One day, while early for a dentist appointment, Ball was browsing through Barnes and Noble and came across Dead Until Dark, the first installment in Harris' series. True Blood became the first project under the deal, after Ball became acquainted with Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampire Mystery books.

In October 2005, after Six Feet Under's finale, Ball signed a two-year agreement with HBO to develop and produce original programming for the network. Series creator Alan Ball had previously worked with premium cable channel HBO on Six Feet Under, which ran five seasons. The first season received critical acclaim and won several awards, including one Golden Globe. The series centers on Sookie Stackhouse ( Anna Paquin), a telepathic waitress at a bar, who falls in love with vampire Bill Compton ( Stephen Moyer) after she first meets him in the bar where she works. True Blood details the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional small northern Louisiana town. The entire series is now available streaming on HBO Max. It premiered on Septemwith the episode ' Strange Love', and its epic finale, ' Thank You', aired on August 24, 2014.

It was produced by HBO in association with Ball's production company, Your Face Goes Here Entertainment. The show was broadcast on the premium cable network HBO in the United States. It is based on the Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris. True Blood is an American television drama horror series created and produced by Alan Ball.

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