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True Blood Season 1 Episode 12 - You'll Be the Death of Me

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True Blood 1x01 Strange Love (Flash)
True Blood
1x02 The First Taste (Flash)
True Blood
1x03 Mine (Flash)
True Blood
1x04 Escape from Dragon House (Flash)
True Blood
1x05 Sparks Fly Out (Flash)
True Blood
1x06 Cold Ground
True Blood
1x07 Burning House of Love (Flash)
True Blood
1x08 The Fourth Man in the Fire (Flash)
True Blood
1x09 Plaisir D'Amour (Flash)
True Blood
1x10 I Don't Wanna Know (Flash)
True Blood
1x11 To Love is to Bury (Flash)
True Blood
1x12 You'll Be the Death of Me (Flash)


True Blood Season 1 Episode 11 - To Love is to Bury


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True Blood 1x01 Strange Love (Flash)
True Blood
1x02 The First Taste (Flash)
True Blood
1x03 Mine (Flash)
True Blood
1x04 Escape from Dragon House (Flash)
True Blood
1x05 Sparks Fly Out (Flash)
True Blood
1x06 Cold Ground
True Blood
1x07 Burning House of Love (Flash)
True Blood
1x08 The Fourth Man in the Fire (Flash)
True Blood
1x09 Plaisir D'Amour (Flash)
True Blood
1x10 I Don't Wanna Know (Flash)
True Blood
1x11 To Love is to Bury (Flash)
True Blood
1x12 You'll Be the Death of Me (Flash)


True Blood Season 1 Episode 10 - I Don't Wanna Know

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True Blood Episodes. Double Click to view.

True Blood 1x01 Strange Love (Flash)
True Blood
1x02 The First Taste (Flash)
True Blood
1x03 Mine (Flash)
True Blood
1x04 Escape from Dragon House (Flash)
True Blood
1x05 Sparks Fly Out (Flash)
True Blood
1x06 Cold Ground
True Blood
1x07 Burning House of Love (Flash)
True Blood
1x08 The Fourth Man in the Fire (Flash)
True Blood
1x09 Plaisir D'Amour (Flash)
True Blood
1x10 I Don't Wanna Know (Flash)
True Blood
1x11 To Love is to Bury (Flash)
True Blood
1x12 You'll Be the Death of Me (Flash)


True Blood Season 1 Episode 9 - Plaisir D'Amour

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True Blood Episodes. Double Click to view.

True Blood 1x01 Strange Love (Flash)
True Blood
1x02 The First Taste (Flash)
True Blood
1x03 Mine (Flash)
True Blood
1x04 Escape from Dragon House (Flash)
True Blood
1x05 Sparks Fly Out (Flash)
True Blood
1x06 Cold Ground
True Blood
1x07 Burning House of Love (Flash)
True Blood
1x08 The Fourth Man in the Fire (Flash)
True Blood
1x09 Plaisir D'Amour (Flash)
True Blood
1x10 I Don't Wanna Know (Flash)
True Blood
1x11 To Love is to Bury (Flash)
True Blood
1x12 You'll Be the Death of Me (Flash)


True Blood Season 1 Episode 8 - The Fourth Man in the Fire

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True Blood 1x01 Strange Love (Flash)
True Blood
1x02 The First Taste (Flash)
True Blood
1x03 Mine (Flash)
True Blood
1x04 Escape from Dragon House (Flash)
True Blood
1x05 Sparks Fly Out (Flash)
True Blood
1x06 Cold Ground
True Blood
1x07 Burning House of Love (Flash)
True Blood
1x08 The Fourth Man in the Fire (Flash)
True Blood
1x09 Plaisir D'Amour (Flash)
True Blood
1x10 I Don't Wanna Know (Flash)
True Blood
1x11 To Love is to Bury (Flash)
True Blood
1x12 You'll Be the Death of Me (Flash)


True Blood Season 1 Episode 7 - Burning House of Love

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True Blood 1x01 Strange Love (Flash)
True Blood
1x02 The First Taste (Flash)
True Blood
1x03 Mine (Flash)
True Blood
1x04 Escape from Dragon House (Flash)
True Blood
1x05 Sparks Fly Out (Flash)
True Blood
1x06 Cold Ground
True Blood
1x07 Burning House of Love (Flash)
True Blood
1x08 The Fourth Man in the Fire (Flash)
True Blood
1x09 Plaisir D'Amour (Flash)
True Blood
1x10 I Don't Wanna Know (Flash)
True Blood
1x11 To Love is to Bury (Flash)
True Blood
1x12 You'll Be the Death of Me (Flash)


True Blood Season 1 Episode 5 - Sparks Fly Out

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True Blood Episodes. Double Click to view.

