CBS Slashes “Moonlight”
Written by: Samuel K. Sloan (FarPoint Media Executive News Director)
It now appears that all the talk about “Moonlight” getting a second try by CBS has turned out to be just that….all talk!
The network has made its decision for the 2008-2009 television season and sadly “Moonlight” will not be apart of it as the Net is going for more laughs over drama this upcoming season. CBS did, however, give a last minute thumbs up for “The Unit,” deciding it liked its failing numbers over those of “Moonlight,” making “The Unit” one of the few dramas to get renewal. Of course “C.S.I. Crime Scene Investigation” hangs on. Also biting the bullet is the James Woods drama “Shark.”
CBS waited until the very last minute to make its decision about whether or not to renew the vampire series because it was very aware of its passionate fan-base. However, execs simply couldn’t justify its numbers to advertisers and the show was finally axed.
Many critics, including yours truly, and fans alike saw this show starting to go somewhere unique with what was suppose to be its upcoming season finale. This final episode, now to be its last, was to start looking deeper into the unknown world of the 21st Century vampire community. Networks really need to give these shows a chance. If they would have done with “Seinfeld” or “All in the Family” what they do with many niche’ fan favorites these days, then Carroll O’Connor would have remained a B-movie actor and Jerry Seinfeld would just be another struggling standup comedian no one ever heard of. Both show languished for a full season at the bottom of the ratings pit, but CBS and NBC gave them a second shot and, the rest, as they say, is history. Advertisers need to grow a pair if they really want the television audience to sit up an take notice of their product and give networks allowance to give shows the time and space they need to grow wings.
Maybe writers and producers of shows should just write one good season and tell the networks where to go when they say they want a second season! Every TV season will just bring us new stuff to watch and be done with when the season is over.
First blood ties and now moonlight? This has been a bad week for vamp fans, but thank goodness there is still hope for both seasons!
NOOOOOOO!!!!!
damn.
Moonlight was and still is a great show.They deserve a 2nd chance. If it weren’t for the writers strike, I think more would have tuned into Moonlight. Some other network should jump at the chance to have Moonlight on the fall schedule. Alex O’Loughlin, Sophia Myles and Jason Dohring have such great chemistry together, it would truly be a shame to just let it go. They deserve another chance, not to mention they won the Peoples choice awards, that should count for something, Listen to the people, we want “Moonlight”"!
With the movie, Twilight, coming out later this year, vampires are certainly “in” so we need to find a new home for our show!!
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PLEASE, write, call and email the CW, FX, Sci-Fi and the USA network!!
This fight ain’t over!!
If your not renewing Moonlight maybe another show will pick it up like The Sci - Fi Channel.
Please Bring Back
Moonlight!
Moonlight is my favorite show!! Alex O’Loughlin is the bomb!! Please listen to the fans and bring it back– somewhere.
So Nina Tassler at CBS says basically that all the emails about Moonlight being sent to her have died down, so she takes that to mean that CBS made the right decision in cancelling Moonlight? What an idiot! When CBS made it abundantly clear that they weren’t going to renew Moonlight no matter how much the fans pleaded, what was the point in us continuing the CBS avenue? We simply started pursuing other options. CBS made the WRONG decision! I banned CBS from my viewing schedule won’t be watching any CBS shows anymore!
Well, Nina has made herself the “special friend” of many a Moonlight fan at this point, with what she said the other day.
I hope she enjoys all her mail, as she’s about to get quite the pile of it.
She’s simply trying to demoralize the fans and make us go away.
Sorry, Nina…that’s just not going to happen.
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I can’t believe they cancelled this show. I love this show and it’s the closest thing to Buffy that I’ve seen in a long time. Alex is definitely the bomb and I’m begging someone else to pick this show up please!!!