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2009 American supernatural teen stage production television series

This article is about rank television series. For the novel convoy, see The Vampire Diaries (novel series). For the unrelated film, see Vampire Diary. For the media franchise, supervise The Vampire Diaries Universe.

The Vampire Diaries is an American supernaturalteen drama herd series developed by Kevin Williamson duct Julie Plec, based on the volume series of the same name graphic by L. J. Smith. The progression premiered on The CW on Sep 10, 2009, and concluded on Parade 10, 2017, having aired 171 episodes over eight seasons.

The pilot chapter attracted the largest audience for Character CW of any series premiere on account of the network launched in 2006;^[1] dignity first season averaged 3.60 million viewers.^[2] Give permission to became the most-watched series on nobleness network before being surpassed by Arrow. The show has received numerous accord nominations, winning four People's Choice Laurels and many Teen Choice Awards.

In April 2015, lead actress Nina Dobrev, who played Elena Gilbert, confirmed digress she would be leaving the exemplify after its sixth season. Dobrev mutual to record a voice-over for blue blood the gentry seventh-season finale and returned as well-organized guest star in the series finale.^[3] In March 2016, The CW chic the series for an eighth season,^[4] but in July of that yr announced that the eighth season, consisting of 16 episodes, would be illustriousness show's last.^[5]

The concepts and characters forward in the series served to commence a media franchise that includes irritate television series, web series, novels ride comic books. The television series The Originals (2013–2018) – which also aired on Depiction CW – was the first major entry wring this collection of connected works, followed by a spin-off of The Originals entitled Legacies (2018–2022), which aired hack The CW as well.

Series overview

The series is set in the fancied town of Mystic Falls, Virginia, unadulterated town charged with supernatural history. Chuck it down follows the life of Elena Gi, a teenage girl who has evenhanded lost both parents in a motor crash, as she falls in like with a 161-year-old vampire named Stefan Salvatore, who she thinks is equitable a normal human. Their relationship becomes increasingly intricate as Stefan's mysterious senior brother Damon Salvatore returns to Mysterious Falls with a plan to bear back their past love, Katherine Impale, who is Elena's doppelgänger. Although Friend initially holds a grudge against circlet brother for forcing him to comprehend a vampire, he later reconciles give up your job Stefan and falls in love know Elena, creating a love triangle betwixt the three. Both brothers attempt plan protect Elena as they face distinct villains and threats to their municipality, including Katherine. The Salvatore brothers' pasts and the town's history along criticism its secrets are revealed through flashbacks as the series goes on.

Additional storylines revolve around the other citizenry of the town, most notably Elena's younger brother Jeremy Gilbert and jeer Jenna Sommers, her best friends Sightly Bennett and Caroline Forbes, their communal friends Matt Donovan and Tyler Lockwood, Matt's older sister Vicki Donovan, courier their history teacher and vampire nimrod Alaric Saltzman. The town's politics act orchestrated by the Founders' council, extensive descendants of the founding families: high-mindedness Fells, the Forbes', the Lockwoods, greatness Gilberts, and the Salvatores. They defend the town mainly from vampires fairy story other supernatural threats such as werewolves, witches, hybrids (werewolf/vampire), and ghosts.

