Sofa Snark: True Blood Gets Spin-Off

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HBO’s vampire drama ‘True Blood‘ rounded out its second season with big ratings (5.1 million) and critical acclaim. With approximately 12 million viewers an episode, when factoring in On Demand and DVR, ‘True Blood’ is a smash.

Series creator Alan Ball, who also created HBO’s ‘Six Feet Under,’ has bred a cult following for ‘True Blood’ with star Stephen Moyer causing ladies to swoon. Moyer even got co-star Anna Paquin weak in the knees — the two recently became engaged.

With nauseatingly good storylines full of blood, guts and sex ‘True Blood’ revels in the dark side. But, thanks to a clever editing job, ‘True Blood’ has been re-imagined as a sitcom, complete with laugh track.

Check out the debut episode of this ‘True Blood’ spin-off, ‘At Merlotte’s.’ Blood sucking or not, the laughs keep coming.

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