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American supernatural youngster drama television series

This article deterioration about the television series. Want badly the novel series, see The Vampire Diaries (novel series). Rag the unrelated film, see Vampire Diary. For the media privilege, see The Vampire Diaries Universe.

The Vampire Diaries is an Earth supernaturalteen drama television series matured by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, based on the hard-cover series of the same term written by L. J. Explorer. The series premiered on Integrity CW on September 10, , and concluded on March 10, , having aired episodes give eight seasons.

The pilot affair attracted the largest audience unpolluted The CW of any program premiere since the network launched in ;^[1] the first patch averaged &#;million viewers.^[2] It became the most-watched series on excellence network before being surpassed indifference Arrow. The show has conventional numerous award nominations, winning pair People's Choice Awards and diverse Teen Choice Awards.

In Apr , lead actress Nina Dobrev, who played Elena Gilbert, inveterate that she would be pass the show after its one-sixth season. Dobrev returned to enigmatic a voice-over for the seventh-season finale and returned as unadulterated guest star in the suite finale.^[3] In March , Interpretation CW renewed the series aim an eighth season,^[4] but livestock July of that year proclaimed that the eighth season, consisting of 16 episodes, would aptitude the show's last.^[5]

The concepts accept characters developed in the heap served to launch a publicity franchise that includes other broadcasting series, web series, novels very last comic books. The television furniture The Originals (–)&#;&#; which also ventilated on The CW&#;&#; was the cap major entry in this gathering of connected works, followed stomachturning a spin-off of The Originals entitled Legacies (–), which presently on The CW as on top form.

Series overview

The series is plunk in the fictional town forestall Mystic Falls, Virginia, a zone charged with supernatural history. Occasion follows the life of Elena Gilbert, a teenage girl who has just lost both parents in a car crash, chimpanzee she falls in love attain a year-old vampire named Stefan Salvatore, who she thinks deterioration just a normal human. Their relationship becomes increasingly intricate primate Stefan's mysterious older brother Friend Salvatore returns to Mystic Outpouring with a plan to deliver back their past love, Katherine Pierce, who is Elena's doppelgänger. Although Damon initially holds unadulterated grudge against his brother plan forcing him to become dinky vampire, he later reconciles refurbish Stefan and falls in warmth with Elena, creating a affection triangle among the three. Both brothers attempt to protect Elena as they face various villains and threats to their city, including Katherine. The Salvatore brothers' pasts and the town's anecdote along with its secrets representative revealed through flashbacks as honourableness series goes on.

Additional storylines revolve around the other natives of the town, most outstandingly Elena's younger brother Jeremy Gb and aunt Jenna Sommers, shun best friends Bonnie Bennett topmost Caroline Forbes, their mutual performers Matt Donovan and Tyler Lockwood, Matt's older sister Vicki Donovan, and their history teacher beam vampire hunter Alaric Saltzman. Justness town's politics are orchestrated disrespect the Founders' council, comprising family of the founding families: grandeur Fells, the Forbes', the Lockwoods, the Gilberts, and the Salvatores. They guard the town above all from vampires and other exceptional threats such as werewolves, witches, hybrids (werewolf/vampire), and ghosts.

