Line-up of shows on etc and 2nd Ave.

MANILA, Philippines - Vampire Diaries, the People Choice Awards’ Best New TV Drama for 2010, finally airs on etc on Fridays at 8 p.m. Based on best-selling novels of the same title, it features two vampires you would want to spend eternity with.

 The series is set in Mystic Falls, a small town in Virginia, USA which holds a dark history of supernatural activity. Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev) is a regular teenage girl who starts a new school year after a summer of mourning her parent’s tragic death in a car accident. On her first day back, while walking the halls with friends Bonnie (Katerina Graham) and Caroline Candice Accola), she notices the arrival of a new guy in town.

Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley), a descendent from one of the founding families of Mystic Falls returns to town with a long dark past to hide.

Meantime, Parenthood, a new family drama, is shown on 2nd Avenue every Friday at 9 p.m., is inspired by the hit 1989 film of the same name. Chronicling three generations of the Braverman family, from grandparents to parents to children, it shows the headaches, heartbreaks and joys of being a parent. Join Sarah Braverman (Lauren Graham, Gilmore Girls), a financially challenged single mother of two teenagers, who because of money problems moves back home.

To premiere also on etc on Monday, Aug. 23 at 10 p.m. is the 13th season of The Bachelor hosted by Chris Harrison. Followers of the fourth season of The Bachelorette may recognize this season’s Bachelor Jason Mesnick, an account executive in estate and legacy planning, who won millions of hearts when his emotional proposal to Bachelorette DeAnna Pappas was rejected. Back and ready to give love another chance, Jason will meet 25 beautiful women eager to make him “the one.”