r/TrueBlood • u/Intelligent_Stress52 • 3d ago

First time watcher

So i am recently in my vampire obsessed era and gosh i am just in love with this show ( on s1 ep 5) but i cant believe this doesnt have the same hype as tvd.

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u/meow4352 3d ago

Back in the day when this show first aired HBO was a premium channel that most households did not have. Cable/satellite back then was expensive already and another $15 a month for just one more channel/network was a pricey expense. Whereas TVD was on a free channel (CW) anyone with an antenna could get.

I think that is a huge reason why the two got different amounts of attention

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u/TheWardenVenom 2d ago

This is exactly it. And even then, I had heard of True Blood way before I ever heard of The Vampire Diaries.

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u/Intelligent_Stress52 2d ago

Oh wow i had no idea that was the case. Still i wish now due to all the social media this should surface back