True Blood 1x01 Strange Love (Flash)
True Blood
1x02 The First Taste (Flash)
True Blood
1x03 Mine (Flash)
True Blood
1x04 Escape from Dragon House (Flash)
True Blood
1x05 Sparks Fly Out (Flash)
True Blood
1x06 Cold Ground
True Blood
1x07 Burning House of Love (Flash)
True Blood
1x08 The Fourth Man in the Fire (Flash)
True Blood
1x09 Plaisir D'Amour (Flash)
True Blood
1x10 I Don't Wanna Know (Flash)
True Blood
1x11 To Love is to Bury (Flash)
True Blood
1x12 You'll Be the Death of Me (Flash)


True Blood Season 1 Episode 4 - Escape from Dragon House

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True Blood Episodes. Double Click to view.

True Blood 1x01 Strange Love (Flash)
True Blood
1x02 The First Taste (Flash)
True Blood
1x03 Mine (Flash)
True Blood
1x04 Escape from Dragon House (Flash)
True Blood
1x05 Sparks Fly Out (Flash)
True Blood
1x06 Cold Ground
True Blood
1x07 Burning House of Love (Flash)
True Blood
1x08 The Fourth Man in the Fire (Flash)
True Blood
1x09 Plaisir D'Amour (Flash)
True Blood
1x10 I Don't Wanna Know (Flash)
True Blood
1x11 To Love is to Bury (Flash)
True Blood
1x12 You'll Be the Death of Me (Flash)


True Blood Season 1 Episode 3 - Mine

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True Blood Episodes. Double Click to view.

True Blood 1x01 Strange Love (Flash)
True Blood
1x02 The First Taste (Flash)
True Blood
1x03 Mine (Flash)
True Blood
1x04 Escape from Dragon House (Flash)
True Blood
1x05 Sparks Fly Out (Flash)
True Blood
1x06 Cold Ground
True Blood
1x07 Burning House of Love (Flash)
True Blood
1x08 The Fourth Man in the Fire (Flash)
True Blood
1x09 Plaisir D'Amour (Flash)
True Blood
1x10 I Don't Wanna Know (Flash)
True Blood
1x11 To Love is to Bury (Flash)
True Blood
1x12 You'll Be the Death of Me (Flash)


True Blood Season 1 Episode 2 - The First Taste

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True Blood Episodes. Double Click to view.

True Blood 1x01 Strange Love (Flash)
True Blood
1x02 The First Taste (Flash)
True Blood
1x03 Mine (Flash)
True Blood
1x04 Escape from Dragon House (Flash)
True Blood
1x05 Sparks Fly Out (Flash)
True Blood
1x06 Cold Ground
True Blood
1x07 Burning House of Love (Flash)
True Blood
1x08 The Fourth Man in the Fire (Flash)
True Blood
1x09 Plaisir D'Amour (Flash)
True Blood
1x10 I Don't Wanna Know (Flash)
True Blood
1x11 To Love is to Bury (Flash)
True Blood
1x12 You'll Be the Death of Me (Flash)

Monday, October 6, 2008

FUNNY SNL SKIT: C-Span Bailout



But on the contrary, YES, they brought the shite back! Without much ado, here is the C-Span Bailout --- SNL style.

Last October 6, 2008, NBC website managers took the video off their website and everyone was in an uproar with this action. Why was it removed? Was it oral defamation? Was it because it hit the democrats right on?

It's WAS removed not because it's not funny. But because it was too true. And too unflattering to Democrats. And because it might cost Obama some votes. It illustrates how much the Democrats had to do with the mess. And how much NBC is in the tank for Obama.


Washington approves the bailout package Great skit! Classic SNL socio-political satire!! I am loving this season! I agree that the tagline is over the line but thanks for confirming that these are real people not caricatures...

Another of Tina Fey playing Sarah Plain and James Franco's small dingdong inside this post.





After years of not watching SNL, I race to the screen when Tina Fey plays Palin. She is just so funny....

Tina is UNREAL as Palin I think she actually does Palin better than Palin does Palin.
Great stuff SNL!

http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/digital-short-hey-murray-hill/669602/




And this one is a slightly humorous SKIT with James Franco and Gossip Girl's Blake Lively. Ch-Check it.



