Moonlight: Fans Mount Campaigns to Save the CBS Vampire Detective Series
In February, CBS gave early renewals for eleven of the network’s popular series. One cult favorite missing from the list was the freshman romantic series Moonlight. The series had been performing decently on Friday nights but, because of the writers strike, there haven’t been any new episodes in months. The network is producing four new episodes for this season and will begin airing April 25th. Before giving the go-ahead for season two, CBS likely wants to see if anyone remembers the series.
Fans of the vampire series aren’t waiting to see if the cancellation axe falls before starting campaigns to save it. “Operation: Renew Moonlight” kicked off yesterday and the folks from three fan sites aren’t April Fooling around. They’ve united to encourage fans to fill out a campaign form and send it along with a clove of garlic to Nina Tassler, the president of CBS. Check out Moonlight-United.com for more information.
In another effort, fans wanting to draw attention to the series are teaming up with the Red Cross and YouChoose.net for a weeklong blood drive. The campaign plans have impressed series star Alex O’Loughlin enough to become a spokesman for the Red Cross.
The “Blood Drive to Save Moonlight Campaign” will be held from April 18th through April 27th (corresponding with the start of new episodes) in cities like Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Philadelphia. There are over 4,000 pledges to date and fans are being invited to donate their time, blood or cash to support the effort and the Red Cross. Blood drive participants will be given a special t-shirt as a thank-you. For more information, head on over to MoonlightBloodDrive.org.
CBS announces their 2008-09 schedule in May so we should know if the fans’ hard work has paid off by then. Stay tuned! 
40. melissa said,
Finally, something different. I love vampire shows, but they always get cancelled after the first season. When will the networks learn we are getting tired of reality shows, and want a dose of unreality in our lives!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
39. Rosewrayth said,
I heard about Moonlight on bebo… and also because its going to air on SAT1 on german satelite (in german unfortunately…but still i get to see it!)
I got curious about it and so watched it on the internet…(because im from ireland….)
Its brilliant and i hope there will be a season 2!
38. Texasbelle said,
Missing ML on Friday nights. Which leaves us to boycot CBS on Friday nights.
37. Sarah said,
bring back moonlight!!!!!
36. Stephanie said,
i can not believe they are cancelling it yet ghost whispers is still on, no offence, yet my mother and i BOTH love the show and watched it together EVERY friday night. lol i was always late for work on fridays to do this routine with her
35. cherry said,
i know i cant beleive they are even cosidering cancelling the best show ever, i even get even more people to watch then i already have. i got some of my friends to watch the damn show so they need to keep that show on!!!! and does anyone know how to get in contact with cbs? if any of yall do hit me up at cherrylove_69@hotmail.com.
34. Lana said,
i cant believe they want to even consider canceling this show its the best thing on friday nights and on tv i love mick st john and i want to see more with his and beths relationship they just now got them together.
33. Rafferty Rulz said,
Even though Moonlight was ?vanquished? by The Eye(CBS) of Mordor, fans will continue to fight for the return of their show and to do good works in its name.
Figures from the activities held at MoonlightCon 2008 held this past Memorial Day Weekend:
- The Saturday auction brought in $6,500 for the Los Angeles Food Bank.
- Fifty pints of blood were drawn from fans who attended MoonlightCon by the American Red Cross Blood Drive.
- 37 people, who also attended MoonlightCon, were added to the National Bone Marrow Transplant Program registry.
http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/05/moonlight-fans.html
“Moonlight” fans: Devoted, grateful and worthy of a little respect
Recently it was reported the TheCW network decided against picking up Moonlight; but Harry Werksman, one of the show’s co-executive producers and showrunner, told the fans who attended MoonlightCon, that the Sci-Fi Network is indeed interested. When the fans learned of Sci-Fi’s interest, they decided to begin a “grassroots” campaign to make Moonlight a more attractive property to Sci-Fi by contacting DirecTV to encourage them to sponsor Moonlight as they did with NBC’s Friday Night Lights.
More information can be found below:
http://www.mllforums.com/
http://moonlight-united.com/
32. Ronad Matthews said,
Finally some “fresh blood” to a dreary Friday night…….I remember when Friday night was THE night to watch TV to start off the weekend……Moonlight gave me that renewed sense of something “to do” that I had not felt in a long time……I sure hope this great show is saved to moves maybe to a more deserving network….
