Nina Tassler talks about Moonlight fans after officially announcing that our show has been cancelled by CBS. Per Variety, she said......
Gone are "Cane," "Jericho," "Kid Nation," "Moonlight," "Shark," "Viva Laughlin" and "Welcome to the Captain."
Tassler said she’s bracing for the onslaught of “Moonlight” supporters, but added she learned a lot from her recent “Jericho” experience: Bringing back a show because of a rabid fan campaign doesn’t necessarily mean the ratings will follow.
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Could the CW be Moonlight's new home?
A bit more info I've been digging up...... Nikki, from Deadline Hollywood Daily, has said there is a CHANCE that Moonlight could be picked up by the CW network. Specifically, by Media Rights Capital which the CW has partnered with to program their Sunday night lineup. The network's sitcoms "Everbody Hates Chris" & "The Game" are moving from Sunday to Friday night. That is due to the CW's current Friday night show "SmackDown" moving to MyNetworkTV.
We need to continue telling Warner Bros that we will follow Moonlight no matter where it airs. Also, let's reassure the CW/Media Rights Capital that they will have an instant hit on their hands. Even with all the promotion and controversy surrounding CW's series, Gossip Girl, our show easily has double the ratings!
Remember, to be polite and concise in all your messages :)
Media Rights Capital
Keith Samples
President of Television
1800 Century Park East
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Phone number ( 310 ) 786-1600
Warner Bros feed back form ~
http://www.warnerbros.com/main/help/customer_service.html
Moonlight's WB page
http://tinyurl.com/45arce
CW Network
feedback@cwtv.com
We need to continue telling Warner Bros that we will follow Moonlight no matter where it airs. Also, let's reassure the CW/Media Rights Capital that they will have an instant hit on their hands. Even with all the promotion and controversy surrounding CW's series, Gossip Girl, our show easily has double the ratings!
Remember, to be polite and concise in all your messages :)
Media Rights Capital
Keith Samples
President of Television
1800 Century Park East
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Phone number ( 310 ) 786-1600
Warner Bros feed back form ~
http://www.warnerbros.com/main/help/customer_service.html
Moonlight's WB page
http://tinyurl.com/45arce
CW Network
feedback@cwtv.com
Campaign to move Moonlight to another network
This photo of Alex O'Loughlin as Mick St John vamped out for a fight definitely fits how we feel!
As I have said, my loyalty is to Moonlight.... not to CBS. I will watch Moonlight no matter when or where it airs! Let's campaign to move our show to another network. A new home that will appreciate it. Since Warner Bros Television owns & produces Moonlight, they can sell it to any network. We need to urge them to shop it around. At the same time, we should encourage other television networks to pick up what CBS has shortsightedly dropped. FX seems like a great fit to me. Alex O'Loughlin is already known there from his great role as Det Kevin Hiatt on The Shield :) Of course, we are open to ANY tv network that is smart enough to pounce on Moonlight.
As I have said, my loyalty is to Moonlight.... not to CBS. I will watch Moonlight no matter when or where it airs! Let's campaign to move our show to another network. A new home that will appreciate it. Since Warner Bros Television owns & produces Moonlight, they can sell it to any network. We need to urge them to shop it around. At the same time, we should encourage other television networks to pick up what CBS has shortsightedly dropped. FX seems like a great fit to me. Alex O'Loughlin is already known there from his great role as Det Kevin Hiatt on The Shield :) Of course, we are open to ANY tv network that is smart enough to pounce on Moonlight.
Tell the WB that we will follow Moonlight!
http://www.warnerbros.com/
Moonlight's WB page
http://tinyurl.com/45arce
WB feed back form ~
http://www.warnerbros.com/main/help/customer_service.html
Petition to move Moonlight to another network
http://www.youchoose.net/campaign/move_moonlight_to_another_network
New York area Alex O'Loughlin & Moonlight fans!
Hey! CBS is holding their upfronts tomorrow.... Wednesday, May 14th, 2008.... at Carnegie Hall in New York City at 4:00 PM Eastern Time. A reception will follow at Tavern on the Green. OK..... New York area Alex O'Loughlin and Moonlight fans ~ How do you feel about picketing for our show? Protesting this insane decision to cancel Moonlight!
Message to Moonlight fans from show producers
Moonlight's producers, Harry Werksman & Gabrielle Stanton, have sent the following message to Moonlight fans.
Exclusive: Moonlight Producers Confirm Cancellation
Kristin Dos Santos, Watch With Kristin
This just might be the most depressing news yet coming out of the New York upfronts.
