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The Vampire Diaries is one of the best and most iconic teen drama fantasy series and it captured the hearts and minds of its audience for over eight years during its eight-season run. Developed by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, the teen fantasy horror drama series is based on the book series of the same name by author L.J. Smith and it follows Elena, who faces high school after just having lost her parents, and on her first day back she sees Stefan a brooding guy in a black jacket who is hiding a lot of things, for instance, his brother Damon and the fact that both of them are vampires. The Vampire Diaries stars Nina Dobrev, Ian Somerhalder, and Paul Wesley in the lead roles with Steven R. McQueen, Sara Canning, Kat Graham, Candice King, and Kayla Ewell starring in supporting roles.

In the realm of the supernatural genre, The Vampire Diaries occupies a very special separate space for being an incredibly intriguing and fascinating series about blood-sucking fictional beings known as Vampires. Having won several awards and fashioned off several spin-offs, the series remain as beloved as ever despite its end in 2017.

A still from The Vampire Diaries | Credit: CW

What made the tale even more interesting was that the series took creative liberty to expand upon the concepts of ‘Originals’ aka the first-ever Vampires, in turn leading to an equally successful series, The Originals. The concept turned out to be instrumental to the success of The Vampire Diaries, yet Ian Somerhalder has a good reason to be bitter about the show.

The Vampire Diaries’ Ian Somerhalder has a Bone to Pick with The Originals Ian Somerhalder in The Vampire Diaries | Credit: CW

The Vampire Diaries started as a standalone supernatural...

Fifteen years ago, Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson thought that, on the heels of True Blood and Twilight, vampires were becoming a bit overrated.

Luckily, they didn’t listen to that instinct when they forged ahead with an adaptation of L. J. Smith’s fantasy horror novel, The Vampire Diaries, for The CW.

The pilot aired on Sept. 10, 2009, and, not only was it a resounding success, putting up what at the time was the largest premiere audience since the network debuted three years earlier, it also spawned an entire franchise that would last more than a decade. The Vampire Diaries would also influence pop culture and the entire young adult genre in unpredictable ways — so much so that it’s still worth talking about seven years after the final episode.

“It feels like blip, and yet, like the longest 15 years of my life,” Plec told Deadline this week, reflecting on...

It’s been 15 years since audiences were introduced to Mystic Falls and its vampires, love triangles and teenage drama. And still, The Vampire Diaries holds a special place for many viewers.

Vampire Diaries premiered on The CW on Sept. 10, 2009, and ran for eight seasons,. Now, to celebrate the milestone anniversary, showrunner Julie Plec looks back on the series she created with Kevin Williamson and how it launched a supernatural franchise.

She recalls wanting to “tell a really emotional story that was sexy and romantic and scary and all the things,” while also creating “something that felt timeless, that could live on and continue to feel like anybody, any generation at any time can connect to it.”

Julie Plec

And to accomplish that, Plec and Williamson knew they had to build a solid team that could produce stories with “creative integrity and that we’re deeply emotional and highly entertaining.”

They also needed the perfect cast,...

HBO is known for some of the greatest dark fantasy drama shows ever made and since all of its content is available on Max (formerly known as HBO Max). From the very brilliant (until its last couple of seasons) fantasy series Game of Thrones and its prequel series House of the Dragon, we have picked out all of the best fantasy shows that are available on Max to binge right now.

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His Dark Materials is a British fantasy and mystery adventure drama series created by Jack Thorne. Based on a trilogy of fantasy novels of the same name by author Philip Pullman, the HBO series is set in an alternate world and it follows the story of Lyra, a young orphan girl who grew up with the scholars of a college in Oxford as she goes on a life-changing adventure to find her missing best friend.

Julie Plec, co-creator of the hit supernatural drama “The Vampire Diaries,” has hinted at the possibility of a new series in the franchise. During a promotional event for her new Max series “The Girls on The Bus,” Plec shared her enthusiasm for expanding the “Vampire Diaries” universe.

“I have a story I still want to tell,” Plec told Screen Rant. “I know that the people who are on the book have a story that they still want to tell. I’m sure Warner Bros. has plenty of stories they want to tell. So, the hope is they’ll give me the opportunity to do it again. We’ll see.”

While no specific details were provided about the potential new series, Plec suggested that L. J. Smith’s original novels could serve as inspiration. The franchise, which began with “The Vampire Diaries” in 2009, has already spawned two successful spin-offs: “The Originals” and “Legacies.

When it comes to the gothic and horror supernatural genre, vampires have consistently been explored in both shows and movies. Over the years, there have been multiple interpretations ranging from romantic fantasies and action to comedy and supernatural horror. Among many notable entries has been the CW teen drama starring Ian Somerhalder, Paul Wesley, and Nina Dobrev, which has earned acclaim as one of the best vampire TV shows.

