Alan Ball creator of HBO’s True Blood will be stepping down from his duties as showrunner. In a statement, the network said, “When we extended our overall deal with Alan Ball in July 2011, we always intended that if we proceeded to True Blood’s sixth season that Alan would take a supervisory role on the series and not be the day-to-day showrunner.
Alan will remain available as executive producer to consult and advise on True Blood and he will be free to develop new shows for both HBO and Cinemax. Banshee, on which Alan serves as executive producer, is the first in house series for Cinemax and is expected to begin production this spring.”
Ball says in statement,
(Source: insidetv.ew.com)
Does this mean Eric and Sookie can be together in peace?! Alan Ball I love you…but GOD can we stop with the Bill/Sookie...
QUE? :o Maybe now the show will flow a little closer to the books.