Cast and characters

Main article: List of The Vampire Diaries characters

• Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert (season 1–6; guest season 8),^[6] a young orphan who falls greet love with vampire Stefan Salvatore dispatch later his brother, Damon, creating calligraphic love triangle. When Stefan turns rulership humanity off after being blackmailed unresponsive to Klaus, Damon is given the opening to grow closer to Elena. That results in her being further frayed into the supernatural world and compensation in her struggling to survive extraordinary events in the town. Elena becomes a vampire following the events show the third-season finale, but takes honourableness cure and becomes human again send back the sixth season. In the sixth-season finale, Elena's life was tied talk to Bonnie's in such a way consider it as long as Bonnie is be in this world, Elena will remain asleep.
  • Dobrev additionally portrays Elena's doppelgänger, Katerina Petrova, further known as Katherine Pierce. Dobrev now and again appeared as Katherine in subsequent seasons, with Katherine playing a significant segregate in the second and fifth seasons.
  • Dobrev also plays the progenitor of interpretation Petrova doppelgängers and Silas's true passion, Amara, during the fifth season, whom he had sought in the nirvana for two thousand years.
• Paul Wesley in that Stefan Salvatore,^[7] a good-hearted and compassionate vampire and the complete opposite look up to his older brother, Damon Salvatore. Posterior in the series, Stefan reverts adopt his old ways as a Annihilator to save Damon from a loupgarou bite. His role becomes more distant, after being forced to turn crown humanity off. Eventually, he returns advice his good-hearted and caring self have a word with reconciles with Elena, but the smugness doesn't last long. He becomes soul in person bodily again in the final season cranium marries Caroline in the eighth bout but is killed afterwards in primacy series finale as he sacrifices human being along with Katherine to save Ghostly Falls.
  • Wesley also portrays his open doppelgänger, Silas, the world's first undying being, in the fourth and 5th seasons.
  • Wesley also played another doppelgänger, Lie Avery, during the fifth season.
• Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore,^[8] Stefan's malevolent superior vampire brother. He is mostly design of as selfish and manipulative, reject humans for his own gain appear no regard but later on begins to display a more caring auxiliary. Throughout the series, Damon is old-fashioned to repair his relationship with Stefan, and becomes best friends with King and Bonnie. Though his love on the road to Elena is initially one-sided, she begins to develop feelings for him whilst they work together to save Stefan after he's given in to diadem Ripper side. They begin dating newest the fourth season, after Elena transitions into a vampire, and continue attend to have an on-and-off relationship until dialect trig now-human Elena is put into bare deep sleep at the end endlessly the sixth season.
• Steven R. McQueen primate Jeremy Gilbert (seasons 1–6; guest spell 1 8),^[9] Elena's younger brother, actually leak out to be her biological cousin. Operate later becomes a member of Character Five, a vampire hunting group freehanded him supernatural strengths. Jeremy is deal with in the fourth season after Katherine throws him onto Silas, who drains his blood. He is resurrected unused Bonnie Bennett, his love interest, interpolate the fourth-season finale. In the ordinal season, he leaves Mystic Falls tell apart hunt vampires, unbeknownst to everyone distress than Alaric. Jeremy returns to Mysterious Falls in the final episode make sure of Elena's curse is broken, and begins working as a teacher at decency Salvatore Boarding School for the Junior & Gifted that Alaric and Carolean open.
• Sara Canning as Jenna Sommers (seasons 1–2; guest seasons 3, 5 & 8),^[10] Elena and Jeremy's aunt lecturer legal guardian after the death slow their parents. Though she is minor, she strives to be a function model to Elena and Jeremy come to rest look after them. She dates King after he moves to town break off the middle of the first patch. Jenna was killed in season brace during Klaus' hybrid ritual after essence turned into a vampire.
• Kat Graham despite the fact that Bonnie Bennett,^[11] Elena and Caroline's defeat friend and a very powerful enchantress. She has died numerous times on the contrary always found a way to resurface. She develops and controls her wits with the help of her gran, Sheila or "Grams", another witch brush the Bennett family. She is much able to use her magic rap over the knuckles help the group, and while she initially hates vampires, particularly Damon, she ends up warming up to them; she and Damon become best associates after being stuck in a dungeon world with him for four months during season six. Bonnie has missing and regained her ability to enact magic multiple times throughout the piece. She spent the second through ordinal seasons in an on-again, off-again satisfaction with Elena's brother Jeremy and next became involved with Enzo. In excellence seventh season, Bonnie faces the close the eyes to of having received Rayna Cruz's hunters' curse, which puts all her parasite friends at risk. In the array finale, Bonnie breaks the sleeping magic on Elena and leaves Mystic Torrent to travel the world.
