Thanks 500_Apples. I was wondering whether True Blood was as horrible and puke inducing as Twilight. I've been hearing the opposite. You have good taste so I may well pick this series up.
Oh and the saddest day for me in recent TV was when Boston Legal was pulled off the air for offending too many right wingers - what a brilliant show that was.
I actually like Twilight... and Buffy, and Angel, and Underworld, and Vampire Diaries, and Blade... get the picture?
TB is very different from Twilight in many different ways. For one, Twilight is Bella's story, she is the main character, and the other characters largely exist as relationships to Bella. It might be the same thing in the books that TB is based on, but the show is an ensemble cast. The first 1.5 seasons have explored homosexuality, drug addiction, organized religion, politics... there's just a lot going on.
The creator is the same man, Alan Ball, who was in charge of Six Feet Under.