I've just received word from Gabrielle Stanton and Harry Werksman, bosses of Moonlight, that the series has been canceled.
They sent me this message to pass along to you fans:
It's true. We found out about an hour ago that Moonlight has been officially canceled.
We are truly saddened by the news and are sorry that we won't get the chance to live with our wonderful characters and follow them on their adventures for a second season.
We really want to thank all our loyal fans for their undying love and support of the show. We never would have made it this far without them.
In vampire solidarity...rah, rah!
Gabrielle Stanton & Harry Werksman
This series has one of the most dedicated, passionate audiences I've ever seen in the many years in this job. And to all of you I extend a heartfelt hug.
http://tinyurl.com/6dtdwb
Exclusive: Moonlight Producers Confirm Cancellation
Kristin Dos Santos, Watch With Kristin
This just might be the most depressing news yet coming out of the New York upfronts.
I've just received word from Gabrielle Stanton and Harry Werksman, bosses of Moonlight, that the series has been canceled.
They sent me this message to pass along to you fans:
It's true. We found out about an hour ago that Moonlight has been officially canceled.
We are truly saddened by the news and are sorry that we won't get the chance to live with our wonderful characters and follow them on their adventures for a second season.
We really want to thank all our loyal fans for their undying love and support of the show. We never would have made it this far without them.
In vampire solidarity...rah, rah!
Gabrielle Stanton & Harry Werksman
This series has one of the most dedicated, passionate audiences I've ever seen in the many years in this job. And to all of you I extend a heartfelt hug.
http://tinyurl.com/6dtdwb
More news from TV Guide
As we know, Alex O'Loughlin is currently on vacation. He said he was taking the summer off ~ having turned down several film roles because of the unknown future of Moonlight. Thanks for making him miss out on other work CBS! Grrrrrrr...... Sorry, I was distracted there for a moment. It just makes me angry that the network treated our amazing cast the way they did. Anyway.... Matt Mitovich mentions Alex being on holiday in this article also. I hope Alex, Sophia, Jason, Shannyn, Brian and Eric are all surrounded by their family & friends now!
Fall TV: Moonlight Has Drawn its Last Blood
It's the news no one here wanted to report, but alas, it must be shared. CBS — which earlier today renewed to Old Christine, How I Met Your Mother and The Unit — has opted not to bring back Moonlight for a second season.
Though the vampire-detective drama boasted a fantastically passionate and wonderfully generous (they held a blood drive, people!) fan base, the buzz is that the Eye simply was not happy with Moonlight's retention of its Ghost Whisperer lead-in. At last tally, Mick & Co. were letting slip some 13 percent of Melinda's audience.
For what little it is worth, I'm on a mission to secure for fans some parting words of appreciation from the cult hit's producers. (Alas, Alex himself is currently on holiday.) — MWM
http://tinyurl.com/48xasm
Fall TV: Moonlight Has Drawn its Last Blood
It's the news no one here wanted to report, but alas, it must be shared. CBS — which earlier today renewed to Old Christine, How I Met Your Mother and The Unit — has opted not to bring back Moonlight for a second season.
Though the vampire-detective drama boasted a fantastically passionate and wonderfully generous (they held a blood drive, people!) fan base, the buzz is that the Eye simply was not happy with Moonlight's retention of its Ghost Whisperer lead-in. At last tally, Mick & Co. were letting slip some 13 percent of Melinda's audience.
For what little it is worth, I'm on a mission to secure for fans some parting words of appreciation from the cult hit's producers. (Alas, Alex himself is currently on holiday.) — MWM
http://tinyurl.com/48xasm
Photograph ~ Mick St John (Alex O'Loughlin) and Beth Turner (Sophia Myles) dancing in Moonlight's season finale, Sonata (episode #1x16)
Alex's show has been cancelled :(
CBS passes on 'Moonlight'
Four primetime favorites set for next season
By CYNTHIA LITTLETON
Producers of "How I Met Your Mother," "The New Adventures of Old Christine," "Rules of Engagement" and "The Unit" can stop biting their nails -- CBS has renewed all four skeins. But fans of "Moonlight" are going to be up in arms because the Eye has passed on a sophomore sesh of the vampire drama starring Alex O'Loughlin.
A third-season renewal of "Mother," from 20th Century Fox TV, was never really in doubt, given its buzzworthy status and its ratings momentum during the past two months since its post-strike return. "Old Christine" was on the fence for a while, and ABC let it be known that if CBS were to pass on a third season the Julia Louis-Dreyfus starrer it would nab the Warner Bros. TV show.