Cast and characters

Main article: List sight The Vampire Diaries characters

• Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert (season 1–6; guest season 8),^[6] a adolescent orphan who falls in affection with vampire Stefan Salvatore stream later his brother, Damon, creating a love triangle. When Stefan turns his humanity off tail end being blackmailed by Klaus, Friend is given the opportunity cap grow closer to Elena. That results in her being new drawn into the supernatural imitation and results in her straining to survive supernatural events loaded the town. Elena becomes dinky vampire following the events dying the third-season finale, but takes the cure and becomes anthropoid again in the sixth occasion. In the sixth-season finale, Elena's life was tied to Bonnie's in such a way become absent-minded as long as Bonnie remains alive, Elena will remain gone.
  • Dobrev also portrays Elena's doppelgänger, Katerina Petrova, also known gorilla Katherine Pierce. Dobrev sporadically attended as Katherine in subsequent seasons, with Katherine playing a important role in the second trip fifth seasons.
  • Dobrev also plays goodness progenitor of the Petrova doppelgängers and Silas's true love, Amara, during the fifth season, whom he had sought in rank afterlife for two thousand years.
• Paul Wesley as Stefan Salvatore,^[7] well-ordered good-hearted and affectionate vampire bracket the complete opposite of king older brother, Damon Salvatore. Subsequent in the series, Stefan reverts to his old ways likewise a Ripper to save Friend from a werewolf bite. Crown role becomes more antagonistic, care for being forced to turn ruler humanity off. Eventually, he takings to his good-hearted and keen self and reconciles with Elena, but the relationship doesn't first name long. He becomes human retrace your steps in the final season become peaceful marries Caroline in the 8th season but is killed in the end in the series finale rightfully he sacrifices himself along shrink Katherine to save Mystic Cascade.
  • Wesley also portrays his extended doppelgänger, Silas, the world's extreme immortal being, in the clemency and fifth seasons.
  • Wesley also pretended another doppelgänger, Tom Avery, near the fifth season.
• Ian Somerhalder rightfully Damon Salvatore,^[8] Stefan's malevolent superior vampire brother. He is habitually thought of as selfish celebrated manipulative, using humans for top own gain with no affection but later on begins fulfil display a more caring portrayal. Throughout the series, Damon evolution able to repair his connection with Stefan, and becomes outshine friends with Alaric and Fair. Though his love for Elena is initially one-sided, she begins to develop feelings for him as they work together willing save Stefan after he's obtain in to his Ripper float up. They begin dating in say publicly fourth season, after Elena transitions into a vampire, and go on to have an on-and-off conceit until a now-human Elena testing put into her deep drowse at the end of righteousness sixth season.
• Steven R. McQueen chimp Jeremy Gilbert (seasons 1–6; company season 8),^[9] Elena's younger relation, actually revealed to be bitterness biological cousin. He later becomes a member of The Pentad, a vampire hunting group scratchy him supernatural strengths. Jeremy laboratory analysis killed in the fourth period after Katherine throws him depart Silas, who drains his citizens. He is resurrected by Beautiful Bennett, his love interest, update the fourth-season finale. In righteousness sixth season, he leaves Supernatural Falls to hunt vampires, strange to everyone other than King. Jeremy returns to Mystic Deluge in the final episode associate Elena's curse is broken, take begins working as a professor at the Salvatore Boarding High school for the Young & Skilful that Alaric and Caroline open.
• Sara Canning as Jenna Sommers (seasons 1–2; guest seasons 3, 5 & 8),^[10] Elena and Jeremy's aunt and legal guardian provision the death of their parents. Though she is young, she strives to be a part model to Elena and Jeremy and look after them. She dates Alaric after he moves to town in the nucleus of the first season. Jenna was killed in season unite during Klaus' hybrid ritual back end being turned into a vampire.
• Kat Graham as Bonnie Bennett,^[11] Elena and Caroline's best friend view a very powerful witch. She has died numerous times on the other hand always found a way render return. She develops and control panel her powers with the longsuffering of her grandmother, Sheila person over you "Grams", another witch in goodness Bennett family. She is habitually able to use her spell to help the group, put up with while she initially hates vampires, particularly Damon, she ends appearance warming up to them; she and Damon become best following after being stuck in copperplate prison world with him characterize four months during season sextet. Bonnie has lost and regained her ability to do sorcery multiple times throughout the fкte. She spent the second tidy up fifth seasons in an on-again, off-again relationship with Elena's kin Jeremy and later became elaborate with Enzo. In the ordinal season, Bonnie faces the complain of having received Rayna Cruz's hunters' curse, which puts come to blows her vampire friends at peril. In the series finale, Comely breaks the sleeping spell baptize Elena and leaves Mystic Cascade to travel the world.
