If there's one thing you can say about Moonlight, it's that it was ahead of its time. Vampires didn't really hit it big until late 2008, with the premiere of True Blood and the release of the Twilight film. Moonlight ended its run in May 2008, barely missing the craze that would later make The Vampire Diaries a hit. What might Moonlight have been had it stuck around just a few more months?
Well, CBS has been wondering that themselves. In fact, they've been looking to see what they can do to fix their mistake -- and that means talking to the cast. “I just want to say one thing – who was out there first with vampires?” CBS entertainment president Nina Tassler asked Fancast. “Who was out there first?”
Alex O'Loughlin, who starred in the series as main bloodsucker Mick St. John, stayed with CBS in the new series Three Rivers, which was cancelled early on into the 2009-2010 season for low ratings. However, CBS wants to keep O'Loughlin on the network, and bringing back Moonlight is definitely a possibility on that agenda. “We love [Alex] and want him to stay around for a long time,” Tassler confirmed.
But is the Moonlight comeback a possibility? Possibly. Tassler stated that Moonlight's executive producer Joel Silver has discussed a potential return of the series with her, "but we talk about a lot of things," Tassler told Fancast. And even if the decision is made to bring back Moonlight, it wouldn't be immediate. "We’re about to pick up all of our [2010-11 season] pilots,” Tassler stressed, insinuating that Moonlight wouldn't be back before the end of 2010.
Of course, the big question that remains from that is: will that be too late? This vampire craze -- some might call it a fad -- has already lasted a year and a half, but how much staying power does it have? Will we be looking at a possible vampire recession before Moonlight has a chance to regain its footing -- or even come back at all?
What do you think? Should CBS bring back Moonlight, or should they drop the idea?
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I was hoping for this as soon as Three Rivers was canceled: http://wp.me/pxXPC-CmMoonlight had soooo much potential and given people’s never-ending fascination with vampires, such a show had far more appeal than any medical show ever would. It’s hugely ironic that it got canceled right at the massive upsurge of the Twilight hysteria. Ever since then, two vampire TV shows have gained popularity: HBO’s True Blood and WB’s The Vampire Diaries. The first cater to adults with its more risqué scenes; whilst the other is geared for teens. That means Moonlight would fit right in between the two as the only vampire show for its demographic on network TV.
wonderful! 'm from Brazil and loved the Moonlight I think CBS has to bring back later this year
bring back moonlight defiinitely!!was a huge buffy/angel fan and loved moonlighthave never gotten into the true blood/twilight/vampire diaries craze however – would pick moonlight over them any daynetwork was stupid to cancel it in my opinionit had blood, humour, fun, emotion and romance all wrapped up in onewas greatbring it back
Love this show and Alex!!! Please bring this show back to life again….
I hope that moonlight is comming back. I'm from the Netherlands and i love this show. It has to come back it's to good.
THEY SHOULD BRING IT BACK!!!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE THE SHOw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BRING IT BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The vampire fad will not go away!! Twilight is making all the movies so as long as there's more movies to be made there will still be fans. Therefor the vampire fad is NOT going away any time soon.
PLEASE BRING IT BACK!!! I'v watched the searies 2 times now!!! and I cant stop watching i!! BRING IT BACK
MOONLIGHT IS WAY better than the vampire diary's series!!!!!!!!! CBS would get alot MORE popular if they brought the show back!!! some of the fans of vampire diary and true blood I think would swich. One of the main reason i fell in love with this series is that it actuly showed the Vampires dringing blood. Vampire diary's does not show that, and is boring in moonlight there was action in every episode. Another reason i loved moonlight was that there was NO sex in it. If CBS sticks to the same formula it will be the biggest Vampire series on TV.
Yes I think they sould bring back moonlight. I love that series. The other Vamp series they are not as good. Please Bring bacl MOONLIGHT !
I loved Moonlight. This was more than a Vamp love story. I looked forward to watching it everweek. Please bring back MOONLIGHT then other vamp movies just don't cut it :) -
Moonlight should be back on our tv as of yesterday and if anyone had listened to all the millions of fans in the first place we would not be going through this now!!!Mick/Beth Josef FOREVER !!!