"Rules of Engagement," from Sony Pictures TV, was also a fence-sitter but is known to have its fans at the Eye. "The Unit," from 20th Century Fox TV, is seen as a durable performer that has done respectable business wherever it has run. In fact, the delay in the renewal of "Unit" was something of a surprise.
"Moonlight," meanwhile, was done in by a combination of factors. It's understood that Eye execs were not impressed with the show's creative development, and there was much drama and turnover behind the scenes among producers and scribes. The final straw was the show's middling ratings perf during the past few weeks after its post-strike return.
CBS execs declined comment on any of its pickup news Tuesday. Eye presents its 2008-09 lineup on Wednesday at Carnegie Hall.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117985580.html?categoryid=14&cs=1
Four primetime favorites set for next season
By CYNTHIA LITTLETON
Producers of "How I Met Your Mother," "The New Adventures of Old Christine," "Rules of Engagement" and "The Unit" can stop biting their nails -- CBS has renewed all four skeins. But fans of "Moonlight" are going to be up in arms because the Eye has passed on a sophomore sesh of the vampire drama starring Alex O'Loughlin.
A third-season renewal of "Mother," from 20th Century Fox TV, was never really in doubt, given its buzzworthy status and its ratings momentum during the past two months since its post-strike return. "Old Christine" was on the fence for a while, and ABC let it be known that if CBS were to pass on a third season the Julia Louis-Dreyfus starrer it would nab the Warner Bros. TV show.
"Rules of Engagement," from Sony Pictures TV, was also a fence-sitter but is known to have its fans at the Eye. "The Unit," from 20th Century Fox TV, is seen as a durable performer that has done respectable business wherever it has run. In fact, the delay in the renewal of "Unit" was something of a surprise.
"Moonlight," meanwhile, was done in by a combination of factors. It's understood that Eye execs were not impressed with the show's creative development, and there was much drama and turnover behind the scenes among producers and scribes. The final straw was the show's middling ratings perf during the past few weeks after its post-strike return.
CBS execs declined comment on any of its pickup news Tuesday. Eye presents its 2008-09 lineup on Wednesday at Carnegie Hall.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117985580.html?categoryid=14&cs=1
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
SciFi Wire interviews Alex O'Loughlin about upcoming episodes & future of Moonlight
SciFi Wire interviewed Alex O'Loughlin at Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors convention. He spoke to them about what we will see in the remaining episodes of Moonlight this season. Alex doesn't think Moonlight will be cancelled. He says "If it doesn't get a second season, blood will flow." That is soooo true!
SPOILER ALERT! Alex mentions the story lines for upcoming Moonlight episodes.... especially What's Left Behind (episode #1x15), which we have already been discussing due to the stir his comments caused in a previous post.
Moonlight Raises The Stakes
by Cindy White
Alex O'Loughlin, who plays vampire Mick St. John on the CBS series Moonlight, told SCI FI Wire that the episodes leading up to the first-season finale will raise the stakes for all of the characters.
"This is a really cool episode coming up this week," O'Loughlin said in an interview before appearing in a panel at Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors in Los Angeles on April 27. "Mick, for the first time, has to start seriously thinking about his level of exposure in the public eye, because when a vampire gets too overexposed, they have to change cities, change names, do all that stuff. And so we start dealing with that sort of stuff with Mick, and Josef [Jason Dohring] gets in on it, which is really cool. And the case is awesome."
Production on Moonlight's first season was halted during the writers' strike, leading to a break in the broadcast schedule and a reduction in the number of episodes from 22 to 16. O'Loughlin also offered up a few tidbits about what fans can expect in the last two episodes.
"Number 15 is probably my favorite of this installation of four," he said. "It's a story where basically Mick thinks he has found his son, who is, in fact, twice his age. I mean, Mick's really 90. But this guy's like mid-50s, and Mick's looking at him going, 'Oh, my God, this guy's my son.' And so there's a lot of really great flashbacks. It's really personal. We go back to the war, when Mick was in the war, and there's a big battle scene. It's awesome. So we did all that. It was a massive episode."
As for the final episode of the season, he said: "The one I just finished shooting last night is really cool in the sense that what happens is the vampire community is in danger of being exposed for what we are. And what happens is Mick has to get all the vampires together. So Guillermo, the cleaners, Josef, Logan. And it's the first time we'll see all the vampires come together to do something."
