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Noticed another new regular, Mariana Klaveno, who was in episode five as a guest star: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117996189.html?categoryid=28&cs=1 Another new regular you see in further seasons is Janina Gavankar, who also plays in season two: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1232470/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.19.72.214 (talk) 17:31, 13 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"after he finds himself killing a vampire to defend Sookie, [Bill] is forced to 'turn' a young girl, Jessica, into a vampire as punishment. In the last episode of the season, this new vampire is left with Bill under his care." Not yet having seen the show, I don't know how this can be fixed. Seems it should be, "this new vampire is left in Bill's care," or "this new vampire is left with Bill under her care" -- depending on whether the new vamp is caregiver to Bill, or Bill is caregiver to Jessica. Not at all clear here. Bustter (talk) 11:01, 22 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Changed this to "this new vampire is left under Bill's care." Still not certain if this is accurate, but I trust someone will fix if I have it wrong. Bustter (talk) 00:36, 14 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Is it worth noting that the "fangs" in the series are stubbornly placed over the second incisors instead of the fangs, giving their vampires a dental formula of 1(incisor)-1(vamp "fang")-1(true fang)-2?-3?, which is just veeeeery weird?? Wanted to mention it somewhere, but couldn't find a place in the article to plug said tidbit into. Aadieu (talk) 02:51, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I believe in box set extras in either season 1 or 2 it is mentioned that the idea around the fangs is that they share more in common with venomous snakes rather than previous vamiric lore... hence the 'clicking' into place at moments of high emotion (in True Blood this seems to be either anger or lust / sexual desire) Perhaps the creators feel this is in-keeping with the deep south setting of the programme? FSFairy (talk) 18:30, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

From what I think it is Jessica (the Baby Vamp) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.54.94.35 (talk) 18:53, 31 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The cast list is just too long. I haven't seen series 2 or 3, but assume that new "starring" cast members were introduced and others got killed off. Hence a potentially ever expanding list! It's also completely useless as it currently stands because you don't know who appears in what series - a case of too much information.

Is there any mileage in limiting the list in this article to just the characters who are common to all the series, then the articles on individual series can list the starring characters for that series?

If not, there's got to be some way to give a briefer summary of the starring actors in this article, which is supposed to be an overview, and leave the details to the individual series articles. GDallimore (Talk) 23:14, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And where is Natasha Alam? She is widely said to be the 'True Blood actress' over the internet. Then no mention in the whole article. Looked her own article and there it though was mentioned. 85.217.22.170 (talk) 14:17, 11 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Why is Evan Rachel Wood in the "Starring" section of this article? She was only ever a recurring role on the show?--RandomEnigma (talk) 13:04, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Was she listed in the opening credits last season (I can't remember)? I think in the past that has been the criteria for infobox inclusion. Not positive I'm remembering right though. Millahnna (talk) 22:32, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's getting way too long. Does anyone else agree?

I don't want to get lit theory about it, but the LGBT rights allegory is not really so much a part of the show's Reception as it is just a discussion of the themes found in the show. Should the correct section not be Themes? Just to be clear, it doesn't matter whether the producers intended it to be there or not.~Zythe^{Talk to me!} 01:01, 24 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Of course the LGBT theme is there, expressed more overtly through the character of Lafayette (who can forget the 'AIDs burger' incident? Or even Lafayette & Jesus in s3?) But I think the more subtle theme still remains the old issue of civil rights and segragation - particularly seen in the marvellous minisode where Sookie accuses Tara (finally!) of being racist regarding vampires - a shocking moment when we consider history FSFairy (talk) 18:39, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

So, when I recently visited the page, I noticed that the colors in the infobox looked like this, which I thought was really cool and went along with the theme of the show. But I looked back today and it was changed back to the original color. So I was hoping to put to a vote which color/version is preferred for the infobox or if there is any opposition for the colors to be changed back. Ryanlively (talk) 19:59, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It was reverted because we have a standard format for titles per the established style guide. --Ckatz^chat_spy 20:35, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, well I wasn't aware of the style guide for titles. So it's absolutely not even allowed to be that way? Ryanlively (talk) 21:24, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I personally think that setting up a separate page for the awards of True Blood would be a good thing to do. Desperate Housewives, Glee and Will & Grace are several examples of televisions shows that have a separate page for their numerous awards. With the awards piling up for the show, I think it'd be a good idea to set it up now. I will happily do it, if people agree that it is a good idea to do. What does everyone else think? Angelic-alyssa (talk) 16:43, 14 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like you did! Thanks St. JKD (talk) 19:36, 14 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Have added links to the official UK website as well as the US version but they have been removed. I think it would be a benefit to the page to make sure users are able to linked to their respective countries websites. Elliewellie558 (talk) 09:15, 28 September 2011 (UTC)Elliewellie558[reply]

True Blood is an American website, not a british one.

Keycoke (talk) 12:45, 28 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

www.hbo.com is and American website designed to be used by Americans. www.hboasia.com is an Asian website designed to be used by 22 Asian countries in a variey of languages. www.hbouk.com is a UK website designed to be used by the UK. Wikipedia is accessed by all of these countries so why only add the American one? I appreciate it's an american produced show, but this does not mean that the audience are all Americans and that the only people that access this page are American. Elliewellie558 (talk) 11:38, 29 September 2011 (UTC)Elliewellie558[reply]

WP:ELOFFICIAL notes that, "More than one official link should be provided only when the additional links provide the reader with unique content and are not prominently linked from other official websites". Do these other links provide substantially unique content? Given that we're talking about a television show, I somehow doubt it. Doniago (talk) 13:18, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

WP:ELOFFICIAL also notes that "If the subject of the article has more than one official website, then more than one link may be appropriate." I agree with what you are saying, and yes I would say that they have enough unique content to warrant the seperate links. Obviously they cover of some of the same points as its one show, but each is has unique copy and has information which is tailored to that particular country. This is purely to give the user a choice based on which country they are in.

Could you provide more information regarding what material they cover that you feel is sufficiently unique to make the additional sites merit inclusion? Doniago (talk) 13:26, 30 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's totally unnecessary - type True Blood + any country into Google and you'll find the appropriate website. I don't think people are that helpless. I also looked at the UK site and don't think it adds anything (and I'm a Brit!) Also, when TB first came out, we did have many of those external links on the page, and they were removed over and over again, so we have been through this several times before, with the consensus seemingly being not to put them in. Ravenscroft32 (talk) 20:30, 30 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've looked at the UK official site and didn't find anything there that was really unique. Is the American official site blocked people from other countries? If so I might be more inclined to change my mind on this. Millahnna (talk) 23:20, 30 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No the American site is not blocked - anyone can access it. The UK website does however have up to date show times & channel information for the UK audience. Having looked across a number of articles, not necessarily related to True Blood & HBO, it does seem that it is good practice to have localised official websites. You may say it's unnecessary, but if anything it is a useful addition to the page if you are a UK user (and if you are in the US you would click on the US link). Im struggling to understand why there is such opposition to making a change that will in fact make the article a more useful resource to users outside the US. Elliewellie558 (talk) 11:08, 3 October 2011 (UTC)Elliewellie558[reply]