PLEASE bring MOONLIGHT back!! The show was completely awesome, and was definitely 'staked' prematurely! Alex O'Loughlin is a phenomenal actor.
definite yes on bringing it back. Loved the show. Has to be the same actors though, it wouldnt be the same without them especially alex.
please, bring back moonlight!!!
They need to bring Moonlight back it was such a good show.
Bring it back!! It was such a diappointment when those idiots cancelled it…I imagine thay are still kicking their own A**!! Let's hope for the original cast as well, if they come back without them, then I think it will be a bust!! Alex was an excellent believeable Vampire!! Let's hope CBS has finally come to it's senses. I don't care what other shows they have to cancel to bring it back, JUST BRING IT BACK!!!!!
Moonlight was the best show on regular television that I have seen with the best chemistry amongst its cast. I love, love, love it and hope to God it comes back on television. I don't normally watch regular tv shows, but this one was awesome! Please CBS get your head out of your bottom and bring this wonderful show back to your fans!!!
The craze is much more than a year and half. It's a state of mind and myth.AND YES THEY HAVE TO BRING IT BACK!!!!!!!With the same cast.
HELL YEAH. i never missed a moonlight episode since its pilot session and i adoreeeee mick and beth. they are just too great together. i really hope that moonlight continues. it's way better than most of the other shows on tv, except for chuck[: lol
they should bring moomnlight back it was better then any of these new shows,alex o'loughlin took a brill part so did all the cast .a really good series.
CBS should bring back Moonlight. That was one of the shows that my whole family sat down and watched together. the network should have never canceled the show. PLEASE BRING MOONLIGHT BACK!!!
we want moonlight bach especially wd old cast….
Yes, bring Moonlight back. It's a great series and Alex and Sophia have a lot of tuning.
Bring Moonlight back!!! I loved it!!!
I AGREE ,MOONLIGHT SHOULD BE BROUGHT BACK ITS FAR BETTER THEN ANY OF THESE NEW SHOWS THAT ARE OUT AT THE MOMENT,ALEX O'LOUGHLIN TOOK A BRILL PART AS MICK ST.JOHN.
Yes. I loved Moonlight. Bring it back but only if Alex O'Loughlin plays Mick St. John again.
TONS of people want " Moonligh"t back, me included. "Twilight" wont even film till the end of this year, thus keeping the vampire fad running strong into 2011 with its release imo. CBS really can't go wrong to bring this show back…
В России тоже были бы рады, если бы Moonlight имел продолжение. Мы ждем с нетерпением!
i do love this show..me and my daughter watch first dvd over and over and wonder why it did not make it…please please bring it back…i think it would really do well..you have more followers since the first dvd season came out i think…all my friends and i talk about it..just consider it..
Cannot believe how stupid CBS is … are they crazy taking this off in the first place?? I love this show – just watched the dvds over again … they HAVE to bring this back – and with Alex O'Loughlin and the rest of the cast. Unfortunately, I just read they have Alex scheduled to start a remake of an old series – Hawaii Five-O … No one else can play Mick like Alex … and they can't kill him off … would not be the same show … Geez … here we go again …
YES in big letters. Please bring back Moonlight. I loved the story and the cast. Not too crazy about the old wife back in the picture, other than to buiild the story. Just never had enough of this series. Of course, I remember when Star Trek was canceled…best this they did was bringing it back.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Please bring moonlight back! I absolutly love it and would really love to see the series continnue!!!!!
I say, bring back Moonlight! Moonlight is WAY better than Twilight and would get great ratings fast. The Vampire Fad will be around for a while since everything now is related to Vampires. Vampires will probably be the top theme for a few more years. CBS should completely and totally bring back Moonlight! I love the show and miss watching it with my family. It use to a family night thing. We all LOVED it and we would get together to watch it.
I literally almost cried when I heard they canceled this show! which was very stupid! bring it back please!!!
they should bring back MOONLIGHT its an awesome show and it would be a bigger hit because of twilight,vampire diaries,underworld, and trueblood are about vampires people are into vampires now and it would better. MOONLIGHT was an awesome show i watched the whole 1st season because i missed the last 5 episodes. my friends and i want moonlight to come back, if it does come back they need to have all the same people! My friend and I know Alex O'loughin and he said he would LOVE to play MICK ST. JOHN so please bring MOONLIGHT back for all of us MICK lovers, JOSEF lovers. and for guys BETH lovers. And plus CBS ended it right after ben got the list of all the vampire in LA and also did jackson even die? these are the questions we want answered to BRING MOONLIGHT BACK!!!!!!