The Vampire Diaries | Credit: CW

However, the concept of a teen drama revolving around supernatural forces did not seem appealing to Somerhalder, who played the role of Damon Salvatore in the series, when he first received the script. The actor recalled throwing it away believing the makers were attempting to bring The Twilight Saga to the small screen.

Ian Somerhalder Was Skeptical of The Vampire Diaries

Based on L. J. Smith’s book series of the same name, the show follows...

Exclusive: Actress Kat Graham (The Vampire Diaries) has signed with Untitled Entertainment for management, with partner Evan Hainey to run point on her behalf.

“Funny enough Evan helped start my career well over a decade ago and we have remained good friends ever since,” Graham told Deadline. “I have consistently turned to him for guidance over the years as I navigated my journey in this industry, and he has never steered me wrong. This is a natural alignment. I am very grateful to join forces with a great man and solid friend like him.”

Graham broke out with her series regular role as witch Bonnie Bennett across all eight seasons of The CW’s supernatural teen drama The Vampire Diaries, which aired between 2009 and 2017. Developed by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, the show based on L.J. Smith’s books had her starring alongside Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, and more.

Back in 2009, Scream screenwriter Kevin Williamson teamed with Julie Plec to develop a series of novels by author L.J. Smith into the television series The Vampire Diaries. After running for eight seasons, The Vampire Diaries wrapped up in 2017 – and if there’s ever an attempt to reboot or revive the show, don’t expect to see Paul Wesley reprise the role of Stefan Salvatore in the new episodes. Speaking with InStyle, Wesley (who played Stefan for the entire 171 episode run) said such a project would get a “hard pass” from him.

Wesley went on to say, “I would never do another vampire anything, period, let alone Vampire Diaries.” When asked if he misses anything about playing Stefan, he answered, “I don’t really miss anything about playing him, and I don’t mean that in a [negative way]. Eight years is a long time, and I’m so glad to put that to rest.

When it comes to vampires, you’re talking about the lesser of two evils, literally. When The Vampire Diaries began, Damon (Ian Somerhalder) was presumably the bad boy to Stefan (Paul Wesley). Still, they were both vampires. Embodying the darker side of the equation, Somerhalder said at the time that he found a way to relate to Damon.

Ian Somerhalder | Christopher Polk/Getty Images

Somerhalder was on a Television Critics Panel for The Vampire Diaries’ first season in January 2010. He said tapping into Damon’s loneliness helped him play the character.

Damon was just lonely on ‘The Vampire Diaries’

Damon was feuding with his brother and the love of his life, Katherine (Nina Dobrev), died. Fortunately, Katherine would come back and Stefan would remain entangled in his life. But, eternal life gave Damon a lot of down time.

“Well, to preface it, which is always probably generally a good idea to preface it,...

Spoiler alert for The Vampire Diaries, but even the human characters didn’t stay human for long. Nina Dobrev played Elena on the show, the center of the love triangle between Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Stefan (Paul Wesley). Candice King played Caroline, and both became vampires by the second season. It was a surprise to them both.

L-r: Nina Dobrev and Candice King | Amy Graves/WireImage via Getty Images

King and Dobrev were on a Television Critics Association panel for The Kick-Ass Women of The CW in January 2011, midway through The Vampire Diaries’ second season. Both characters had already turned so the actors reflected on the surprise. The Vampire Diaries is now streaming on HBO Max and Peacock.

Nina Dobrev didn’t know Elena becomes a vampire in ‘The Vampire Diaries’

When Dobrev began The Vampire Diaries, she knew there were some differences between her Elena and the L.J. Smith books.

The Vampire Diaries was based on the books by L.J. Smith. Over eight seasons, the show took some liberties. It still featured Damon (Iam Somerhalder), Stefan (Paul Wesley) and Elena (Nina Dobrev), but they had a few new adventures. Those included a Katherine (also Dobrev) subplot.

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Co-creator Kevin Williamson was on a Vampire Diaries panel for the Television Critics Association in 2010, during the first season. He explained how he already added a subplot to the Katherine story from the book. The Vampire Diaries is now streaming on HBO Max and Peacock.

‘The Vampire Diaries’ picked and chose from L.J. Smith’s books

Williamson previously discussed the adaptation of The Vampire Diaries in the show’s first 2009 TCA panel. For example, Damon only shows up in the second book, but Williamson wanted Damon on the show from the beginning.

“You know, the...

The Vampire Diaries was serious drama about love and vampires. It ran for eight seasons and launched two spinoffs on The CW. But, the cast and crew kept things light on the set. Vampire Diaries bloopers abounded so it was hard to take the melodrama too seriously.

