Posted by Red | October 10, 2009, 13:22 (EST) | 2 Comments
Category: TV Series

The CW has released the official synopsis for episode seven, “Haunted”, which will be airing on the 29th October. As usual, the synopsis is over on the index page so we don’t spoiler those who want to be surprised. We will say that it looks like it’s going to be a cracker of an episode, and waiting an extra week to see it with only a repeat for comfort? Torture! The episode was written by Kevin Williamson, Julie Plec and Andrew Kreisberg, and directed by Ernest Dickerson.

In ratings news, the Vampire Diaries is continuing to rock with 3.52 million viewers in the USA. You can read the CW press release about it over at TV by the Numbers:

THE VAMPIRE DIARIES soared to 108% year-to-year growth in The CW’s target demographic, women 18-34, with a 2.7/8, good for a first place tie in the time period against stellar competition. VAMPIRE also wooed more female teens than any other show on television last night with a 3.0/12, an absolutely batty 173% increase from the time period a year ago. The show also ranked first in its time period with total teens (2.1/8). Additionally TVD grew 27% year-to-year in adults 18-34 with a 1.9/6 and 69% in women 18-49 with a 2.2/6. The show also equaled its total viewer number from a week ago of 3.5M. VAMPIRE was also up 6% week-to-week in adults 18-34 and flat week-to-week in women 18-34.

 
There’s some behind the scenes footage from “You’re Undead to Me” in which they explain how they went about showing us Bonnie setting fire to the car at the fundraiser. Interesting stuff.

 
And finally, everyone who voted in the People’s Choice Hollywood Style Awards for Elena and Stefan as ‘hottest Fall couple’ will be pleased to know that they won. ;) Thanks for the info, Johanna!

Posted by Red | September 11, 2009, 19:02 (EST) | 7 Comments
Category: TV Series

We’ve added the synopsis for episode 4, “Family Ties” to the episode index – if you’re avoiding spoilers, don’t click that link. ;) The episode was directed by Guy Ferland and written by Andrew Kreisberg and Brian Young. You can find more information about the episode over in the Spoiler Zone in the forums.

For those of you who missed Damon in the promotional poster we posted on Wednesday, fear not, he’s back for this brand new poster from the CW. There are also some textless images from this shoot in our gallery.

 
Finally, yes, we do know about the Tyler Shields photoshoot story. It is what it is. Moving right along now.

Posted by Vee | June 5, 2009, 8:55 (EST) | 3 Comments
Category: TV Series

Industry database Inbaseline.com is listing Bryan Holdman as Executive Story Editor for the 2009-2010 season of The Vampire Diaries. (So he’s the guy in charge of supervising the writers, banging the scripts into shape for production, etc.) Holdman was previously a writer and executive story editor for Kyle XY, which many of you know by now is TVDtv Executive Producer Julie Plec’s former show. He also wrote episodes for Everwood (which featured TVDtv actor Steven R. McQueen) and Hidden Palms (Kevin Williamson’s last television venture).

Andrew Kreisberg has joined the show as Co-Executive Producer (second-in-command, if you will). His previous producer credits include Eli Stone, Fringe, and Boston Legal, and he was also a writer and story editor on The Simpsons.

So, the Vampire Diaries chatter amongst the Atlanta acting community has been non-stop since the CW upfront, and just the other day director Marcos Siega confirmed he was headed to Georgia once he wrapped Dexter. And now we see that Atlanta is listed as the shooting location on InBaseline.com. So, yes, that all adds up to quasi-official confirmation that The Vampire Diaries is shooting in and around Atlanta, Georgia, as not-so-subtly hinted at by Williamson last month.

And, finally, Jezebel in the TVD forums alerted us to this nugget of information on Katerina Graham’s Wikipedia page and we’ve confirmed with Julie Plec: Bonnie’s last name is BENNETT in the pilot (not McCullough, and Plec does say “as of the current cut”).