Fans will find out whether the show has been renewed for a second season in May, when CBS will make its upfront presentation to advertisers in New York. O'Loughlin was optimistic about the show's chances of coming back, but warned that there may be a backlash from fans if the show does not make it on the network schedule.
"If it doesn't get a second season, blood will flow," O'Loughlin said. "I've got to say, though, I can't see it. We've been working our ass off, but, I mean, above and beyond that, this show has performed. We've still got the numbers there, and we're winning the timeslot, winning the demographic. And it's like, well, what else do you want? There it is. Give us a shot."
Moonlight airs Fridays at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=53130
Photo ~ Alex O'Loughlin on the red carpet at the Speed Racer movie premiere ~ Nokia Theater in LA
SPOILER ALERT! Alex mentions the story lines for upcoming Moonlight episodes.... especially What's Left Behind (episode #1x15), which we have already been discussing due to the stir his comments caused in a previous post.
Moonlight Raises The Stakes
by Cindy White
Alex O'Loughlin, who plays vampire Mick St. John on the CBS series Moonlight, told SCI FI Wire that the episodes leading up to the first-season finale will raise the stakes for all of the characters.
"This is a really cool episode coming up this week," O'Loughlin said in an interview before appearing in a panel at Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors in Los Angeles on April 27. "Mick, for the first time, has to start seriously thinking about his level of exposure in the public eye, because when a vampire gets too overexposed, they have to change cities, change names, do all that stuff. And so we start dealing with that sort of stuff with Mick, and Josef [Jason Dohring] gets in on it, which is really cool. And the case is awesome."
Production on Moonlight's first season was halted during the writers' strike, leading to a break in the broadcast schedule and a reduction in the number of episodes from 22 to 16. O'Loughlin also offered up a few tidbits about what fans can expect in the last two episodes.
"Number 15 is probably my favorite of this installation of four," he said. "It's a story where basically Mick thinks he has found his son, who is, in fact, twice his age. I mean, Mick's really 90. But this guy's like mid-50s, and Mick's looking at him going, 'Oh, my God, this guy's my son.' And so there's a lot of really great flashbacks. It's really personal. We go back to the war, when Mick was in the war, and there's a big battle scene. It's awesome. So we did all that. It was a massive episode."
As for the final episode of the season, he said: "The one I just finished shooting last night is really cool in the sense that what happens is the vampire community is in danger of being exposed for what we are. And what happens is Mick has to get all the vampires together. So Guillermo, the cleaners, Josef, Logan. And it's the first time we'll see all the vampires come together to do something."
Fans will find out whether the show has been renewed for a second season in May, when CBS will make its upfront presentation to advertisers in New York. O'Loughlin was optimistic about the show's chances of coming back, but warned that there may be a backlash from fans if the show does not make it on the network schedule.
"If it doesn't get a second season, blood will flow," O'Loughlin said. "I've got to say, though, I can't see it. We've been working our ass off, but, I mean, above and beyond that, this show has performed. We've still got the numbers there, and we're winning the timeslot, winning the demographic. And it's like, well, what else do you want? There it is. Give us a shot."
Moonlight airs Fridays at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=53130
Photo ~ Alex O'Loughlin on the red carpet at the Speed Racer movie premiere ~ Nokia Theater in LA
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Giving blood to support Alex O'Loughlin's show, Moonlight :)
April is Moonlight month! Time to chat again about giving blood :) I'm aware that many of you donate often, which is wonderful. You are saving lives! My sweet friend Barbara had a great suggestion. Most blood donation organizations give you a sticker announcing that you donated (I know the Oklahoma Blood Institute does). When we send our postcards & letters to CBS in support of Moonlight, we can slap on those stickers to show them what Moonlight has inspired its fans to do. Great idea!
Remember..... if you haven't already made your pledge, please visit Christi & Barbara at http://youchoose.net/campaign/moonlight_season_2. The goal is a national blood drive coinciding with Moonlight's return ~ April 18th to April 27th. Can you imagine fans united in cities across the country?!?! *cheer* You have several choices to help those in need AND support Moonlight. Some of you are not eligible to donate blood. Don't worry! You can still help by contributing to the American Red Cross, organizing events for others who can donate, etc. No one is left out :)
This link is for monetary donations. It is for the LA county chapter of the Red Cross... not only because Moonlight films in Los Angeles, but because their supply & resources were seriously depleted by the California wildfires. Of course, you may donate to any chapter you like or to the national organization. ~ Be sure to make your contribution in honor of Moonlight ~
Moonlight fans are such a thoughtful and generous bunch. I am proud to know you!
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