Another television blogger calls Nina Tassler (CBS Entertainment President) out on her recent comments that fans didn't actually love Moonlight as a show. We are not the only ones who think her statements are "a cheap thing to say." Thanks, Fred!
CBS President Nina Tassler: Fans Didn’t Care About Moonlight Anyway…
by Fred
Okay so first things first : I don’t really know much about Moonlight. From what I understand it was a new series of CBS last season, it got canceled already, and many fans are pissed. Was it actually good ? No idea. What is it about ? Except for that it might be about “a vampire P.I.” I don’t know, because I never watched. These things just happen you know, many new series on the air, choices must be made, and sometimes you just don’t even try one of those new shows…
Anyways, I was just reading about CBS President Nina Tassler comments on why they canceled Moonlight and why it’s alright, where she said that pretty much fans weren’t fans of the show, but the actors starring in it. As she explains it, unlike with Jericho where people love(d) the show, here it was just about people. “I spent a lot of time looking the blogs and the website. Look, I don’t want to say Moonlight fans weren’t fans of the show. They were. But in sort of sifting through all of it (the e-mails, etc.) it was very much about ‘our vampire, Alex (O’Loughlin).’” I read that, and I just had to ask : are there really any such fans out there, who didn’t care about the show, only the actor(s) ??
I’m asking because that just feels like a cheap thing to say, trying to justify the cancellation. Listen, back in the days there was a show called Ally McBeal, and had it been canceled I’m sure people would have yelled to get “Ally” back, because they wanted their favorite lawyer with the shortest mini-skirts ever on TV. But that didn’t mean they didn’t care about the show, or the other characters, not at all.
Should Fox decide to cancel House right now, I can see millions of angry fans asking for the return of America’s favorite doctor, the great Hugh Laurie. Now don’t mistake that statement as to mean they’d just want Hugh Laurie back on the air, they’d want him as House, they’d want him with all his team members (well, maybe not all of them, but…), they’d want him with Wilson and Cuddy.
We call him House, we call him Hugh, same difference when it comes to what we’re talking about here : it’s the guy, the character he portrays, and the show it all happens in. Just because fans would praise for their favorite vampire slayer, Sarah Michelle Gellar, didn’t mean they weren’t really talking about Buffy, the show, not just the character.
Somehow I feel this was the same here, Hell even Tassler said they asked for “their vampire” back. Now unless you go on and tell me that Alex O’Loughlin is actually a vampire, for real, which I would find very cool though demand undeniable proofs before accepting that idea, I think those fans meant him as Mick St. John, the vampire from Moonlight, and by extension they meant the show.
So, am I wrong, are there really any such fans out there, who didn’t care about the show, or the characters, only the actor(s) ??
http://tvoholic.com/news/cbs-president-nina-tassler-fans-didnt-care-about-moonlight-anyway/
Thank you to Bluedahlia3 for making sure I knew about this article :)
CBS President Nina Tassler: Fans Didn’t Care About Moonlight Anyway…
by Fred
Okay so first things first : I don’t really know much about Moonlight. From what I understand it was a new series of CBS last season, it got canceled already, and many fans are pissed. Was it actually good ? No idea. What is it about ? Except for that it might be about “a vampire P.I.” I don’t know, because I never watched. These things just happen you know, many new series on the air, choices must be made, and sometimes you just don’t even try one of those new shows…
Anyways, I was just reading about CBS President Nina Tassler comments on why they canceled Moonlight and why it’s alright, where she said that pretty much fans weren’t fans of the show, but the actors starring in it. As she explains it, unlike with Jericho where people love(d) the show, here it was just about people. “I spent a lot of time looking the blogs and the website. Look, I don’t want to say Moonlight fans weren’t fans of the show. They were. But in sort of sifting through all of it (the e-mails, etc.) it was very much about ‘our vampire, Alex (O’Loughlin).’” I read that, and I just had to ask : are there really any such fans out there, who didn’t care about the show, only the actor(s) ??
I’m asking because that just feels like a cheap thing to say, trying to justify the cancellation. Listen, back in the days there was a show called Ally McBeal, and had it been canceled I’m sure people would have yelled to get “Ally” back, because they wanted their favorite lawyer with the shortest mini-skirts ever on TV. But that didn’t mean they didn’t care about the show, or the other characters, not at all.
Should Fox decide to cancel House right now, I can see millions of angry fans asking for the return of America’s favorite doctor, the great Hugh Laurie. Now don’t mistake that statement as to mean they’d just want Hugh Laurie back on the air, they’d want him as House, they’d want him with all his team members (well, maybe not all of them, but…), they’d want him with Wilson and Cuddy.
We call him House, we call him Hugh, same difference when it comes to what we’re talking about here : it’s the guy, the character he portrays, and the show it all happens in. Just because fans would praise for their favorite vampire slayer, Sarah Michelle Gellar, didn’t mean they weren’t really talking about Buffy, the show, not just the character.
Somehow I feel this was the same here, Hell even Tassler said they asked for “their vampire” back. Now unless you go on and tell me that Alex O’Loughlin is actually a vampire, for real, which I would find very cool though demand undeniable proofs before accepting that idea, I think those fans meant him as Mick St. John, the vampire from Moonlight, and by extension they meant the show.
So, am I wrong, are there really any such fans out there, who didn’t care about the show, or the characters, only the actor(s) ??
http://tvoholic.com/news/cbs-president-nina-tassler-fans-didnt-care-about-moonlight-anyway/
Thank you to Bluedahlia3 for making sure I knew about this article :)
6 comments:
Thanks Mr. Fred for a great observation. And in my opinion, this is the only cop out Ms. Tasser could come up with after the HUGE mistake of canceling our Moonlight. I, as well as Nina, know that in the long run is going to come haunt and bite her in the a$$ and she should be ‘smacked’ in the face with the “sacred a$$ paddle”….she deserves it and hope it hurts as we’ve been hurting without our MOONLIGHT!... KARMA.
Once again Kandye, you are in the know with news about our beloved Moonlight. Thank you for posting this article. The fans know the truth. And, really, so does Ms. Nina. She can say she is living in denial, but we know she must really be living under a rock!
Give us come credit, lady.
MOONLIGHT rocks my world. MICK ST JOHN Rocks my world. Alex, is great, but he DOESN'T rock my world. How wrong can Nina be??
I'd NEVER even heard of Alex O'Loughlin before MOONLIGHT. I love the character he plays, I love the character Sophia Myles plays, as well as Jason Dohring, etc.,I love the storyline, the sets, the writing, and the look and feel of MOONLIGHT... Nina Tassler is !@#$ing, lying, moron who deserves to be axed, she makes me sick and thank you TVoholic for shedding some more light on her disgraceful mistake.
Having just watched the final episode of MoonLight yet again last nite, I can 100% most certainly say, that as a devoted fan of the show...my bitterness and disappointment go far beyond just missing Alex. Alex we will see again, no doubt about that.
But, I will very much miss Mick, Beth, Jason and all the wonderful characters that made MoonLight the great show that it was. Their stories had just began, and it's a damn shame they won't be allowed to continue!
Ms. Nina doesn't have clue...
Why do you think shows get popular??? The fans like the stars and then they watch the show. In this case, most people never heard of Alex O'Loughlin before Moonlight, so they watched the show becaused they liked the SHOW.
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