Who knew vampires had a worldwide board of directors?

They call themselves the Authority and they are going to be the ruling force in the new season of “True Blood,” which starts Sunday.

In the world of “True Blood,” we learned last year that the Authority has a mysterious power over all vampires — the stuff to make endless life not worth living.

Christopher Meloni, who left “Law & Order: SVU” last year, plays the Guardian — the chairman of the board, in effect — who, in the new season, has to deal with rebellion in his ranks.

Ideology splits the vampire world, fans discover.

Those who want to live with the humans and drink the synthetic blood are the establishment.

But a fundamentalist movement is on the rise among vampires who believe humans are meant to be food — and to pretend otherwise is against the laws of nature.

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