It returned on January 27, 2011 - The Descent - 2x12.
Answer from Confused1996 if you mean 'the vampire diaries' and 'the vampire diaries : the return'. Then the answer is yes the 2 are the same, 'the vampire diaries : the return' is just following on from 'the vampire diaries' it involves all the same character and all that stuff but more happens and new character are introduced.
Vampire Diaries is on hiatus because of the Christmas holidays
Read in the library that where me and my friends read vampire diaries
September 8th is the rumored premiere date for Season 3 of The Vampire Diaries.
Shinichi is in The Vampire Diaries: The Return trilogy but hasn't shown up in the show.
The Vampire Diaries : The Return : Volume III : Midnight
The difference from The Vampire Diaries and The Vampire Diaries: The Return is that the return is written more recently and the characters have cellphones and more modern things they didn't have earlier, and it picks up a month or so after where Dark Reunion left off. Hope that helps ;)
The Vampire Diaries Return: Midnight
The Vampire Diaries returns on Tuesday 1st Febraury, ITV2 9pm
It is unknown whether or not Daniel Gillies will return to The Vampire Diaries
CW has just picked up The Vampire Diaries season 4, so to answer your question yes there will be a season 4 for the vampire diaries. Vampire Diaries is set to return for a fourth season on September 16th, 2012.
Season 2 starts in September