Bring Moonlight back? should that even be a question? No because they never should have canceled it. I love this show and cried when they canceled it. No joke i know that is lame but i did. I know a lot on vampires. I have been in love with them since i was like four. I study the history, read the books, and watch movies about vampires and this show really was good. It beats twilight like any day of the week. Yes i said it. It does. there is just so much more depth to these characters and potential for the show. Also the ended that show with a cliff hanger i hate that it was just a tease. So i demand that they bring Moonlight back right now.
Moonlight is great all my friends love the showI want it to come back as soon as possibleIt was my favourite show
heck yes they should bring it back, i don't care how long it takes so long as they bring it back with alex o'loughlin leading the way. moonlight was my favorite show, and i think vampires will stick around for a while.
moonlight is the best vampires tv show that ive seen.. it should defently come back! even in the soo repeated vampires drama.. they were original!.. pleaasee bring it back!
YES! Bring Moonlight back! I would love to see more episodes of this fantastic show! 16 episodes wasn't enough! I vote for more Moonlight! Please more Alex, Sophia, Jason, and Shannyn!!!
Please bring it back i miss it too much please it was my favorite show it still is
My husband and I loved Moonlight, it was our favorite show. We would love to see it return. We still can't believe it wasn't continued.
Yes please bring it back! Who do we need to write?? I'm on it!!
I did not know about Moonlight until about a month or two ago. I work 2 jobs and have not had much time for TV. My friend rented it from the library and I was hooked. I went to Amazon and bought Moonlight (the whole one season – 4 discs) – one for me and one for my friend. LOVE IT. Alex, Sophia and Jason are all fabulous actors. We want the show back.
Bring it back! We ALL miss it and it should be given a movie or a season two. Give it a chance to shine!
This is one of the best shows i have ever seen. the ending of the last episode left me hanging and i bet im not the only one who thinks that. BRING MOONLIGHT BACK!!!!!!!!!!
Bring it back!!! There are so many questions that were never answered. Bring it back!!!
bring it back…it was one of the best sows on tv
should it even be a question? with a fresh look into the world of how vampires, with new ideas, amazing actors and actress. Please bring it back. true blood is a joke!!
its not just a vampire show theres something about mick and beth together that keeps you wanting more.cbs made a big mistake and wouldnt listen to what the viewers already knew
Moonlight is simply the best tv show ever, period. Great cast, great writing, great cinematography, great drama. It had relatively little promotion. Bring it back and pimp it appropriately!
Bring it back – it is too good not to be able to watch, the cast is amazing – especially Alex, they have to bring it back!!
BRING IT BACKKKKKKKK!
I loved moonlight the best show ever and when I found out it was canceled (while watching it on utube) I was nearly crying: I don't think it shows it in UK if not when/if it comes back it should show in UK! I LOVEEEED IT! Best show ever and mick? hmm hottty I love the actor alex so hot and cuteeee! BECK (beth and mick ;D) WOO! BRING MOONLIGHT BACK XX
its been years since its cancellation and people are STILL demanding CBS bring MOONLIGHT back. this is a sign. ride the vampire high and and give us our moonlight fix!
They really should bring moonlight back. It was a great show that was incredibly well written, acted and had everything you could possibly want in a series, it just didn't get enough time. It's a show that had and still has a dedicated fan base. If it were to come back especially with the current vampire craze it's chances of success would be high. Something tells me vampire's aren't going away anytime soon.
Hello my name is Julie and I live here in Brazil we love muiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiito moonlight and the series was aired by a station called SBT. Please bring this wonderful series back! I love MOONLIGHT
I really want it to come back.. i loved watching it..i always impatiently waited for the next episode…
I REALLY REALLY want this show back!!!! I've missed it forever and it deserves a real ending, not how it ended up. I LOVE Alex O'Loughlin and their characters. Bring it back!!!
