According to early viewing figures, True Blood, created by Six Feet Under’s Alan Ball, had a solid debut on Channel 4 last night.

The first episode of the vampire drama, which stars Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer, pulled in 1.56m (10.2%) between 10pm and 11.20pm. A further 145k (1.9%) tuned in on timeshift. Previously, FX’s UK premiere of the series drew 292k (1.8%) on Friday, July 17.






