SPOILERS: Arliss Howard Joins True Blood Season 6

‘Twas the week before Christmas, and all through Bon Temps, production was gearing up for True Blood season 6! The table read for the season premiere was yesterday, and today we get fresh casting news.

TVLine reports that Arliss Howard has been cast as Creighton Burrell, the Governor of Louisiana, a good ol’ boy politician with a vendetta against vampires after his wife left him and their daughter for a fanger.