Comments on: MOONLIGHT Fans: Are You Happy Now?

By: eydie

eydie — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:04:18 +0000

it’s not alex o’laughlin, the actor, that i was enamoured of. it was mick st. john, the vampire detective. alex o’laughlin as another character is NOT the same. i can’t be bought as cheaply as mr. o’laughlin apparently can. moonlight was murdered. mick st. john was murdered. the murderer is cbs. i would be less inclined to watch a new show starring o’laughlin than i would just a new show in general. i want mick and moonlight back.

By: Rod

Rod — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:47:46 +0000

Here’s what is really going on, Nina Tessler and CBS signed Alex O’Loughlin to a 1 year contract with no set show, because they know that the Moonlight fans have shown just how many fans of the show there really are. Other networks know this as well, and there is a very good chance that some other network would likely pick up Moonlight as a mid-season replacement. So Tessler signed Alex to keep this from happening. It is unusual for the networks to sign an actor with no set series. Tessler and CBS know that they blew it, and if another network picked it up, it probably would be a huge success and this would exposed them as having tin ears and poor judgement. So they made this move to put the final “nail in the coffin” for Moonlight. Once again they’re putting their egos ahead of the fans. That is why Tessler says that fans really just liked O’Loughlin not so much the show. This is a lie she knows is false. She thinks she can hoodwink the fans so that they will watch his new show and maybe forgive them for their blunder. If only there were someone with a backbone at CBS who could admit they make a terrible mistake, and correct it by bringing back Moonlight.

By: Diva

Diva — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:31:25 +0000

It was Moonlight and Mick St John that we were loving…It’s great for Alex but keeping the show and all its wonderful characters are what we are really fighting for. Would someone please bring back MICKBETH!

By: Marge

Marge — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:15:47 +0000

the title of the thread should have been alex o loughlin fans: are you happy now?
since it’s not moonlight they’re keeping.
we, or speaking for myself, moonlight is the whole package of the vampire genre, the whole dynamic and chemistry between the actors especially sophia with alex, and the whole gang including jason even the guy that played guillermo, jacob vargas, and the computer geek logan, david blue.

By: jennene

jennene — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:22:26 +0000

No Moonlight = Not happy! Plain & simple. Not coming back without Moonlight. End of story.
I do wish Alex all the success & happiness in the world.

By: Cara

Cara — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:52:11 +0000

I understand that Alex has to move on, but with CBS?! Come on, we have seen what they do. CBS really dropped the ball with canceling Moonlight with this Fall and Winter Season of the Vampire just getting under way. My library branch put out all of it’s “Supernatural Romance” books because there was such a demand from people waiting for Twilight and the genre books. Two other series on Vampires will be out this Fall and CBS had 8 Mill already waiting to see a second season of Moonlight. I was a fan of the show Moonlight. I never heard of Alex before since I don’t have cable and only watch broadcast. I loved the emsemble, the chemistry and the story lines and wanted to see where the writers would take it next. Yes, I will wait and see what they find for Alex to do next but it might be a long wait and in the mean time, all that Moonlight Fans can do is wait for the DVD of the 16 episodes.
As for the replacement for Moonlight, Ex-List, you have got to be kidding. I only started watching Moonlight because it was on after GW. Same sort of genre there. I bet Ex-List will be DOA and not last two episodes before they come to their senses and realize how insulting that a woman who has been “dating since she left the womb” has to rely on a fortune teller who says she must troll through her discards or she will face a fate worse than death of never being married. Please, is this what women have worked for the last 30 years!?
Anyway, just add me to the CBS boycott list. Maybe it is childish to not want to be disappointed again or to hold it agianst CBS because they are just “doing business”. I still say I will vote with my feet. If I hear of anything that Alex or the rest of the cast of Moonlight is in, I might take a look but that is all.

By: queen.smartass

queen.smartass — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:40:54 +0000

I am happy for Alex, absolutely. But what some people seem to be missing is the fact that Moonlight fans were fans of the show, not just of one actor. Unless CBS is bringing Moonlight back, with the complete original cast, well, nope, I won’t be happy.
I WOULD be willing to settle for a prequel show though…get me some Jason, Alex, and Shannyn and I’ll try to be happy

By: Donna F.

Donna F. — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:46:00 +0000

No I am not happy. Moonlight was the best show I have watched in a long time. Every character was great their chemistry was great and all of the story lines were great. There are so many directions this show can take. The possibilites are endless. I really hope CBS will re consider and bring back moonlight.

By: Angela Skjeie

Angela Skjeie — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:11:46 +0000

Moonlight is what would make me happy. Nothing less. I will tune in just to see what type of vehicle CBS comes up with for Alex, but as others have mentioned, if it is not any good, it will not keep my attention. I watched The Shield while Alex was there and didn’t pay much attention to him, but in the role of Mick St. John, he shined bright and kept me enthralled week after week, along with the fellow actors Sophia Myles, Jason Dohring and Shannon Sossamon. Moonlight was a great show and I just hope that whatever CBS has in store for Alex, it isn’t a CSI ripoff!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:59:13 +0000

I’m happy for Alex in the sense that he has work. However I am very wary of what CBS and Nina Tassler could do TO his career not FOR it. I think Alex is a great talent and while hope he finds success, I, like many others did not watch Moonlight just for Alex. It was fresh and different. The chemistry between all of the cast was awesome. I have never in 38 years been in love with a show like I am with Moonlight and I will continue to campaign for its return.
There is nothing else of interest to me on CBS. Like others have said, SSDD. Just boring. I watched Ghost Whisperer and Numbers, but after the way Moonlight fans were treated, I wanted nothing else to do with the network what so ever.
I saw that some people posted earlier that Moonlight didn’t hold its own. Well it did win its time slot nearly every week as well as the People’s Choice award for best new drama. Oh, but that’s right, CBS doesn’t care about any of that or their viewers. The way that the cast and the fans were treated by the network and that “forked tongued witch” as a previous poster so aptly put, it is absolutely abominable. And to think for a second that keeping Alex would appease Moonlight fans and bring back viewers is just another insult.
So the answer is NO, I’m not happy.