TV Guide's Matt Roush answers Fridayfan's questions about Moonlight being renewed!

My awesome pal, Fridayfan, asked TV Guide's reviewer/critic Matt Roush questions we are all dying to know the answer to, especially..... When will CBS announce whether or not Moonlight has been picked up for a second season?!??! He included her great query in his Ask Matt column. Of course, I like his answer :)

Question :

Moonlight has now won the People's Choice Award for favorite new drama, with more than 10 million votes. It also has won its Friday time slot on a regular basis. In light of all this, CBS still has made no official announcement about the future of the series. When can we expect to hear whether it will be back? I know this is not a normal season. Does the strike need to end first for major decisions to be made? If I am not mistaken, not very many new shows were officially picked up on any network — Linda, Omaha, NE

Matt Roush :

As I've noted before, full-season pickups of the new fall shows are largely symbolic at this point, and that may be why CBS has yet to make an official announcement regarding Moonlight. I really can't say. But the show is doing well enough and is generating enough buzz that I can't imagine that it won't be around next season. It may just be a case where CBS doesn't want to commit to making more episodes until it has to, or until it knows when said episodes will air. So much right now is in limbo, but Moonlight's momentum appears strong enough to come out the other side OK.

Please, continue contacting CBS in support of Moonlight!

You are such wonderful Moonlight fans, I have no doubt that you are writing and calling CBS about our show. :) I just want to encourage you to keep up the good work! Moonlight has received some great news lately.... winning the People's Choice Award, Les Moonves saying it is "likely to return," being number one in our time slot this past Friday, etc. I know that Alex O'Loughlin's humble acceptance speech gained many new viewers! Even though wonderful things have happened for our show, we can not let our guard down. Please, continue to ask the network to renew Moonlight!

Mr. Les Moonves
President & CEO of CBS
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019-6188
Email : lmoonves@cbs.com
( 212 ) 975-4545

Main Phone Number ( 212 ) 975-4321

Nina Tassler
President CBS Entertainment
7800 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90039-2112
( 323 ) 575-2747

Email and call CBS' Audience Services department ~
audsvcs@cbs.com
Phone # ( 212 ) 975-3247

Request Moonlight merchandise
CBS Store
( 800 ) 227-6938
http://www.cbsstore.com/

Feedback Form ~
http://www.cbs.com/info/user_services/fb_global_form.shtml

Emailing is great.... however, sending postcards and letters has a lot of impact. Even though it only takes a few minutes to write & stick a stamp on a postcard, the network knows more effort is involved than sending email at 3am. ha! They think it is a sign of really dedicated fans. Show them how devoted Moonlight fans are to our show! Keep our messages polite, well written and to the point.

BuddyTV article predicting Moonlight's renewal

The talented, Kris De Leon, has written a great article for BuddyTV predicting that Moonlight will be given a full season order. Read on and you will see why I like what Kris has to say! *grin*

Moonlight: Most Likely To Get Full-Season Order

Moonlight has undeniably increased its fan base over the course of 10 episodes. Though the show initially garnered mediocre ratings and though critics deemed the pilot as a rip-off the supernatural series Angel, Ron Koslow and Trevor Munson's paranormal romance creation has certainly stepped up among its freshmen contenders and has blossomed into a hit series with a very promising future with CBS.

According to TV Guide, all signs point to an imminent full-season order of Moonlight, though it hasn't been officially announced. CBS exec Nina Tassler reportedly believe that the show has a lot of potential for growth, especially with its lead star Alex O'Loughlin, who plays the private investigator Mick St. John who struggles with his vampire nature and his love for a mortal woman. Giving more support to this news is Les Moonves, President of CBS, who stated that Moonlight is likely to return for a second season, along with fellow freshmen comedy The Big Bang Theory.

Indications of the renewal are most likely to come from Moonlight's rating performance. FutonCritic.com reports that Moonlight is one of the series to deliver season high ratings in November, including How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory, Two and A Half Men, NCIS, Criminal Minds, CSI: Miami, Without A Trace, and The Amazing Race, among others. It also helps that the show is relatively cheap to produce and has been consistently beating Women's Murder Club in young demos. Last week's numbers proved to be very favorable for Moonlight as it became first in households (4.9/09), viewers (7.57m), adults 25-54 (2.8/08) and adults 18-49 (2.1/06). Moonlight has ranked number 1 in adults 25-54 for the ninth time in ten broadcasts and number 1 in adults 18-49 the eighth time in ten broadcasts.Catch Moonlight every Friday at 9pm ET/PT on CBS.

http://www.buddytv.com/articles/moonlight/moonlight-most-likely-to-get-f-15054.aspx

CBS to renew Moonlight?!?

