Premiering Sunday, June 16, Season 6 of True Blood will be the first without show creator Alan Ball, and good ol’ boy Hoyt (Jim Parrack) is outta there, as well. Sure, it was an important plot point last season, but now TV currently has zero characters named Hoyt—at what cost story development?!
Even without Ball, the new extended Season 6 trailer (none of that “teaser” bullshit) looks like it’s still True Blood business as usual, even though it’s tougher to take Alcide (Joe Maganiello) seriously after those ice-cream-bar commercials: