Thu, Nov 20
HBO execs are saying their freshman vampire series True Blood, also based on a series of novels, is developing an audience faster than The Sopranos, aka one of the most financially successful cable series in the history of TV. ...
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Vampire fascination stokes success of HBO’s ‘True Blood’ 
Source: Worcester Telegram
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Published Sun, Nov 30
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Source: The Sopranos
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Published Sun, Nov 23
Vampire fascination helps HBO to well-timed hit in ‘True Blood’ - Johnson City Press 
Source: The Sopranos
NEW YORK — Catching the wave of a public fascination with vampires, HBO’s “True Blood” has steadily increased in stature to become the cable network’s most popular series since “The Sopranos” and “Sex and the City.” Based on the …
Published Sun, Nov 23
Love those fangs: Fascination with vampires helps HBO to a well-timed hit 
Source: Toledo Blade
The first season finale airs Sunday, with a second season already in production. The series will return for its second season next summer, and HBO is looking to build anticipation by releasing a DVD of the first season before that - unusually early for the network.
Published Wed, Nov 19
Vampire series "True Blood" pumps new life into HBO 
Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer
Catching the wave of a public fascination with vampires, HBO's "True Blood" has steadily increased in stature to become the cable network's most popular series since "The Sopranos" and "Sex and the City."
Published Tue, Nov 18
The Sopranos: The Top Ten Episodes 
Source: Blogcritics
By way of summarizing The Sopranos, I’m going to go through my top ten episodes of the series. It’s a lot tougher to do that with The Sopranos than with a lot of others, say Buffy the Vampire Slayer or even Six Feet Under, since every episode is at such a consistently high level, and the show does...
Published Thu, Jun 7