Nina Dobrev | Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder were on a Television Critics Association panel during season 1 of The Vampire Diaries with producers. The gang already had tales of three different types of bloopers halfway through the first season. The Vampire Diaries is now streaming on HBO Max and Peacock.

Nina Dobrev’s ‘Vampire Diaries’ blooper

Wesley shared the biggest Vampire Diaries blooper of all. When Dobrev was playing Katherine, she wore an elaborate dress. It was so elaborate that she couldn’t even keep her balance.

“What about when you were Katherine, and you had...

Based on a novel series by L. J. Smith, The Vampire Diaries is a CW fantasy series about a pair of centuries-old vampires that enter the lives of a group of teenagers in the fictional town of Mystic Falls. Tvd aired eight seasons from 2009 to 2017, introducing audiences to several wonderful characters.

One of those characters was our beloved witch Bonnie Bennett, played by Geneva-born and LA-raised actor Kat Graham. According to Graham, playing Bonnie helped her grow up.

Kat Graham | Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images On ‘The Vampire Diaries’ Kat Graham played Bonnie Bennett, the real hero of Mystic Falls

The Vampire Diaries covers the narrative of a love triangle between vampire brothers Stefan and Damon Salvatore and high schooler Elena Gilbert, as well as the happenings in the small town of Mystic Falls. On Tvd, Graham plays Bonnie Bennet, one of Elena’s closest pals and a psychic-turned-powerful witch.

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When vampires are the lovers, The Vampire Diaries had to come up with villains even more dangerous than vampires. Klaus Mikaelson (Joseph Morgan) was a good one. A hybrid vampire and werewolf, Klaus caused plenty of trouble for Stefan (Paul Wesley), Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Elena (Nina Dobrev) and Morgan loved every minute of it.

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Morgan was on a Television Critics Association for the Badass Boys of The CW in 2012, midway through season 3. That would be the season Klaus got staked with White Oak, but that wouldn’t be the end of Klaus anyway. Morgan shared just why he loved playing a sociopathic werewolf vampire hybrid.

Joseph Morgan loved Klaus’s ‘sociopathic nature’ on ‘The Vampire Diaries’

The panel was asked their favorite parts of each of their characters. This included Nikita’s Shane West and Supernatural’s Jared Padalecki. Vampire Diaries fans...

The Vampire Diaries was about vampires and teenagers, right? Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Stefan (Paul Wesley) vied for the affections of Elena (Nina Dobrev), and it got complicated. But, to co-creator Kevin Williamson, The Vampire Diaries was about something more. Set in the fictional Mystic Falls, Va, to Williamson the show was a small town story.

L-r: Paul Wesley, Nina Dobrev, and Ian Somerhalder | Jason Laveris/FilmMagic

Williamson was on a Television Critics Association panel for The Vampire Diaries in 2009. He described his focus on Mystic Falls as the show began its eventual eight season run.

Mystic Falls was the heart of ‘The Vampire Diaries’

It’s a cliche to say the location is another character in a show or film. Anything that shoots in New York says that about the city. But, Williamson made a strong case for Mystic Falls being the central focus of The Vampire Diaries.

“We...

The Vampire Diaries was late to the vampire lit party. The Twilight movie franchise had already begun in 2008 and True Blood had run for several seasons on HBO. By 2009, The Vampire Diaries co-creator Kevin Williamson was worried the show would be seen as a rip-off so he turned it down.

Kevin Williamson | Amy Sussman/Getty Images

Eight seasons and two spinoffs later, Williamson need not have worried. But he was on a 2009 Television Critics Association panel answering questions about the popularity of vampire media.

‘The Vampire Diaries’ made Kevin Williamson say ‘Oh God’

Williamson already had experience with trends. After he wrote Scream, teen slasher movies came back in a big way. He even benefited, getting his script for I Know What You Did Last Summer into production. Still, he worried how vampire fans would see yet another piece of media based on a series of books.

“I worried a lot,...

The Vampire Diaries made Paul Wesley the obsession of Stefan stans for eight seasons. Turns out, Wesley counted himself among them. Landing the lead role on the series fulfilled that obsession.

Paul Wesley | Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Wesley was on a Television Critics Association panel for The Vampire Diaries in 2009. He explained his obsession with his character.

‘The Vampire Diaries’ was unlike any role Paul Wesley played before

Wesley already had 10 years of credits under his belt, but most were straightforward teen roles. A vampire was a bold new opportunity for him.

“That was what was so appealing about this role,” Wesley said. “There were so many pilots. I was reading so many pilot scripts. A vampire who is born in the 1860s and then has to mask himself as a high schooler, there was nothing like that. I was so, so obsessed with this character. I love this character so much.

