Alan Ball

"True Blood" is a show that's going to be difficult to write up for a family newspaper. I took note of many of the best lines from Sunday night's episode, then was only able to use about three of them,......

COMIC-CON 2010: JULY 22-25 It's never too early to start talking Comic-Con International. For collectors, the premier pop-culture expo has become especially enticing because of the one-time, exclusive comics and toys that are made just for the convention....

This comes as no surprise, but it certainly is good news: HBO has renewed “True Blood” for a fourth season. The drama about Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) and her turbulent life in Louisiana started its third season last week. In a release,....

"True Blood" is done with Season Three, so when the news came down that the HBO vampire drama had earned its first nomination for outstanding drama, the writers were all alone. "We're breaking Season 4, so I'm with the writers......

One of the bigger problems "True Blood" has had from its very earliest days is that its central character -- Sookie Stackhouse -- isn't the best character to build a series around. She can be a little dumb. She doesn't......

A couple of news bits emerged today: The poster for the new season of "Mad Men" has arrived. As you will recall from the end of the AMC show's third season, Don Draper and several of his colleagues from Sterling Cooper left that firm to start their own ad...

Welcome to another "True Blood" wrap-up, boys and girls. Because fewer of you had comments to make last week, this post will end up being shorter than usual (but I figured I'd toss some red meat out there anyway). I......

The powers behind HBO's vampire hit "True Blood" -- currently in the middle of its third season -- came to Comic-Con on Friday bearing a provocative reel of highlights from episodes coming up the rest of this summer. Yes, that's......

"I Got a Right to Sing the Blues" is one of the better episodes "True Blood" has ever done, blending the grandly dark drama, the daffy over-the-top humor and the insane twists and turns the show is known for in......

Everyone seemed pretty happy with last week's episode of "True Blood," considering the only major criticism of it in comments was the fact that it featured two men kissing. (And, honestly, if you can't handle seeing two men kissing, why......

You have to give the HBO executives credit for candor. Speaking of "Game of Thrones," the upcoming series based on George R.R. Martin's fantasy novels, programming president Michael Lombardo admitted that he personally doesn't particularly care for...

It's probably time for us to have a chat about spoilers here at the Show Tracker "True Blood" blog. I know that the series is based on a series of very popular books. I know that many, many of you......