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HBO has given Alan Ball's vampire drama True Blood a second season.
Based on a series of novels by Charlaine Harris, the show centres on Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), a telepathic waitress in the fictional town of Bon Temps, who falls in love with vampire Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer).
HBO's West Coast president Michael Lombardo said: "We are absolutely thrilled that the critics and our viewers have embraced True Blood. Alan Ball has done it again and made an addictive series that is unlike any other."
Ball added: "I am thrilled to be able to continue to work with such a talented group of writers, cast and crew to explore the characters and world created by Charlaine Harris in her novels. It really is a joy to go to work every day and I couldn't be happier to be back home at HBO."
True Blood premiered in the US on September 7 and has attracted more than four million viewers to date.
Ball, an Oscar winner in 2000 for American Beauty, is also the creator of Six Feet Under.
Based on a series of novels by Charlaine Harris, the show centres on Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), a telepathic waitress in the fictional town of Bon Temps, who falls in love with vampire Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer).
HBO's West Coast president Michael Lombardo said: "We are absolutely thrilled that the critics and our viewers have embraced True Blood. Alan Ball has done it again and made an addictive series that is unlike any other."
Ball added: "I am thrilled to be able to continue to work with such a talented group of writers, cast and crew to explore the characters and world created by Charlaine Harris in her novels. It really is a joy to go to work every day and I couldn't be happier to be back home at HBO."
True Blood premiered in the US on September 7 and has attracted more than four million viewers to date.
Ball, an Oscar winner in 2000 for American Beauty, is also the creator of Six Feet Under.
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