# Man, that sucks! Television shows featuring vampires **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [July 27, 2026, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967 "2026-07-27T18:10:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/1 "2026-07-27T18:10:53Z")
I am watching the Roku “Time Portal TV” app right now, and my second favorite show featuring vampires just popped up-_Forever Knight_. I watched it from beginning to pretty much inevitable end. I even watched the pilot movie with Rick Springfield. I’ll bite. What have _you_ got, good, bad, and so bad their good? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/2 "2026-07-27T18:12:35Z")
I used to watch Dark Shadows as a child. I wish I hadn’t. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/3 "2026-07-27T18:18:10Z")
There’s _Kolchak, The Night Stalker_ though it hasn’t much vampire in it. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/4 "2026-07-27T18:24:52Z")
Moonlight, where the star is a Vampire Private deceive. > **[Moonlight (American TV series)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_(American_TV_series))** > > Moonlight is an American paranormal romance television drama created by Ron Koslow and Trevor Munson, who was also executive producer for all episodes with Joel Silver, Gerard Bocaccio, Gabrielle Stanton and Harry Werksman. The series follows private investigator Mick St. John (Alex O'Loughlin), who was turned into a vampire by his bride Coraline (Shannyn Sossamon) on the couple's wedding night fifty-five years earlier. In the present day, he struggles with his attraction to a mortal woman, Bet... And then- > **[Forever Knight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forever_Knight)** > > Forever Knight is a Canadian television series about Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a police detective in modern-day Toronto, Ontario. Wracked with guilt for centuries of killing others, he seeks redemption by working as a homicide detective on the night shift while struggling to find a way to become human again. The series premiered on May 5, 1992, and concluded with the third-season finale on May 17, 1996. Nick Knight is a Toronto police detective who works the graveyard shift ... > _ **Forever Knight** _ is a Canadian television series about [Nick Knight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Knight_(Forever_Knight) "Nick Knight (Forever Knight)"), an 800-year-old [vampire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire "Vampire") working as a police detective in modern-day [Toronto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto "Toronto"), [Ontario](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario "Ontario"). Wracked with guilt for centuries of killing others, he seeks redemption by working as a homicide detective on the night shift while struggling to find a way to become human again. The series premiered on May 5, 1992, and concluded with the third-season finale on May 17, 1996. and of course Buffy, no explanation needed ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/5 "2026-07-27T18:29:49Z")
Which of the first two did you like better? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/6 "2026-07-27T18:31:28Z")
Hmm, IIRC we liked both but Forever Knight edged out the other. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/7 "2026-07-27T18:37:14Z")
After the vampire punctures the neck vein, in order to drink he has to withdraw his fangs. Then he drinks, but how does he stop the flow once he’s had his fill? He never leaves so much as a drop of blood, just a couple of curious little red marks. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/8 "2026-07-27T18:40:33Z")
More of a thread about vampire shows, not vampires. There are probably as many answers to your question as there are fictional vampire series. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/9 "2026-07-27T18:43:23Z")
Maybe there are some shows that address my questions. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/10 "2026-07-27T18:45:00Z")
_Buffy_ and _Angel_, great shows. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/11 "2026-07-27T18:45:19Z")
I really don’t dig vampires as a genre, but I absolutely love _What We Do In The Shadows_. It’s so funny! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/12 "2026-07-27T18:48:37Z")
Not a regular show, but an episode in one show, but I have to mention it because it’s such an odd case. In a 1967 episode of **F-Troop** Vincent Price plays Count Sforza, who arrives in a hearse, has very pale skin, and wears a tux and a cape. He lives in a mansion full of trap doors and the like. It’s intriguing, because, as far as I know, it’ the only time that Vincent Price played vampire (or an almost-vampire) in his career. As David J. Skal pointed out in his book _V is for Vampire_ (which is also the title of this episode), you’d think that Price would be the _perfect_ vampire. But as far as Skal and I know, he never played one again (or even did in this episode, I think). He did come close, killing vampires in _The Last Man on Earth_, the 1964 first adaptation of Richard Matheson’s _I Am Legend_ [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0574669/](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0574669/) > **[Vincent Price on F-TROOP: “V is for Vampire”](https://aurorasginjoint.com/2016/10/28/vincent-price-on-f-troop-v-is-for-vampire/)** > > This is a tale of terror the likes of which you have never seen recounted for the Terror TV Blogathon hosted by the Classic TV Blog Association.  proceed at your own risk.   F-Troop (1965-1967… ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/13 "2026-07-27T18:55:38Z")
Not if you are looking for a singular answer. My guilty favorite is a Canadian series, _Blood Ties_, based on a Tanya Huff book series that I read first. [Blood Ties (TV series) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Ties_(TV_series)) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/14 "2026-07-27T19:04:31Z")
Also _Midnight Texas._ > **[Midnight, Texas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight,_Texas)** > > Midnight, Texas is an American supernatural drama television series broadcast on NBC. Midnight, Texas is based on the book series of the same name by author Charlaine Harris, who also wrote The Southern Vampire Mysteries, the novels which were adapted into the True Blood television series. The series premiered on July 24, 2017. On February 14, 2018, NBC renewed the series for a second season, which premiered on October 26, 2018. On December 21, 2018, NBC canceled the series after two seasons, an... > On the run from his past, young psychic Manfred Bernardo is told by the ghost of his grandmother to seek out refuge in the fictional town of Midnight, [Texas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas "Texas"). There, he will find a community that can help him. Full of diverse characters—including a vampire, a witch, a fallen angel, a [half-demon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambion "Cambion") and a werecreature—Midnight faces numerous threats from the outside world as it welcomes the newcomer. Which other than maybe Kolchak, is my favorite “Vampire Show”. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/15 "2026-07-27T19:10:16Z")
This guy was a formative part of my education [![](https://planetsesamestreet.com/wp-content/uploads/count-von-count-vampire-from-sesame-street.jpg) ](https://planetsesamestreet.com/wp-content/uploads/count-von-count-vampire-from-sesame-street.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/16 "2026-07-27T19:46:02Z")
IMO Tru Blood was the only vampire show worth watching. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/17 "2026-07-27T19:59:39Z")
He doesn’t count. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/18 "2026-07-27T20:01:22Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > I used to watch Dark Shadows as a child. I wish I hadn’t. This past weekend I watched, first time ever, **House of Dark Shadows**. Don’t bother. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/19 "2026-07-27T20:01:34Z")
I’ll put another +1 for **Forever Knight** and have the first two (and in my mind, ONLY) seasons on DVD. Most shows that have substantial vampiric cast oversell it, or undersell their non-vampiric characters and arcs. The only Vampire TV series I enjoyed was the short run of Blade: The Series, which while imperfect, had several moments of genius. The _biggest_ problem (leaving out the recasting) was that the two different main stories didn’t connect well. I think it would _really_ have worked better by being it’s own thing in the Blade Universe and leaving Blade out of the story. Not a Vampire series, but an honorable mention to the [Space Vampire](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0533111/) from Buck Rogers - as a kid, this one creeped me out a bit, and was before we had the avalanche of sexy vampires. I was used to the portrayal of various Legosi-clones, and this was different enough to stay in my head for a long time to come. ---
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