The Vampire Diaries was hardly the first vampire show on television. Buffy, the Vampire Slayer pioneered makeup effects for vampires and other creatures. Of course there was Dark Shadows, and Vampire Diaries even came after True Blood. But one of co-creator Kevin Williamson’s big pet peeves was “cheap effects” so he devised The Vampire Diaries makeup to avoid that look.

Kevin Williamson | Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Warner Bros

Williamson was on a Television Critics Association panel for The Vampire Diaries in 2009. Before viewers had seen the show’s vampires yet, Williamson explained how they’d circumvent the cheap look. The Vampire Diaries is now streaming on Peacock and HBO Max.

The ‘The Vampire Diaries’ makeup was so simple

The Vampire Diaries was based on the series of books by L.J. Smith. In print, Smith could describe whatever he wanted. Williamson had to film 22 episodes a year so he...

The Vampire Diaries was based on the series of books by L.J. Smith. Like any adaptation, creators Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec made some changes to make it work for television. One of those changes was in the lead character, Elena, played by Nina Dobrev.

Nina Dobrev | Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage The CW Network/Getty Images

Dobrev was on a Television Critics Association panel with Williamson and Plec in 2009. She addressed how the series adapted Elena from the books and the producers added their take on other adaptations. The Vampire Diaries is now streaming on Peacock or HBO Max.

Nina Dobrev related to Elena on ‘The Vampire Diaries’

In the town of Mystic Falls, Elena meets two vampire brothers. Stefan (Paul Wesley) and Damon (Ian Somerhalder) both become love interests, although rumors abound that Dobrev and Wesley did not get along behind the scenes. They’ve put those rumors to rest,...

The Vampire Diaries premiered on The CW one year after the first Twilight movie opened in theaters. Twilight was already such a phenomenon, The Vampire Diaries stars Paul Wesley and Nina Dobrev already knew what they were up against. They played Stefan and Elena in the CW adaptation of the L.J. Smith books.

Paul Wesley and Nina Dobrev | Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Wesley and Dobrev were on a Television Critics Association panel for The Vampire Diaries in 2009. He discussed his approach to Stefan and why he couldn’t let Twilight into his eyeballs. The Vampire Diaries is now streaming on Peacock and HBO Max.

Paul Wesley hadn’t seen Twilight when ‘The Vampire Diaries’ premiered

Perhaps once The Vampire Diaries ended in 2017, Wesley could enjoy Twilight. When he first began playing Stefan, Twilight was off the table.

“Prior to shooting the pilot, I had never seen Twilight,” Wesley said. “And...

The Vampire Diaries joined the vampire romance genre launched by Twilight and True Blood in film and television. The love triangle between Elena (Nina Dobrev), Stefan (Paul Wesley), and Damon (Ian Somerhalder) kept viewers coming back for many seasons and helped launch two spinoffs. So why do women love vampires so much? The The Vampire Diaries cast and creators had some ideas.

L-r: Nina Dobrev, Kat Graham | Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Warner Bros

Dobrev, Katerina Graham, and Wesley were on a Television Critics Association panel with producers Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec in 2009. They all shared ideas about the romantic popularity of vampires. The Vampire Diaries is streaming on HBO Max and Peacock.

‘The Vampire Diaries’ cast loved vampires

Dobrev, Graham and Wesley spoke about the appeal of vampires. For The Vampire Diaries‘ female cast, vampires were mysterious.

“I think it is the mystery, right?” Graham said. “It’s the mystery.

Bad news for Netflix subscribers who keep The Vampire Diaries playing on a loop.

The long-running supernatural drama, which originally aired on The CW from 2009 to 2017, is no longer on the service. As of Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022, all eight seasons (and 171 episodes) are available on HBO Max and Peacock (sign up here).

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The Vampire Diaries first was added to Netflix in 2011, as...

Nearly every culture has come up with some variation of the vampire myth. From ancient Romanian storytellers sharing cautionary tales about the shapeshifting Strigoi to modern-day LARPers putting on plastic fangs and hanging out in goth bars, it’s clear that our fascination with undead bloodsuckers is far more than a simple fad. That’s why it’s no surprise that popular culture has been borrowing from vampiric folklore for years, especially when it comes to television.

While some of the reasoning behind the popularity of vampires on the small screen is practical, an even simpler explanation is that the tragic and romantic qualities of the immortal Nosferatu make them uniquely suited for weekly dramas. And with so much vampiric media out there, we decided to come up with this list of six must-watch vampire shows to quench your thirst for televised bloodshed.

As usual, this list is purely based on personal opinion,...

