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'True Blood' to return for Season 4

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Published: June 21, 2010 at 7:56 PM

LOS ANGELES, June 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. vampire drama "True Blood" has been renewed for a fourth season, HBO announced Monday.

TVGuide.com reported the season will include 12 episodes and will start airing in summer 2011.

The series stars Anna Paquin as a telepathic waitress and Stephen Moyer as a 173-year-old vampire.

Paquin and Moyer are engaged to be married in real life.

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