Get ready to say goodbye to Sookie Stackhouse and Bill Compton. True Blood will end its run after the series’ seventh season next summer, HBO announced Tuesday.
“True Blood has been nothing short of a defining show for HBO,” said HBO’s president of programming Michael Lombardo in a statement. “Alan Ball took the books by Charlaine Harris, assembled a brilliant cast led by the magnificent Anna Paquin in the role of Sookie Stackhouse, and crafted a show that has taken its many devoted fans on an unforgettable journey. Alan passed the baton to Brian Buckner, who led our fantastic writers and crew in crafting a spectacular sixth season, and he will lead us through the seventh and final season of this amazing show. Together with its legions of fans, it will be hard to say goodbye to the residents of Bon Temps, but I look forward to what promises to be a fantastic final chapter of this incredible show.”
The seventh season will have 10 episodes, and executive producer Brian Buckner says fans of the show can expect it to end powerfully.
True Blood‘s farewell season will premiere on HBO in summer 2014.