Boston Legal (which is its last season anyway) and 'Til Death are the scripted shows most likely to be cancelled in the new 2008-9 broadcast television season. In fact, Fox’s Do Not Disturb was the most likely to be cancelled, but Fox beat everyone to it and already cancelled the show! The other scripted shows in significant danger of being cancelled are The New Adventures of Old Christine, Lipstick Jungle, Knight Rider, Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles, Gary Unmarried, and My Name is Earl...



How did TV By the Numbers come up with the list? They found that last season, the future of a show was nearly directly related to its adults 18-49 average viewers divided by its networks 18-49 average viewers. Many other factors may matter, but they all seemed to boil down to that one number. Last season, if a show had better than 92% of its network’s average 18-49 viewership it was pretty safe, below that level it was in danger. I’m very confident that their list will still indicate the shows most likely to be cancelled compared to those less likely to be cancelled.

Here is their list (the top is most likely to be cancelled and the bottom is least likely)

1. Do Not Disturb
2. Boston Legal
3. Til Death
4. Old Christine -- I just saw this show and I can't believe its about to be canceelled. Old Chrisitine is supremely underappreciated.
5. Lipstick Jungle
6. Knight Rider
7. Terminator
8. Gary Unmarried
9. My Name Is Earl -- I loved this show.
10. Privileged
11. Prison Break
12. The Unit
13. Cold Case
14. Ugly Betty
15. Without a Trace
16. Without a Trace
17. E.R (last season anyway)
18. Bones
19. American Dad
20. King of the Hill
21. Law & Order: SVU
22. The Mentalist
23. The Big Bang Theory
24. NCIS
25. Supernatural
26. Brothers & Sisters
27. Worst Week
28. CSI: NY
29. One Tree Hill
30. How I met Your Mother -- Oh, God, please no.
31. Fringe
32. Gossip Girl
33. Smallville
34. The Office -- I'll miss
35. Family Guy
36. The Simpsons
37. Heroes
38. Criminal Minds
39. 90210 (already renewed)
40. CSI: Miami
41. Two and a Half Men
42. House
43. Desperate Housewives
44. Grey's Anatomy

and the unscripted shows:

1. Crimetime Saturday CBS (idk what this is)
2. America's Toughest Jobs
3. Sat. Football Pregame
4. 20/20 Friday
5. Opportunity Knocks
6. Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader
7. Cops
8. Don't Forget the Lyrics
9. 48 Hours Mystery
10. America's Most Wanted
...
25. The OT (wtf is this? it's on fox)
26. America's Next Top Model
27. Sunday Night Football Pre-Kick
28. CBS Post-Game
29. NBC Sunday Football


Thanks to: Shane Botwin!

If I had my way... The following in bold (and with pictures will be the winner).
Who are your bets?


Outstanding Comedy Series




• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Entourage
• The Office
Love love love. Notice the similar poses?

• 30 Rock
Not only are these guys hilarious to watch, but their timeslot always match my schedule!

• Two and a Half Men


Outstanding Drama Series



• Boston Legal
• Damages
• Dexter
• House
Don't lie. House is the dopest of em all. Go back to your holes Lost fans.. Hehehe.

• Lost
• Mad Men

Lead Actor in a Comedy



• Tony Shalhoub, Monk
• Steve Carell, The Office
• Lee Pace, Pushing Daisies
• Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
• Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men


Lead Actor in a Drama



• James Spader, Boston Legal
The most badass dude in court.

• Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
• Michael C. Hall, Dexter
• Hugh Laurie, House
• Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment
• Jon Hamm, Mad Men


Lead Actress in a Comedy



• Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine
• Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?
• Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Who doesn't enjoy  her brand of humor.
• America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
• Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds


Lead Actress in a Drama



• Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
• Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
• Glenn Close, Damages
• Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
• Holly Hunter, Saving Grace


Supporting Actor in a Comedy



• Jeremy Piven, Entourage
• Kevin Dillon, Entourage
• Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
Its a tie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Rainn Wilson, The Office
• Jon Cryer, Two And A Half Men


Supporting Actor in a Drama



• William Shatner, Boston Legal
• Ted Danson, Damages
• Zeljko Ivanek, Damages
• Michael Emerson, Lost
He plays Ben soo well. The show is dull without his presence, I swear.
• John Slattery, Mad Men


Supporting Actress in a Comedy



• Kristin Chenoweth, Pushing Daisies
• Jean Smart, Samantha Who?
• Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live
I will forever miss you Amy. You are my Hillary Clinton.


