TV Guide Magazine Matt Roush gave his take on The Vampire Diaries: "If you like this sort of thing, and can get past the ensemble’s suffocating adolescent angst, it’s a suitable if shallow warm-up on Thursdays to the superior Supernatural."
The Vampire Diaries will take Smallville timeslot on Thursdays (8/7c) starting September 10. Supernatural will return for its fifth season on September 10 at 9/8c.