It’s time to accept that human beings are becoming a principle food source for a growing percentage of the TV character population. The nation’s eternal vampire and zombie obsession, coupled with the recent rash of fairy-tale inspired shows, means that we now have a limitless spread of televised people-gobbling. Let’s ignore what this says about the health of our collective consciousness and dive right into meeting our most popular predators.

Vampires

Vampires are the cool kids of the human-consuming crowd. All that TV has taught us definitively about the undead is that they feast on human blood and are, as a rule, extremely sexy. After that, it gets deliciously complicated. Our fascination with vampires, although back with a vengeance, is nothing new – who could forget Buffy and her pinched-face friends?

Whether paired with other creepy creatures in “True Blood,” hiding out in the suburbs in “The Gates,” or sparkling their way into our hearts in the “Twilight” series, these attractive ancients appear to have entertainment by the throat. Now that The CW is on Hulu, we’ve also been watching “The Vampire Diaries,” where the vampires vacillate between regularly gutting each other with pointy sticks and worrying about what to wear to the homecoming dance.

We’re not the only nation swept up in the craze – Japan’s “Vampire Knight” has been sucking in anime fans since 2005.

And if all the small-screen blood sucking doesn’t satiate you, never fear – “Breaking Dawn” is in theaters now.

Werewolves

Werewolves, with some help from JK Rowling and Stephanie Meyer, have recently emerged as front-runners in the televised people-eating arena. Although they are often seen riding the pop-culture coattails of their bloodthirsty vampire brethren, they are no less ravenous for man meat. The “Harry Potter” and “Twilight” series presented a softer side to the creatures, and “Teen Wolf” fed off of the Team Jacob frenzy, but the original malevolent werewolf is still getting airtime. “Grimm’s” pilot puts the moon-struck species in the spotlight when a werewolf-like creature or “blutbad,” tries to fatten up an abducted girl for his feasting pleasure. Not all blutbads are wicked in “Grimm’s” monster-infested version of Portland – our good detective meets one that is willing to help, and, like any good Pacific Northwesterner, share a beer.

Zombies

Beloved for generations, zombies usually appeal to exactly the opposite kind of people who are into vampires (having their flesh fall off in chunks as they walk detracts from their sex appeal). These foul-smelling fiends are even hungrier for humans, although they are usually partial to brains over blood. In fact, they are probably portrayed as the most single-minded and determined feasters on our flesh, and crawled back into theaters everywhere with 2004’s “Shaun of the Dead” and 2009’s “Zombieland.”

Zombies are usually found dragging their decaying feet across the big screen, but that changed with 2010’s popular post-apocalyptic TV saga “The Walking Dead.” This ghastly gore-fest borrows from the Romero school of slow-moving, bite-happy zombie (think “Night of The Living Dead.”)

The lesser-known but equally gruesome “Zombie Roadkill” puts a campy, comedic spin on the genre.

This list far from exhausts the supply of popular people-eaters that are taking over primetime. In shows like “Supernatural,” not even our souls are safe from consumption. For many of our small screen denizens, we are what’s for dinner.

In accordance to Hulu’s high-calorie, wildly-indulgent, and holiday-happy Food Week—and because we are all unapologetic gluttons for food, alcohol, and punishment—we felt it would be recklessly imprudent of us to neglect one of the most illustrious and rewarding culinary garnitures of the holiday season: alcohol. And high quality alcohol at that. Because here at Hulu, we are obsessed with quality.  We dedicate as much fervor, passion, and obsessive attention-to-detail to our drinks as we do to our product. You won’t find us settling for any run-of-the-mill, watered-down, redundant cocktail recipes this holiday season. And you certainly won’t find us drinking without style, panache or purpose. So in order to accomplish this, we caught up with a fellow perfectionist, quality-obsessed musician-turned-mixologist extraordinaire, Brian Summers, to help us concoct the perfect holiday-pleasing-potions for all social occasions.

Brian’s impressive knack for creating one-of-a-kind cocktails, as well as his high-profile status as a bartender/mixologist at LA’s very own Harvard & Stone (and runner-up of LA’s Best Bartender competition), assures us that we’re in good hands. Coincidentally (and to our sheer delight) Brian just so happens to share yet another unyielding obsession with us: good TV. So we asked him to come up with a handful of brand-spanking new recipes (just out of the plastic) to honor his favorite TV shows, characters, and moments. Good booze + good entertainment = great buzz.  This is one classic recipe that will never get old.—Brooke Citron

5 Game-Changing Cocktails for 5 Game-Changing Shows

#1: “Assistant (to the) Regional Manager”

In honor of:  The Office

Ingredients: Hickory smoked vodka, beet juice, fresh lime juice, black peppercorn syrup.

The elevator pitch: A smokey, spiced beet cocktail for the beet farmer himself, Mr. Dwight Shrute

#2:  “Faster Than The Speed of Love”

In honor of: Family Guy

Ingredients: Glenfiddich 12 year single malt whisky, Amaro Nonino, dry vermouth, pear eau de vie, stirred, up.

The elevator pitch: Based on the Family Guy episode when Stewie and Brian were locked in a bank vault, and drank an entire bottle of The Glenfiddich 12, I wanted to find away to combine this with his well documented love of Martinis.

#3: “ Hiesenburg”

In honor of: Breaking Bad

Ingredients: White Rum, lime, Maraska Marichino, Crème de Peche, homemade candied Crème de Violette candy rim

The elevator pitch: I figured the chemist/methlord would appreciate some molecular gastronomy so I made rock candy with crème de viollete, to resemble his blue crystal meth.

#4:  “Dexter’s Cup”

In honor of: Dexter

Ingredients: Gin, lemon, orgeat, served on the rocks with a couple dashes of Peychaud’s bitters on the top

The elevator pitch: For the blood spatter analyst, I have made a gin cocktail that is bright white in color with a few bleeding, bright red dashes of Peychaud’s bitters over the top.

#5:  “I’m Chuck Bass”

In honor of: Gossip Girl

Ingredients: Balvenie 21 year Portwood, Antica Carpano sweet vermouth, vintage port, stirred, up.

The elevator pitch: For the socialite, and well documented single malt enthusiast, I have prepared a classic stir cocktail with The Balvenie 21 Portwood.