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Comic-Con: 'The Vampire Diaries' to End With Season 8
"We all have discussed it and we've made the decision that this is it," Plec told fans Saturday. "This is going to be the final season of The Vampire Diaries. It's bittersweet and emotional and we're all going to be crying in a minute. It's been a beautiful run.... Get ready, because it's going to be an epic ride."
The final season also will be a shortened one, consisting of 16 episodes. The show returns Oct. 21 at 8 p.m.
While once the cornerstone of The CW, The Vampire Diaries, based on the books of the same name, has, like many other veteran series, begun to show its age. In the past few years, the drama was bypassed as the network's most-watched show by The Flash as The CW has made DC Comics fare (including Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow and CBS import Supergirl) a priority.
“The Vampire Diaries has meant so much to so many fans around the world, and has meant so much to all of us at The CW,” network president Mark Pedowitz said in a release shortly after the news broke at Comic-Con. “I am a huge fan of the show myself, and I’ve seen every episode. So I am very happy that we can give Julie and Kevin the chance to finish their story the way they have envisioned, and to give viewers a fantastic conclusion to eight spectacular seasons.”
I haven't had a chance to watch the panel yet, but supposedly Kevin Williamson will be coming back for the final season as well? I'm happy that they're going out on their terms anyway, it feels like it's time. It was always my hope that the writers would know from the beginning of that season when the show would be ending, so hopefully this will give everyone a chance to work towards the ending and wrap things up properly.
And TVD being cut down to 16 episodes clears up what some of us were wondering about the number of shows that the CW renewed, it sounds like TVD (and possibly other shows?) will be finishing early to make way for the many other shows on the schedule. Honestly I'm a little bit surprised that they didn't want to end with the usual 22 episodes, but still 16 episodes isn't a bad number, and it will be a good thing if it means taking less weeks off in-between episodes! I assume they wouldn't be taking so many breaks anyway, that they'll want to finish the run early next year so that they can introduce their mid-season shows to the schedule?
"We all have discussed it and we've made the decision that this is it," Plec told fans Saturday. "This is going to be the final season of The Vampire Diaries. It's bittersweet and emotional and we're all going to be crying in a minute. It's been a beautiful run.... Get ready, because it's going to be an epic ride."
The final season also will be a shortened one, consisting of 16 episodes. The show returns Oct. 21 at 8 p.m.
While once the cornerstone of The CW, The Vampire Diaries, based on the books of the same name, has, like many other veteran series, begun to show its age. In the past few years, the drama was bypassed as the network's most-watched show by The Flash as The CW has made DC Comics fare (including Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow and CBS import Supergirl) a priority.
“The Vampire Diaries has meant so much to so many fans around the world, and has meant so much to all of us at The CW,” network president Mark Pedowitz said in a release shortly after the news broke at Comic-Con. “I am a huge fan of the show myself, and I’ve seen every episode. So I am very happy that we can give Julie and Kevin the chance to finish their story the way they have envisioned, and to give viewers a fantastic conclusion to eight spectacular seasons.”
I haven't had a chance to watch the panel yet, but supposedly Kevin Williamson will be coming back for the final season as well? I'm happy that they're going out on their terms anyway, it feels like it's time. It was always my hope that the writers would know from the beginning of that season when the show would be ending, so hopefully this will give everyone a chance to work towards the ending and wrap things up properly.
And TVD being cut down to 16 episodes clears up what some of us were wondering about the number of shows that the CW renewed, it sounds like TVD (and possibly other shows?) will be finishing early to make way for the many other shows on the schedule. Honestly I'm a little bit surprised that they didn't want to end with the usual 22 episodes, but still 16 episodes isn't a bad number, and it will be a good thing if it means taking less weeks off in-between episodes! I assume they wouldn't be taking so many breaks anyway, that they'll want to finish the run early next year so that they can introduce their mid-season shows to the schedule?
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Date: 2016-07-24 11:58 am (UTC)I wondered that, but Idk someone said that would count as a loophole and would still kill Bonnie? :shrugs:
I've lost a lot of shows as well, The Good Wife has finished recently, and then next year will be The Vampire Diaries and Pretty Little Liars ending for me as well :( I haven't picked up that many new shows recently, and a lot of shows that I am following have shortened seasons (X-Files, iZombie now, Doctor Who, Daredevil, From Dusk Till Dawn etc). The Big Bang Theory is going to pretty much be my only year-round show soon!
And I don't follow The Originals, but I'm guessing that it isn't ending just yet, or they would have announced it alongside TVD at CC? I wouldn't be surprised if they tried to move some TVD characters over to that show even, if Candice agrees than I can definitely see them wanting to bring Caroline over. And *maybe* Stefan too, although I'm not sure if Paul would be into that or not after being one of the main leads of TVD, but Stefan and Caroline strike me as the characters that have the best chance of moving over there anyway because of their pasts with Klaus. (Whereas Ian and Kat have both been definite that this is it for them with Damon and Bonnie, so I'm not expecting them to make any appearances). Bringing Stefan or Caroline over is going to mean another show for me actually, cause that would be one thing that really would entice me to try and get into that show!