# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/21 "2026-07-27T21:55:06Z")
Bad bad bad. I watched too. It’s horrible. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/22 "2026-07-27T22:18:05Z")
Anyone else remember the short lived (heh) **Kindred: The Embrased** which was loosely based on the Vampire: The Masquerade RPG. A whopping 7 episodes aired. > **[Kindred: The Embraced](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindred%3A_The_Embraced)** > > Kindred: The Embraced is an American television series produced by John Leekley Productions and Spelling Television. Loosely based on the role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade, the series premiered on Fox on April 2, 1996, and ran for seven episodes before it was canceled with one episode unaired on May 9, 1996. Scripts for two other episodes were never filmed. The series initially focused on San Francisco Police Detective Frank Kohanek (C. Thomas Howell) who discovers his city is home to nu... Wikipedia has a list: > **[List of vampire television series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_vampire_television_series)** > > List of television series about vampires, creatures from folklore that subsist by feeding on the vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires are undead creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods they inhabited while they were alive. 2025 Wow, no mention of **True Blood** or **The Vampire Diaries** – I’d expect True Blood to be mentioned earlier (never saw it myself, as I rarely had access to HBO\*) Brian \* I subscribed for one month to watch Game Of Thrones ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/23 "2026-07-27T22:56:29Z")
**Supernatural** had vampires here and there. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/24 "2026-07-27T23:15:55Z")
[Blood Ties](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Ties_(1991_film)) Not the one that Czarcasm mentioned. This one was a one-shot TV movie about a man who discovers that he comes from a family of Carpathians (Don’t call them vampires — that’s an ugly racial slur). Like all immigrants, the Carpathians try to make their way in the US. The good ones try to assimilate, that bad ones join crime syndicates. [Vampire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_(1979_film)) Starring Richard Lynch as the not-Dracula, Jason Miller as the not-Jonathan Harker, and E.G. Marshal as the not-Van Helsing. Not original in the least, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/25 "2026-07-27T23:39:05Z")
In 1976, Starsky & Hutch searched for a serial killer who thought he was a vampire. Huggy Bear naturally went into business, selling kits containing garlic, crosses and stakes. In 1977, McCloud searched for a serial killer who thought he was a vampire. The prime suspect was an elderly man who, in his youth, had been an actor famous for playing Dracula. The character was played by John Carradine. In 1977, the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew searched for a serial killer who thought he was a vampire. At the end, the police took the killer away in handcuffs. They passed in front of a mirror, and the killer cast no reflection. 1977 was also the year that Frank Langella played Dracula on Broadway. Vamps were in the zeitgeist that year. ---
**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 28, 2026, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/26 "2026-07-28T00:09:41Z")
Once again, I want to talk about tv series that were primarily about vampires, not individual episodes of series that, for the most part, didn’t involve vampires. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/27 "2026-07-28T01:36:26Z")
I don’t see _What We Do in the Shadows_ mentioned yet, so I’ll take care of that. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/28 "2026-07-28T02:00:51Z")
Oops, missed the earlier post. Never mind… 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/29 "2026-07-28T02:07:45Z")
I’ve been seeing promos for **Eternally Yours** , a comedy from some of the same folks who make _Ghosts_. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/30 "2026-07-28T02:22:17Z")
NM I see it was mentioned right up too. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/31 "2026-07-28T06:42:43Z")
On _The Rookie: Feds_, one of the characters had risen to fame as an actor on a television show called _Vampire Cop_ before becoming an FBI agent. I gotta say, if it were an actual show, I think I might want to watch it. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/32 "2026-07-28T06:46:12Z")
Amazed no one has mentioned [What We Do in the Shadows](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_We_Do_in_the_Shadows_(TV_series)). Well worth watching. It’s kinda great. > Traditional vampires Nandor, Laszlo, and Nadja, together with [energy vampire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychic_vampire "Psychic vampire") Colin Robinson, share a [Staten Island](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staten_Island "Staten Island") residence, maintained by Nandor’s [familiar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familiar#In_popular_culture "Familiar") Guillermo. The vampires routinely clash with the modern world, other [supernatural](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernatural "Supernatural") beings, and each other, while Guillermo earnestly endeavors to balance his loyalty to Nandor with his desire to become a vampire, complicated by his ancestry as a descendant of vampire hunter [Van Helsing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Helsing "Van Helsing"). ---
**Author:** ![Clawdio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@Clawdio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clawdio)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/33 "2026-07-28T09:34:58Z")
I remember enjoying **The Strain** , at least for the first few seasons. There’s another show I want to mention but its kind of a spoiler to say its about vampires. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/34 "2026-07-28T10:32:46Z")
And, on the Animated Front– > **[Drak Pack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drak_Pack)** > > Drak Pack is a 1980 animated television series about the classic Universal Monsters villains fighting for good. It aired in the United States on CBS Saturday Morning from September 6 to December 20, 1980. It was produced by the Australian division of Hanna-Barbera. "From the monsters of the past, comes a new generation. Dedicated to reversing the evil image of their forefathers. Under the leadership of none other than Count Dracula, known as Big D. Three teenagers form the do-gooder group named ... ---
**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 28, 2026, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/35 "2026-07-28T15:29:51Z")
See also: > **[Vampirina](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampirina)** > > Vampirina is an animated children's television series created by Chris Nee. Based on the Vampirina Ballerina series of books written by Anne Marie Pace and published by Disney-Hyperion, the series premiered on Disney Junior and Disney Channel on October 1, 2017. It features much of the staff that has worked on another program created by Nee, Doc McStuffins. Vampirina received generally positive reviews from critics. The series ended on June 28, 2021, after 3 seasons and 75 episodes. Vampirina fo... ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/36 "2026-07-28T15:33:42Z")
I watched some of the 1991 version. Mostly because I was 20, and thought I had a chance at Joanna Going. ---
**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 28, 2026, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/37 "2026-07-28T15:57:54Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Wow, no mention of **True Blood** or **The Vampire Diaries** – I’d expect True Blood to be mentioned earlier (never saw it myself, as I rarely had access to HBO\*) Tru Blood was mentioned - it was my vote. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/38 "2026-07-28T19:01:54Z")
Forever Knight is on my list of shows with the best series finale. No happy ending for anyone. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/39 "2026-07-29T04:54:56Z")
Dark Shadows - the critics here just don’t get it. It was must-see-TV for us college students hmmm, all my fingers/toes/times the hour hand/carry the two, 56 years ago. This was high camp, it was SOAP before SOAP. Have the years drained away your appreciation for high art? Cringe for cringe sake. I have no doubt I’ve aged out as well but it was great fun especially with a weird audience crowding the couches and laughing along. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967/40 "2026-07-29T05:01:54Z")
> [@Clawdio](#): > > I remember enjoying **The Strain** , at least for the first few seasons. I liked it as well; there were a number of plot threads that didn’t really go anywhere, but I was satisfied with the ending. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-that-sucks-television-shows-featuring-vampires/1031967.md?page=3)