The airdate for the U.S. is September 10th, check it out then. Preview of the upcoming TV Series "The Vampire Diaries" Based on the best selling novels L.J. Smith. This is one of my favorite series besides many others. Character list: •Nina Dobrev plays Elena Gilbert •Paul Wesley plays Stefan Salvatore •Ian Somerhalder plays Damon Salvatore •Steven R. McQueen plays Jeremy Gilbert (I will have more as things come up.)