Is "The Vampire Diaries" your go-to rewatch? We can't say there's anything instinctively comforting about vampires, but there is a certain quality about Elena and the Salvatore brothers that keeps us coming back when we just don't want to start something new. Boy, do we miss the drama of that love triangle - especially in the early seasons.

Without giving too much away (and spoiling the trivia questions ahead!), the show features a group of teens in a sleepy town who find out there are supernatural beings all around them. Over the course of several seasons, there are violent deaths, people turning into vampires (and other creatures), love, betrayal, and of course, plenty of drama from beginning to end.

The show may have ended with a little heartbreak and moderate happiness in 2017, but thankfully, the story continued with not one spinoff but two. Test your knowledge of this supernatural world...

Dear Diary, can you believe it's been 12 years since The Vampire Diaries premiered? It feels like just yesterday that we were immediately compelled by the love triangle between Elena (Nina Dobrev), Stefan (Paul Wesley) and Damon (Ian Somerhalder), but The CW hit series actually premiered on Sept. 10, 2009, transporting viewers to Mystic Falls.  Based on the book series by L.J. Smith and created by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, Tvd ran for eight seasons, produced two successful spinoffs (The Originals and Legends) and delivered one of TV's most epic love triangles. But can you believe Nina almost lost the role of Elena to a High School Musical star? Or that Ian was this close to starring in a...

Dear diary, can you believe it's been more than 10 years since The Vampire Diaries premiered? While it was initially written off as a TV version of Twilight, the CW hit, which debuted on Sept. 10, 2009, quickly developed a cult following that turned the show into one of the biggest pop culture phenomenons, blending together epic romances, supernatural beings and small town drama to create one irresistible series that helped redefine the young network.  Based on the book series by L.J. Smith, Tvd was created by Dawson's Creek creator Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, two people who know a thing or two about iconic teenage love triangles. But Kevin almost passed...

Whether we love them wholeheartedly or as guilty pleasures, Young Adult books make for great reading and TV material.

Unfortunately, TV is prone to making the same adaptational mistakes with Ya books as they are with any other type of literature.

Fortunately, TV is always searching for it next teen hit, so there's plenty of opportunities to finally give these Ya books a proper TV adaptation.

Let start with Pretty Little Liars because even though it aired for seven seasons, there's quite a demand for a redo.

Compared to the TV version, the Pretty Little Liars books, written by Sara Shepard, had far more substance.

For one thing, the books were much better plotted whereas the TV series was nonsensical.

The books were much better in how it depicted mental health. 

Despite its great casting, the TV series did a huge disservice to the characters. The TV show radically changed...

The Good Place vet Manny Jacinto will be spending some quality time with Nicole Kidman in Hulu’s forthcoming limited series Nine Perfect Strangers.

Per our sister site Deadline, Jacinto has joined the star-studded cast, which also includes Melissa McCarthy. The drama, based on Big Little Lies author Liane Moriarty’s book, is set at a boutique health-and-wellness resort, where nine stressed city dwellers try to get on a path to a better way of living. Jacinto will play Yao, a man-kid with a hipster vibe who has a life-and-death encounter with the resort’s director, Masha (Kidman), after which he becomes her right-hand man.

Let's be real. Everyone has that one show that they're still bitter over. Whether the problem was low ratings, cast discrepancies, or network issues, anybody can tell you the story of a series they loved that got canceled way too soon. 

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Questions were left unanswered, ships were left in their ports, and frankly, viewers were left unhappy. But wouldn't it be nice if every canceled show was allowed some sort of wrap up to satisfy the audience and give the show an actual conclusion?

We've created a slideshow of 13 shows that didn't get (or won't get) the proper ending they deserve. 

1. The Secret Circle The Secret Circle had one of the best first seasons on television. There were so many more storylines to be explored and so many different aspects that could have been pulled...

Let's be real. Everyone has that one show that they're still bitter over. Whether the problem was low ratings, cast discrepancies, or network issues, anybody can tell you the story of a series they loved that got canceled way too soon. 

Related: Enjoy Unlimited access to thousands of Movies and TV shows with Amazon Prime Video

Questions were left unanswered, ships were left in their ports, and frankly, viewers were left unhappy. But wouldn't it be nice if every canceled show was allowed some sort of wrap up to satisfy the audience and give the show an actual conclusion?

We've created a slideshow of 13 shows that didn't get (or won't get) the proper ending they deserve. 

1. The Secret Circle The Secret Circle had one of the best first seasons on television. There were so many more storylines to be explored and so many different aspects that could have been pulled...

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Vampire shows, much like vampires, can’t stay dead forever.