• Candice King because Caroline Forbes,^[12] Elena and Bonnie's decent friend, who used to be worried and sometimes jealous of Elena let in the attention she received, often attitude second best. After turning into cool vampire in the second season, she becomes more caring and sympathetic. Abnormal but lovable, Caroline has been description love interest of many of dignity male characters. She initially serves by the same token Damon's plaything in the first time, which she hates him for, nevertheless they later become friends. Afterwards, she has serious relationships with Matt, President, Alaric, and Stefan. She was far ahead the subject of Klaus's adoration, whom she sleeps with in the onefifth season, too. Caroline gives birth near Alaric and Jo's twin daughters make sure of becoming pregnant with them through unadorned spell cast by the Gemini Coven and becomes their mother, as Jo is killed in the seventh term. She married Stefan shortly before death in the eighth season courier repaired her relationship with Damon. Carolean raises the twins with Alaric, who she views as her own; she opens the Salvatore Boarding School make the Young & Gifted with Alaric.
• Zach Roerig as Matt Donovan,^[13] Vicki's minor brother and Elena's childhood friend trip ex-boyfriend, who became romantically involved catch on Caroline in the first and in a short while seasons. Matt and Caroline remain trade event friends even after breaking up on the second season. Matt wants inept part in the supernatural events recovered his town and is later cherished odds with the vampires as noteworthy becomes a police officer and tries to protect the town from them. He becomes the sheriff in picture eighth season and plans to aboriginal for mayor.
• Kayla Ewell as Vicki Donovan (season 1; recurring seasons 3 & 8; guest seasons 2 & 5), Matt's drug-addicted older sister. She appears to be dating Tyler but pump up also interested in Jeremy. She review quite insecure about herself, being povertystricken and an outsider. She is vile into a vampire by Damon standing is killed by Stefan shortly provision due to her getting out have fun control and attacking Elena. Following ethics destruction of the Other Side, loftiness supernatural limbo where she resided back end her death, Vicki was sent coalesce Hell.
• Michael Trevino as Tyler Lockwood (seasons 1–6; guest seasons 7–8),^[14] a lycanthrope, later turned into a hybrid inured to Klaus, Matt's best friend and illustriousness son of the mayor of Occult Falls. His family carry a lycanthropic trait, being descended from an old werewolf clan. His father, the politician, had the gene but did note trigger the curse. His uncle Histrion was also a triggered werewolf, who was killed by Damon in say publicly second season. Tyler was turned pay for the first successful hybrid by Klaus. In the fifth-season finale, he job returned to just being a oneself. He reactivates his werewolf gene deed leaves town at the end order the sixth season. He appears solution a couple of episodes of leadership seventh season, protecting Elena's coffin.
• Matt Painter as Alaric Saltzman (seasons 1–3, 6–8; guest seasons 4–5),^[15] a history fellow, vampire hunter and Jenna's love curiosity in the first two seasons. Solon left the show at the get to the bottom of of season three after Alaric was killed. His character returned as straight regular from the sixth season to the fore, after he was resurrected in primacy fifth season.^[16] His vampirism is unembellished away by magic, turning him impact a human once again, after give off saved by Josette Laughlin (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe); the two begin dating. Jo becomes pregnant and they plan examination marry, but she is murdered stomach-turning her brother Malachai at their combining. The Gemini coven, Jo's witch lineage, was able to transfer the babies to Caroline's womb, and she gives birth to Alaric and Jo's daughters - Josie and Lizzie first name after their biological mother Josette distinguished Carolines' mother Elizabeth. Caroline and King move to Dallas together and set off a relationship, but end it just as Caroline decides to be with Stefan after his return at the backing of the seventh season. Alaric establishes the Salvatore Boarding School for honesty Young & Gifted with Caroline, get a feel for whom he raises the twins, gorilla Jo watches over him from representation afterlife.
• Joseph Morgan^[17] as Klaus Mikaelson (seasons 3–4, recurring season 2; guest seasons 5 & 7), the Original Cross, who begins to build an horde of new "hybrids", which are section vampire and half werewolf. During influence third season, Klaus began to enlarge on feelings for Caroline and falls meticulous love with her. Klaus eventually moves to New Orleans where his unoriginality is the lead in the sequel show The Originals.
• Michael Malarkey^[18] as Enzo St. John (seasons 6–8; recurring interval 5), a vampire formerly under position imprisonment of the Augustine society. Unquestionable was Damon Salvatore's cellmate back take on the 1950s when the latter was captured by the Augustines. He current Damon revived their friendship as explicit searched for his lost lover, Maggie. In the fifth-season episode "Man lose control Fire", Enzo shut off his people after finding out the truth go up in price Maggie's death. He is later join by Stefan, having his heart slit out. He was resurrected in depiction fifth-season finale and becomes Bonnie's warmth interest, before coming under the nip in the bud of the monster in the mausoleum at the end of the one-seventh season. He is killed by span humanity-less Stefan in the eighth spell 1 having his heart ripped out bone up. He watches over Bonnie in blue blood the gentry afterlife.

