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The Vampire Diaries television series was initially developed with some reluctance by creator Kevin Williamson due to similarities to other vampire stories. However, after reading the novels, he became intrigued by the story and its focus on the secrets and dangers lurking beneath the surface of a small town. The pilot was filmed in Vancouver but subsequent episodes have been filmed in Georgia towns to take advantage of tax incentives. The series has been renewed for multiple seasons on The CW and has spawned a successful spin-off series called The Originals focusing on the original vampire family. Filming for the eighth and final season began in 2016.

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Production: Kevin Williamson Julie Plec

The Vampire Diaries television series was initially developed with some reluctance by creator Kevin Williamson due to similarities to other vampire stories. However, after reading the novels, he became intrigued by the story and its focus on the secrets and dangers lurking beneath the surface of a small town. The pilot was filmed in Vancouver but subsequent episodes have been filmed in Georgia towns to take advantage of tax incentives. The series has been renewed for multiple seasons on The CW and has spawned a successful spin-off series called The Originals focusing on the original vampire family. Filming for the eighth and final season began in 2016.

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Production

Initially, Kevin Williamson had little interest in developing the series, finding the premise too
similar to other vampire tales. However, at the urging of Julie Plec, he began to read the
novels and started to become intrigued by the story: "I began to realize that it was a story
about a small town, about that town's underbelly and about what lurks under the surface."[26]
Williamson has stated the town's story will be the main focus of the series rather than high
school.[27]

On February 6, 2009, Variety announced that The CW had green-lit the pilot for The Vampire
Diaries with Williamson and Julie Plec set as the head writers and executive producers.[28] On
May 19, 2009, the series was officially ordered for the 20092010 season.[29]

The pilot episode was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, but the rest of the episodes
have been filmed in Covington, Georgia (which doubles as the show's fictional small town of
Mystic Falls, Virginia) and various other communities around Greater Atlanta[30] to take
advantage of local tax incentives. On the morning of May 10, 2012, a fire broke out in the
building on Clark Street in Covington that was used as the setting for Mystic Grill on the
show.[31]

The series was given a full 22-episode order on October 21, 2009, after strong ratings for the
first half of the season. Now there is a spin-off called The Originals, that goes into depth
about the original vampire family from The Vampire Diaries.[32] On February 16, 2010, The
CW announced that it had renewed the show for a second season,[33] which premiered on
September 9, 2010.[34] On April 26, 2011, The CW renewed the show for a third season.[35] The
third season premiered on September 15, 2011.[36] The fourth season premiered October 11,
2012. The CW renewed the show for a fifth season on February 11, 2013.[37] On February 13,
2014, The CW renewed the series for a sixth season.[38] On January 11, 2015, the CW renewed
the series for a seventh season.

President of The CW, Mark Pedowitz, said in an interview at the summer TCA's that The
Vampire Diaries didn't receive an extra episode order for the second season at the request of
Kevin Williamson. Kevin Williamson felt to do the best show possible, he would rather do 22
episodes. "I'd rather have a great 22 than a good 24 if Kevin couldn't do it," he explained.[39]
The first writers meeting for the fifth season held on April 15, 2013. Filming began on July
10, 2013, and finished on April 10, 2014. On July 23, 2016, it was announced that show will
be ending after a 16-episode eighth season.[40]

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