You may recall that we told you back at the end of February that True Blood showrunner Alan Ball will be stepping down from that position at the conclusion of Season 5, which premieres June 10. According to HBO, Ball will take a “supervisory role” on the show and no longer have daily responsibilities for any subsequent seasons, if there are going to be any future seasons, leaving Ball free to develop new shows for HBO and Cinemax per their agreement.

Truebie fever is raging on, though, and HBO has taken note, as EW is reporting that HBO has lined up Mr. Ball’s Season 6 replacement. He is co-executive producer Mark Hudis, who has been working with Ball in the writers’ room since last year’s Season 4, and whose previous credits include Nurse Jackie and Miss Guided.

Things certainly are looking good for the show when its network announces the name of the showrunner for Season 6 when Season 5 hasn’t even premiered yet. That doesn’t mean, of course, that all of the characters will make it to Season 6…

True Blood Season 5, starring Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, and Alexander Skarsgard, premieres June 10 at 9/8c on HBO.