St. Vladimirs Academy is a boarding school where Moroi and dhampir guardian novices are. American Vampire Series' title='American Vampire Series' />Vampire TV Shows Ranked from Best to Worst. Only some of these shows suck. HBOs True Blood returns for a third season this weekend, but its far from the only vampire show on television. We rank 10 of the most vampirecentric shows in TV. A group of friends go on a vacation with some new friends that turn out to be vampires, they hire a famous vampire killer to help them. A television series based on L. J Smiths The Vampire Diaries, which premiered on CW in 2009. The premise is pretty much the same high school student Elena. The Great New England Vampire Panic Two hundred years after the Salem witch trials, farmers became convinced that their relatives were returning from the grave to. Is it possible that Sesame Streets debonair Count von Count may have predisposed the current generation of TV watchers to regard most vampires as gorgeous rather than grotesque Almost all of the television Undead are portrayed with some level of allure for the hundreds of disposable vamps staked by Buffy the Vampire Slayer, theres always the dangerously attractive Angel, Drusilla, and Spike. The classic vampiric traits of sensuality, immortality, violence, and angst can add appeal to almost any story. Even relatively obscure shows inspire devotion, with fans of Forever Knights vampire detective Nick Knight or Blood Ties Henry Fitzroy showing up to passionately plead their case in the comments of the omnipresent Internet polls asking readers if they prefer the Zeitgeist dominating vamps of Twilight, The Vampire Diaries, or True Blood. Modern vampires quickly made the jump from literature to film, but their small screen presence has increased sharply as of late. Dark Shadows began featuring a recurring romantic undead character in 1. Kolchack The Night Stalker and Dr. Broke The Window Of Your Car. Who. The Canadian show Forever Knight ran for four years in the 9. Port Charles. Monster of the week appearances continued as paranormal game changer The X Files provided the wretched 3 and the lighthearted Bad Blood, which featured a foxy exsanguinating Luke Wilson, and David Hasselhoff offered vampire stories in both Baywatch and Baywatch Nights. UK series The Hunger has recently been getting DVD play in the U. S., while 1. 99. 8 BBC miniseries Ultraviolet features a young Stephen Moyer playing a less gentlemanly vampire than he does in his current gig on True Blood. Unsurprisingly, bloodsuckers also visited supernaturally themed shows like Charmed, Smallville, Supernatural, and The. Wizards of Waverly Place. On the current global airwaves, the BBCs Being Human is beginning its third season, and the Israeli teen vampire drama Split appears to owe a lot to Buffy, including its trenchcoat wearing bad boy vamp and the dorky friend crushing on the female protagonist. And with its international cast leading the way, HBOs True Blood is a worldwide phenomenon. The third season premieres this Sunday at 9pm, bringing werewolves into the already heady supernatural mix. Heres a look at some past and current vampire themed television shows. Vampire TV Shows Ranked from Best to Worst. Show. Network and YearsNetflix. Metascore. Users. Buffy the Vampire Slayer UPNWB, 1. Over seven seasons, Sarah Michelle Gellars iconic Slayer and her quippy sidekicks traversed the treacherous grounds of demon filled Hellmouths, high school betrayals, black magic, and first loves with increasing subtlety, reaping acclaim for episodes like the tragic The Body or the exhilarating musical Once More, with Feeling. The Chosen One was recently voted 3 in an EW list of top 1. TV characters. Not surprising, considering she saved the world. A lot. 2. Being Human. BBC, 2. 00. 8 present. This witty dramedy follows the travails of three twentysomething Bristol roommates who happen to be a vampire, a ghost, and a werewolf, respectively as the reluctant supernaturals try to fit into both the real and paranormal worlds. The second season premieres on BBC America on July 2. Syfy is currently developing an American version. Boo. 3. True Blood. HBO, 2. 00. 8 present. Alan Balls insanely enjoyable escapist drama takes as its starting point Charlaine Harris popular Southern Vampire Mysteries and expands their first person narrative into a metaphorically rich melange of sexuality, sin, and the South. Out of the coffin vampires, telepaths, shapeshifters, small town bigots, politicians, drug dealers, and other creatures revolve around one another in a pleasurably dense narrative that navigates camp, mystery, romance, humor, horror, violence, and heartbreak with sultry finesse. Angel. WB, 1. 99. Buffys vampire beau Angel David Boreanaz left one Hellmouth for another in this spinoff, heading to L. A. to combat the demonic corporate law firm Wolfram Hart. Metaphors abounded as the firm was sustained by human evil while interdimensional demons Senior Partners manipulated the strings. Angel was canceled despite its popularity, and the fantastically dark last season ended with an apocalyptic showdown that continued in the comic book Buffyverse. Dracula The Series Syndicated, 1. This tongue in cheek half hour Saturday morning serial follows two young Van Helsing descendents, their uncle Gustav, and their friend Sophie as they try to foil smooth talking international corporate bloodsucker Alexander Lucard hint spell A. Lucard backwards. Geraint Wyn Davies, who appeared occasionally as a Dracula protg Draculackey, would later star in another Canadian vampire series, Forever Knight. Wall Street 2, eat your heart out. Literally. 6. Dark Shadows ABC, 1. NBC, 1. 99. 1 nana. What started out as a gothic soap turned increasingly supernatural after ghosts appeared in its sixth episode, followed by other paranormal beasties such as the romantic yet creepy vampire Barnabas Collins. One in four households watched the premiere of the 1. Gulf War led to cancellation. Johnny Depp will take on the Collins role in director Tim Burtons 2. The Vampire Diaries. CW, 2. 00. 9 present. Stefan Salvatore Paul Wesley and Damon Salvatore Ian Somerhalder flaunt sharp teeth and sharper cheekbones as the respectively good and evil vampire brothers battling for the attentions of damaged yet feisty high schooler Elena Gilbert Nina Dobrev. Based on the popular book series by L. J. Smith, this paranormal small town show was created by ScreamDawsons Creek alumnus Kevin Williamson. Team Pacey 8. Blade The Series. Spike, 2. 00. 64. This action drama, based on the comic book character and film series, starred rapperactor Kirk Sticky Fingaz Jones as the half vampire, half human vampire hunter and Jill Wagner as Krista Starr, his reluctant human partner with her own agenda. Blade was the first scripted show for the young male oriented Spike network show creator David S. Goyer wrote all three Blade films and also co wrote The Dark Knight. Moonlight. CBS, 2. Like Angel before him, hunky private investigator and vampire Mick St. John Alex OLoughlin attempts to exorcise his personal demons by helping others in this well liked though mostly critically unacclaimed paranormal romance. Luckily, St. John can go out during the day. Veronica Mars Jason Dohring shines as St. Johns undead friend Josef and Dr. Whos Sophia Myles tries her best American accent as a reporterlove interest Beth Turner. Kindred The Embraced Fox, 1. Loosely based on the RPG Vampire The Masquerade, this San Francisco based show follows the organized crime like machinations between five groups of vampires known as The Kindred, who are discovered by police detective Frank Kohanek C. Thomas Howell and of course an intrepid blonde reporter played by Gossip Girl mom Lily van der Woodsen Kelly Rutherford. The show was canceled after only eight episodes. What do you think What is your favorite vampire show Are you a fan of True BloodLet us know in the comments section below.