Posts Tagged Under ‘Moonlight’
By fred | November 6, 2008
Don’t get your hopes up though, chances are you’ve already seen it all.
Yeah, sorry… nothing new coming up, but if you missed the show during its original airing on CBS, or just want to see the show again because your DVR blew up or something, you’ll be happy to know Sci-Fi will be airing repeats of two series canceled before coming to any resolution.
Repeats of ABC drama Invasion - which never had an ending – will start on Sci-Fi Friday, January 23rd at 8.00 followed by repeats of CBS vampire romance Moonlight at 9.00, and leading into Battlestar Galactica at 10.00
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Shows: Battlestar Galactica, Invasion, Moonlight
By fred | October 28, 2008
Here’s a news that will probably get Moonlight fans to laugh at CBS even more, though in the end it’s kinda depressing to see that this was, obviously, a failure, and yet that won’t get us Mick St. John back…
CBS announced unsurprisingly that, after poor performances – last Friday the show had only 5.3 million viewers and 1.5 on the demo – The Ex List was taken off the air. Effective this Friday the show will be replaced by reruns of The Eye’s ratings-hit NCIS.
Too bad they don’t have some kind of deal with Alex O’Loughlin and 8 millions of avid fans craving to get their favorite bloody romance on the air… (Don’t dream though, it won’t happen, and I’m sure if asked, Tassler would still reiterate all her non-sense excuses that Moonlight wasn’t good, successful, loved, or whatever lies she goes by these days.)
Anyways, only four episodes aired and it remains unclear whether the others – production of episode 11 was ongoing at the time of the announcement – will ever be seen. Although, really, when a show can’t make it on a Friday night, the networks’ graveyard, it pretty much settles it I’d say.
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Shows: Moonlight, The Ex List
By fred | September 23, 2008
Now that the Emmys are over, it’s of course the time where everyone look back at what happened and tries to finds what it means for the world in TV land. Now, the show in itself wasn’t really good, I mean we had those five stupid hosts who couldn’t do the work on one. Not only that, but Christ does Howie Mandel ever shut up !??
I’m sorry, but the guy couldn’t stop talking, he was constantly there saying shit again and again and again again, I’m sure many people all over the world up to our Mars enemies were yelling, throwing stuff at and probably even shut down their TV because he wouldn’t stop. Plus, as a result we’ve seen how some bits were dropped, people got their acceptance speech cut off right in the middle, what a mess!
But it’s a fact, it’s the cold reality of television these days : networks don’t care about quality anymore, (most of) the industry doesn’t care about quality anymore.
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Shows: Breaking Bad, Damages, House, Life, Lost, Mad Men, Moonlight
By fred | September 17, 2008
CBS. Three letters that could mean so many things, and I’m sure many of you could think of a few significations for what you think those letters represent, I can already see the first letter linked to CSI or “Crap” for instance…
One thing these letters definitely do not stand for, though, is Come Back Soon. Nope, apparently The Eye doesn’t want you back, not really. It may pretend to, the press release might claim that’s the case, but we know better, don’t we?
I’m sure if you go on and ask fans of series like Jericho or Moonlight, you’ll find people who still haven’t given up on television, and are still willing to watch some, maybe lots even, and that might still include network television as well. Yet, mention CBS, and that one network could very well be on their blacklist. No big surprises here, when you have a look at the way the network treated them, and their beloved show.
But don’t feel alone, simple viewer that you are, because it’s the same thing on the other side of the screen, CBS treats everyone the same, obviously (and sadly), and now it’s not just viewers who are putting The Eye on their blacklist ! So there might be hope…
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Shows: Jericho, Moonlight, The Ex List
By fred | August 29, 2008
It’s something that probably isn’t new, but it is here, and when you’re a TVoholic or just happen to love good television, even in small doses, it’s a disgusting thing to see. Yet it’s here, everywhere, and it is more and more frequent every day : Networks think they know better.
Always, in every network, you will find some stupid execs who love their very expensive suits, and think that if they got here, it means they know better. They know better than the creative minds behind a show what the show should be like and where it should go, they know better than you, viewers, what it is you want to watch. And it’s a funny thing, because those guys do their job in a TV network like they would an airplane company, or selling cars.
That it to say, they have no idea what good television is (and let’s be honest, they probably don’t even care), they don’t know how to write compelling stories, or create interesting characters, those things that will attract millions of people week after week and have us come back each week for more. But because they work for, because they are the network, they know better.
