I have really been struggling to find a new show to get addicted to. At the moment Dexter and True Blood are in their off seasons. Project Runway has started a brand new season which I of course am going to watch religiously and Grey's Anatomy is finishing up their season, but that is only two hours of week, not even enough to satisfy my TV junkiness.

So I decided to gamble a little bit and try a completely new show. I, like many of the preteens and gay men of America, am addicted to the whole vampire craze/sensation. Mine started when I was first introduced to Buffy the Vampire Slayer then worked its way to Interview with the Vampire, Angel, The Underworld Series, True Blood Series, and yes even Twilight. There is something about a dark and mysterious gentlemen caller totally obsessed and devoted to me with supernatural abilities that just sends me all atwitter. So I heard a little bit about Vampire Diaries and decided to see what it was all about. I knew that it was from the creators of Dawson's Creek - SWEET - so I knew there would be enough teen against to satisfy me. I also knew that Paul Wesley [Everwood, Army Wives] was in the show so if nothing else I would have something pretty to stare at for forty minutes. Little fun fact about this show; apparently the premiere episode of the show had 4.84 million viewers in the US making it the most watched series premiere show in CW history - damn.

Addicted may be too strong of a word to describe my feelings toward this show but I am definitely hooked and interested. Vampire Diaries follows the story of Elena - a high school student who recently lost her parents to a car accident a few months prior. At school she meets new student Stefan - hot, charming, brooding vampire - who has come back to hometown to try to integrate himself into human life. It can never be that easy, so Stefan's brother - Damian - drops in to make his brother's afterlife general unpleasant and unbearable. I am only two episodes in so I can't make a complete analysis of the show but I totally recommend it. The reason why I don't like Twilight - although I have the tastes of a gay preteen so I will read/watch it - is that I find all of the characters totally annoying and Edward Cullen is less dark and mysterious as he is slightly stalkerish. I actually enjoy most of the characters on the show and appreciate them as human beings. Now, Vampire Diaries is not the most engagingly complex series out there nor will you necessarily find the meaning of life hidden within the sub text of the show, but if you are looking for an entertaining show that you could kind of lose yourself in, I totally recommend Vampire Diaries. Check out the official trailer preview for the show below.