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New showrunner for Moonlight

by Brad Trechak, posted Feb 23rd 2008 10:02AM
MoonlightThe CBS freshman drama Moonlight has had its share of difficulties. Add to it one more as the showrunner and executive producer Chip Johannessen has decided to depart the series.

The show's writing team and executive producer Joel Silver will collectively run the show until a replacement for Mr. Johannessen has been found. Four additional episodes of the show have been ordered for this season.

Moonlight has shown some promise for CBS and was kept on the air during the writer's strike. The premise involves a vampire detective who falls for a mortal woman.

Despite behind-the-scenes drama, CBS president Les Moonves has stated the show will likely be picked up for a second season. I suppose that's a good thing, but I remember this show when it was called Angel. I'm not the first person to notice this. The creators obviously did when they hired Angel co-creator David Greenwalt to run the show and he subsequently left it.

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bethlova

It doesn't really matter whether ML shows resemblance to Angel or not, it is a fact that Moonlight has better story lines, better cast and my wife would say the lead has better sex appeal.

If you take all of TV's current Police/Detective shows I bet you can find similar aspects in them all.

Moonlight should stay that is all there is to it!

April 07 2008 at 9:27 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Cathy

Finally a good show. Me and my husband love it. Then was talking to my 73 yr. old mother and she said how she was missing her favorite show Moonlight. I was stunned.# 1 that she actually liked a show I did, but she said she even had a crush on Nick St. John, go figure. So, you can see it's a show for all ages. They better not cancel it before they give it a chance.

March 14 2008 at 6:19 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tina Eccles

MOONLIGHT is a great show!! I've never even watched another vampire story until this one. It is unique in storyline and has characters you cheer for and fall in love with (Mick/Beth). Please, CBS, renew this for a second season.

March 07 2008 at 8:49 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Bertha Nelson

CBS, Please listen to your viewers. It seems like some people at CBS dismiss Moonlight as being a poor second to Angel---WRONG!!!!!! I, AND MANY OTHERS THINK THAT MOONLIGHT IS THEIR FAVORITE SHOW!!! I recorded all the episodes and watch them often and I am looking forward to a First Season DVD. Moonlight is more mature, has a better plot, and Mick and Beth have more chemistry than any couple since Mulder and Scully. CBS would be making a huge mistake to cancel this show, and I would be very, very unhappy.

March 04 2008 at 11:28 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tammy

I love moonlight and now for a couple weeks it's not been on, and I miss it I always look forward to fridays
at 9:00 pm I hope they have another season to. I did watch angle when it was on but moonlight is so much better.

February 29 2008 at 11:41 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
tagrhm

Let see Angel had a hot guy yes, but he also had a pal or two that were demons, got real ooglie when he changed, had a friend teleported to a demon demension, in other words once upon a time there was a vampire named Angel. Moonlight however, has a guy dealing with being turned against his will, dealing with the loss of those he loved, and not being able to be with the one he wants to w/o endangering her. He's also only 85 yrs old he can relate to things we relate to. His cases are police cases, murder, etc. not a new demon in town just stole grannies enchanted necklace. Moonlight ROCKS.

February 28 2008 at 7:31 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ilyria

You know what, this whole "is Moonlight like Angel/Buffy or not" debate is tedious. No matter what side of the fence you're on, the truth of the matter is that Moonlight is on the air right now and Angel and BTVS aren't (their graphic novel formats continue on, though, and they're spectacular. Joss Whedon is King of All Things in my books.)

I digress. This shouldn't be a discussion of which show is/was superior. This should be about the possibility of returning a decent, interesting show for a second season.

There's only so much Survivor a girl can take before she wants to toss the TV out the window. Scripted shows are better than the reality garbage we're faced with now. And so, whether you think Mick is a pale copy of Angel, or that Angel could kick Mick's sorry ass into another dimension, you must at least acknowledge that both shows make you talk about them.

Keep Moonlight around for a second season. And a sixth season. When both shows have run for six seasons, there will be lots of examples to point out about Mick vs. Angel -- and then I'll be happy to wade in to that discussion.

Cheers,
A fan of vampire television

February 26 2008 at 10:42 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
MIchelle

How is this like Angel? Angel claimed he was a PI, he never actually was one. Good grief! Have you even watched the show? Sorry, not trying to negative, I'm just a little tired of the comparisons.

February 25 2008 at 2:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Liz

I don't care what show you compare Moonlight to, I've never watched any of them until Moonlight. All I know is I love this show and am hoping for a second season. It would be a shame to loose an actor like Alex O'Loughlin. I know he will be in movies, but to see him every week, well that is a treat!

February 25 2008 at 1:05 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Will

Yeah, so it has some things in common with Angel and other vampire-themed shows. How odd that tv producers would try something thats worked before; oh wait, there's 3 CSI's, numerous Law & Orders', medical shows coming out of the wahzoo (to get technical about it :), etc. That's what tv does best, copy themes that work. Moonlight is a great, enjoyable show for all the reasons all the other posters have listed. I'm glad it has been given another season. I do think they shouldn't have killed off Beth's boyfriend, they could have played out the love triangle for a while longer. But, whatever, I still like it.

February 24 2008 at 6:09 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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