True Blood is an American television drama series created by Alan Ball for HBO. It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries (also known as The Sookie Stackhouse novels) by Charlaine Harris.

The series revolves around Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), a telepathic waitress who is living in the rural town of Bon Temps, Louisiana two years after the invention of a synthetic blood called Tru Blood that has allowed vampires to "come out of the coffin" and allow their presence to be known to mankind. Now they are struggling for equal rights and assimilation, while anti-vampire organizations begin to gain power. Sookie's world is turned upside down when she falls in love with 173-year-old vampire Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer) and for the first time must navigate the trials, tribulations and terrors of intimacy and relationships. Other characters include Tara Thornton (Rutina Wesley), Sookie's tough-talking best friend, her womanizing brother Jason (Ryan Kwanten), thousand year old vampire and Sheriff of Area 5, Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgård), and her shape-shifting boss Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell). True Blood follows a serialized format, with most episodes ending on a cliffhanger that leads directly into the next. Episode titles are taken from the name of a song that appears on the soundtrack of that episode.

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Series overview

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Episodes

Season 1 (2008)

Main article: True Blood season 1

Season 2 (2009)

Main article: True Blood season 2

Season 3 (2010)

Main article: True Blood season 3

Season 4 (2011)

Main article: True Blood season 4

Season 5 (2012)

Main article: True Blood season 5

Season 6 (2013)

Main article: True Blood season 6

Season 7 (2014)

Main article: True Blood season 7

Minisodes

HBO began airing six mini-episodes of Drop of True Blood on April 24, 2010 to lead up to the season three premiere.[2][3]

Ratings

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Home video releases

SeasonEpisodesDVD and Blu-ray release dates
Region 1Region 2Region 4Discs
112May 19, 2009[4]October 26, 2009[5]July 1, 2009[6]5
212May 25, 2010[7]May 17, 2010[8]May 19, 2010[9]5
312May 31, 2011[10]May 23, 2011[11]May 18, 2011[12]5
412May 29, 2012[13]May 21, 2012[14]May 23, 2012[15]5
512May 21, 2013[16]May 20, 2013[17]May 22, 2013[18]5
610June 3, 2014[19]June 2, 2014[20]June 4, 2014[21]4
710November 11, 2014[22]November 10, 2014[23]November 12, 2014[24]4
Total80November 11, 2014[25]November 10, 2014[26]November 12, 2014[27]33

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