I just started watching the series per youtube.. and if Alex O'Loughlin could do both the Hawaii 5-0 and moonlight series when Hawaii 5-0 isnt being taped.. I think itd be great :)
I just finished watching the first season of Moonlight. I was so disappointed when i discovered that it was the end of the story line. I feel that it left us hanging. I would love for the show to come back on. I feel that the show was before its time however it was great and i feel now that vampires are in at this time that it would do great
i really think they should bring bak moonlight it was a great series and a lot of people loved it
Heck yeah They should!!!! what kind of Question is That?? And yes is would survive!! So Just Bring it Back Already!!
Bring it back please!
OMG..They better bring this show back..I have been waiting for the next season!!!
Yes please bring moonlight back, i´m a Spanish fan of monnlight this serie is wonderfull is the best serie of vampires please bring it back!!! pleaseeee!
BRING IT BACK for sure no question on that,PLLLLLLLLLLEAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEE
YES BRING IT BACK! Moonlight was an amazing show with a great plot line. It had a great cast and story. I've made all my friends and family buy the series & turn them into Moonlight freaks! They love it(: I think Moonlight needs a resurrection – the way it ended left us all hanging onto our tissues!
I just finished watching the 16 episode DVD and wish there was more. There is so much they could do with the story line yet. It's a shame it was cancelled. I am all for bringing it back as a series or even a movie to wrap up the story. I NEED to know what happened with Mick & Beth.
I just finished watching the 16 episode DVD and wish there was more. There is so much more storyline to explore and they were wrong to cancel the show. I hope they can bring it back as a series or even a movie to wrap up all the questions about Mick & Beth. I NEED to know!!!
They really should bring it back, please bring it back!
I love that show and its not only me, so they should not even think about, they should do it!
you should really bring it back…for real …it is really good and interensting and alex is charming…
I do not think it is a fad, Moonlight was just a bit early and would easily catch on now. A friend of mine referred me to Moonlight, and I am so happy they did! Moonlight is completely different from the regular Vampire shows, and I know that it would become popular if it was brought back. There is so much to tell and with a story that has a "CSI" sort or twist to it, it can go on forever. I really hope that Moonlight is revived.
please bring the show back people are dying to know what happens next.
Moonlight is the return will be the most successful ever. Moonlight has thousands of fans around the world. I love Moonlight and I think that CBS should bring back Moonlight. The hearings will skyrocket. Today everyone loves vampires. I would love to come back to see Alex (Mick St. John) and Sophia (Beth Turner) to work together. And the best film or seasons ever.
I LOVE MOONLIGHT !!!!! PLEASE COME BACK MOONLIGHT! <3
MOONLIGHT YOUR FANS NEVER FORGET YOU!!!!
Bring it back. Moonlight was the best vampire series I've ever seen. The way it ended, it deserved more attention and another shot. The cast is amazing together, and it was a shame they ended it! BRING MOONLIGHT BACK FOR THE SAKE OF THE FANS!<3
bring it back i loved it
Bring it back i loved this show.
Definately bring it back, I love it, I have only just found it and watched it twice now….
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Definitely bring back Moonlight, pretty please. One of the really good shows that was cut short in its prime. I like Hawaii 5.0 but I love Moonlight. Why can't an actor be in more than one series at a time? Haven't they heard of multi-tasking?
It's past 2010. Bring it back for real… Seriously
i think moonlight comes back in the summer but idk when it comes back and can u pplz pplz tell me when it comes in the summer if it is coming in the sommer :)
definitely bring it back
Please bring back Moonlight its the best vampire show ever!
That would be the best Christmas and birthday present to get this year. I think I would get the "vapors" if there is such a thing, if this show was brought back exactly the way they left it. So many people have been writing and pleading with the "powers that be" at CBS and Warner Brothers to please bring back Moonlight. We told them initially we were not going away even though it appeared as if our cries were falling on deaf ears. And we are never going away. It's been nearly 5 years and we are campaigning just as hard. Finally it appears as if we might be getting through to them, unless this is just a ploy. Please CBS, don't play with the fans, don't just be throwing us a bone. DO SOMETHING and BRING BACK MOONLIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!
