I continue to frequently receive email asking about the chances of Moonlight's renewal/pickup by other networks. While it has was unfortunate - but not surprising - that the show was initially canceled, the chances of another network picking it up were always remote due to the financial issues involved.

The Hollywood Reporter has posted a new article today, which includes the following;

"Sorry, fans. Sources close to the show said Monday that all those last-ditch efforts to bring "Moonlight" back from its final resting place have now concluded. The sets have been dismantled. The stage is being taken over by CBS' upcoming drama "The Mentalist." The billowy shirts are packed up. It's done."

Seat42 is, also, reporting on this and has added that "The cast has been let go to pursue other projects."

Fans should not continue clinging to false hopes or allow themselves to be strung along by unsubstantiated rumors spread by others in fandom. I love the show as much as everyone else but the fat lady has sung. It's time to enjoy the episodes already produced and come to terms with the reality of the situation. Never say never, because miracles do happen, but I'd rather accept this as closure and be pleasantly surprised later than cling to false hopes and be severely disappointed.

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Tags: Renewal, Articles, Moonlight

Alex O'Loughlin took a moment from filming episode 14 of Moonlight to call E!Online's Kristin for a short interview. He talks about the future of Moonlight and his involvement with the Bood Drive campaign.

Tags: Articles, Interviews, Alex O'Loughlin, Moonlight

TV Guide's Matt Roush answers a Moonlight Fan's question in his Friday edition of Ask Matt:

"Question: As you can probably imagine, there's plenty of wailing and gnashing of teeth out here in Moonlight-land with CBS' list of 2008-'09 renewals published and no mention of Moonlight. The pickup of the four episodes for April gave us all cause for hope. Now we don't know what to think. What are your thoughts?— Lyn

Matt Roush: If Moonlight were really dead, CBS wouldn't have gone to the expense of putting the show back into production for just four more episodes. I'd take that as a sign to be cautiously optimistic that if the spring episodes show the same creative growth and fan momentum that Moonlight was exhibiting when the strike kicked in, then CBS will have little choice but to renew it. But I doubt we'll know for sure until the actual Upfronts in May."

Also, Kristin over at E! Online muses on the danger known as the "Death Slot" and includes Moonlight among the show that may be 'on the bubble' as far as renewal.


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(Thanks again to Kim Steen for the heads up!)

Tags: Renewal, Articles, Moonlight

The Hollywood Reporter has indicated that Moonlight will finish it's 4 episode run without a show-runner:

"Executive producer Joel Silver and the writing team of CBS' "Moonlight" collectively will shepherd the four additional episodes of the freshman drama as showrunner/executive producer Chip Johannessen has exited.

The vampire drama is not expected to name a new showrunner for the four-episode order but will do so if the series is picked up for a second season."



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Tags: CBS, Articles, Crew, Moonlight

TV Guide's Michael Ausiello is reporting on his blog that Chip Johanessen, Moonlight's show-runner, has been fired. The entry reads:

"More backstage drama at Moonlight — and the timing couldn't be worse. I'm told that Chip Johannessen has been let go as show-runner just as the freshman drama is fighting for a second season. The search is on for a replacement.

This is the second major regime change for the cult fave; over the summer Johannessen replaced David Greenwalt, who vacated his post for health reasons.

The behind-the-scenes upheaval may explain why Moonlight was conspicuously absent from CBS' litany of renewals last week. It's unclear what impact this will have on the four post-strike episodes that the network just commissioned, which are slated to begin airing on April 11. But rest assured, when I know you'll know."

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(Thanks to Kim Steen for the heads up!)

Tags: CBS, Articles, Crew, Moonlight

The March 2008 issue of Starlog, an American Sci-Fi magazine, features an interview with Alex O'Loughlin. The article, titled "The Inner Monster:, is approximately 4 pages, including pics. The issue number is 363. Alex talks about Moonlight, his favorite character on the show, his great chemistry with Sophia Myles, and his career so far. He, also, has this to say about vampires:

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“I’ve always loved the idea of vampires and immortality,” the Australian O’Loughlin says during a rare break on the set. “I love The Lost Boys and Bram Stoker’s Dracula and the work of Anne Rice. I don’t know if I would want to be immortal, but the thought of the infinite excites me. It also haunts me, in a way. My father, who teaches physics and astronomy, has given me ideas about the expanse of the universe that have haunted me for years and made me get in touch with my own mortality.”
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To read the rest of the interview, pick up a copy of the magazine at your local newstand.

Tags: Alex O'Loughlin, Articles, Interviews, Moonlight

TV Addict has posted an interesting interview with Sophia Myles giving her thoughts on the season finale of Moonlight, her chemistry with Alex O'Loughlin and more... Read it here.

