True Blood fans rejoice. You may be getting a fix of the vampire fantasy story in musical form. Speaking at a 10th anniversary screening of the pilot episode at Vulture Festival in Los Angeles on Sunday, creator Alan Ball gave details of the rumored musical version coming from composer Nathan Barr, which Ball says…

UPDATE, 4:30 PM: A statement has been issued on behalf of Nelsan Ellis’ father, revealing the circumstances surrounding the True Blood actor’s death on Saturday.  In it, he shares he shares his son’s battles with drug and alcohol addiction. The statement, released earlier today, follows in full. “Nelsan's father, has…

Nelsan Ellis, who has died of complications from heart failure at age 39, is being remembered by his True Blood co-stars as a “magnificent talent” and “one of a kind artist.” Ellis played the flamboyant Lafayette Reynolds throughout the entire 2008-14 run of the HBO signature series, adding heart, grit and fierce gay…

True Blood regular Tara Buck has joined Paul Reubens in Pee-Wee's Big Holiday, the Judd Apatow-produced revival that will be released globally by Netflix and is now ramping up. Buck played barmaid Ginger on HBO's vampire drama, and was a series regular by the time it ended its run last year after seven seasons. She…

With some new beginnings, a final goodbye and a shift in time, HBO‘s True Blood came to an end last night after seven seasons. On a night of NFL preseason football on NBC, the MTV Video Music Awards and the Season 1 finale of  TNT's The Last Ship, the 70-minute broadcast of the Anna Paquin-Stephen Moyer vampire drama…

Friday night on Cinemax, The Knick’s second episode grew 18% in comparison to the series' premiere the week before, with 419,000 viewers at 10 PM. For the night, the episode was watched by nearly 600,000 viewers. Heading into next week's series finale, HBO’s True Blood’s last season has an average gross audience of…

UPDATES WITH VIDEO: True Blood may be into its final season, but the HBO show wasn't treating its likely last Comic-Con appearance with anything but a ravenous appetite and a bit of bite. Specifically it was former GOP VP candidate Sarah Palin who got chomped. "She'll weigh in on anything," castmember Kristin Bauer…

Scottish-born late night host Craig Ferguson is set to moderate HBO’s Game of Thrones panel Friday at Comic-Con as the cabler brings the fantasy-drama to San Diego along with its vampire series True Blood. Game Of Thrones, which led the Emmy field last week with 19 nominations, will take over Hall H on Friday at…

HBO has inked a two-year deal with director-producer Howie Deutch to direct and produce drama and comedy projects. This extends Deutch's relationship with the network, where he is currently  co-executive producer of  True Blood,  and has directed episodes of Getting On, Big Love, and Hung. Deutch recently set up at HBO…

Damon Lindelof's 10-episode HBO series The Leftovers  originally had been set to debut June 15, following the Season 4 finale of Game of Thrones. But when the high-concept post-Rapture drama took an unexpected hiatus after Episode 6 (HBO called it “a short hiatus to prep our final episodes”), it lost that cushy launch…

The season premiere of the final season of  HBO‘s True Blood tallied a gross audience of 5.8 million viewers Sunday night, across its four plays — up from last season's debut night haul of 5.6 million viewers.  At 9 PM, viewership averaged 4 million viewers — down about 500,000 compared to its sixth-season premiere — …

Long-running vampire series True Blood has released key art ahead of its seventh and final season. The tagline “True To The End” is also a web destination that will feature fans’ favorite moments from prior seasons, spotlight beloved characters, and encourage viewer discussion, HBO says. Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer and…