This bites! Emmy snub stakes HBO's True Blood in heart

I am a little surprised by how mad everyone is by " the emmy snub " from the Edmonton Sun

Emmy people, you suck.

Or rather, you don't like shows with creatures that suck. And that sucks.

It's rare these days that a TV show can take you to a different place, immerse you in a different world, show you something new.

And True Blood does all those things.

But the vampire drama was snubbed in all the major categories yesterday when the nominations for the 61st annual Emmy Awards were announced.

It's enough to prompt Canadian-born, New Zealand-raised, Academy Award-winning actress Anna Paquin to say, "Bite me."

Well, she probably is too polite to say such a thing, so we'll say it for her.

For the uninitiated, True Blood is based on a series of novels by Charlaine Harris and has a fascinating premise.

Set in the American deep south in current times, vampires recently have come out of the closet and openly are existing alongside human beings in a tense arrangement that creates extremists on both sides.

It's unique stuff, huh?

True Blood originates on HBO in the United States and airs north of the border on HBO Canada. The second season currently is under way, but it was the first season that was eligible for the Emmy categories that came out yesterday.

True Blood got three piddly nominations. One for outstanding art direction in a single-camera series (woo-hoo!). One for outstanding main-title design (sound the trumpets). And one for outstanding casting in a drama series (celebrate good times, come on!).

Actually, that last one is a nice nod. But the ironic thing is, it's a category in which we might have given True Blood a pass.

While nobody in the cast of True Blood is weak, per se, there are a couple of performances for which we don't have particular affinity.

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