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Shows: Army Wives, Bionic Woman, Brothers & Sisters, CSI, Damages, Dirty Sexy Money, Jericho, Life, Life On Mars, Lost, Mad Men, Moonlight, My Own Worst Enemy, Smallville, The Philanthropist
By fred | August 15, 2008
Remember folks, if you liked Moonlight it was only because you liked to look at Alex O’Loughlin, nothing more, dixit CBS President Nina Tassler. So as far as she’s concerned, you’ll all be delighted to know that Moonlight O’Loughlin is coming back, or you know, not leaving CBS, and you’ll all tune in when he’ll be back on CSI: San Diego or whatever that new show will be called.
I have a strong feeling that’s not really the case, but facts remains the same : according to Hollywood Reporter the Australian actor signed a one-year talent holding deal with the network, sister studio CBS Paramount TV and ABC Studios.
According to this new deal, O’Loughlin is set to star in a new series project for CBS that has yet to be determined. The project will be developed by TV producer Mark Gordon, whose ABC Studio-based company is behind such series as ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, Lifetime’s Army Wives or more importantly CBS’ Criminal Minds. Since we’re talking CBS here, this new series should probably be some kind of CSI spinoff or something, unless they intend to cancel the show after a few episodes of course…
He was a P.I., he’ll be a cop of some sort, same difference, I’m sure no one will even notice it’s another show. Except if you have a brain you’re not Mrs Tassler…
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Shows: Moonlight
By fred | August 10, 2008
It’s summer time, a time during which the amount of what is actually worth watching on TV is far less than what it is during the full TV season. Sure, we already have some great shows that have returned and other new ones who found their ways to our schedule, I’m thinking of Psych, or In Plain Sight, or any other shows, on USA or not. But since there are less on the (main) networks, it’s usually a time to watch either new series you missed last season, old series you never tried, or just cleaning your DVDr of series you weren’t able to keep watching on a weekly basis during the season.
I always like to do my share of such watching during the summer, and this year is no different. And, usually, there are also a list of shows I’m always curious about, even old ones I have still yet to try (e.g. Veronica Mars). This year, one name that was on my list was CBS’ canceled Moonlight. Then, after the overwhelming reactions from the still very much active and in love fans of the show, that name rapidly made the top of the list.
But then, I started thinking about it, and I wondered : Is Moonlight really worth watching ?
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Shows: Moonlight
By fred | July 24, 2008
Okay so first things first : I don’t really know much about Moonlight. From what I understand it was a new series of CBS last season, it got canceled already, and many fans are pissed. Was it actually good ? No idea. What is it about ? Except for that it might be about “a vampire P.I.” I don’t know, because I never watched. These things just happen you know, many new series on the air, choices must be made, and sometimes you just don’t even try one of those new shows…
Anyways, I was just reading about CBS President Nina Tassler comments on why they canceled Moonlight and why it’s alright, where she said that pretty much fans weren’t fans of the show, but the actors starring in it. As she explains it, unlike with Jericho where people love(d) the show, here it was just about people. “I spent a lot of time looking the blogs and the website. Look, I don’t want to say Moonlight fans weren’t fans of the show. They were. But in sort of sifting through all of it (the e-mails, etc.) it was very much about ‘our vampire, Alex (O’Laughlin).’”
I read that, and I just had to ask : are there really any such fans out there, who didn’t care about the show, only the actor(s) ??
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Shows: Moonlight
By fred | June 17, 2008
(This week we look back at how each of the main networks handled things this past season, as well as looking at how things are looking up for the coming one. Agree ? Disagree ? Share your thoughts and grade networks in the comments below…)
The Good
… I’m looking … if you have anything, let me know … Alright, that’s unfair. After all, The Big Bang Theory was a very nice surprise this season, so not only bringing it on but giving it a real chance and – of course – renewing it for a second season was probably CBS’ highlight this season.
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Shows: Cane, How I Met Your Mother, Jericho, Moonlight, The Big Bang Theory, The Mentalist, Welcome To The Captain
By fred | May 18, 2008
Last Friday was a night of finale for CBS, and it won the night, but that was a pretty weak night anyways. Two season finale and one series finale didn’t really boost CBS, averaging 8.6 million viewers and a 2.0 on the demo, which is about the same as one week ago.
At 8.00 Ghost Whisperer was ending its season with 300 000 less viewers, barely making it to 2.0 on the demo. One hour later it was the very end for Moonlight, having its very last episode ever, and 100 000 less viewers were watching. 7.6 million viewers was enough to make it the most-watched program on the slot, but it was the only program on CBS not to reach 2.0 (1.8) Not sure next season The Ex List will do much better though, cause it looks awful, but we’ll see.
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Shows: Ghost Whisperer, Moonlight, Numb3rs
