The Vampire Diaries is a television drama series that airs on
The CW network. This program falls under the genres of supernatural, horror, and teen drama and has fast become one of the most watched programs on the network. This show is based on the book series which shares the same name as the show; these books were written by L. J. Smith a young adult writer whose work mostly centers on fantasy romance. This show premiered on September 10th 2009 and was only suppose to run for a partial season of 14 episodes but due to high ratings
The CW has ordered a full season containing 22 episodes.
The Vampire Diaries is basically about a girl who falls in love with two vampire brothers after losing her parents. The problem is one of them is good and the other is bad and they are both in a war over her soul. All this takes place in Mystic Falls; a fictional town that is said to be located in Virginia.
One of the main reasons why I think this program took of the way it did is because of the hype of the Twilight movie and book series. Most of the times networks crash a good program because they put it out at the wrong time, but
The CW is one of the few that actually ran with the vampire craze and became very successful. This program attracted the largest amount of viewers for the whole month of September; beating out other programs that have been around for much longer than it. It was so popular that it took home the 2010 People's Choice Award for Favorite New TV Drama and receives on average 3.9 million viewers per episode.
Most of the times I have nothing good to say about the programs that appear on this network, because most of them are nothing more than a bunch of junk, but this one has done something that we do not see too often; it combined two favorites genres and made a successful show out of them. If you are a fan of teen dramas or just vampires in general you will want to check out this show; head over to
The CW Network on Thursdays 8/7c or log onto their website where you will find full episodes, previews of upcoming episodes, and tons of extra information about the cast and crew. Overall I give this show an 8/10.