As “The Vampire Diaries” executive producer Julie Plec mourns the end of her long-running series, she also isn’t closing the door on the franchise. For one thing, the show’s spin-off, “The Originals,” is back for another season. And in this age of reboots, nothing ever really goes away.

Quips Plec: “In ten years when I’m unemployed and bored and someone calls and says, ‘Hey, Netflix is looking for a six-episode revival of “The Vampire Diaries,”‘ I will go, ‘fuck yeah, thanks Netflix!'”

But seriously, the executive producer says she has already planted some seeds that will provide “ways the franchise can live on even outside of these two shows, and one day soon I...

I'm sad to see this show go, but as the saying goes, "all good things must come to an end." There are two episodes left of The CW's The Vampire Diaries, and to give fans something to sink their teeth into one last time, the final season will be released on Blu-ray (with Digital HD) and DVD on June 13th.

Press Release (via TVShowsonDVD.com): Burbank, CA (February 22, 2017) - The Vampire Diaries sinks its teeth into its final season with more high-stakes romance, adventure and drama than ever before as Warner Bros. Home Entertainment releases The Vampire Diaries: The Eighth and Final Season on Blu-ray and DVD, on June 13, 2017. Fans can devour all 16 one-hour episodes from Season Eight, and feast on over one hour of gripping extras - including a brand-new featurette, the 2016 Comic-Con Panel, a retrospective special entitled, The Vampire Diaries: Forever Yours, and deleted scenes. The Vampire Diaries...

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To celebrate the release of The Originals: The Complete Second Season, yours to own on Blu-­ray™and DVD from 19 October 2015, we are giving 3 lucky WhatCulture readers the chance to win a copy on Blu-­ray™.

Season Two of The Originals stars Joseph Morgan (The Vampire Diaries, Ben Hur), Daniel Gillies (The Vampire Diaries, Saving Hope), Phoebe Tonkin (The Vampire Diaries, The Secret Circle), Charles Michael Davis (Grey’s Anatomy), Leah Pipes (Sorority Row), Danielle Campbell (Prison Break) and Yusuf Gatewood (The Interpreter), with Plec executive producing along with Michael Narducci (The Vampire Diaries, Medium) and Leslie Morgenstein (The Vampire Diaries, Pretty Little Liars). Created by Plec, the series is based in part on the character Klaus from The Vampire Diaries novels by L.J. Smith.

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The Secret Circle

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Developed by Andrew Miller

Based on The Secret Circle novel by L.J. Smith

Produced by Outerbanks Entertainment, Alloy Entertainment, CBS Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television

Aired on The CW for 1 season (22 episodes) from September 15, 2011 – May 10, 2012

Cast

Britt Robertson as Cassie Blake

Thomas Dekker as Adam Conant

Phoebe Tonkin as Faye Chamberlain

Shelly Hennig as Diane Meade

Jessica Parker Kennedy as Melissa Glaser

Louis Hunter as Nick Armstrong

Chris Zylka as Jake Armstrong

Show Premise

After the untimely demise of her mother, Cassie Blake decides to move to her parents’ hometown, Chance Harbor, to live with her estranged grandmother. There she hopes to learn about her roots and solve the mystery of why her mother ran away from the town in the first place. After meeting the townspeople, she quickly learns that she is a hereditary member of a community of witches. As it so happens,...

News

In a surprising development for streaming video, Amazon Prime has obtained the rights to HBO shows. Don’t cancel your cable subscription just yet, the deal only covers older HBO shows, plus Girls and Veep episodes that are more than three years old. Still, the news is a pretty big deal. Netflix has long had older episodes of Showtime’s series (and now Hulu has a few shows), but HBO has resisted letting its shows appear anywhere but HBO Go. Game of Thrones and True Detective as well as Sex and the City (which airs in syndication) aren’t included.

Recently, CBS renewed The Big Bang Theory for three seasons, which would take it to season ten. Showrunner Steve Molaro tells The Hollywood Reporter that, for now at least, he’s approaching that tenth season as the final one, which would give the show a Friends-sized run.

No hot...

The likable vampire seems like somewhat of a paradox. Since the earliest incarnation of count Dracula, the vampire has typically been somewhat of a reviled species. However, over time, it has been scientifically proven (no it hasn’t) that audiences find vampires irresistibly sexy and dangerous but charming.

Contemporary vampire fiction has forever changed the landscape of vampire cinema and television. We now see vampires cast as the protagonists and antiheroes in movies and TV, as opposed to being almost exclusively cast in the role of the villain. Anne Rice was a pioneer of vampire fiction in her heyday and still continues to be. She was undoubtedly a huge inspiration for L.J. Smith (The Vampire Diaries Books) and Charlaine Harris (The Sookie Stackhouse Novels). Both authors have further changed the light in which vampires are portrayed, both in fiction and on the big and small screens. We didn’t forget to mention Stephanie Meyer.