• Holland Taylor, Two and a Half Men
• Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty




Supporting Actress in a Drama



• Candice Bergen, Boston Legal
• Rachel Griffiths, Brothers & Sisters
• Chandra Wilson, Grey's Anatomy
• Sandra Oh, Grey's Anatomy
• Dianne Wiest, In Treatment


Host For a Reality or Reality-Competition



• Ryan Seacrest, American Idol
• Tom Bergeron, Dancing with the Stars
• Howie Mandel, Deal or No Deal
• Heidi Klum, Project Runway
• Jeff Probst, Survivor


Outstanding Miniseries



• The Andromeda Strain
• Cranford
• John Adams
• Tin Man


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thanks Davinci!

Monday, September 15, 2008

TV SNEAK PEEK: Serena Gets Her Bitch on Dan



"Consider it a suggestion." ---> Eh. When will you get your bitch on Serena? When?

Tonight was the first night I actually LIKED Nate and thought he had a personality. Chace's face when he said, "I want to be with you" to Vanessa basically made me "awww" aloud.

Bleargh I hate dan. So much.

He's supposed to be the ~good guy~ compared to everybody else, but he is so judgmental. He was in love with Serena before he even talked to her then got mad when she didn't live up to his expectations. He gets mad at her because she's rich. He gets mad at her because she has a bitchy friend. He gets mad at her because she wasn't ~honest~ about an old friend blackmailing her with a video. He gets mad at her for kissing Nate two months after he dumped her. He is such a pretentious PRICK! Even my mom agrees.

I could go on.

And also, I want the bitch in book Serena... PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE. TV Serena is one of the lamest characters in the show. Ugh...

Skins comes to the US on DVD





The BBC and Warner Home Video have announced that Skings - Volume 1 will arrive on DVD January 13th. It will contain 9 episodes (400 minutes) on 3 discs, plus extras to include Video Diaries, ancillary storylines and more. Video will be anamorphic widescreen, and audio in English 2.0 Dolby. Cost is $39.99 SPR.

Sauce: 1, 2

The cover looks pretty shitty. But the show is tremendously vulgar that its irresistable. "Going somehwere where Gossip Girls and The O.C. will never touch." Oh yeah--they've made the modern youth look like they were released from cages into the wild.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

IMAGES: 60th Annual Primetime Emmys


Click image to ENLARGE.


