True Blood - DVD and Blu-ray Releases

DVD and Blu-ray Releases

See also: List of True Blood episodes#Series overview

The True Blood DVDs have been consistent bestsellers in the US. By the end of 2009, the first season DVD had sold over 1.6 million units and taken in over $57 million. It was the only TV show in the 50 Top-Selling DVDs of 2009. The second season DVD sold a total of 1,159,509 units in 2010, earning over $41 million. The third season DVD was the 61st bestselling DVD of 2011, selling almost 1 million copies and earning over $30 million. It was the best selling TV boxset of 2011. In its first week of release - the week ending June 2, 2012 - season four debuted at number one on the UKs "TV on Video" chart. However, it reached only number six in the combined DVD chart. In its first week of release in North America, it sold over 660,000 units, earning nearly $20 million. In its second week of release in North America, it sold a further 120,000 units (making a combined total of 784,000 units sold), earning another $4 million.

True Blood: The Complete First Season
Set Details		Special Features			Exclusive Items
12 Episodes 5 Disc Set 1.78:1 Aspect Ratio Subtitles:English English		In Focus: Vampires in Americas Tru Blood Beverage Ads Vampire PSAs. Episode Trailers. Audio Commentaries on: Strange Love by writer/director Alan Ball The First Taste by director Scott Winant and star Anna Paquin Escape from Dragon House by director Michael Lehmann and writer Brian Buckner Sparks Fly Out by director Daniel Minahan and star Stephen Moyer Burning House of Love by director Marcos Siega To Love Is to Bury by writer/director Nancy Oliver			No known exclusives

True Blood: The Complete Second Season
Set Details		Special Features			Exclusive Items
12 Episodes 5 Disc Set 1.78:1 Aspect Ratio Subtitles:English English		The Vampire Report: Special Edition Fellowship of the Sun: Reflections of Light Episode Trailers. Audio Commentaries on: Keep This Party Going by Nelsan Ellis (Lafayette) and Michael Lehmann (Director) Release Me by Raelle Tucker (Writer) and Michael Ruscio (Director) Timebomb by Stephen Moyer (Bill), Alexander Skarsgård (Eric) and John Dahl (Director) New World In My View by Ryan Kwanten (Jason) and Sam Trammell (Sam) Frenzy by Rutina Wesley (Tara), Alan Ball (Writer) and Daniel Minahan (Director) Beyond Here Lies Nothin' by Anna Paquin (Sookie) and Michelle Forbes (Maryann) Beyond Here Lies Nothin' by Alexander Woo (Writer) and Michael Cuesta (Director)			USA Target Stores Cast and Crew Panel DVD

True Blood: The Complete Third Season
Set Details		Special Features			Exclusive Items
12 Episodes 5 Disc Set 1.78:1 Aspect Ratio Subtitles:English English		Anatomy of a Scene True Blood Minisodes True Blood Postmortems Snoop Dogg "Oh Sookie" Video Episode Trailers Audio Commentaries on: Beautifully Broken by Alexander Skarsgård (Eric) and Scott Winant (Director) It Hurts Me Too by Alexander Woo (Writer) and Michael Lehmann (Director) 9 Crimes by Kristin Bauer Van Straten (Pam) and David Petrarca (Director) I Got a Right to Sing the Blues by Denis O'Hare (Russell) and Alan Ball (Executive Producer and Creator) Hitting the Ground by Anna Paquin (Sookie), Joe Manganiello (Alcide) and Brian Buckner (Writer) Evil Is Going On by Stephen Moyer (Bill) and Anthony Hemingway (Director)			USA Target Stores One of 3 cardboard overlays of the 3 main cast members

True Blood: The Complete Fourth Season
Set Details		Special Features			Exclusive Items
12 Episodes 5 Disc Set 1.78:1 Aspect Ratio Subtitles:English, French, Portuguese, Spanish English		Inside the Episodes (12 Clips) Backstories on each of the episodes - interviews with the show writers True Blood:The Final Touches – Behind the scenes tour of the post production process of True Blood. 6 Audio Commentaries with the cast and crew including Alan Ball, Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgård, Deborah Ann Woll, Sam Trammell and Fiona Shaw.			USA Target Stores Bonus DVD - 80 minute Paley Center Panel with Alan Bell and cast