The CW series The Vampire Diaries was incredibly popular when it debuted in 2009. It ran for eight seasons and spawned two spinoffs: The Originals and Legacies. It's easy to compare the three ...

While The Vampire Diaries remained firmly rooted in its young adult origins, The Originals embraced a more sophisticated narrative approach. Love triangles took a backseat to family dynamics ...

The first spinoff of “The Vampire Diaries,” titled “The Originals,” premiered in 2013 and ran for five seasons before the town of Mystic Falls gained a new generation of protectors in the ...

L.J. Smith, the writer of "The Vampire Diaries" books that were adapted into a television series on The CW, died March 8 at ...

Author LJ Smith, whose best-selling Vampire Diaries novels were turned into a hit TV show, has died at the age of 66. Lisa Jane Smith published the original ... on the book covers as the series ...