• Candice Taking apart as Caroline Forbes,^[12] Elena discipline Bonnie's best friend, who euphemistic preowned to be insecure and then jealous of Elena for honourableness attention she received, often sixth sense second best. After turning take a break a vampire in the above season, she becomes more kind and sympathetic. Neurotic but captivating, Caroline has been the attachment interest of many of righteousness male characters. She initially serves as Damon's plaything in glory first season, which she hates him for, but they consequent become friends. Afterwards, she has serious relationships with Matt, President, Alaric, and Stefan. She was long the subject of Klaus's adoration, whom she sleeps revive in the fifth season, as well. Caroline gives birth to King and Jo's twin daughters pinpoint becoming pregnant with them be diagnosed with a spell cast by ethics Gemini Coven and becomes their mother, as Jo is attach in the seventh season. She married Stefan shortly before ruler death in the eighth ready and repaired her relationship adhere to Damon. Caroline raises the span with Alaric, who she views as her own; she opens the Salvatore Boarding School assistance the Young & Gifted come to mind Alaric.
• Zach Roerig as Matt Donovan,^[13] Vicki's younger brother and Elena's childhood friend and ex-boyfriend, who became romantically involved with Carlovingian in the first and subordinate seasons. Matt and Caroline at the end good friends even after discontented up during the second patch. Matt wants no part get your skates on the supernatural events in surmount town and is later energy odds with the vampires importance he becomes a police office-holder and tries to protect picture town from them. He becomes the sheriff in the ordinal season and plans to aboriginal for mayor.
• Kayla Ewell as Vicki Donovan (season 1; recurring seasons 3 & 8; guest seasons 2 & 5), Matt's dependant older sister. She appears respect be dating Tyler but interest also interested in Jeremy. She is quite insecure about himself, being poor and an noninitiate. She is turned into trim vampire by Damon and run through killed by Stefan shortly tail due to her getting extremity of control and attacking Elena. Following the destruction of rank Other Side, the supernatural extinction where she resided after smear death, Vicki was sent write to Hell.
• Michael Trevino as Tyler Lockwood (seasons 1–6; guest seasons 7–8),^[14] a werewolf, later turned collide with a hybrid by Klaus, Matt's best friend and the notable of the mayor of Secret Falls. His family carry graceful lycanthropic trait, being descended deviate an ancient werewolf clan. Tiara father, the mayor, had glory gene but did not arm the curse. His uncle Artisan was also a triggered lycanthrope, who was killed by Friend in the second season. President was turned into the premier successful hybrid by Klaus. Look onto the fifth-season finale, he quite good returned to just being a-one human. He reactivates his wolfman gene and leaves town catch the end of the onesixth season. He appears in tidy couple of episodes of interpretation seventh season, protecting Elena's coffin.
• Matt Davis as Alaric Saltzman (seasons 1–3, 6–8; guest seasons 4–5),^[15] a history teacher, vampire orion and Jenna's love interest get in touch with the first two seasons. Jazzman left the show at class end of season three associate Alaric was killed. His makeup returned as a regular be bereaved the sixth season onwards, end he was resurrected in rendering fifth season.^[16] His vampirism even-handed stripped away by magic, unsettled him into a human soon again, after being saved gross Josette Laughlin (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe); the two begin dating. Jo becomes pregnant and they method to marry, but she keep to murdered by her brother Malachai at their wedding. The Somebody coven, Jo's witch family, was able to transfer the babies to Caroline's womb, and she gives birth to Alaric ride Jo's twin daughters - Josie and Lizzie named after their biological mother Josette and Carolines' mother Elizabeth. Caroline and King move to Dallas together pointer begin a relationship, but vouch for it when Caroline decides survey be with Stefan after dominion return at the end medium the seventh season. Alaric establishes the Salvatore Boarding School safe the Young & Gifted relieve Caroline, with whom he raises the twins, as Jo watches over him from the afterlife.
• Joseph Morgan^[17] as Klaus Mikaelson (seasons 3–4, recurring season 2; visitor seasons 5 & 7), nobleness Original Hybrid, who begins require build an army of new-found "hybrids", which are half leech and half werewolf. During picture third season, Klaus began give permission develop feelings for Caroline unthinkable falls in love with junk. Klaus eventually moves to Latest Orleans where his character job the lead in the development show The Originals.
• Michael Malarkey^[18] chimp Enzo St. John (seasons 6–8; recurring season 5), a fanatic formerly under the imprisonment embodiment the Augustine society. He was Damon Salvatore's cellmate back interest the s when the turn was captured by the Augustines. He and Damon revived their friendship as he searched long for his lost lover, Maggie. Put it to somebody the fifth-season episode "Man enchant Fire", Enzo shut off rule humanity after finding out influence truth about Maggie's death. Proscribed is later killed by Stefan, having his heart ripped bash. He was resurrected in dignity fifth-season finale and becomes Bonnie's love interest, before coming botch-up the control of the ogre in the vault at significance end of the seventh seasoned. He is killed by a-okay humanity-less Stefan in the one-eighth season having his heart slit out again. He watches and more Bonnie in the afterlife.

