Canceled “Moonlight” Moving to CW on Sundays?

May 14th, 2008 by Wendy

Tagged as: CBS, Cancellations, Moonlight, The CW, The CW Network

Deadline Hollywood Daily is reporting that there may be life for the canceled CBS series “Moonlight.” Could “Moonlight” find a place on the schedule for Media Rights Capital’s two hours of programming on the CW?

“Moonlight” bosses sent this statement to E! yesterday:

It’s true. We found out about an hour ago that Moonlight has been officially canceled.

We are truly saddened by the news and are sorry that we won’t get the chance to live with our wonderful characters and follow them on their adventures for a second season.

We really want to thank all our loyal fans for their undying love and support of the show. We never would have made it this far without them.

In vampire solidarity…rah, rah!

Gabrielle Stanton & Harry Werksman

This is all very suprising, given the fairly substantial (and very loyal) fan base for “Moonlight.” Fans of the vampire drama have been flooding forums and leaving comments on blogs to voice their displeasure with CBS to axe the series.

Deadline Hollywood Daily’s source said that “there is a chance, only a chance” that Media Rights Capital “may elect to take Moonlight as one of those two hours” of programming on the CW on Sundays.

TV Week, however, seems to have the scoop on those two hours of Media Rights Capital programming on Sundays – and it doesn’t include “Moonlight.”

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18 Responses to “Canceled “Moonlight” Moving to CW on Sundays?”

On May 15th 2008, elia wrote:

Moonlight fans are meeting outside the WB and CW offices today at noon. We’ll be outside the main gate at 4000 Warner Blvd., near Pass street, across from the big parking garage. We’ll be wearing Moonlight-related shirts and welcome anyone who wants to come participate
On June 25th 2008, Doesn't matter wrote:

FUCK CBS!!! ENOUGH SAID!!! STOP CANCELING THE BEST SHOWS AND KEEPING THE SHIT.
On July 5th 2008, Joao wrote:

I’m from Portugal, and i started to see moonlight on our “Fox” and i really beg of you, even if CBS has cancelled the show, find another network that wants the series to go on. Moonlight is a great serie with whichi i think that could be a great history complex due to the fact that it remonts to the time of Luis XVI, king of France. So please give us more of Moonlight !!!
The best is yet to come, great series, great actors. Great show, give us more moonlight !!!
On July 18th 2008, Amanda Fallone wrote:

MOONLIGHT IS A VERY GOOD SHOW THE CW SHOULD RENEW THE VAMPIRE DRAMA FOR A 2ND SEASON. CW HAS CABLE RULES AND SHOW
RULES. CW PLEASE PICK UP MOONLIGHT IT IS AN AWESOME DRAMA.
On July 18th 2008, Amanda Fallone wrote:

WHY DOES CBS KEEP GARBAGE SHOWS AND WHY CANCEL SHOW LIKE
MOONLIIGHT. CBS IS A FADED TV NETWORK. CBS IS A SAD NETWORK.
QUIT CANCELLING THE BEST DRAMAS AND KEEP THE GRABAGE ONES.
On July 18th 2008, Amanda Fallone wrote:

WHY DOES CBS KEEP GARBAGE SHOWS AND CANCEL GREAT A SHOW
LIKE MOONLIGHT. CBS IS A FADED BLACK TV NETWORK. CBS IS A SAD NTWORK. QUIT CANCELLING THE BEST DRAMAS AND KEEP THE GARBAGE ONES.
On July 22nd 2008, Jillianne wrote:

It’s a shame that I won’t be seeing Moonlight anymore. I already lost my favorite show (Blood Ties) and then I started whatching Moonlight and fell in love with all the characters and now they cancel that too? I am a writter and an actress, so every time I whatched Moonlight I came up with great ideas for new episodes. It’s a real pity, that’s all I have to say
On August 25th 2008, don't wanna say wrote:

I am from Germany. Moonlight only started a few weeks ago in Germany as an essential part of Pro7’s (a German channel) mystery mondays. I love mystery stories so I was really excited about this new series, watched it from the very beginning, fell in love with the great characters and their adventures and never missed a single episode. I want to know what’s gonna happen between Mick and Beth and the role Coraline is going to play, I am curious about what’s to come in general, I think the “vampire-apocalypse-idea” was awesome and anyways…
PLEEEAAASEEEE DO NOT CANCEL MOONLIGHT!!! PLEASE PICK IT UP AGAIN, PLEASE GIVE THE VAMPIRES A SECOND CHANCE!!
How could you, CBS?? How could you cancel Moonlight and how could you dare to argue that it’s Alex O’Loughlin’s fault because the fans were interested in him more than in the series!? Yes, he plays an essential role, he’s the heart of Moonlight! And yes, he’s good-looking, and so are Sophia Myles, Shannyn Sossamon, Jason Dohring and pretty much all other actors in Moonlight. But we – the fans – love moonlight because it is (…was…, what a shame…) a smart mystery fiction with an engrossing love story. Simply awesome…

PLEASE BRING IT BACK!!!!!
On August 26th 2008, Faerietales wrote:

Aside from Ghost Whisperer most of CBS’s shows are crap. Who are the geniuses who decided to cancel their only other good show . It’s about time those “geniuses” started to listen to the viewers and BRING BACK “MOONLIGHT” you IDIOTS!!
On October 12th 2008, rebecca l abrams wrote:

