Posted by Vee | March 4, 2010, 0:00 (EST) | 6 Comments
Category: TV Series

THREE WEEKS. How are you holding up? The good news is that the CW is counting down to new episodes of The Vampire Diaries (March 25th!) with three excellent eps, back to back, and tonight is the cheekily titled Unpleasantville. A kiss in the headlights! Bonnie’s bangs! Stefan’s and Damon’s dance moves! Alaric “balls of vervain” Saltzman! Stalker!Anna and Clueless!Jeremy. Two tools named Noah and Ben. And, yes, miz Elena “I have pencils and I am not messin’ around” Gilbert. Oh, and did we mention the best songlist of any episode thus far? Relive those magic moments tonight, vote in the poll, and discuss with your fellow fans in the forum.

Also, @LilMissX posted this new behind the scenes still of Ian, Nina, and Paul to help soothe those hiatus jitters:

And via Michael Ausiello, a spoilery tidbit on what we can expect from Damon in upcoming episodes:

Question: How does Damon cope with the news that Katherine was never in the tomb on The Vampire Diaries? —Christine

Ausiello: “Damon spends most of episode 14 and a good portion of 15 drunk,” reveals exec producer Julie Plec. “Watching him sort of spiral into the abyss of self pity is kind of hilarious.”

Catch up on this week’s posts:

• Television Without Pity gives 10 reasons why Vampire Diaries might be TV’s most addictive show
• Paul Wesley on Katherine in the modern age (video)
• Seventeen Magazine’s Nina Dobrev/Vampire Diaries coverage: Nina’s cover photoshoot + interview | Two Nina-centric videos (and PIX interview cancellation) | Behind the scenes videos from the Vampire Diaries set
• Paul Wesley on Cosmopolitan’s Fun Fearless Males 2010 red carpet
• Vampire Diaries spoilers from TV Guide Magazine & more Children of the Damned episode stills
• Paul Wesley on PIX Morning News (video)
• Brazil’s Dark Reunion cover & publication date
• Katerina Graham talks Melinda Clarke, Paul in Australia? + Italian Vampire Diaries press
• Teen Vogue Q&A with Zach Roerig
• Australian GO! promo featuring Nina Dobrev + Stephen Martines on Stardish Radio

Posted by Vee | March 3, 2010, 17:52 (EST) | 14 Comments
Category: TV Series

In addition to chronicling Nina’s cover shoot, Seventeen visited the Vampire Diaries set, where Nina herself gives us a tour of the Mystic Grill and demonstrates the easy access to Skittles at all times. And Seventeen.com editor Dan Koday gives us a walk-through of Stefan’s bedroom (and you guys know how we feel about that set).

Posted by Red | February 8, 2010, 16:57 (EST) | 20 Comments
Category: TV Series

We’ll get the bad news out of the way with first. Yes, the Vampire Diaries is going on hiatus again. Thursday night’s “Fool Me Once” will be the last episode until March 25, when the series will return with the next new episode, after which it should be running straight through the final eight episodes without a break. For those wondering why the long break, blame those pesky Olympics. Understandably the CW doesn’t want to be pitching brand new episodes against the Olympics because the ratings will suffer. The extended hiatus also allows the CW to take advantage of airing the final episodes during the May sweeps period.

Now on to the good stuff with a bunch of videos. First up, JSYK have a tour video from the set in Atlanta, taking you through the topsy-turvy world that becomes various Mystic Falls locations on our screens.

Speaking of set visits, CW Star’s Annie spoke to Sara Canning on her visit to the set of the Vampire Diaries, and you can watch the video below:

 
Finally, thanks to Denise for sending us a link to the PIX news feature on the recent Hot Topic cast tour stop in New Jersey (final stop in LA this weekend – is everyone ready for it?):

Posted by Red | February 4, 2010, 17:45 (EST) | 7 Comments
Category: TV Series

CW Star, Annie, from the CW’s Columbus, Ohio affiliate has been on the set of the Vampire Diaries, poking around in all kinds of interesting and creepy places, and chatting with the cast. You should head on over to the site for all of the videos, but some highlights include Annie in the tomb, exploring Mystic Falls and chatting with Candice Accola. You can also check out photos from Annie’s set visit, as well as watching interviews with Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder below.

Annie talks to Nina:

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEOS WITH IAN AND PAUL

Posted by Vee | February 3, 2010, 16:12 (EST) | 10 Comments
Category: TV Series

Some behind the scene stills from Children of the Damned, tomorrow night’s flashback spectacular episode of The Vampire Diaries, including some adorable candids of Nina Dobrev in her Katherine get-up (and stylish boots!) and special guest stars Kelly Hu and James Remar. Oh, and some nice portraits of Ian and Paul, too. Click to see full versions in the Gallery.

Posted by Red | January 30, 2010, 12:07 (EST) | 10 Comments
Category: TV Series

For those of you who love behind the scenes peeks at the Vampire Diaries set, thanks to Small Screen Scoop we have a whole bunch from “Unpleasantville” up in the gallery.

 
The overnight ratings for the episode are in, with it pulling in 3.72 million viewers in the USA. From TV By the Numbers:

The other big beneficiary of the weaker competition at 8pm was CW’s Vampire Diaries, which was up 13% from its slow post-repeat gap start last week to a 1.8 adults 18-49 rating, near its season average for new episodes. Vampire Diaries had its best adults 18-34, adults 18-49 and total viewer (3.72mil) numbers since Nov. 12.

 
If you missed the episode (or just want to watch it again), “Unpleasantville” is now available to watch/download in several places (and no, we don’t know why Amazon didn’t have it up until today, either).

USA fans: Download from Amazon
UK fans: Download from iTunes
Canadian fans: Watch for free on CTV

Finally, for a bit of fun, go and vote in the unofficial CW awards at Watch With Kristin. Get those votes in there for the Vampire Diaries, people. ;)

Posted by Vee | January 28, 2010, 13:23 (EST) | 9 Comments
Category: TV Series

Thanks to JSYK.com for letting us know about even more footage from their Vampire Diaries set visit, this time focusing on the developing relationship between Caroline and Matt. They sit down with both Zach Roerig and Candice Accola to discuss this surprise connection, how this flirtation might affect other relationships on the show, and how the chmistry amps up in tonight’s episode, Unpleasantville. (And Zach reveals something about tonight’s episode sure to mildly devastate the Matt fans in the house.)

Candice: I think originally there had been talks of Caroline and Tyler, so… Yeah! It was definitely a surprise.

Zach: I think Matt’s still kinda unsure if Caroline’s for real. She’s easily got five or six different guys probably that she’s with and I’m a one-woman kinda guy.

Visit JSYK.com to watch the video.