True Blood News Round Up: UK Ratings, Armchair Casting, More

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Looking for the latest True Blood news? We’ve got you covered.

  • True Blood wrapped up its first season in the UK on pay channel FX UK last Friday, averaging 187,000 viewers/week, a respectable number for the smaller viewer base. (source)
  • Hot on the heels of its pay cable run, True Blood‘s first season debuts on the UK’s terrestrial Channel 4 on Wednesday, October 7, at 10PM.
  • As part of the promotion for True Blood airing in the UK, Anna Paquin gives a delightful interview to the Telegraph.
  • EW’s Ausiello continues his popular “armchair casting” series with suggestions for Debbie Pelt, the were who appears in season 3. Leave your suggestions for casting on his site.
  • Reminder: Deborah Ann Woll’s guest star turn on Law & Order: SVU airs Wednesday at 9/8c on NBC with an encore broadcast Saturday at 10/9c.
  • In the barely-True Blood-related casting news category comes word that Stellan Skarsgard, father of Alexander, has signed on for a top secret role in Thor. Earlier this year Alexander was on the short list to play the title character, which eventually went to Chris Hemsworth.

Fan of the Southern Vampire Mysteries since 2001, and co-admin of True-Blood.net since 2008. Team Sookie!