HBO's True Blood Set Series Records My wife April has gotten me into this show. We had the first season on DVD but I did not bother to watch it. But When I found out that Michael Papajohn Was going to be on the show during the second season, I had to watch it. And I have become a Fan of the show. While the return of pro football gave Fox a nice boost last week, the top ratings stories in the frame were on cable,Another high for HBO's " True Blood ." Over at HBO , "True Blood" surged more than 20% week to week to set series records (2.8/8 in 18-49, 5.33 million viewers overall). In the demo, the vampire skein ranked third among all primetime programs for the week. The premiere telecast was the first HBO series episode to top 5 million viewers since the finale of " The Sopranos " drew 11.9 million in June 2007. And excluding "Sopranos," it's the largest premiere-night audience for an HBO series since 5.4 million tuned in for the fourth