The Originals

Simmering with supernatural elements and inspired by the immensely popular drama The Vampire Diaries, it's The Originals, from executive producer/writer Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries, The Tomorrow People, Kyle XY, and Scream 2, 3). This sexy new series centers on the Original vampire family and the dangerous vampire-werewolf hybrid, Klaus Mikaelson, who returns to the magical melting pot that is the French Quarter of New Orleans - a town he helped build centuries ago. Acting on a mysterious tip that a plot is brewing against him, Klaus' questions lead him to a reunion with his diabolical former protégé, Marcel, a charismatic vampire who has total control over the human and supernatural inhabitants of the city.

Klaus' brother Elijah follows to New Orleans and soon learns that Hayley, a former flame of Klaus' who is in the city investigating her family history, has fallen into the hands of a powerful witch named Sophie. While they wait for their sister Rebekah to join them in New Orleans, Klaus and Elijah form an uneasy alliance with Sophie and her community of witches. Sophie has been turned into a revolutionary by the loss her own sister at Marcel's hands, and by the mysterious disappearance of a young witch named Davina, and she is willing to do anything - including making a deal with Original family - to break Marcel's power over the witches of the French Quarter.

Even the human population of the Quarter is unwittingly drawn into this supernatural battleground, including Cami, a whip-smart psychology grad student with secrets of her own. Now, in the midst of a thriving New Orleans, a city known to be steeped in magic and history, the long-smoldering war is about to reach a fever pitch, and the Originals stand as the catalyst. As lines are drawn and strategies are laid out, one truth will echo through the French Quarter: Power begins and ends with family.