Blood Ties
Seen it?2007 | 2 seasons | 42 min | Drama, Mystery
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a short run with a modest audience and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved A Good Girl's Guide to Murder or Strike, start here.
- The mood
- Tense.
- The pace
- 2 seasons: a few weeks of evenings, episodes of about 42 minutes, about 15 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- Rated TV-14. Probably too much for younger kids.
- It was cancelled, so the story may not get a proper ending.
Blood Ties is a Canadian television series based on the Blood Books by Tanya Huff; the show was created by Peter Mohan. It is set in Toronto, Canada and has a similar premise to an earlier series also set in Toronto, Forever Knight, in which a vampire assists police in dealing with crime. It premiered in the United States on March 11, 2007 on Lifetime Television, and during fall of 2007 on Citytv and Space in Canada. In May 2008, Lifetime declined to renew the series.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Ran for 2 seasons and reached a small audience so far; spent 1 week in Netflix's global Top 10; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 29K people sought it out in the past year
Season by season
The show overall is a Weeknight Watch. Here's how each season stacks up; Season 2 is the high point.
Season 12007 · 12 episodes · 4.8 out of 10Monday- Season 22007 · 10 episodes · 4.9 out of 10Monday
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Cast & crew
Created by Tanya Huff, Peter Mohan
- Christina CoxVicki Nelson
- Dylan NealMike Celluci
- Kyle SchmidHenry Fitzroy