Sorry Moonlight fans. I know many of you will be devastated. But Variety and others are reporting that it’s official, Moonlight has been cancelled. My take, as I’ve said earlier is that this show was “right on” the bubble, and I wouldn’t have thought CBS crazy for picking it back up, but nor would I have thought them insane to cancel it either. While it performed well in its return the last few weeks, and remarkably held most of its viewers after a long hiatus in original episodes, it wasn’t a great performer in the 18-49 demographic (not that anything on broadcast is on Friday nights) and it always had fewer viewers than its lead-in Ghost Whisperer and it’s lead-out, Numb3rs.
Realistically, I can’t fault CBS for at least trying to find a show that will do as well as GW and Numb3rs for the 9pm slot. I do feel bad for the fans, but I also can understand why CBS would want to try something else.
Still, I do understand for the very fervent fan base, this is a really bad day for you. Hang in there!
Update 7:00PM PDT: Deadline Hollywood is reporting there is a slight chance of a maybe, possibly could be, but just a chance that MRC who will now program Sunday night’s for the CW will take Moonlight for Sunday night. Update, 9PM PDT: Slight, indeed, TVWeek has the preliminary CW/MRC Sunday Night and it doesn’t include Moonlight.
Ouch! I think some people are gonna raise a little hell!
Leeser please e-mail the info on MoonlightCon…
Katarzyna, in addition to what Robert has said, this show is through WB. The studio makes most of the money off DVD sales and syndication overseas. CBS has very little to gain from that, even if it sold more DVDs than any other CBS program. (Though if that were the case, WB would definitely find a new home for it.)
bad week for the immortals with New Amsterdam also biting the big one
damn it cbs, i was a really big fan of this show
I officially give up on television. Has anybody read any good books lately.
Bah! another show i like down the tubes , typical…..this is becoming a common occurance these days , it makes me wonder why i bother watching TV anymore
This is a wb studio show right? Am i the only one crazy enough to think this show would be a good fit on the new thewb.com ?
sad news. I was rootin for you moonlight fans.
What a sad day for all Moonlight fans. You would think a show with 8 million viewers would get a second season to prove its self. Typical CBS!
Danielle, I actually wanted it to end because of Jason Dohring. Now he can get on a show that I actually can watch!
Maybe we could take a hint from Jericho and send CBS 20,000 pints of blood…lol
I love this show!! Any chance of them carrying it again….I sure hope so….
why why put it back on
i dont appreciate,the fact i am over 49,,,,,and your rule out all the people
who stay home and watch tv,,,,,especially on the weekends,,,,there are hundreds of reasons for this age group to be out of the house,,,sports,dating,,,,dinner,,,,
commuting,,,,,where most older than this are mostly home,,,,,so i think all your watchers numbers are wrong,,,,,,
It was an interesting show with an engaging cast. This is a bad decision. Perhaps it will move to another network or online.
too bad; you keep it up and dropping the good ones you keep losing out;
CBS cancelled 3 out of the 4 shows I watch on their network:
Moonlight
Shark
Cane
I am done with them as a viewer.
Myself being one of those. CBS is banned for myself and many of the people in my community until CBS reconsiders their decision on Moonlight. They are going to go through hell now that they canceled Moonlight.
Its one thing to cancel a show for poor ratings but Moonlight was winning its timeslot each & every week based on the information I read, just another case of a network not caring about the fans and only worrying about money.
CBS canceled Moonlight and lost me as a viewer.
u can not take moonlight away that is CRAZY!!!!!!!
Well CBS truly made a mistake, they should have sent it over to the CW or another affiliate. It is a great show and last nights series finale was absolutely awesome. Wow, Wow, and triple WOW!!!
Stupid CBS and their quest for money. Moonlight needs to pull a Firefly!
It is SO on!
Dear ML,
I loved Firefly too! You are so right “Moonlight needs to pull a Firefly!” I hope they do.
I LOVE MOONLIGHT!
Please give it another chance! I am so sad
If Dr. McCoy from Star Trek were still alive he would say…. “Moonlight? Its dead, Jim…”
This sucks just when the start to get decent shows on TV they take it off. I am surprised TV still exists.
PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL MOONLIGHT. IT IS THE BRIGHT SPOT OF MY WEEKEND. PLEASE KEEP IT
CBS (C-an't B-e S-erious) has proven is does not care about it's viewers. Cancelling Moonlight with over 8 million viewers each week seems like a “bonehead” move. The replacement The Ex-List is an insult to any intelligent woman. That along with the new show Swingtown…a show set in the 70s (like we want to go back there?) that promotes swinging/cheating on spouses and partaking of illegal drugs. (and I saw all of this in a clip less than a minute long!) I think CBS is making one bad decision after another and I feel sorry for their advertisers. I think they will lose money all the way around! I know they won't get any of mine.
CBS made an unwise decision. Never have I been disappointed. Moonlight was a great show, and it had talented actors:Alex O Loughlin, Jason Dohring are great actors! I'm 30 years old and absolutely am saddened by CBS's decision. This new show that is replacing Moonlight is so boring. I don't care about someone else's love life. I mean I get hear about it at work or my friends can talk about their failed love life. I don't need a show to tell me this. Ex List is EXED from my list. No more CBS for me!!
This is just more proof that the Power of the People can't compete with the Mighty Buck.
Poor Planning on CBS's part!! Lost me.
I enjoyed Moonlight more than Numb3rs and way more than Ghostwhisperer. Part of what I preferred about Moonlight was that there was a continuing aspect to the show that would keep you coming back, but each show was fun by itself. Ghostwhisperer doesn't leave anything for the viewer to figure out. Numb3rs is much the same. What's more, the romance is so much hotter in Moonlight.
I'm buying at least 3 copies of the dvd set. CBS was so stupid to cancel the show.
I can’t believe this great show has been cancelled! I am so SICK of reality TV. Frankly I’m pretty tired of most TV. It’s no longer entertaining. There are so few shows on that are worth watching. I was really enjoying a show that was a fantasy. Moonlight was very well done, what a MISTAKE CBS!!!