31. Lesley Currie said,
They must save MOONLIGHT! This was the best new show of the year… like many others, I looked forward to television on Friday nights just because Moonlight was on. It’s romantic / tragic love story of Beth and Mick mixed with other great characters and character charisma made it great entertainment! CBS had a winning trio going with Ghost Whisperer, Moonlight, and Numbers….the three shows together grabbed the viewing numbers to make CBS the highest watched network on Fridays. Personally I watched Ghost Whisperer and Numbers because they came before and after Moonlight… Moonlight was the highlight of the evening… Now… with no Moonlight - the other two shows WON’T draw me back - I have no interest in what will replace my favorite show. I won’t even tune in to try a new show…. Friday tv for me will be dead.
30. suzanne said,
only show worth watching… best looking guy on tv even big screen, I don’t think they want to attract women’s audience by cancelling that show , I just don’t understand !
But they bring bagk the new adventures of old christine!!!!!!!
29. Corinne said,
Moonlight is absolutely the best series I have watched! You just fall in love with the story line, and many people including myself hate to see CBS cancel MOONLIGHT! When I come home on Fridays from a long week I always look forward to watching Moonlight! Now that its gone my family, friends and I have nothing to look forward coming home to!
Canceling Moonlight is a huge mistake, and I really hope CBS fixes this mistake! CBS is going down the drain and Moonlight was keeping it up, too bad!
28. amy-jayne said,
you cant cancell moonlight it is one of my best shows i like stuff like this i have all of buffy,charmed and angel i want to know what happens with the list i would really like it if you give moonlight more time to get more viewers.
27. donna said,
you cant cancel moonlight given a chance and more effort to promote the show and this would be another cult show witha wide variety of ages i watched every episode with my teenage daughters and we really enjoyed it. networks would be crazy not to give this show a chance
26. Mary said,
There are only a few good shows on T.V. and Moonlight was one of those. It is a shame to cancel good shows and leave stupid sitcoms! I don’t like the same stupid cop shows that you keep renewing and the stupid reality shows. Moonlight and The Unit are among my favorites!
25. Nieuws said,
I hope someone picks it up I want to find out what happens now that the list of vamps are out. Plus, It is one of the best shows ever
24. Irish said,
I cannot believe this is happening,they did the same thing to (Surface),who bloody cares about these stupid Reality shows…I know I don’t,got enough that in me own life.
I love watching the show especially right after Ghost Whisperer,C.B.S. has a bad habit of scrapping good shows without really giving it a chnace,now wot will I do on Friday Nights?????
23. Noelle said,
Like LORI, I am fifty and the brightest spot on my weekly calendar was Moonlight.
I think the series had its flaws, it wasn’t perfect, but like my other favourite programme The X-Files, I think given a bit more time, it would have become very successful. The potential was enormous and I can’t understand why CBS won’t invest more time and money. Quite frankly, the only decent thing left to watch is Mad Men.
22. Mimi said,
The REALITY of the REALITY SHOWS is that they are some of the least expensive shows to produce. After all, the players are free of charge and will do just about anything on national TV. Sadly, MOONLIGHT was why I tuned in on Friday evenings. I had stopped watching GHOST WHISPERER, a year or two back but with the advent of MOONLIGHT I would tune into GHOST and then segway into MOONLIGHT. Guess I’ll find something else to watch on Friday as I am not interested at all in what they propose as its replacement. CBS, Les Moonves, Tina, et all…you sure pooped a pile this time! This is coming from a 60 year old, college educated professional, if you happen to find this note and want to know the demographics.
21. LORI said,
Friday nights will not be the same without Moonlight. Their hasn’t been a good Friday night in years. Ghost Whisperer and Moonlight are perfect together. My husband and I are both in our fifties and this is our favorite night of tv. If you put on one more “reality” show, we will quit watching TV. The reality is ,TV programming doesn’t leave anything to the imagination. Moonlight keeps us guessing, gives us something to look forward to on TV, and is very entertaining. I am so sad that the executives that make these decisions keep going for BIG reality bucks and don’t care about entertainment anymore. I would rather pay for a movie than watch another reality show. Let’’s face it, you can’t afford to lose anymore viewers. Please consider leaving Moonlight on Friday nights.