Seattle—(Nasdaq: Amzn)—May 22, 2013—Today, Amazon Publishing announces Kindle Worlds, the first commercial publishing platform that will enable any writer to create fan fiction based on a range of original stories and characters and earn royalties for doing so. Amazon Publishing has secured licenses from Warner Bros. Television Group’s Alloy Entertainment division for its New York Times best-selling book series Gossip Girl, by Cecily von Ziegesar; Pretty Little Liars, by Sara Shepard; and Vampire Diaries, by L.J. Smith; and plans to announce more licenses soon. Through these licenses, Kindle Worlds will allow any writer to publish authorized stories inspired by these popular Worlds and make them available for readers to purchase in the Kindle Store. Amazon Publishing will pay royalties to both the rights holders of the Worlds and the author. The standard author’s royalty rate (for works of at least 10,000 words) will be 35% of net revenue. As...

Young Adult book properties are becoming cinematic fare all over the place, but when it comes to TV there've been a few significant hold-ups this season. ... The CW has now passed on its second piloting effort for "The Selection," an adaptation of Kiera Cass' bestselling Ya novel. The CW gave its "Selection" adaptation a second chance by ordering up a new script and starting the cast over from scratch with a seasoned director at the helm, but to no avail. The second effort was said to be much more adult than the book or the first pilot attempt and took noteworthy liberties with the characters and bedroom behaviors included -- a formula which has panned out well for the network with "The Vampire Diaries," which is at this point very loosely based upon L.J. Smith's novel series. Fellow Ya book-to-small screener "Delirium" was also passed on (by Fox) this week.

There’s something both appropriate and ominous about an episode of The Vampire Diaries that starts off in a cemetery. Given that season 4 has accumulated the highest body count of any season thus far, the Mystic Falls cemetery must be seeing a huge boom in business. Although many of this season’s victims will never make it to a marked grave, there have been plenty of human casualties as well. And, the fact that the prom episode started off in this grim location doesn’t bode well for the events that follow.

The season started off with a mass murder of 12 council members, and with two additional sets of murders, has at least tripled. And, that number doesn’t account for any of the casualties of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, or recurring characters that have been put to rest e.g. Mayor Lockwood. Needless to say,...

Since the premiere of The Vampire Diaries, or actually, since we first read L.J. Smith’s novels, we’ve been dying for two things: For Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder to come public with their sexy love, and for Elena to become a vampire. Wish #1 came true last year, and it looks almost certain that #2 would be coming to pass when the show returns for season four on October 11. But it seems like Nina/Elena never wanted these things to be inevitable.

First, we have Nina, who graces the cover of Seventeen this month and fully laughs at her past rules against dating a co-star. “The first time I was on the cover of Seventeen, the cover line said, ‘Nina: Why she wouldn’t date any of her co-stars.’ And then cut to two years later … it’s funny that I said that, but you know what? It was honestly...

While the Twi-hard world struggles to put the pieces back together following last week’s Kristen Stewart cheating news, fans of another vampire couple might be understandably wary of putting too much faith in their real-life romance. So far as we know, The Vampire Diaries stars Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder are still going strong. (And we’re reeeeallly hoping that now that Elena is a vampire, she’ll follow in the L.J. Smith books’ plot and fully fall for Damon onscreen too.) But that doesn’t mean that there are wedding bells in their near future, either.

“Eventually I am going to marry and have a family but not anytime soon,” she told Canada’s Fashion magazine, via UsMagazine.com. “I’m not going to pull a Miley.”

Oooh, burn! Why the hate for Miley Cyrus, of all people? Also, at 23, she’s young but not quite as young...

Every show and brand are getting their con jobs on preparing for next week’s San Diego Comic Con, and TV Guide is getting into the mix with a couple of Vampire Diaries covers featuring the trio of stars from the CW’s Mystic Falls, Nina Dobrev, Paul, Wesley, and Ian Somerhalder. Both covers feature the gloriousness that is Dobrev’s Elena, differentiated by which Salvatore brother is sweating her – team Stefan and team Damon get equal shares here. The Vampire Diaries, the steamy supernatural drama based on the L.J. Smith novels, is heading toward the Fall for their 4th season as the highest rated show in the CW stable.

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As you can see from the cover, and as you’d expect for a con special, the contents highlighted is nerd herd, with Fringe, Supernatural, The Big Bang Theory and (gasp!

