Vampires on Television

Dark Shadows

1425 episodes, 1966-71

Dracula - The Series

One season - 1990 - 91

Forever Knight

A three year run, 1992-1994

Kindred: The Embraced

One season in 1996

Ultraviolet

UK mini-series from 1998

Vampire High

Just one season in 2001 - 2002

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Buffy served from 1997 - 2003

Angel

Five seasons, from 1999 to 2004

One season - 2006

Vamped Out

"A Treat for Insomniacs"

Eight episodes of about eight minutes each - catch it online.

True Blood

"Thou Shall Not Crave Thy Neighbour"

Based on the Sookie Stackhouse book series by Charlaine Harris

Moonlight

"Tall, dark... and immortal"

Despite CBS' denials, this series merges bits of Angel with an updated Nick Knight (my opinion!).

Blood Ties

"A Crime Series with Bite"

Based on the Blood Books by Tanya Huff

Blade - The Series

Firmly based on the Movies and Marvel Comics, the series shared writers with the films, but featured an all-new cast, including Kirk Jones (Blade), with Jill Wagner (Krista Starr), Neil Jackson (Van Sciver), Jessica Gower (Chase) and Nelson Lee (Shen).

Angel

Angel, personified by David Borreanaz, was a spin off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Given Cordelia (Charisma Carpenter), and later Wesley (Alexis Denisof), plus a steady flow of guest stars from Buffy, the show also benefited Joss Whedon's successful production team. It ran for a respectable five seasons.

Season 1 (1999)
Season 2 (2000)
Season 3 (2001)
Season 4 (2002)
Season 5 (2003)

Buffy, the Vampire
Slayer

"Buffy - You Are The Slayer. Into Every Generation, A Slayer is Born; One Girl in All the World. The Chosen One. One Born with the Strength and Skill ..."

Several years after the 1992 Movie, seven seasons of Buffy opened the Vampyreverse to discussion and reconsideration as never before. 'Buffy' combined humour, drama, horror and plain old fashioned teenage angst.

Season 1 (1997)
Season 2 (1997-98)
Season 3 (1998-99)
Season 4 (1999-2000)
Season 5 (2000-01)
Season 6 (2001-02)
Season 7 (2002-03)

Vampire High

Set in a residential high school, the twist is that it's a normal school by day, and the vampires - being 'normalized' - come out at night.

Teen vamps have problems of their own, let alone mixing with day folk ... and the staff also have their concerns ...

One Season, 2001 - 2002
Cast - Episodes - DVDs

Ultraviolet

UK miniseries that starts off all scientific ... and ends up just plain silly. Great shame ...

UK Mini-series, 1998

Kindred:
The Embraced

Aired in 1996, Kindred was Aaron Spelling's foray into niche TV; trouble is, it took all the Spelling stereotypes with it, and was cut after just seven episodes (plus one unaired).

One Season, 1996

Forever Knight

Cut off after just three seasons, FK established many of the rules for Vampires on TV, and set new standards for awful acting.

Forever Knight, first a TV movie, then a miniseries, then a three-year series on CBS, achieved cult status toward the end of the first series - when CBS wanted out, a letter campaign saved the series for two more years ...

Series 1 (1992)
Series 2 (1994)
Series 3 (1995)

Dark Shadows:
The Revival

Twelve episodes remade; similar story lines, but highly condensed. Created by Dan Curtis, but an all-new cast and setup.

Dracula:
The Series

This children's TV show had just one season (1990), and maintained a high standard throughout. their vampires were a little odd, but were consistent and most of the time the stories were original and quite amusing, if a little hammy ...

One Series (1990)

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Eerie mystery series that paved the way for the X-files. Features a persistent reporter whose cases all involve the supernatural. Based on "The Night Stalker", four star vampire TV movie, and includes xxx vampire episodes.

One series (1974-75)

The Movie:
The Night Stalker (1972)

Dark Shadows

Set in the small Maine fishing village of Collinsport, Dark Shadows revolved around the affairs of the Collins’ family. The central character is Barnabas Collins, a 175 year-old vampire thirsty for blood, and also for love; he quickly became a pop culture icon.

Dark Shadows was the most popular daytime drama during its 1966-71 run on ABC-TV.

About the TV series
The DVDs - The Cast - Movies:
House of Dark Shadows (1970)
Night of Dark Shadows (1971)