With the end of season five, Alan Ball has turned over showrunner responsibilities for True Blood. Though he won’t be involved on a day-to-day basis, Ball has said that he will remain involved. He’ll be focusing much of his creative energies however on a new Cinemax TV series, Banshee. That show is expected to debut in January.
In a recent interview with TV Guide, Ball noted that there have been some disucssions in the writers room about how to end True Blood when that time comes. Ball said that, even if he’s not running the show at that point, he will return for the series finale.
He also noted that production of season six has been shifted to January and that there will be only 10 episodes next season instead of the usual dozen installments.
This is being done in part for economic reasons and in part because of Anna Paquin’s real-life pregancy. The actress and her husband/co-star Stephen Moyer are expecting twins in November.
What do you think? Are you sorry that there will be fewer episodes than usual of True Blood or is it no big deal to you?
There are definitely Pros and Cons on the episodes dropping to 10 rather than 12.
It will make the episodes more intense since there are fewer episodes. The issue I have on the episodes dropping is that in season 5 with 12 episodes there were just too many story lines which caused us not to see our favorite original characters as much. I guess we’ll have to see how it’ll all turn out next June. #waitingsucks
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So season six is the last season forever? That sucks! Literally!
Uh, no one said that it was the last season.
True Blood stopped being good a long time ago. HBO needs to bring this mess to an end and find something better to fill the spot.
we want more not less dangit , and no changing up who in change of the show that how u ruin a show