'Vampire Diaries' to end after season 8: Ian Somerhalder

Popular supernatural drama "The Vampire Diaries" will go off air after its upcoming season eight, reveals its lead actor Ian Somerhalder.
The show, based on the popular book series of the same name written by L J Smith, is currently in its seventh season.
37-year-old Somerhalder, who plays Damon on the CW series, said the makers will do justice to the story before wrapping up the show, reported Aceshowbiz.
"We have decided to do one last season to really do the story justice," he said at Walker Stalker Con in Nashville on Sunday, April 10 as posted on the convention's official Twitter account.

He also said of the series' impending end, "My role is shifting in the show and we have a lot to do, basically."
Nothing is official yet though since The CW has not made a decision about the show's future beyond the upcoming eighth season.
Katerina Graham, who plays Bonnie Bennett since the first season, previously said that the show's season eight would be the last for her.
The series, also starring Paul Wesley and Candice King, premiered in 2009. Somerhalder's ex-girlfriend Nina Dobrev quit the show after the sixth season. She played the popular character of Elena Gilbert and her doppelganger Katherine Pierce.