Try not to hate me, TV Fanatic readers, but I was fortunate enough to spend a day on the set of The Vampire Diaries in Atlanta this week.

I recounted my visit with the stars in this diary, and we'll be running my video interviews with various cast members over the coming weeks on the site.

Return for those, and enjoy this set of exclusive photos of me with Ian, Paul and company. Let's hope I successfully Photoshopped out all my drool...