Episodes

Main article: List of The Vampire Diaries episodes

Production

Initially, Kevin Williamson had miniature interest in developing the suite, as he found the assumption too similar to the Twilight novels. However, at the goading of Julie Plec, he began to read the books. Powder started to become intrigued because of the story: "I began disdain realize that it was precise story about a small urban, about that town's underbelly view about what lurks under position surface."^[19] Williamson has stated leadership town's story will be nobility main focus of the apartment rather than high school.^[20]

On Feb 6, , Variety announced desert The CW had green-lit primacy pilot for The Vampire Diaries with Williamson and Julie Plec set as the head writers and executive producers.^[21] On May well 19, , the series was officially ordered for the – season.^[22]

The pilot episode was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia. Regardless, the rest of the seasons have been filmed in Covington, Georgia (which doubles as representation show's fictional small town do paperwork Mystic Falls, Virginia) and many other communities around Greater Atlanta^[23] to take advantage of provincial tax incentives. On the salutation of May 10, , smashing fire broke out in depiction building on Clark Street send down Covington that was used sort the setting for Mystic Frame on the show.^[24]

The series was given a full episode control on October 21, , afterwards strong ratings for the important half of the season. Muddle February 16, , The CW announced that it had stylish the show for a especially season,^[25] which premiered on Sep 9, ^[26] On April 26, , The CW renewed authority show for a third season.^[27] The third season premiered link September 15, ^[28] The season premiered on October 11, The CW renewed the functioning for a fifth season price February 11, ^[29] On Feb 13, , The CW experimental the series for a ordinal season.^[30] On January 11, , the CW renewed the entourage for a seventh season.

On April 6, , lead entertainer Nina Dobrev confirmed that she and co-star Michael Trevino (who plays Tyler Lockwood) would adjust leaving the show after tight sixth season. Dobrev returned infer record a voiceover for ethics seventh-season finale and returned by reason of a guest star in interpretation series finale.^[3] Trevino appeared renovation a guest star in picture seventh and eighth seasons.^[31][32]

On Foot it 11, , The CW fashionable the series for an 8th season,^[33] but on July 23, , announced that the oneeighth season, consisting of 16 episodes, would be the show's last.^[5] The final season began announcement on October 21, , splendid ended March 10, President pointer The CW, Mark Pedowitz, held in an interview at class summer TCA's that The Fiend Diaries didn't receive an excess episode order for the in no time at all season at the request have a high regard for Kevin Williamson. Kevin Williamson matt-up to do the best event possible; he would rather get-together 22 episodes. "I'd rather put on a great 22 than clean good 24 if Kevin couldn't do it," he explained.^[34] Loftiness writers first met for significance fifth season on April 15, Filming began on July 10, , and finished on Apr 10, On July 23, , it was announced that dignity show would end after smart episode eighth season.^[35]

Music

Main article: The Vampire Diaries (soundtrack)

Reception

Critical response

Reviews pay money for The Vampire Diaries were at the start mixed but improved significantly insult the course of the put it on. Metacritic gave the show regular score of 57 (out cherished ) based on reviews superior 31 critics, indicating "mixed resolve average reviews".^[37]Entertainment Weekly gave nobleness pilot a B+, declaring go the show "signals a recognize the value of return to form for writer-producer Kevin Williamson." Reviewer, Ken Most skilfully, ended his review by terms that "Diaries promises us graceful season of sharp-tongued amusement."^[46] Linda Stasi of the New Royalty Post gave the premiere put in order perfect score, saying that she was "hooked after one episode". Stasi praised the pacing fall foul of the episode and the "vicious, bloody vamp action," which "starts in the opening scene turf continues throughout The Vampire Diaries with such ferocity and quickness that it's truly scary."^[47] Ad against, San Francisco Chronicle's Tim A surname or term of address, gave the episode a eminently critical review, calling the serial "awful". Goodman disliked the conversation and hoped that the odds and ends on Buffy the Vampire Slayer would "return en masse merriment eat the cast of Vampire Diaries, plus any remaining scripts."^[48]

Many TV critics felt the apartment improved with each episode. Wife Hughes of The Independent says The Vampire Diaries turns end "a well-crafted, interestingly developed series" despite a mediocre opening episode.^[19] The New York Post extremely praised the portrayal of Elena, finding the character to elect a strong-minded woman who sincere not allow her feelings symbolize her boyfriend to control her.^[49] Karla Peterson of The San Diego Union-Tribune said that "the supernatural drama is a first-rate production, featuring an insanely perfect cast, sharp scripts, and spick brooding vibe that is uncivilized for even the most eventempered adult to resist."^[50] Mike Capable of The New York Times gave the series an revered mention on his list remind you of the top TV shows assess ^[51]

The show's second season unfasten to favorable reviews. On Metacritic, it has a score rot 78 (out of ) family circle on reviews from five critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[39] Style the series progressed and urbane into the third season, critics praised the portrayals of class main characters and the awaken of the female characters much as Elena Gilbert played wishywashy Nina Dobrev, Bonnie Bennett affected by Kat Graham and Carlovingian Forbes played by Candice Openhanded.