Okay, there's January Jones, Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie, Lauren Ambrose, Michael C. Hall, Ginnifer Goodwin, Michael Cera, Anna Friel, Alec Baldwin, Edie Falco, Mariska Hargitay, Luke Perry, Michael Imperioli, Paul Reiser, Helen Hunt, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Bill Paxton, Chloe Sevigny, Peter Krause, Josh Radnor, Jeremy Irons, Christine Lahti, Naveen Andrews, Mark Indelicato, Sharon Gless, Ian Ziering, Alfonso Ribiero, Freddy Rodriguez, Jesse L. Martin, Eddie Izzard, Laurie Metcalf, Will Smith, Bryan Cranston, Shelly Long, Matt LeBlanc, Jon Cryer, Kathy Baker, Jorge Garcia, David Schwimmer, Henry Ian Cusick, Piper Laurie, Jason Lee, Elisabeth Moss, Dave Coulier, Angela Lansbury, Bea Arthur, Charlie Sheen, Kim Cattrall, Lucy Liu, Holland Taylor, Amy Poehler, Frances Conroy, Edward James Olmos, Allison Janney, Cynthia Nixon, Swoosie Kurtz, Valerie Harper, Betty White, Dominic Chianese, Sally Struthers, Rue McClanahan, Merv Griffin, Wentworth Miller, Conchata Farrell, Erik Estrada, Della Reese, Roma Downey, Blair Underwood, Gabriel Byrne, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Franz, Amy Brenneman, Randy Jackson, Michael Emerson, Ian McShane, Michael Urie, John Stamos, Jerry Mathers, Katherine Helmond, John Amos, David Hasselhoff, Teri Hatcher, Sally Field, Candice Bergen, Terry O'Quinn, Angus T. Jones, Michael Richards, Anthony Edwards, Suzanne Sommers, John Slattery, Jeff Probst, Lorraine Bracco, Larry David, Nicollette Sheridan, Jamie Foxx, Patricia Heaton, Mandy Patinkin, Harry Hamlin, Kyle Chandler, Julianne Marguilles, Christopher Lloyd, Paula Abdul, Lee Pace, Richard Hatch, Tony Sirico, Alyssa Milano, Melissa Gilbert, John Travolta, Cybil Shephard, Bruce Willis, Fred Savage, Goldie Hawn, John Goodman, Jimmy Kimmel, Regis Philbin, Denzel Washington, David Hyde Pierce, Matthew Perry, Kyle, Jodie Sweetin, Josh Segel, Camryn Manheim, Mary McDonnell, Keenan Ivory Wayans, Jeremy Piven, John Ratzenberg, Dean Cain, David Carradine, Kirstie Alley, Ryan Seacrest, Patrick Dempsey, Sara Gilbert, Martin Sheen, Bob Newhart, Candace Cameron, Bob Saget, Jim Belushi, Felicity Huffman, Kristin Davis, Barry Bostwick, Avery Brooks, Vanessa Williams, Bob Hope, Josh Holloway, Megan Mullally, Neil Patrick Harris, Delta Burke, Rob Lowe, Isabel Sanford, Jamie Pressly, Donald Trump, Ricardo Montalban, Billy Crystal, Eva Longoria, Sandra Oh, Joan Collins, Tim Daly, Ellen Pompeo, Christina Applegate, Minnie Driver, Woody Harrelson, James Earl Jones, Eric McCormack, Victor Garber, Sam Waterston, Adrien Grenier, Jean Stapleton, Jenna Fischer, Evangeline Lilly, Danny DeVito, Cheryl Hines, Bill Maher, Debra Messing, Heather Locklear, Tony Danza, Judith Light, Calista Flockhart, Tom Bergeron, Jean Smart, Jason Bateman, Hugh Laurie, Stewie Griffin, Lou Ferringo, Ricky Gervais, Johnny Carson, George Clooney, Carroll O'Connor, John Ritter, Craig T. Nelson, Sela Ward, Marg Helgenberger, Zach Braff, Kyra Sedgwick, Holly Hunter, Keifer Sutherland, Rebecca Romijn, Stephen Colbert, Jeffrey Tambor, Eric Mabius, Ellen DeGeneres, Sarah Chalke, Kelsey Grammer, Ana Ortiz, Jennie Garth, Lisa Kudrow, Jennifer Aniston, Denis Leary, Courteney Cox, Tim Gunn, Michael Landon, Rachel Griffiths, Carol Burnett, Robin Williams, Miss Piggy, Dick Van Dyke, Adam West, Tina Fey, Jane Seymour, Heidi Klum, Simon Cowell, Jon Hamm, Kevin Dillon, Peter Boyle, Doris Roberts, Brad Garrett, Jim Carrey, Ron Howard, Steve Allen, Burt Reynolds, William Shatner, Henry Winkler, John Stewart, David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Jerry Seinfeld, Jaleel White, Mike Myers, James Spader, Ted Danson, Mary Tyler Moore, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Sean Hayes, Tom Selleck, Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Bill Cosby, Michael J. Fox, Elizabeth Montgomery, Dylan McDermott, Walt Disney, Kate Sackhoff, Jay Leno, Marcia Cross, Conan O'Brien, Rhea Pearlman, Howie Mandell, America Ferrera, Sarah Jessica Parker, Animal, Matthew Fox, James Gandolfini, Ed Sullivan, Homer Simpson, Marge Simpson, Kermit the Frog, Glenn Close, David Letterman, Ray Romano, Cartman, Stan, Barbara Eden, Beaker, Bunsen, Oprah, Bart Simpson, Alan Alda, John Krasinski, Brian, Peter Griffin.


And I'm still like-- WTH is BUFFY?


Today the The Office cast is filming the Halloween episode and Jenna revealed in her MySpace blog that they're having a very special person direct an episode this season.



Stephen Merchant, executive producer and co-creator of the British version of The Office!

I saw the pilot online, but it was the first version (one of the characters has since been re-cast) and it wasn't completely edited. Some parts were pretty dumb but other parts were cool, I'll watch, I like the premise. They use good, bluesy music on the soundtrack, I like the credits song. Has anyone read the books?


True Blood Preview and Interview with Creator Alan Ball


HBO: After 'Six Feet Under,' making a show about vampires is a bit of a departure — what can viewers expect from 'True Blood?'


