In addition to Somerhalder, the cast includes Adrian Holmes, Jacky Lai, Peter Outerbridge, Kyle Breitkopf, Kimberly-Sue Murray, Greg Bryck, and Anthony Grant. “V Wars” premieres Dec. 5 on Netflix.

For months now people have been anticipating “The Vampire Diaries” ( 7 p.m. Thursday, WGN-Ch. 9) as a CW-ized version of “Twilight” with a bunch of sensitive young lovelies … ...