True Blood Earns Golden Globe Noms
December 11, 2008 by brian
HBO’s vampire drama True Blood earned favor with the Golden Globe voters, garnering a nomination for best dramatic series and a best dramatic actress nod for star Anna Paquin.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced its picks for the coveted golden hardware today. Blood will go against another HBO show In Treatment, Showtime’s Dexter, Fox’s House, and critical darling AMC’s Mad Men. Paquin will compete against Sally Field for ABC’s Brothers and Sisters, Mariska Hargitay for NBC’s Law and Order:SVU and Kyra Sedgwick of TNT’s The Closer.
True Blood is an adaptation of a series of novels by Charlaine Harris that offer a very unconventional take on the vampire mythos. A blood substitute allows vampires to come “out of the coffin” and integrate into everyday society. But not every vampire is on board with that plan.
Photo: HBO/Jamie Trueblood
True Blood weathered initial mixed reviews but continued to gain a strong following all season, ending with 2.4 million people tuning in for the finale. HBO says that 66 percent jump in viewers from the premiere is an even faster growth track than The Sopranos saw its first year.
Associated Press estimates that between HBO’s repeated showings and people watching through services like On Demand, nearly 7 million viewers a week are seeing True Blood.
The source material is experiencing a renaissance as well. All seven of Harris’ Southern Vampire novels are on the New York Times bestseller list.
NBC will broadcast the Golden Globes Jan. 11.
What the hell is it w/our society’s fascination & insatiable appetite for anything vampires?…To me the best vampire mythos was the “Blade” series…And, of course, the recent remake of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” w/Gary Oldman.
How come there’s not this kind of focus & production done about werewolves, valkyries, centaurs, minotaurs or leprechauns?
–Godspeed–