Alan Ball: It's based on a series of books written by Charlaine Harris, and it takes place in a world where vampires have made their presence known to humans.

They've come out of the coffin, so to speak, because of the development by a Japanese biotech firm of synthetic blood for medical purposes, which the vampires claim fulfills all of their nutritional needs. So they've organized, and they're struggling for assimilation and for equal rights.

That's sort of the big-world picture, and then in the small world of the show, which is a very small town in northern Louisiana, there is a waitress who works in a roadhouse, and she's telepathic, which has been a seriously debilitating pain in the ass for her. Everybody thinks she's crazy. She has no social life because of this, and then she meets a vampire. And because, technically, he has no brainwaves, she doesn't really hear his thoughts. So for the first time in her entire life, she can relax and be herself and not be on guard about hearing people's private, innermost things.

And then there's a huge array of other characters; it's a really fun show. I remember when I was first pitching it, I said, ''This is popcorn TV for smart people.''


HBO: How did you discover these books and decide they'd make a great HBO series?

Alan Ball: I was early for a dentist appointment, and I had some time to kill. I went into Barnes and Noble, and I just bought this book on impulse. It was just a little paperback, and on the cover, the tagline said, ''Maybe having a vampire for a boyfriend wasn't such a good idea.'' I thought it was kind of funny. I started reading it that night, and I couldn't put it down. And the minute I was done with it, I wanted to read the next one. And I really got addicted. It's just such a fun world, and she really nailed so many things: They're very sexy, they're hilarious, there's a lot of interesting sociology. I'm from the South, and it was a very authentic look at the South. It's the kind of book you think, ''I'm going to read one chapter before I go to bed, and you read six.''

HBO: What do you think fans of 'Six Feet Under' will like about 'True Blood'?

Alan Ball: I think they will like the quality of the performances. It's another amazing cast, who are just doing really spectacular work. It's very sexy, and it's very funny. There's a lot of dark humor. It certainly goes places that I've never seen a series go before. It's not as existentially exhausting as Six Feet Under was, maybe, but ultimately, it's similar terrain in that it's really just exploring the human condition... and the vampire condition, since vampires are not really human anymore.

HBO: With all the vampire films and shows that have been made, how have you set 'True Blood' apart?

Alan Ball: There's a lot of gray area; the vampires are just like humans. Nobody's a hundred percent good, nobody's a hundred percent bad. There's also the aspect that an entire subculture springs up around the vampires. There are people who are called ''fang bangers'' who basically just want to hook up with vampires because apparently sex with vampires is really good. Vampire blood is kind of the hot black-market drug. If you ingest vampire blood, it's like a combination of ecstasy and Viagra — it gives you incredible strength. But it's also incredibly dangerous and incredibly addictive. Plus the fact that it's a vampire show that's taking place in such a mundane location. It's not New Orleans; it's not Anne Rice. One of my rules is: I don't ever want to hear opera music in the show, ever. We're staying away from the Baroque things. We're staying away from the standard, supernatural blue light. We're staying away from vampires having strange contact lenses. We're staying away from any sort of special effects that become the focus. I just want to give my actors fangs and let them act. What is it like to be immortal, to have lost everybody you love? To yearn for your humanity?

HBO: What was it like to adapt this series from the book, as opposed to creating something entirely original?

Alan Ball: In a lot of ways, an adaptation can be easier. One of the great things I discovered once we started turning Charlaine's books into a series is that her books are so successful because those stories work. The books are narrated from Sookie Stackhouse's point of view — the character that Anna Paquin is playing — and we're just sticking to her story. Now, the other characters in the world that don't really appear in the books, except when they're in her story, we're taking them and creating new things for them to do. But in a lot of ways Charlaine has done a lot of the heavy lifting already by creating this world and these characters. At the same time, I think, when you're just creating an original world, then you really have the freedom to just go anywhere. That being said, though, once I got into the second or third, fourth season of 'Six Feet Under,' there was a logic that you couldn't break. You couldn't just have this character do this because it would make a good story. We had established the psychology and a sort of character that had to remain true.

HBO: Does recasting someone else's work expand your horizons as a storyteller?

Alan Ball: I think working in television is great because you're always learning. The fact that you have to keep telling a big chapter of that story every two weeks, you're always learning. I tend to be drawn towards material that has a sensibility that, while it may not match my own original sensibility, it's very much in the same ballpark.
if it's anywhere as awesome as six feet under, i'll watch it.


Sources: Youtube and HBO