Here are stars Steven Moyer and Anna Paquin with producer Alan Ball

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Rutina Wessley (Above), Alexander Skarsgard (below)

Michelle Forbes

Ryan Kwanten

Jim Parrack

Steven Moyer and Anna Paquin

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Sookie Stackhouse is the star of the show. She’s a barmaid at Merlotte’s and she’s also telepathic. If she looks someone right in the eye she can usually read their thoughts – unless that someone is a vampire, which is one of the reasons she started dating Bill.

Sookie’s grandmother, whom she lived with, was murdered last season so now it’s just her and her brother, Jason.

Sookie is played by Anna Paquin.

Tara Thornton is Sookie’s best friend and she’s not afraid to speak her mind. She also works at Merlotte’s and once had a short relationship with the boss.

Tara may seem a little rough around the edges but she only wants what’s best for the people she cares about.

Tara is played by Rutina Wesley

Maryann Forrester claims to be a wealthy social worker who has nothing but good intentions. She bailed Tara out of jail when she was arrested on drunk driving charges, but Tara might have been swerving to avoid a naked Maryann in the road!

When the new season begins, you’ll find out more about the mysterious Maryann and you can bet that she’s up to no good.

Maryann Forrester is played by Michelle Forbes who played Ensign Roe on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Admiral Cane on Battlestar Galactica.

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  True Blood

True Blood takes place in the not-too-distant future in a time where vampires have come out of the coffin to live among us. It’s all thanks to the invention of a synthetic blood called Tru Blood that allows vampires to survive without feeding on humans. That doesn’t mean that they’ve stopped all together, though. Some vampires still like feeding for sport and for others (and their human partners) it’s one lollapalooza of a sexual high.

Here’s what’s coming up on the second season:           

Episode #13:  “Nothing But the Blood”

Debut:  SUNDAY, JUNE 14 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)

A shocking murder outside Merlotte’s has Bon Temps reeling.  Meanwhile, Sookie’s (Anna Paquin) relationship with Bill (Stephen Moyer) is tested when she learns about Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll), and of his involvement in her uncle’s death.  Sam (Sam Trammell) recalls a shape-shifting encounter he had with Maryann (Michelle Forbes) as a 17-year-old.  Jason (Ryan Kwanten) gets a sudden windfall that allows him to pay for a leadership retreat with the Fellowship of the Sun.  Two adversaries find themselves sharing a mysterious dungeon and, possibly, the same fate.

Written by Alexander Woo; directed by Daniel Minahan.

Episode #14:  “Keep This Party Going”

Debut:  SUNDAY, JUNE 21 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)

Sookie is forced to cope with Bill’s obligations to Jessica, as well as the romantic inconveniences the teen vampire’s presence creates. At the Light of Day leadership conference, Jason makes a favorable impression on its ambitious leaders, Steve (Michael McMillian) and Sarah Newlin (Anna Camp), though not on his jealous roommate Luke (Wes Brown).  Maryann casts her spell on Merlotte’s patrons, and Sam proves helpless to stop the revelry.

Written by Brian Buckner; directed by Michael Lehmann.

Episode #15:  “Scratches”

Debut:  SUNDAY, JUNE 28 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)

When Sookie is attacked by a mysterious creature, Bill must enlist Eric’s (Alexander  Skarsgård) help to save her.  At the Light of Day retreat, Jason has second thoughts about the sect’s anti-vampire agenda, but Sarah and Steve counter his doubts with flattery and promises.  After snapping at Tara (Rutina Wesley) and new employee Daphne (Ashley Jones), Sam decides to cut and run.  A bored Jessica heads over to Merlotte’s, where a smitten Hoyt (Jim Parrack) falls under her spell. At another Maryann-hosted party, Tara finds her attraction to Eggs (Mehcad Brooks) interrupted by a swirling, aphrodisiac fog.

Written by Supernatural’s Raelle Tucker; directed by Scott Winant.

Before the new season of kicks off, catch up on season one when HBO2 will present three episodes per night back-to-back at 8:00 p.m., June 4-6, and the first season’s final three episodes back-to-back at 8:00 p.m. on June 7.

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Stephen Moyer, Anna Paquin, Sam Trammell, Kristin Bauer and Alexander Skarsgard came together for a group photo. You’ll find some individual pics behind the cut.

The second season kicks off June 14 on HBO.

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If you follow the novels by Charlaine Harris, you’ll be ahead of the curve for this new season, but fear not (or maybe you should) there will be some twists and turns even Charlaine’s readers didn’t see coming.