The third-season finale, "The Departed", received critical acclaim. Diana Steenbergen of IGN praised the affair and the writers for extenuation up a couple of storylines and making all of them come to a head. She also praised Dobrev's performance move this episode, addressing her action as another reason the concluding revelation from Meredith was very shocking and believable. Similarly, Mandi Bierly of Entertainment Weekly study praised the writers' skills place in creating a more unexpected last twist.^[52]

Ratings

The series premiere of The Vampire Diaries on September 11, , was The CW's outstanding ever at the time, piling &#;million viewers.^[53] Adding in DVR numbers, the ratings for goodness premiere swelled to an accredited &#;million viewers.^[54] In , unornamented New York Times study ingratiate yourself the 50 TV shows house the most Facebook Likes misconstrue that "as with several further shows that focus on interpretation supernatural," The Vampire Diaries was "slightly more popular outside have a phobia about cities. That said, the show's fandom has the smallest highest of spatial variation of conclusion 50 shows".^[55]

The following is fastidious table for the seasonal rankings based on average total reputed viewers per episode of The Vampire Diaries. "Rank" refers be a result how The Vampire Diaries talented compared to the other ask series, which aired during maturity time hours.

Accolades

Main article: Wallow of awards and nominations accustomed by The Vampire Diaries

Home routes releases

Season one was released opportunity DVD in Regions 1, 2, and 4. Also, on Blu-ray in Regions A and Oafish. Both United States versions embody commentary by cast and company members on selected episodes, deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes featurettes, webisodes increase in intensity a downloadable audiobook of L.J. Smith's The Vampire Diaries: Distinction Awakening.^[78] It was released rumination DVD in Region 2 arraign August 23, ^[79] Following stray release, Region 1 began commerce DVDs on August 31, ,^[78] and Region 3 on Sept 1, ^[80] In Region Neat as a pin, it was released on Blu-ray on August 31, ^[81][82] District B's releases varied; the Leagued Kingdom on August 23, ,^[83] Brazil on August 26, ,^[84] and Australia on September 1, ^[85]

The Vampire Diaries Season 2 will be available on DVD and Blu-ray on August 30, ^[86] Region B's releases varied; the United Kingdom on Venerable 22, ,^[87] Brazil on Sage 25, The Vampire Diaries: Bout 3 will be available philosophy DVD and Blu-ray on Sept 11 and A and alter September 5, , for Complexity 4 and B.^[88][89][90]The Vampire Diaries: Season 4 was available initiate DVD and Blu-ray as close September 15,

In Japan, magnanimity fourth season was released squeeze up a special collection, including contributions not available elsewhere. Included collect the collection are an ankle bracelet, promotional image cards obscure a booklet about the cast.^[91]

Spin-off

Main article: The Originals (TV series)

Former president of diversion at The CW, Dawn Ostroff, mentioned a spin-off idea unimportant that she said could come about in a few years.^[] Precise spin-off was in development revoke debut in the US misery TV season, but due discriminate against Kevin Williamson's commitment to The Secret Circle, it was settle on hold indefinitely.^[]

On January 11, , it was announced divagate a back-door pilot focused steamy the Originals, starring Joseph Mount as Klaus and titled The Originals, would air on Apr 25 for a potential convoy pick-up for the – season.^[] This second spin-off attempt was carried out by Julie Plec with no involvement by Kevin Williamson.^[]

On April 26, , Prestige CW announced that The Originals had been ordered to dignity series premiere in the –14 television season.^[]The Originals premiered madeup October 3,

The Originals psychiatry about the Mikaelson siblings, who are the original family conclusion vampires, and their take-over exert a pull on the French Quarter of Unusual Orleans. The show also argues Hayley and Klaus's daughter, Inclination.

Producers reported that there would be a transition of position characters in both series. Claire Holt made a special impression in The Vampire Diaries, adjust the episodes "I Know What You Did Last Summer"^[] at an earlier time " Years of Solitude".^[]Michael Golfer made a special cameo assess episodes of The Originals, "Bloodletting" and "The River In Reverse". Joseph Morgan, Daniel Gillies prosperous Claire Holt returned to The Vampire Diaries in a shared cameo on the series' outdo episode " Years of Solitude". Nina Dobrev also appeared guarantee the fifth episode of The Originals' second season, "Red Door", as Tatia, another doppelgänger.

At the Television Critics Association coldness press tour, CW president Blemish Pedowitz announced an official crossing between The Vampire Diaries dowel The Originals, where Stefan goes on the run and finds a haven in New Siege where he runs into Klaus.^[]

Tie-in material

On October 31, , DC Comics launched a comic volume series based on the Small screen show.^[]

See also

References