Question: I'm sure by now you're tired of the hubbub and furor that the Moonlight cancellation has caused — I know it had emotionally exhausted me — but last week's final episode made me feel much better. When it ended, with Mick and Beth in each other's arms, with him telling her he loved her and that the important thing was "now," I felt a sense of real closure. I felt that my favorite show wasn't going off to the big black wasteland of canceled series without giving me, and Mick and Beth's millions of fans, a "everything's all right" ending. That made its loss much easier to take, and it raises a question for you. Did the producers and writers of Moonlight pick this type of a finale because they felt it was going to be the end of this show? Did they do it this way just in case to give its legion of addicted viewers better closure? I'd love your thoughts, and I thank you, again, for being there for all of us passionate "bite me, Mick" Moonlight lovers!
Answer: I don't know how
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Question: I respectfully disagree with your comments that the cancellation of Moonlight is the same old thing as with other shows. You see, before I started Googling Moonlight and checking the sites out there, I thought I was alone in my addiction to this show. But I have found there are many many more of us out there. I am a 39-year-old female application developer, and before this show I had never e-mailed or called about a program, blogged, had a MySpace account, or watched a You Tube video. I did all these things because of my love of Moonlight. I found on the Moonlight forums that this is a similar story for a great many of the show's viewers. CBS has hit a vein of viewers who have tuned out of network TV. A demographic ranging from 15 to 85 — from the USA, Portugal, Ireland, Canada, France and the U.K. — who have all posted on forums, began calling other networks, e-mailing, etc. They are buying the show from Amazon.com and iTunes, they are watching each episode online four or ...
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Steve Carell by Chris Haston/NBC Photo
As the season rushes to a close, you win some, you lose some. Take Steve Carell, who got a bonus in Thursday’s finale of The Office (one of the rare hour-long episodes that didn’t wear out its welcome) with the arrival of Amy Ryan as new HR chief Holly. I’ll miss Toby, but for as long as she stays, she’s terrific.Two nights later, however, Carell presided over a miserably and all-too-typically unfunny season finale of Saturday Night Live—sparked only by two cameos by John McCain, spoofing his age (“the oldness it takes to protect America, to honor her, love her and tell her about what cute things the cat did”) and then during Weekend Update, satirically urging the Democrats: “Do not under any circumstances pick a candidate too soon.” When SNL sticks to politics, it’s generally pretty sharp. Otherwise, the eyes glaze, and not just because it’s past midnight. (Did enjoy Ricky Gervais’ droll bit, lording it over the American O...
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Question: Along with millions of others, I'm a big fan of Moonlight. Although its ratings were not great, it usually won its timeslot on Friday night. I also realize Friday is not a big viewership night, but I think a lot more people were watching Moonlight than the Nielsen ratings indicate. From what I can tell, since it's on Friday night when many people are out on the town, it seems that many viewers DVR it and watch it the next day. Then there are the viewers who download full episodes, not to mention all the YouTube videos that fans make. I'm also willing to bet that when the DVD for Moonlight comes out, it will be a big seller. Are networks taking this non-traditional viewing into considersation when making renewal decisions? It seems the wave of the future.
Answer: All of these off-network factors are coming into sharper focus as the networks make tough decisions on what to renew or not renew, but still for now, the bottom line is all about how the show is performing in a
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Hi all-I have to admit I'm quite shocked that CBS chose to cancel this show, especially considering all the fan support out there. I know many of you have already posted to Matt Roush's blog but also feel free to share your thoughts and opinions here too on that or last night's episode.Are you excited about any of the network's new shows? Is there anything out there that might (I said might) take the place of Moonlight?
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Alex O'Loughlin, Moonlight
Question: I know you'll be getting millions of heartbroken letters from fans of TV shows (in addition to Moonlight) that were cancelled, but I'm writing because my feelings this season are bigger than my normal disappointment from upfronts. I actually think I'm done with network TV. I am so upset with the trend to cancel shows that don't instantly perform that I will be tuning out and going to cable. First Veronica Mars, then Jericho and finally the stake in the heart of Moonlight. It is so depressing to invest in great shows that deserve a bigger audience, but never get them because they are labeled as "quirky" or "genre" or are in "TV death slots." At times it feels like we (the TV watchers) work harder than the networks to create buzz for shows. The one network that may have succeeded in picking me up as a viewer again may be the CW. After Veronica Mars, I boycotted the station, but the loyalty the network seems to be showing to promising shows with low ratings like Gossip Girl and ...
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Question: Is there any possibility that another network might pick up Moonlight, now that CBS has canceled it? I know that the show was on the bubble, but I was really surprised by its demise, considering all the buzz that surrounds it. I hope that you are enjoying the upfronts!
Answer: Thanks, but I'd be enjoying them a lot more if they didn't throw curveballs like the Moonlight cancellation my way. My instinct, as always, is to say there's little if no chance that anyone will come along to rescue Moonlight, although as I write this column on a crazy Upfront-week deadline, there's a report that the company renting space on Sunday from the CW may be mulling over putting Moonlight into their mix. I'll believe that when it becomes a reality, but until then, no false hope from this corner ...
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I’ll admit it. I’m floored. I was wrong. I was naïve. I drank the bloody Kool-Aid and started thinking like a fan (even though I always had my critical reservations). Up until last weekend, when the prognostications started turning sour, I truly thought CBS would give its cult romantic-mystery vampire drama Moonlight a long leash and a chance to work out its kinks—the narrative ones, that is; the kinkiness of the vampire romance was actually working—with a second-season renewal, or even a midseason backup order.But no, they went and put a stake in Mick St. John, who as played by the charismatic Alex O’Loughlin had arguably the greatest potential for breakout buzz of any freshman-series character this season (and yes, I’m including the nubile fleshpots of Gossip Girl in this statement). My initial reaction, beyond despair at the thought of the unforgivingly bitter and relentlessly anguished mail that’s starting to arrive in my mailbag, was: Did...
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Alex O'Loughlin in Moonlight by Eric McCandless/CBS
I almost hesitate to pass this along, for fear of fostering false hope. But a Moonlight source confirms that Warner Bros. is shopping the show around to other outlets, one of which is the CW. (DeadlineHollywoodDaily says that Media Rights Capital, the firm contracted by the CW to program its Sunday-night block, is among those being wooed.)The rumored possibility of salvation came just as Warner Bros. was poised to start striking down the vampire drama's sets. Instead, they will hold off on the razing until Friday. — MWMRelated:• Roush Dispatch: The Moonlight Goes Out• Moonlight Has Drawn its Last BloodBookmark our FALL TV GRID | Review All of Our FALL TV NEWS
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Alex O'Loughlin and Sophia Myles in Moonlight by Eric McCandless/CBS
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.) — MWMBookmark our FALL TV GRID | Review All of Our FALL TV NEWS
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