<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Website </Td> </Tr> <P> True Blood is an American dark fantasy horror television series produced and created by Alan Ball and based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries, a series of novels by Charlaine Harris . </P> <P> The series revolves around Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), a telepathic waitress living in the rural town of Bon Temps, Louisiana, two years after the invention of a synthetic 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 . </P> <P> The show was broadcast on the premium cable network HBO, in the United States, and was produced by HBO in association with Ball's production company, Your Face Goes Here Entertainment . The series premiered on September 7, 2008 and concluded on August 24, 2014, comprising seven seasons and 80 episodes . The first five seasons received highly positive reviews, and both nominations and wins for several awards, including a Golden Globe and an Emmy . </P>

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