R.I.P. Moonlight; Reaper a Mid-Season Replacement
Wednesday May 14, 2008
Alex O'Loughlin gives CBS the fingers.
Photo by: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images
In other news, The CW announced its fall lineup, which includes Supernatural in its normal Thursday night slot. Reaper, though, has been relegated to a mid-season replacement. Its Tuesday time slot has been allocated to a new teen drama entitled Surviving the Filthy Rich, which, combined with the new Beverly Hlls, 90210 spin-off and their current hit Gossip Girl, makes it clear that the network is going for the vapid pre-teen demographic. Oh well, at least Reaper is still scheduled to come back at some point next season, and given the choice between it and Moonlight, I'd take Reaper.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Comments
I have never seen a reporter ever be fair to any up & coming star or show. And you fall into that catagory.
I am one of the millions of fans of Moonlight who will do all she can to help in the cause to bring it back to any networks lineup. To be perfecty honest with you, most of us feel, and I am leading in that opinion, that CBS did not give Moonlight a fair shot. I, also, have been around for since the late 1940s in watching TV shows come and go; this one shouldn’t have gone. As far as the Nielson ratings are concerned, they just are not accurate enough to give a fair account of who is watching what since they run basically on some sort of system that individuals must be hooked up to for their viewing preferances to be counted. There is not that many such instances of this set up here in America, and, I doubt seriously for such to be abroad in Europe and the like.
Moonlighters will continue to fight to bring this show back. I, in my opinion, feel that CBS is not worth fighting with to bring back onto that network, but to definitely be fighting with for them to release their hold on Moonlight so it can be picked up by another network. And, in all my years of watching TV, I have seen the decline of CBS quality, I feel this network is not worthy of being graced with this wonderfully intoxicating show which is full of a touch of everything to entice an audience: romance,mystery, fantasy, supernatual, great visual affects, and great up and coming actors who, one day, make CBS realize they were wrong about this show and its appeal.
You’re right, Pat, every reporter collaborates to be unfair to up-and-coming shows. You’ve found out our dirty little secret! But seriously, I’ve seen almost every episode of Moonlight, so I’d say that’s giving it a fair shot. It has a rabid (if not big enough for CBS’s tastes) fan base, to be sure, because it’s basically a soap opera — complete with the hammy acting, melodrama and cliches. Nighttime soaps like this tend to have a hardcore fanbase, but they struggle to find a wide audience. I think Moonlight would probably fit better on the CW (alongside Reaper, an up-and-coming show that I actually like!), which is increasinly going in the soap direction. Moonlight is no less cheesy than CBS’s Ghost Whisperer, but GW is less soap and more of the wholesome Touched By an Angel type, which has historically played well on CBS.