Tags: Articles, Interviews, Sophia Myles, Moonlight

Austrlia's "Woman's Day" magazine published an interview with Alex O'Loughlin in their Dec 24th, 2007 issue. You can read part of it online here.

Tags: Articles, Interviews, Alex O'Loughlin, Australia, Moonlight

Two new scans have been added to the Misc Images section of the Gallery.

The first comes from TV Guide (Dec 24th, 2007-Jan 6th, 2008) and is a color promo for episode 11 airing on January 4th, 2008.

The second is a small reader Q&A from the "Who's News" section of USA Weekend (Dec 14th, 2007).



(Source: Thanks, once again, to Brian in PA)

Tags: Site Update, S01E11, Articles, Alex O'Loughlin, Moonlight

Cindy White of Sci Fi Wire reports "Shannyn Sossamon, who plays a 300-year-old vampire in CBS' Moonlight, told SCI FI Wire that she would like the show to feature fewer procedural elements and more backstory on the characters when--that is, if--it returns to the air when the writers' strike ends. "

Tags: Articles, Interviews, Shannyn Sossamon, Moonlight

Australia's Sydney Morning Herald has posted an article/interview with Alex O'Loughlin online. You can read it here.

Tags: Articles, Interviews, Alex O'Loughlin, Australia, Moonlight

The fine folks at Wikia.com have approved the request for a Moonlight specific Wiki. It's virtually empty now, of course, but people have already started adding stub pages.

So now it's time to contribute you're knowledge. As with all wiki sites, it's up to the community as a whole to make this a great resource of series knowledge.

http://moonlight.wikia.com

Tags: Articles, Moonlight

Canada's Edmonton Journal features a new article, by Eric Kohanik, covering Alex O'Loughlin and his role on "Moonlight".

Tags: Articles, Interviews, Alex O'Loughlin, Moonlight

The December 10th article written by kate Hahn and featured in TV Guide is now available online.

Tags: Articles, Interviews, Alex O'Loughlin, Moonlight

Amrie Cunningham of theTVaddict.com recently took part in a conference call to talk with Jason Dohring about the character of Josef, Moonlight and more.

Tags: Articles, Interviews, Jason Dohring, Moonlight

Monsterandcritics.com has posted a short interview with Alex O'Loughlin, given to Lisa Gerry (of moonlightline.com) at a recent Toys For Tots charity event.

Tags: Articles, Interviews, Alex O'Loughlin, Moonlight

The Daily Telegraph in Australia has posted a brief article to coincide with the 'down under' premiere of "Moonlight".

"THREE years ago, Aussie actor Alex O'Loughlin was forced to hock his stereo in order to survive the mean streets of LA."

Read more off-site...
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22900222-5006002,00.html

Tags: Articles, Alex O'Loughlin, Australia, Moonlight

AS an Aussie in Hollywood, Alex O'Loughlin, the star of Moonlight, says he's prepared to risk almost everything to find success. You can read the complete interview with Australia's Herald Sun online.

Tags: Articles, Interviews, Alex O'Loughlin, Australia, Moonlight

IF magazine has been doing interviews with the cast of "Moonlight". Part two of their interview with Shannyn Sossamon is now online.

Tags: Articles, Interviews, Shannyn Sossamon, Moonlight

For those of you who love the Gallery photos of Mick's Home - Monsters And Critics has posted a short interview with Chris Marsteller, the "Moonlight" set decorator.

Tags: Articles, Interviews, Set Design, Moonlight

Word coming out of the 35th annual UBS Global Media & Communications Conference in New York today is that Les Moonves, CBS president & CEO, has stated that "Moonlight" is likely to return for a second season next fall. This is being reported by more than one outlet.

Read more off-site:
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003680889
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i3429e07b4feb0c53c2d2d16aaed2d0e5

Tags: Articles, CBS, Renewal, Moonlight

"Moonlight" and Alex O'Loughlin are featured in TV Guide for the second week in a row. Scans of the article are available in the Misc Images Gallery.

(Source: Brian in PA)

Tags: Site Update, Articles, Interviews, Alex O'Loughlin, Moonlight

IF magazine has been doing interviews with the cast of "Moonlight". The latest is with Shannyn Sossamon and you can read part one right here.

You can,also, read previous interviews with Alex O'Loughlin, Sophia Myles, and Jason Dohring.

Tags: Articles, Interviews, Shannyn Sossamon, Alex O'Loughlin, Sophia Myles, Jason Dohring, Moonlight

A small behind the scenes feature concerning the special FX makeup used to create the vampire look as used on Moonlight appears in the Dec 3rd, 2007 issue of TV Guide.

A scan of this article is now in the Gallery.

(Source: Brian in PA)

Tags: Site Update, Articles, Interviews, Mick St. John, Alex O'Loughlin, Special FX, Moonlight