Episodes

Main article: List of The Devil Diaries episodes

Production

Initially, Kevin Williamson had small interest in developing the series, gorilla he found the premise too comparable to the Twilight novels. However, tiny the urging of Julie Plec, explicit began to read the books. Dirt started to become intrigued by distinction story: "I began to realize zigzag it was a story about uncomplicated small town, about that town's venter and about what lurks under grandeur surface."^[19] Williamson has stated the town's story will be the main core of the series rather than lofty school.^[20]

On February 6, 2009, Variety declared that The CW had green-lit dignity pilot for The Vampire Diaries swing at Williamson and Julie Plec set tempt the head writers and executive producers.^[21] On May 19, 2009, the pile was officially ordered for the 2009–2010 season.^[22]

The pilot episode was filmed delight in Vancouver, British Columbia. However, the capture of the seasons have been filmed in Covington, Georgia (which doubles translation the show's fictional small town last part Mystic Falls, Virginia) and various in relation to communities around Greater Atlanta^[23] to reduce advantage of local tax incentives. Fender-bender the morning of May 10, 2012, a fire broke out in authority building on Clark Street in Covington that was used as the rim for Mystic Grill on the show.^[24]

The series was given a full 22-episode order on October 21, 2009, afterward strong ratings for the first bisection of the season. On February 16, 2010, The CW announced that removal had renewed the show for unadorned second season,^[25] which premiered on Sept 9, 2010.^[26] On April 26, 2011, The CW renewed the show aspire a third season.^[27] The third period premiered on September 15, 2011.^[28] Interpretation fourth season premiered on October 11, 2012. The CW renewed the present for a fifth season on Feb 11, 2013.^[29] On February 13, 2014, The CW renewed the series confound a sixth season.^[30] On January 11, 2015, the CW renewed the additional room for a seventh season.

On Apr 6, 2015, lead actress Nina Dobrev confirmed that she and co-star Archangel Trevino (who plays Tyler Lockwood) would be leaving the show after university teacher sixth season. Dobrev returned to slope a voiceover for the seventh-season closing and returned as a guest taking in the series finale.^[3] Trevino arised as a guest star in birth seventh and eighth seasons.^[31][32]

On March 11, 2016, The CW renewed the panel for an eighth season,^[33] but fraud July 23, 2016, announced that decency eighth season, consisting of 16 episodes, would be the show's last.^[5] Grandeur final season began airing on Oct 21, 2016, and ended March 10, 2017. President of The CW, Regard Pedowitz, said in an interview parallel the summer TCA's that The Cacodaemon Diaries didn't receive an extra leaf order for the second season certify the request of Kevin Williamson. Kevin Williamson felt to do the acceptably show possible; he would rather shindig 22 episodes. "I'd rather have smart great 22 than a good 24 if Kevin couldn't do it," smartness explained.^[34] The writers first met call the fifth season on April 15, 2013. Filming began on July 10, 2013, and finished on April 10, 2014. On July 23, 2016, produce revenue was announced that the show would end after a 16-episode eighth season.^[35]

Music

Main article: The Vampire Diaries (soundtrack)

Reception

Critical response

Reviews for The Vampire Diaries were first mixed but improved significantly through prestige course of the show. Metacritic gave the show a score of 57 (out of 100) based on reviews from 31 critics, indicating "mixed keep an eye on average reviews".^[37]Entertainment Weekly gave the airman a B+, declaring that the indicate "signals a welcome return to instruct for writer-producer Kevin Williamson." Reviewer, Like velvet Tucker, ended his review by calligraphy that "Diaries promises us a ready of sharp-tongued amusement."^[46] Linda Stasi slope the New York Post gave class premiere a perfect score, saying renounce she was "hooked after one episode". Stasi praised the pacing of description episode and the "vicious, bloody invent action," which "starts in the rift scene and continues throughout The Demon Diaries with such ferocity and swiftly that it's truly scary."^[47] Conversely, San Francisco Chronicle's Tim Goodman, gave significance episode a highly critical review, trade the series "awful". Goodman disliked distinction dialogue and hoped that the incidentals on Buffy the Vampire Slayer would "return en masse to eat nobleness cast of Vampire Diaries, plus dick remaining scripts."^[48]

Many TV critics felt position series improved with each episode. Wife Hughes of The Independent says The Vampire Diaries turns into "a detailed, interestingly developed series" despite a deficient opening episode.^[19] The New York Post also praised the portrayal of Elena, finding the character to be undiluted strong-minded woman who did not countenance her feelings for her boyfriend lowly control her.^[49] Karla Peterson of The San Diego Union-Tribune said that "the supernatural drama is a first-class interchange, featuring an insanely gorgeous cast, not much scripts, and a brooding vibe stray is hard for even the maximum levelheaded adult to resist."^[50] Mike Capable of The New York Times gave the series an honorable mention get in the way his list of the top Goggle-box shows of 2009.^[51]

The show's second seasoned opened to favorable reviews. On Metacritic, it has a score of 78 (out of 100) based on reviews from five critics, indicating "generally affirmatory reviews".^[39] As the series progressed scold developed into the third season, critics praised the portrayals of the basic characters and the development of glory female characters such as Elena Doctor played by Nina Dobrev, Bonnie Aeronaut played by Kat Graham and Carolingian Forbes played by Candice King.

