'Vampire Diaries' Creator Is Excited And Energized For The New CW Series

With vampires all the rage with the kids these days, it makes sense for The CW to get into the vampire romance business. Luckily there was another series of vampire books they could turn into their series, The Vampire Diaries. Produced by Dawson's Creek creator Kevin Williamson, this is not just another teen drama. While it is about a teenage girl who falls in love with a vampire, Williamson said the show is more about small town secrets than high school romance.

"The town wakes up to [the vampires] relatively quick and tries to do something about it," Williamson said. "We don't know exactly who is it in the town, who are these people that figure it out. We have a character coming in, in a couple of episodes that is another series regular that steps in and he comes with an agenda."

Even the concept of the diary is a bit quaint to modern day kids. "A lot of people write journal on a computer now, but Elena's mother is the one who gave her that journal and explained to her the importance of journaling. So she writes in her journal. It is a connection to her mother. It is really a nice way to sort of open up a story, begin a story and close a story. It is a really great bookend.

The show is sort of in Williamson's old stomping grounds. Dawson's was a flagship WB show, and Diaries airs on the combo-network The CW. "When I was working with The WB when it was just beginning, and it was just sort of starting out and there was like this enthusiasm and excitement, that kind of exists with The CW so it energizes me. So am I having a great time. They have been great. So they have been very supportive of the show and so it is nice. They kind of create a whole family environment. It is nice, they are still a small network. I do really well with a roomful of people as opposed to a lot of cooks in the kitchen, so it has been very intimate."

Vampire Diaries premieres September 10 on The CW.