In his MediaWeek column, John Consoli wrote about comments made by Les Moonves (President & CEO of CBS) regarding how the network will deal with a long writer's strike. Here is an excerpt from his article. The white highlights are my emphasis. Get ready........

Look for CBS to begin airing sister pay cable network Showtime hit drama Dexter sometime in midseason if the Writers Strike is prolonged, and for the broadcast network to bring back freshman sitcom The Big Bang Theory and first-year drama Moonlight next season.

Speaking at the 35th annual UBS Global Media & Communications Conference in New York today (Dec. 4), Les Moonves, CBS Corp. president & CEO, mentioned the two freshman shows as likely to return next season, and that CBS would be looking to air some Showtime shows to supplement its schedule should the Writers Guild strike continue and effect the return of first-run shows on the network.

Of the 5 new shows that CBS put on this Fall, he singled Big Bang Theory & Moonlight out. And stated.... he'd take two out of five any day."That's Hall of Fame batting," Moonves said... according to the Hollywood Reporter.

*CHEER* This is the first encouraging news we have received from the network. Our renewal campaign is having an effect, my friends. :) Be sure to continue watching every show, recruiting new viewers and contacting the network. We want them to realize this is the right decision!

Link to the full article......

http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003680889

Contact CBS & Nina Tassler In Support Of Moonlight!

You may be wondering who this lovely lady is pictured above. She is Nina Tassler, President of CBS Entertainment. When Jericho was cancelled, their fans went to work, famously sending pounds and pounds of peanuts to the CBS offices. Ms Tassler is the one who decided to renew Jericho after all.

I have read quotes from Ms Tassler about Moonlight in several articles. Here is an excerpt from her interview with Maria Elena Fernandez and the Los Angeles Times Newspaper regarding our show ~

"Oh, I love my vampire!" CBS President of Entertainment Nina Tassler said recently, beginning a conversation about her network's new drama, "Moonlight." Other networks might have postponed the series or decided not to air it, but Tassler, who says she's always had "affection for the vampire character" and admits she was "smitten" by star Alex O'Loughlin the first time she met him, remains steadfast.

"You have to remember that this is under the auspices of Joel Silver and we've got a lot riding on Joel," Tassler said. "As you continue to work on a show, if I still feel inspired, and I feel they are making exciting choices, then our enthusiasm remains. This is not a perfect science. It's an evolutionary process."

Although CBS has not picked up a full season of episodes, Tassler ordered four more scripts a few weeks ago."I am pleased," she said. "I am encouraged. I know we have great episodes ahead. It's an interesting season. It's a marathon, not a sprint."

As we know, the show was completely recast except for Alex. The reporter asked Ms Tassler if they ever considered replacing him also ~

"No, no, no, no," Tassler said. "Mick St. John was Alex O'Loughlin. Alex is so warm and genuine and such a wonderfully talented actor. We had seen his episodes of 'The Shield,' and he's got such great charisma and is so unassuming in his crazy good looks that he just endears himself to you."

Sounds like Alex casts his spell on everyone!

While what she has said in the past seems encouraging, we do not know what she & the rest of the executives are thinking now. I'm sure you have also read that Moonlight's producer, Joel Silver, said "it will kill us" when asked how the writer's strike could affect the show. :(

I suggest that we contact Ms Tassler! Writing letters, emailing and calling. Thank her for previously supporting our show, and ask her to continue to do so. Also, show her what an extensive and LOYAL fan base Moonlight has grown in such a short amount of time. CBS needs to see that we are dedicated to keeping our show on the air!

Nina Tassler
Phone Number ~ ( 323 ) 575-2747
Snail Mail Address ~
51 West 52nd Street, New York, NY 10019-6188
7800 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90039-2112

We can also contact the following....

Mr. Les Moonves, President & CEO of CBS ~ lmoonves@cbs.com

Feedback form on their website ~
http://www.cbs.com/info/user_services/fb_global_form.shtml

CBS Audience Services ~
Email ~ audsvcs@cbs.com
Phone # ( 212 ) 975-3247