I agree with everyone else. This show was cancelled just before it could have soared. It takes more than one season for a show to really spread anyway. They should have persevered and allowed season one to go to the cable channels to rerun. This would have served as a way for cable viewers to discover it. That is what happened to me. I don't watch network TV as rule. By the time I discovered Moonlight it had been canceled. The networks don't seem to get that it isn't just 'vampires' that made this show work–it was the chemistry between all the characters. It was the depth of each character: Mick and Beth and Josef.
Excellent show. Well written and beautifully filmed. Please oh please bring it back.
They really should bring this back it was an excellent show with great potential
The question is not whether CBS will bring back Moonlight or note. The question is will Alex O'Loughlin and the rest of the cast want to return? And, as much as I would love to say yes, I very much doubt it. I think Alex has moved on and would probably not be interested in returning to this type of show. I would love to see him and the rest of the cast return and do atleast 2 more seasons. But, I don't think it will happen now. Too much time has passed for all of them. Although I like the Twilight movies, I find Moonlight more appealing. I just don't see any of the Cullens "looking" like teenagers? Maybe if they were set in a college scene instead of high school, it would have been a little more convincing. But, Moonlight was perfect. Everything about it could be more believing to me.
I would love nothing more than additional seasons (unlikely) or a movie (also probably unlikely.) I'm sick that CBS canceled this show prematurely, and also sick that CW or others didn't pick it up for Season 2. I am late to this show – just watched it in its entirety last week – and am gobsmacked how upset I am over its demise. I mean, I KNEW it was one season only when I started the thing, so why am I so upset? CBS FAIL.
yes…yes the chemistry between those two is awasome…Alex is the hottest of all vamps…even Eric of TB.
Yes, moonlight should come back!!! I loved that show sooooo very much and miss it just as much. Please let it come back!
Serial Moonlight is a great series, and should be restored to the issue. Best series deserves kontynuacje.Więc MONLIGHT COME BACK
i really want moonlight to come back on tv please bring back moonlight for a season two and a season three i love vampire tv shows please please i want to see moonlight on tv again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i'm a huge vampire fan i'm a huge alex o'loughlin fan too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i love moonlight
bring moonlight back it is my favorite show to see alex o'loughlin in
alex so incredilbe i want to see more episodes of moonlight
please bring it back please
i need to know what happened with mick and beth
i also want to see josef in the new episodes too
please bring moonlight back on tv again!!!!
I deffinitely think MOONLIGHT should come back, that vampire series is better than True Blood, and better than Vampire Diaries too me, although I am a fan of the other 2 shows and watch them, as I did MOONLIGHT, but my favorite is MOONLIGHT, as soon as it came out just the season one on dvd, i bought it, bc i cannot live without Mick St. John Its the best series, I love it, I love it. It is a between vampire diries, and Twilight, and csi, law and order type show, and I do believe that it can go on forever, I HOPE THEY BRING the show back, I know many who would watch it. :) Have an awesome day, and SERIOUSLY CONSIDER BRINGING BACK MOONLIGHT!! :)
Bring it back! You'll have three houses of viewers just in my neighborhood.
Pleeeease bring back Moonlight! It is one of the best vampire shows I've ever seen! And it ended with sooo much going on! And sooo many questions left unanswered! I think that if you brought Moonlight back and it was advertised a little better than the first time, it would take off and be up there with True Blood and The Vampire Dairies! I don't remember ever hearing anything about Moonlight when it first came out, and I've been watching shows on CBS for years. I think it needs better advertising, so people will be interested and check it out and eventually find that they love it! Who couldn't love this show?!? And Alex O'loughlin and Sophia Myles have amazing chemistry together! And all the other characters are perfect in their roles!! Seriously best show ever!!
this show i better then any vampire show/movies today.. I wish to watch more of it. it's really foolish to leave this show closed.
I say bring it back and if you guys really want it i say make a petition and tell all your friends to watch it see if they like it and show the petition then tell them to spread the word and i gause if we get enough CBS would have to bring it back but think about that Alex O'Loughlin (Mick St. John) is probably in a contract and is on the TV show Hawaii Five-0 (although still a CBS show) And what about all the other main Charecters but yes i would love for it to come back i think it might just be a strugle for CBS….
I say anyway BRING IT BACK =D