Network: The CW

Episodes: 22 (hour)

Seasons: One

TV show dates: September 15, 2011 -- May 10, 2012

Series status: Cancelled

Performers include: Britt Robertson, Thomas Dekker, Gale Harold, Phoebe Tonkin, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Shelly Hennig, Louis Hunter, Ashley Crow, and Natasha Henstridge.

TV show description:

This fantasy TV series is based on the book series by L.J. Smith (author of The Vampire Diaries books).

Cassie Blake (Britt Robertson) was a happy, normal teenage girl -- until her mother Amelia died in what appeared to be an accidental fire. Orphaned and in mourning, Cassie moves to the beautiful small town of Chance Harbor, Washington to live with her warm and loving grandmother, Jane (Ashley Crow). It's the town where her mother grew up and then left so many years before. It's a place where the residents seem to...

I’m not sure what hurts more after last night’s season three finale of The Vampire Diaries, my eyes from all the crying or my neck from all the head-spinning. Like every finale (and yeah, every other Episode) the show has given us before, this was a game changer for Elena, the Salvatores, their friends and their enemies. So, if you haven’t seen the episode yet, you definitely should stop reading now.

Though it was pure torment, I absolutely loved how everytime I started sobbing about a character dying, the next scene showed them to be alive and well. Perhaps because of all those twists, I was left feeling just a bit unsure about what went down after all. Here are my biggest questions — and a few answers.

1. Wait, so who’s alive and who’s dead now? And which actors aren’t coming back next season?

Alaric,...

The CW has given early pickups to its series "The Vampire Diaries," "Supernatural" and "90210," the network said Thursday. The renewals aren't particularly surprising; "The Vampire Diaries" is the network's top-rated show, while "Supernatural" has a loyal fan base and "90210" has been a reliable hit for the network. "The Vampire Diaries," based on the series of books by L.J. Smith, is returning for a fourth season, while "90210" -- a revamp of the classic'90s series "Beverly Hills, 90210" -- is coming back for a fifth season. "Supernatural," meanwhile, will begin its...

Come mid-May (if not sometimes sooner), the networks will be making some tough calls as to which series will return for the 2012-13 TV season, and which … won’t. As we did last spring, TVLine is singling out select “bubble” shows to survey their prospects. Next up is a freshman drama hoping to conjure up a pick-up:

The Show: The Secret Circle (The CW)

The Time Slot: Thursdays at 9/8c.

2012 Renewal Scorecard: What’s Coming Back? What’s Getting Axed? What’s on the Bubble?

The Case For Keeping | With so many plots still to be resolved and mysteries to be delved into,...

"Secret Circle" fans, you're in for a treat. John Blackwell isn't the only fallen witch returning from the dead before the end of the first season.

Zap2it has exclusively confirmed that Nick (Louis Hunter), who was killed in a surprise twist in the fifth episode back in the fall, is coming back to Chance Harbor! Of course, he's not quite the same bad boy with the heart of gold who we mourned last year. Death by drowning, apparently, can change a guy.

"We are thrilled to have Nick back, but he's not the same person as he was before," executive producer Andrew Miller tells us. "The Circle is stunned, but those closest to Nick, his brother Jake and girlfriend Melissa, find themselves on opposite sides as they struggle with how to deal with his unnatural return."

Given how well we've gotten to know Jake (Chris Zylka) since Nick's death,...

Vampire Diaries season 3 producer hints Elena could turn into a vampire & more. As previously reported,the Vampire Diaries cast recently hit up Paleyfest this past weekend,and gave a ton of spoilers at the panel. Now a new report from Hollywood Life reveals that producer Julie Plec hasn't totally shot down the possibility that Elena could get turned into a vampire in the future. They say,she was asked the question at the event,and she replied with, "We’ll see. There’s a wealth of stories that have been given to us from these books. There’s things we’ve decided to do and things we’ve said maybe not for us. So I would say I don’t know." They pointed out that it isn't a definite confirmation. However,it isn't a flat-out "no" either,and she shoots down rumors that are entirely untrue. Plus the "we'll see" answer suggest that they are,...

'Vampire Diaries' creator Julie Plec teased that Elena-with-fangs could be a possibility. Do you want that to happen? Mystic Falls' finest descended upon Los Angeles this weekend for Paleyfest, dropping hints at some pretty major plot points to come on The Vampire Diaries. And even though I was basically drooling during the entire panel discussion, one question in particular is still ringing through my ears two days later: Will Elena (Nina Dobrev) ever turn into a vampire, like she does in L.J. Smith's original book series? Executive Producer Julie Plec, who I now consider to be the master of the artful tease, gave this cryptic response: "We'll see." "There’s a wealth of stories that have been given to us from these books," Julie said. "There’s things we’ve decided to do and things we’ve said maybe not for us. So I would say I don’t know.