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Not that we didn’t know the show was in trouble but Moonlight fans had been bolstered in recent weeks by optimistic words from the cast and crew. That’s why it was such a blow when CBS announced that the fledging vampire show would not be back for another season.
Ratings, cost and creative differences have all been sited in articles detailing the show’s demise. There’s no denying that the series has had its share of behind the scenes issues with re-castings and show runner shifts dating back to day one. But ratings? Come on? CBS wins every Friday night and with the Ghost Whisperer and Numb3rs bookends firmly in place, Moonlight did better than expected for a quirky genre show on such a stodgy network.
So what now? Fans are already mounting protest campaigns which, I hope, don’t include mailing blood bags to the studio. But what good will it do? CBS is still feeling the burn over Jericho. Another show they brought back at the behest of the fans only to watch it sink in the ratings. Seems fans are great organizers when it comes to protest mailings but not so great when it comes to getting people to actually watch a show week after week.
Seems to me the only chance Moonlight has is to be picked up by SCI Fi Channel or some other cable network. Wouldn’t be bad timing. With the buzz about the Twilight movie due out next year, vampires are all the rage.
What do you think, fans? Maybe we should pool our money and produce the show ourselves. That would be one, ‘not ready for prime time’ vampire series, don’t you think? Well, there’s always ‘straight to DVD.’
RIP Moonlight.
Photo: CBS
i love moonlight and i’m glad it came back..Alex O’Loughlin is adorable..he is an incredible actor and i love him…
To Allegra, those are reruns the Sci-Fi channel picked up, but they’re also showing re-run on casttv.com and hulu.com. The actor Alex O’ Loughlin is filming a new medical show, get over it, obviously he has “MOVED ON!!!!!” , You should do the same. Besides Sophia Myles seems to be doing movies these days.
Julia Ormond joins ‘Moonlight’ star on CBS’ ‘Three Rivers’
23 March 2009 3:30 PM, PDT | From Hitfix.com | See recent Hitfix news
Julia Ormond has been cast in CBS’ drama pilot “Three Rivers,” part of a rush of casting at the network. “Three Rivers” focuses on the organ transplant process, telling every story from three points-of-view: The donor, the recipient and the doctors involved. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ormond (“Sabrina”) will play the head of surgery at Three Rivers Hospital, joining “Moonlight” star Alex O’Loughlin in the drama. Ormond recently co-starred in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” .
OH MY GOD! I just finally caught up with all the moonlight episodes with such a wonderful finale, it can’t end there! What happens to Beth?! Moonlight canNOT go! But you know what? I heard a little thing before which I don’t think is true. It was on another website, which I hope to god is true, that they are putting it on again. It was going to be on April 11th but they’re changing to 25th or something. if this is some kind of joke and they’ll surprise us with the show suddenly again, it’s no funny joke.
SCREW YOU CBS!!!
and i totally agree let’s put our money together and put moonlight back on!!!!
well, i didnt read the other entries but, this sucks!
i bet everyone here wishes they didnt kill the vampire. but wait! thats imposible. unless they used fire, and i didnt here anything about fire. that means itll be back. i hope
Adriana,
The good news is you will be seeing Alex on CBS again. The bad news is it won’t be Moonlight. The network has signed him to a talent holding deal so even if someone else picked up, Loughlin would still be under contract to CBS.
hy!! i’ m a spaish fan of moonlight and i think is a good tv serie, specially the featuring of his principal role, Alex O’loughlin, a very good actor (and the most good looking man around the world). I hope another channel produce this again!!! I really hope!!!
To kimmie, they had the series finale for Jericho last fall 2007 their season was shortened because of the writers strike but that series is done as well. Even with the write in campaign, that show still didn’t get enough viewers. So they decided to end the series.
no way! this is totally unfair. i want moonlight back even if that means getting rid of jerico or numbers. kimmie
1. This show was not original, Angel was about a vampire who was a private detective and it ended it’s run just 4 years ago, if had ended 20 years ago then I might be able to see where the people who said this show was original might have a point but really, I saw the first episode and thought this is Angel without the crew, they even had him buying blood from a hospital, Forever Knight was about a police detective.
