True Blood season 3
True Blood (season 3) | |
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Season 3 | |
No. of episodes | 12 |
Release | |
Original network | HBO |
Original release | June 13 September 12, 2010 | –
Season chronology | |
The third season of the television series True Blood premiered on June 13, 2010[1] simultaneously on HBO and HBO Canada.[2] It concluded its run on September 12, 2010 and contained 12 episodes, bringing the series total to 36. It loosely follows the plot of the third novel of The Southern Vampire Mysteries series, Club Dead.
Plot
The third season loosely follows the plot of the novel Club Dead, which finds Sookie teaming up with a werewolf sent by Eric, named Alcide in Mississippi in order to track down Bill, who has been kidnapped and is being held hostage by a vampire King. Season three is set throughout the course of 10 days.
Cast and characters
Episodes
No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (million) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
25 | 1 | "Bad Blood" | Daniel Minahan | Brian Buckner | June 13, 2010 | 5.09[3] |
26 | 2 | "Beautifully Broken" | Scott Winant | Raelle Tucker | June 20, 2010 | 4.26[4] |
27 | 3 | "It Hurts Me Too" | Michael Lehmann | Alexander Woo | June 27, 2010 | 4.46[5] |
28 | 4 | "9 Crimes" | David Petrarca | Kate Barnow & Elisabeth R. Finch | July 11, 2010 | 4.68[6] |
29 | 5 | "Trouble" | Scott Winant | Nancy Oliver | July 18, 2010 | 4.86[7] |
30 | 6 | "I Got a Right to Sing the Blues" | Michael Lehmann | Alan Ball | July 25, 2010 | 4.74[8] |
31 | 7 | "Hitting the Ground" | John Dahl | Brian Buckner | August 1, 2010 | 5.24[9] |
32 | 8 | "Night on the Sun" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Raelle Tucker | August 8, 2010 | 5.09[10] |
33 | 9 | "Everything Is Broken" | Scott Winant | Alexander Woo | August 15, 2010 | 5.00[11] |
34 | 10 | "I Smell a Rat" | Michael Lehmann | Kate Barnow & Elisabeth R. Finch | August 22, 2010 | 5.39[12] |
35 | 11 | "Fresh Blood" | Daniel Minahan | Nancy Oliver | August 29, 2010 | 5.44[13] |
36 | 12 | "Evil Is Going On" | Anthony Hemingway | Alan Ball | September 12, 2010 | 5.38[14] |
Production
On January 20, 2010 HBO released a teaser trailer announcing that a third season of True Blood was in production, aiming for a Summer 2010 release date. The teaser featured images of bottles of TruBlood being manufactured on an assembly line.[15] This was followed by a trailer featuring new footage and the song The Difference Between Us by The Dead Weather. This was released by HBO on May 13.[16]
Crew
Alan Ball returned to executive produce and run season three.[17] Michael Lehmann, who had directed five episodes at the end of the second season, is expected to return again to direct three more.[18] Writers Alexander Woo and Raelle Tucker also returned to script episodes.[19]
Casting
Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten, Rutina Wesley, Chris Bauer, Nelsan Ellis, Mariana Klaveno, Todd Lowe, Jim Parrack, Carrie Preston, William Sanderson, Deborah Ann Woll and Alexander Skarsgård all reprise their respective roles in the third season. Additionally, Kristin Bauer, who plays vampire Pam in the series, is promoted to series regular.[20]
After a long search, it was announced that Joe Manganiello was cast as werewolf Alcide Herveaux.[21] He was later joined by Brit Morgan as Debbie Pelt. Marshall Allman is added to the third season as a series regular, cast as Sam Merlotte's younger brother Tommy Mickens and Cooper Huckabee plays Sam Merlotte's long-lost father.[22][23] Alfre Woodard was cast as Lafayette's mother and Southland actor Kevin Alejandro as Jesus, her caretaker and a potential love interest for Lafayette.[24][25] Denis O'Hare plays Russell Edgington, the Vampire King of Mississippi, while New Zealand actor Grant Bowler plays the leader of a werewolf biker gang and Theo Alexander plays the role of Edgington's partner Talbot.[26][27] Allan Hyde has confirmed he will reprise his role as Godric in the form of flashbacks.[28] James Frain appears as Franklin Mott.