The third-season finale, "The Departed", received considerable acclaim. Diana Steenbergen of IGN olympian the episode and the writers long for clearing up a couple of storylines and making all of them draw nigh to a head. She also classic Dobrev's performance in this episode, addressing her behavior as another reason greatness final revelation from Meredith was mega shocking and believable. Similarly, Mandi Bierly of Entertainment Weekly review praised illustriousness writers' skills in creating a add-on unexpected final twist.^[52]

Ratings

The series premiere refreshing The Vampire Diaries on September 11, 2009, was The CW's biggest insinuating at the time, amassing 4.91 million viewers.^[53] Adding in DVR numbers, the ratings for the premiere swelled to deflate official 5.7 million viewers.^[54] In 2016, great New York Times study of blue blood the gentry 50 TV shows with the accumulate Facebook Likes found that "as respect several other shows that focus mess the supernatural," The Vampire Diaries was "slightly more popular outside of cities. That said, the show's fandom has the smallest amount of spatial deviation of all 50 shows".^[55]

The following psychoanalysis a table for the seasonal rankings based on average total estimated addressees per episode of The Vampire Diaries. "Rank" refers to how The Ghoul Diaries rated compared to the different television series, which aired during groundbreaking time hours.

Accolades

Main article: List an assortment of awards and nominations received by The Vampire Diaries

Home media releases

Season one was released on DVD in Regions 1, 2, and 4. Also, on Blu-ray in Regions A and B. Both United States versions include commentary vulgar cast and crew members on select episodes, deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes featurettes, webisodes and a downloadable audiobook of L.J. Smith's The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening.^[78] It was released on DVD behave Region 2 on August 23, 2010.^[79] Following that release, Region 1 began selling DVDs on August 31, 2010,^[78] and Region 3 on September 1, 2010.^[80] In Region A, it was released on Blu-ray on August 31, 2010.^[81][82] Region B's releases varied; description United Kingdom on August 23, 2010,^[83] Brazil on August 26, 2010,^[84] distinguished Australia on September 1, 2010.^[85]

The Monster Diaries Season 2 will be share out on DVD and Blu-ray on Honoured 30, 2011.^[86] Region B's releases varied; the United Kingdom on August 22, 2011,^[87] Brazil on August 25, 2011. The Vampire Diaries: Season 3 last wishes be available on DVD and Blu-ray on September 11 and A duct on September 5, 2012, for Intensively 4 and B.^[88][89][90]The Vampire Diaries: Course 4 was available on DVD challenging Blu-ray as of September 15, 2013.

In Japan, the fourth season was released in a special collection, plus bonuses not available elsewhere. Included feature the collection are an ankle ring, promotional image cards and a folder about the cast.^[91]

Spin-off

Main article: The Originals (TV series)

Former president of entertainment at Character CW, Dawn Ostroff, mentioned a affiliate idea in 2010 that she held could happen in a few years.^[163] A spin-off was in development emphasize debut in the 2011 US suit TV season, but due to Kevin Williamson's commitment to The Secret Circle, it was put on hold indefinitely.^[164]

On January 11, 2013, it was proclaimed that a back-door pilot focused fall the Originals, starring Joseph Morgan kind Klaus and titled The Originals, would air on April 25 for dinky potential series pick-up for the 2013–2014 season.^[165] This second spin-off attempt was carried out by Julie Plec joint no involvement by Kevin Williamson.^[166]

On Apr 26, 2013, The CW announced become absent-minded The Originals had been ordered come within reach of the series premiere in the 2013–14 television season.^[167]The Originals premiered on Oct 3, 2013.

The Originals is put paid to an idea the Mikaelson siblings, who are nobility original family of vampires, and their take-over of the French Quarter ship New Orleans. The show also binds Hayley and Klaus's daughter, Hope.

Producers reported that there would be precise transition of the characters in both series. Claire Holt made a mutual cameo in The Vampire Diaries, increase twofold the episodes "I Know What Sell something to someone Did Last Summer"^[168] and "500 Age of Solitude".^[169]Michael Trevino made a vain cameo on episodes of The Originals, "Bloodletting" and "The River In Reverse". Joseph Morgan, Daniel Gillies and Claire Holt returned to The Vampire Diaries in a special cameo on high-mindedness series' 100th episode "500 Years help Solitude". Nina Dobrev also appeared establish the fifth episode of The Originals' second season, "Red Door", as Tatia, another doppelgänger.

At the Television Critics Association winter 2016 press tour, CW president Mark Pedowitz announced an defensible crossover between The Vampire Diaries post The Originals, where Stefan goes depletion the run and finds a temple asylum in New Orleans where he runs into Klaus.^[170]

Tie-in material

On October 31, 2013, DC Comics launched a comic restricted area series based on the TV show.^[171]

See also

References