2. Reruns, they only did a total of 16 episodes.
3. If they had moved to the CW which CBS co owns with Warner Bros. (WB), then a lot more people would definitely say this is just an Angel clone. He even drove a convertible, just like Angel.
3. Isn’t Blood Ties about a female P.I. who has the hots for the vampire, and if I’m not mistaken Angel started out with a female police detective.
4. I’m not seeing a lot of original anything when it comes to vampires, the last series about a vampire that was original was Dracula: The Series, Dracula, Americans Chris and Max Townsend are sent to live with their uncle, Gustav Helsing, in Europe. The teenagers soon discover that Uncle Gustav is a vampire hunter and his goal is the destruction of billionaire industrialist Alexander Lucard, who is really Count Dracula.
The fact that they made the Dracula character a blood thirsty businessman was a dig and corporate business types in general but making one a vampire was different twist on the Dracula mystique and he could walk around during the daylight, he just didn’t have any powers during the day e.g. he couldn’t turn into a vampire and bite anyone, or hypnotize them, for all intensive purposes he was mortal during the day, and vampire at night.
5. Like I said previously, if they had been more original with the series, it probably would still be on the air, another thing that they took from Angel was the betrayed ex-vampire girlfriend, who came back as human, I seem to remember Angel’s ex Darla coming back as human, and they even had child together, come on way to many similarities to Angel.
6. Maybe if they had gone with a different story line than one that had been used in a series 4 years earlier it may have stayed on the air, I still can’t believe how many people like seeing the same story line and plots on television.
7. Perhaps if someone came up with an original idea or twist on the vampire story, it would have a chance.
What is it about Angel & Vampire shows? And why do they seem to attract a largely female crowd? I just don’t get it.
–Godspeed–
Surely somebody will pick up Moonlight in reruns.
That’s a load of bullshite. They say that’s it’s because of ratings? It was one of the best shows on network television! It’s fanbase was massive. Every single person I’ve talked to since the show came on loved it.
The crappy shows on the same network stay, but the best show they’ve had in years is taken off? WTF!?!?
Yes, eventually Moonlight will be on DVD but that’s not the point. Everything will eventually be on DVD. What I don’t understand is why the popular TV shows that remain on either insult one’s intelligence or aren’t original. Moonlight is both original and has plenty of eye candy to boot. I’m thankful “Blood Ties” (reruns) are still on another network, so can’t the same happen to “Moonlight”?
besides I like to see what happened in the relationship between Mick St. John and Beth.
Moonlights rocks please don’t cancel it. It’s the only thing to watch on Friday.
Hi.
Here in Sweden we are on ep 8.But am is fighting for us all around the world too have bring back Moonlight in our lives again.Moonlight have a special place in our heart and Moonlight is a part in our families around the world.Never give up the hope on Moonlight..
Hug
Sounds interesting, N Courtney.
Sophia Myles has two projects she’s doing one with James Caviezel, and another back in her native England. Alex O’Loughlin is making a movie with Kate Beckinsale. They’ve move on to better things. The Sophia Myles movie with James Caviezel sounds very interesting.
During the reign of the Vikings, Kainan (Caviezel), a man from a far-off world, crash lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator known as the Moorwen.
Though both man and monster are seeking revenge for violence committed against them, Kainan leads the alliance to kill the Moorwen by fusing his advanced technology with the Viking’s Iron Age weaponry.
Ähm..WHY was ist canceled ?
I dont understand…
Do you know ?
Love, Lexxi
Maybe if all the other shows they have didn’t completely suck moonlight’s ratings could have been better. I mean I only ever saw the show because I downloaded it on xbox when I started watching it honestly first I had to figure out what channel cbs was on. Now I look to see when the new season will be on and it’s canceled.
Very lame! They should cancel cbs!