On September 10, 2009, the land of hot vampire stars was shocked with a brand new TV show: The Vampire Diaries. Based off of the LJ Smith novels by the same name, the TV show follows Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert, Paul Wesley as Stefan Salvatore, and Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore.
There are several differences between the TV show and the novels. For example, Elena has a brother in the show instead of a sister. Meredith is a central character and best friend of Elena in the books, but she is nonexistent in the show. Bonnie was a redheaded Celtic descendant of Witches, instead of a African-American Salem Witch ancestor like in the show.
Who knows where this show will end up. All we do know is that the network extended the 13 episode Season 1 into a 22 episode season. This meant that The Vampire Diaries did not air a brand new episode for 8 weeks, but will return on January 14, 2010.
