.02 – Keep This Party Going (Airdate: 6/21/09)
2.03 – Scratches (Airdate: 6/28/09)
2.04 – Shake and Fingerpop (Airdate: 7/12/09)
2.05 – Never Let Me Go (Airdate: 7/19/09)
2.06 – Hard-Hearted Hannah (Airdate: 7/26/09)
2.07 – Release Me (Airdate: 8/2/09)
2.08 – Timebomb (Airdate: 8/9/09)
2.09 – I Will Rise Up (Airdate: 8/16/09)
2.10 – New World in My View (Airdate: 8/23/09)
2.11 – Frenzy (Airdate: 8/30/09)
2.12 – Before the Night Is Over (Airdate: 9/6/09)

3.01 – Pack of Wolves
3.02 – Beautifully Broken
3.03 – It Hurts Me Too
3.04 – 9 Crimes

Other Info:
- The show is based on the Southern Vampire series by Charlaine Harris
- Pilot shot in June 2007
- Show was picked up in August 2007
- Filming was halted in November 2007 when the WGA Strike began
- Filming resumed in March 2008 once the WGA Strike ended in February 2008
- Anna dyed her hair blonde for the role and is spray painted tan for episodes
- The character “Tara Thornton” was played by Brooke Kerr in the original pilot and the role has since been recast and will be played by Rutina Wesley