'True Blood': Mark Hudis named as new showrunner
Published May 23 2012, 04:55 BST | By Kate Goodacre
True Blood's new showrunner has been named as Mark Hudis.Hudis - whose previous credits include Nurse Jackie and That '70s Show - will be promoted from his current co-executive producer's post if True Blood is picked up for a sixth season, according to Deadline.
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Hudis has signed a two-year deal with True Blood broadcaster HBO which includes the potential for new series development.
Current showrunner Alan Ball recently announced his intention to step down at the end of the show's fifth season as he steps up work on new crime drama Banshee for HBO's sister network Cinemax.
However, Ball will maintain a supervisory role on the show.
The fifth season of True Blood premieres on Sunday, June 10 at 9/8c on HBO. It will air on FX in the UK later this year.
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I'm sure I read here on DigitalSpy that FX had agreed to show it earlier, which meant we might get it here as early as late summer. Which still isn't good enough for me, I can't see why it can't be a few days after the States, a lot of people like the idea of US programmes coming to us more frequently. True Blood must be one of the most pirated tv shows around, you would think that everyone concerned with the show would do as much as possible to limit it being pirated.
May 23rd 2012 at 4:31pm
Can't wait to see Season 5.
Congrats to Mark Hudris. I'm sure he'll do a great job after Alan Ball, who was great too.
May 23rd 2012 at 2:01pm
Eeeeeek I can't wait!
May 23rd 2012 at 12:50pm
'if' it's picked up for a sixth season? Surely they mean 'when'? :D
May 23rd 2012 at 11:12am
I'm pretty sure they said Autumn. But Summer would be great!
May 23rd 2012 at 10:24am