Comments on: TCA 2008: CBS President Nina Tassler Talks MOONLIGHT’s Cancellation and CSI’s Grissom Replacement

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:49:32 +0000

Yes, they did it again.Cancelled a show I liked. So dissapointed. Bring it back. PLEASE !!!!!!!!!

By: Christine

Christine — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:09:40 +0000

Alot of Moonlight fans are highly intelligent and seemed to have voiced there opinions of the cancellation very clearly. From what I have read on tons of websites and various forums, Moonlight fans want the show back because it was a very unique bunch of (actors) individuals that when put together with a great story line made a fantastic show. Alex O’Loughlin is really something else…..whew!!…..but he is only as good as his counterparts. Everyone completmented each other so so well. The show was awesome …..let’s face it. There is a real reason why Nina Tassler let it go….personal or otherwise….I would love to know. My question is: Isn’t there anyone else at CBS that is even higher up than Nina that can see what a huge mistake this is. CBS is tanking itself. When they stop listening to what the viewers really really want to watch…….. then what is it really about? Clearly not us! Hmmmmmmm !!! Another station should surely pick up this show………you won’t believe your ratings. Bring Moonlight back to us!!! I fell in love with watching t.v. all over again. I have not felt that way toward a show in years.

By: Gottahaveml

Gottahaveml — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:33:37 +0000

Nina Tassler continues to speak from her leaky yacht now cruising down the River of Denial. One, I have no doubt that she received many letters regarding the actors of Moonlight…butJUST as many were focused on the show itself. I wonder how many she ACTUALLY read. Two, this show had the devoted fans, a People’s Choice Award, and many critical endorsements, not to mention big-name sponsors. The replacement shows Tassler offers for the fall are rehashed or poorly developed concepts; we can see that from the very lame promos, just as so many folks were drawn to Moonlight from that (now) classic, “Interview with a Vampire”. Three, I think we can agree that this behind-the-scenes cancellation—after so many indications that the show WOULD be renewed—smacks of a last-minute, hastily-made, subjective, kneejerk reaction–namely, Tassler’s—-and the powers-that-be at CBS refused to check her high-handed, arbitrary methods. Fourth, her appalling lack of loyalty to the cast and crew of Moonlight—who had done nothing but support the show, the network and its’ executives in every article/interview I ever saw—indicates that CBS truly has no regard for the very people who keep them on the air. This entire debacle has left me so disenfranchised with CBS that it will be a long time, if ever, before I tune in to that network again. Rah rah rah!!

By: Tina Cantrell

Tina Cantrell — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:44:18 +0000

I think Mrs.Tassler has seriously misinterpreted the many responses received regarding Moonlight. It seems to me that a person qualified in this position would be wise enough to see the underlining intent of the intense response to this decision and take appropriate action. I myself work in the TV entertainment industry and it is my position to research the reactions to these decisions and Although it is not often that I disagree with these decisions, I have to admit that judging from what I have experienced from the many reaction outlets regarding this series, Mrs. Tassler has “jumped the gun” so to speak on this one and I fear it could have serious bearing on CBS’s ratings. In my opinion, she would be wise to reconsider on this one.

By: Caryl

Caryl — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:17:10 +0000

I just fon’t get it. So much devotion to this show. So much ignoring of that devotion. STUPID!

It’s not too late.,..change your minds, will ya? I love this sharp show and all the directions it “could” go!

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:30:34 +0000

Stormy Goddess, you’re flat-out nuts. ANGEL was ions better than Moonlight could ever hope to be, sweetie. This comes from a Moonlight fan. I recognized Alex & Co. for what they were: a pale imitation of Angel, but still the only vampire on free TV. (FYI, there were no high school plots on Angel.)

Any dissing of ANGEL or BUFFY just shows your ignorance or complete lack of TV taste. We get it, you like Moonlight. But c’mon girl, the stories were already “lacking” in season one.

By: Nick C

Nick C — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:12:33 +0000

uummm,Stormy Goddess is it?High school crap?That shows you never watched Angel ever.My point was that Angel was about a Vampire detective in LA.Wasn’t that the premise of Moonlight?People were saying it was original .Maybe other parts of the show were but the main idea was not,sorry,hon?
I also gave props to the fans for being so dedicated to it but people like myself were put off by the unoriginalities of the premise,and i did try to watch it.For you to dis Angel’s writing and cast shows how delusional you are.(not to mention you used the term,on the other fang?)Joss Whedon,David Greenwalt are very talented writer/producers(you might want to google them)And the cast(David Boreanaz(Bones),Charisma Carpenter,Alexis Denisof,Amy Acker,and ,Vincent Kartheiser(Mad Men) were pretty damn good!….
I think you need to put down the pipe.I was not dissing the FANS or the shows quality,just the originality of the concept.

By: Tarn

Tarn — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:27:44 +0000

Tassler doesn’t say she wants O’Loughlin for CSI - that’s Kevin Kelly’s suggestion. Whatever, I hope he can do better. Aren’t viewers bored with CSI?

“Angel was a good show in it’s own right, but it was nothing but a bunch of high school crap.”
Which one was it, Stormy Goddess - a good show or high school crap? Because I agree with the former, but certainly not the latter. Angel was meant as a darker, more adult take on Buffy, and on the whole I think it managed that just fine.

I enjoyed both Moonlight and Angel. On balance I think Angel was the better show, but then it had five seasons to prove itself. Who knows what Moonlight might have become, given anything like the same chance? It had a lot of potential, for sure. Assuming Tassler had left it alone to grow, that is, rather than messing with it. (Vampire CSI - pshaw!!)

I miss Josef…

By: Mitchell Lee

Mitchell Lee — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:53:26 +0000

i loved moonlight it always happens like this i get to loving a show and some piencil neck dose a wack job on it like my spelling sweet………

By: Stormy Goddess

Stormy Goddess — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:19:01 +0000

Nick C, hon, Moonlight was NOTHING like Angel. Angel was a good show in it’s own right, but it was nothing but a bunch of high school crap. Moonlight, on the other fang, was WAY more mature. It had better writing, greater cast (again, nothing against Angel) but the actors and actresses that were in Moonlight were more real. The story lines were better, more creative, and the cast was way better. For Nina to say that the mail she’s been getting has been slow is ridiculous. For her to also state that it’s all about Alex, is also a load of BS. It wasn’t just Alex, it was Sophia, Jason, and Shannyn too. They ALL make the show what it is! Nina just needs to get off her broom stick and bring back Moonlight, because without it, CBS has nothing on friday nights.