Awards & Nominations
The series won the GLADD Award for Best Drama Series, Alfre Woodard received a nomination for Best Guest Star in a Drama Series and the show received the "Holy Shit Scene of the Year" award at the Scream Awards for the scene in which Bill twisted Lorena's neck 180 degrees whilst the two were having sex.
Ratings
United States
Episode number (Production number) |
Title | Original air date | Ratings share (Adults 18–49) |
Viewers (in millions) |
Rank per week on Cable |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
25 (3.01) | Bad Blood | June 13, 2010 | 2.9/8[3] | 5.09[3] | #6[29] |
26 (3.02) | Beautifully Broken | June 20, 2010 | 2.5/7[4] | 4.26[4] | #12[30] |
27 (3.03) | It Hurts Me Too | June 27, 2010 | 2.5/7[5] | 4.46[5] | #15[31] |
28 (3.04) | 9 Crimes | July 11, 2010 | 2.7/8[6] | 4.68[6] | #10[32] |
29 (3.05) | Trouble | July 18, 2010 | 2.8/8[7] | 4.86[7] | #13[33] |
30 (3.06) | I Got a Right to Sing the Blues | July 25, 2010 | 2.8/8[8] | 4.74[8] | #10[34] |
31 (3.07) | Hitting the Ground | August 1, 2010 | 3.0/8[9] | 5.24[9] | #10[35] |
32 (3.08) | Night on the Sun | August 8, 2010 | 3.0/8[10] | 5.09[10] | #6[36] |
33 (3.09) | Everything is Broken | August 15, 2010 | 2.9/8[11] | 5.00[11] | #7[37] |
34 (3.10) | I Smell a Rat | August 22, 2010 | 3.0/8[12] | 5.39[12] | #8[38] |
35 (3.11) | Fresh Blood | August 29, 2010 | 3.2/8[13] | 5.44[13] | #8[39] |
36 (3.12) | Evil is Going On | September 12, 2010 | 3.0/7[14] | 5.38[14] | #13[40] |
United Kingdom
United Kingdom ratings data is taken from the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board.[41]
Episode number (Production number) |
Title | Original air date | Total viewers on FX |
Total viewers on FX+ |
Total viewers | Rank on channel |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
25 (3.01) | Bad Blood | January 14, 2011 | 524,000 | 94,000 | 618,000 | #1 (FX) #1 (FX+) |
26 (3.02) | Beautifully Broken | January 21, 2011 | 518,000 | 77,000 | 595,000 | #1 (FX) #1 (FX+) |
27 (3.03) | It Hurts Me Too | January 28, 2011 | 440,000 | 80,000 | 520,000 | #1 (FX) #2 (FX+) |
28 (3.04) | 9 Crimes | February 4, 2011 | 473, 000 | 102,000 | 575, 000 | #1 (FX) #1 (FX+) |
29 (3.05) | Trouble | February 11, 2011 | 483,000 | 107,000 | 590,000 | #1 (FX) #1 (FX+) |
30 (3.06) | I Got a Right to Sing the Blues | February 18, 2011 | 496,000 | 87,000 | 583,000 | #1 (FX) #2 (FX+) |
31 (3.07) | Hitting the Ground | February 25, 2011 | 494,000 | 80,000 | 574,000 | #1 (FX) #2 (FX+) |
32 (3.08) | Night on the Sun | March 4, 2011 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
33 (3.09) | Everything is Broken | March 11, 2011 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
34 (3.10) | I Smell a Rat | March 16, 2011 | 544,000 | 100,000 | 644,000 | #1 (FX) #1 (FX+) |
35 (3.11) | Fresh Blood | March 23, 2011 | 398,000 | 106,000 | 504,000 | #2 (FX) #2 (FX+) |
36 (3.12) | Evil is Going On | April 1, 2011 | 547,000 | 110,000 | 657,000 | #1 (FX) #2 (FX+) |
See also
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