Call Him Alcide

The search is over, True Blood fans: Joe Manganiello will play the werewolf Alcide next season.

I know – who?

I personally was rooting for Hero-no-more Adrian Pasdar, but the powers that be obviously didn’t ask moi.

Manganiello, who has appeared on TV’s One Tree Hill and How I Met Your Mother, will tease Sookie (Anna Paquin), who’ll crush hard on him.

The search still is on, though, for Alcide’s on-again, off-again psycho girlfriend Debbie Pelt. My vote: Shannen Doherty!

Photo: LAsThePlace.com.