The Vampire Diaries Season 1
Genre:
Drama,
Fantasy,
Horror,
Premiere Date:
Sep 10, 2009
[[The Vampire Diaries]] is an American [[supernatural horror]] [[romance]] television series created by [[Kevin Williamson]] based on [[the novels of the same name]] by author [[L. J. Smith]]. It was officially picked up for the 2009–10 season on May 19, 2009. It premiered on September 10, 2009 on [[The CW]] and received the highest ratings for a series premiere in the networks history scoring 4.91 million live viewers.The series focuses on the fictional town of Mystic Falls, Virginia, that is charged with [[supernatural]] history. It follows Elena Gilbert portrayed by [[Nina Dobrev]] as she begins to get over her parents' death and two [[vampire]] brothers, Stefan and Damon Salvatore, portrayed by [[Paul Wesley]] and [[Ian Somerhalder]], respectively. [[Kayla Ewell]] portrayed Vicki Donovan for the first seven episodes until her character was killed off. [[Matt Davis]] was later cast as a history teacher in a recurring role to fill the void. He was later upgraded to series regular status. The season concluded on May 13, 2010, comprising 22 episodes.
Producer(s):
Bob Levy,
Julie Plec,
Kevin Williamson,
Leslie Morgenstein
No. of episodes:
22
Production company(s):
Alloy Entertainment,
CBS Television Studios,
Outerbanks Entertainment