(Kristin Bauer, Alexander Skarsgard, Patrick Gallagher, ( r) Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer )

Carrie Preston, Ashley Jones;  Anna Paquin, Rutina Wesley, Sam Trammell

Deborah Ann Woll, Stephen Moyer; Michael McMillian, Anna Camp

Ryan Kwanten, Anna Camp; Ashley Jones

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Blood was up for Best TV Drama but lost out to critical darling Mad Men. It’s another important development for what is becoming a breakout hit for HBO. True Blood was the only new show to draw any love in a Globes ceremony that celebrated old favorites like 30 Rock and Law & Order. The Globe joins Paquin’s best supporting actress Oscar for The Piano in her trophy case.

After her win, Paquin talked with reporters about being a “pale brunette from New Zealand playing a Southern tanned waitress.” She noted that unlike her win for The Piano (when she was 11), she’s now old enough to celebrate the award with a drink and can stay out past 10 p.m. Funny!

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True Blood,

The show has also garnered two Golden Globe nominations. It debuted to modest viewership but kept growing through word-of-mouth and now HBO estimates as many as 7 million people watch the show. That number includes HBO’s numerous weekly rebroadcasts and video on demand viewings.

TVWeek also showered some posthumous love on recently canceled Pushing Daisies. The quirky fantasy dramedy about a piemaker who can reanimate the dead with his touch placed first in last year’s poll. With its cancellation all but a foregone conclusion, the buzz was a little less this time around. But Daisies still placed eighth in the rankings. Sad to see you go, Daisies. Sad to see you go.

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HBO’s

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.

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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.

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True Blood Episode 1.6 “Cold Ground” Recap

Air Date: Oct. 12, 2008

We pick up with Sookie finding Gran dead and Bill’s there shortly after – awkward. And so is Sam. This is all very uncomfortable. Sookie tries to wrap her head around everything and Sam tries to comfort her. He’s sorry for the fight they had and Sookie has a great line as she asks if Sam could apologize to her some other time.

Sam and Bill of course have to bow up to each other. Sam threatens to kill Bill if anything happens to Sookie. The local authorities interview Bill, who says he doesn’t think Gran was the intended victim. Sam stays with her because Bill has to get home before dawn. Sookie refuses to leave the house and even begins cleaning the place up. Of all the disturbing images this show throws at us, just the simple one of Sookie cleaning up her own grandmother’s blood is going to haunt me for a minute.

There are “friends” all around the house later to pay their respects. Sookie can read their thoughts and hears them talking about how crazy she is.She snaps when Maxine Fortenberry touches Gran’s pecan pie, then goes upstairs and has a talk with Tara and Lafayette. Jason goes to work and his friends ask what’s he doing there – he doesn’t know.

Jason hits Sookie and says it’s all her fault. Tara goes off on him and throws him out. Later, she throws everyone out. Bellefour wants to know what Jason was up to the night of the murder. Jason throws the detective into a truck. Did I mention that boy is not bright? Bill has a dream that someone is strangling Sookie and rushes to her side, but she’s OK.

Estranged Uncle Bartlett shows at the funeral, by Jason’s invite. Sookie’s upset but Jason suggests she give Unc a break. The thoughts of people overwhelm Sookie and she tells them to shut the *blank* up and runs away. Tara’s drunk mama  (although not drunk at the moment) delivers her own unique eulogy and then asks Tara for money to help rid her of the “demon” inside. Yeah, that doesn’t go well.

Jason battles his addiction, throwing the V away and then crawling around on the ground after it. Sam walks Sookie home, where she tells him she needs to be alone.

Sookie finally brings herself to eats Gram’s pecan pie. Both feeling lonely, Sam and Tara hook up again and this time there are emotions involved. Sookie runs across the fields to Bill’s house. They make love and she asks Bill to bite her. He obliges Tara hears Jason and his new girl  in the act and then runs away from Sam. She goes to see her mother, who says she knew Tara would come.

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Despite a critical savaging of the first couple of episodes, HBO’s new unconventional vampire series has been steadily gaining traction with viewers. B5’s Media Scribbler reports that HBO has ordered a second season of True Blood, which chronicles the adventures of telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse and her vampire boyfriend Bill Compton.

The readers on our comment boards have so far been unimpressed. But the offbeat vampire show will get at least two seasons to prove itself to viewers now. Not surprising, as it comes from Six Feet Under creator Alan Ball and stars Anna Paquin. With the money HBO’s already spent promoting it, it would need to do some dismal numbers not to get a greenlight for next year.

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