After the HELL we were put through last year with the writer’s strike, WHY can’t we have the shows back that we LOVE? Namely MOONLIGHT and SHARK!!!!!!!!! To much reality and not enough good writing. If it’s not a CSI, CBS doesn’t have time for it and that sucks!
On October 14th 2008, Billy wrote:

Typical suits keep the crap another yuppie show another run on reality show I HATE network tv for once I wish they would actually get screwed for doing something dumb like this. Like have a major sponsor or someone with deep pockets pull an account fuck them good for ignoring the fans.
On October 17th 2008, WaiohauKatz wrote:

On October 18th 2008, WaiohauKatz

I am from New Zealand, The Moonlight Drama has just started showing a few weeks ago, Moonlight shows are on Thursday 10:30pm I have watched all the episodes up to now, we are on episode 8 12:04am, from then to now my whole (whanau)Family watch this wonderful drama, I think the men love the women and wish they to were like Mick St John and visa versa the women love Beth and wish Mick was there partner in crime as well, I like to think that New Zealanders are the hardest critics of all, I myself love this wonderful drama and I can’t see how you can cancel a drama and blame this on one person because everyone watches Mick or Alex, is this not about a Vampire who is trying to find a cure to become mortal and to find love as well.

I.m just guessing here that the one’s who are canceling this drama are males and probably not enough women that don’t have enough money to keep this programme going, this is a big mistake canceling this drama.

It’s probably the only drama that women all over the globe look forward to watching being a suspence and love story all in one. first time a drama like this is made for the women who are at home looking after family, a drama you can watch with your partner on the couch my daughter loves it because of Beth & Mick and the love between them.

So why would you cancel something that your wife loves and your children who love’s vampire programmes this is the most coolest drama I have seen, you can watch this drama with your whole family cause it caters to women and men as well as your teenagers.

As a New Zealander Maori I reckon mate you should give this Vampire Drama a really long hard think about not canceling this wonderful drama. for all the women, men i know that are out there that love this drama, as well as our teens who dream about Mick St John please bring back MOONLIGHT for another season if you still feel the same way give us viewers a better ending.

A big (Kia Ora!) to Alex & Sophie and the rest of the cast, feel like having a Holiday come to Waiohau in New Zealand spend a few day on our Marae Tama-Ki-Hikurangi try our Maori traditions Hangi and our (Ngahere) bush no snakes no poison anything here in Te Urewera Tuhoe.
We are very humble and simple living people here, come have a look.

we are not selling any thing, this is who we are just if you are traveling to New Zealand for a holiday, come to Waiohau in the North Island look us up everyone in New Zealand know’s where Tuhoe is, get stressed out come to Waiohau,

(Ka Kite) Goodbye

Kat
On October 18th 2008, destiny wrote:

how can they take moonlight off the air its one of the best shows on CBS! almost every other show is so stupid and the show that took moonlights place i believe is one of the worst they have!!! how can they replace moonlight with something like that!!!!! its terrible! all there shows suck! well other than ghost whisperers! i think the cw should take moonlight they have most of the good shows supernatural one of the best, and they didn’t take it off ! even though they where planning on it. the cw is a better station. CBS sucks! they take the good shows off and keep the crap. lose he crap and bring moonlight back!!!!!
On November 28th 2008, Jennifer Shively wrote:

plain and simple cbs you are a joke of a station and should be taken out and
shot like a rapid dog.so take that to the bank where .shit heads
On December 1st 2008, Isabella wrote:

Wow…once again, CBS has messed up their chances at being great. If they would get their heads on straight, they would see that Teenagers are SWOONING over the Twilight series. Moonlight was the one thing that teens, or any Twilight Series fan for that matter, could turn to while waiting for the “Twilight Movie” or even the 4th and final book to the series, “Breaking Dawn”. Its what really kept us “alive” as fans awaiting the amazingness of Stephenie Meyer.

Moonlight was our Jacob Black…we cannot live without it…even if we try so hard.

BRING IT BACK!
On December 2nd 2008, Elizabeth wrote:

I absolutly LOVE Moonlight!!! It was and still is my favorite show besides NCIS. I’m so incredibly pissed that they canceled it! No friday was ever complete unless i got to watch Ghost Wisperer and Moonlight….now i can only watch Ghost Wisperer and its just not right! Why would they cancel a show that has thousands of devoted fans! CBS really needs to open their eyes and see that they canceled the wrong show! Way to many people love it to be canceling it and even worse to be putting another shity show in place of it! Im so fucking pissed that i cant watch Moonlight anymore so please GIVE US MOONLIGHT BACK!!!!!! >:| I cant stand not being able to see what new problem Mick and Beth will face and how Coraline will come into play. I want another season more than anything and no one can substitute any show for Moonlight….its so amazing and truly addicting. I want my friday back…please…listen to the truly devoted fans and bring back the show we love the most…MOONLIGHT!!!!
On January 20th 2009, Linda wrote:

I have to agree: CBS you SUCK!!! Last season you had two of the best “new” shows on TV with Moonlight and Dexter. Where are they now? I suppose you’ll be killing off The Mentalist after this season too! What are you people thinking?
On April 27th 2009, Nicole wrote:

Moonlight is the best vampire season that I have ever saw. this is the only show that I watched and looked forward to every friday to watch a new episode.
We need to fight for this to bring the same characters and the same show back to life even if it is some other network doing it. CBS Sucks!!!!
We need a new direction to follow and I think that CW Network should take this oppurtunity to take this show and make the fans proud to bring Moonlight back to life.