CBS President, Nina Tassler, talks about Alex O'Loughlin

E! Online's Kristin Dos Santos spoke to CBS President Nina Tassler regarding the network's future shows and stars. She asked Nina specifically about Alex O'Loughlin.

CBS Scoop
by Kristin Dos Santos

Last but not least, although Nina Tassler says how in love she is with Alex O'Loughlin—just like so many of you!—he has still not been cast on a new CBS series. Says Tassler, "Hopefully we will [place him on a show]. We do have an idea, so hopefully we will see that soon."

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b79070_CBS_Scoop__John_Mayer_s_Variety_Show_Is_a_Go_.html

Kristin Dos Santos speaks to Nina Tassler

Kristin Dos Santos, from E!, spoke to Nina Tassler about canceling Moonlight. For someone who says, "I personally love the show. I love working with Alex O'Loughlin and Joel Silver" she sure has a funny way of showing it, doesn't she?

Lindsay in Atlanta :

I am a little miffed at you, Mrs. Dos Santos. When it comes to TV watching, you are my go-to girl. If you tell me to watch it, I do. So, I'm miffed that now that Moonlight is gone, and I'm hooked. You have given us nothing to sooth our broken hearts. Where is your gritty (but always polite) interview with those evil CBS bosses? Give us something please!

Kristin Dos Santos :

I did talk to CBS president Nina Tassler last week at the CBS upfront about the cancellation of Moonlight, a show so many fans loved passionately, and she defended the decision, saying, "Once we got back up on the air it was about the numbers and the ratings, and we were just struggling a little bit. I loved the show. I personally love the show. I love working with Alex O'Loughlin and Joel Silver, and I just think we had to make some very tough decisions. It was hard." Not half as hard as it is for the fans who went to great lengths to save this series, Nina! Just sayin'! I'm also working on getting an exit interview with one of the stars or producers for later this week, so stand by.

http://tinyurl.com/6xb7ma

Spoilers ~ Watch with Kristin's scoop for Moonlight's season finale ~ Sonata (episode #1x16)

E! Online's Watch with Kristin has given us some scoop information for Moonlight's season finale ~ Sonata (episode #1x16). It airs on Friday, May 16th, 2008. Only one new episode to go!

SPOILER ALERT!




Remember the willing freshie scene in the promo that is causing all the debate.........


Moonlight Bosses Dish on the Show's Fate and What's to Come

In less than a week, we will finally know the fate of CBS's Moonlight: Picked up or not? I would love to give you some advance notice on the verdict, but there is no word yet according to exec producers Gabrielle Stanton and Harry Werksman. They expect to hear next week, and we'll be sure to bring you the announcement as soon as we know!

Howevah! In lieu of pickup news, I did get the next best thing: scoop about the finale!

According to Gabrielle and Harry, "You can tell the fans we're going to play with some cool Mick-Beth-Josef relationship stuff in our season finale. We're going to delve more deeply into the world of 'freshies' (humans who let vampires feed off them)."

I'm told we'll also learn that Josef isn't as opposed to vampire-human relationships as you would think from the lectures he's always giving Mick.

G&H also spill: "Beth is going to see a shocking side of Mick and be faced with some harsh realities about being in love with a vampire." Of course, the vampire she's in love with is Mick St. John, "So don't expect our intrepid couple to 'close the door' on their future. Or will they? We think fans will like the last scene..."

http://tinyurl.com/4ex9kp

Watch With Kristin's spoilers about ADA Benjamin Talbot

E! Online's Kristin Dos Santos was the hostess for Moonlight's Paley Center panel. She passed on a bit of info she learned that night.

SPOILERS about new character, ADA Benjamin Talbot




Elie in Lincoln, Neb. :
You moderated the Paley panel on Moonlight, and I'm stuck in Nebraska, so I count on you to give me the dish! Spill.

I thought the most interesting info was the writers saying that by the middle of season two, CBS willing, we would love Eric Winter's character, even though he was introduced as a third party in the Mick-Beth relationship. And he's not what he seems to be at first, but he's also not a vampire. Hmmm...

http://tinyurl.com/3nkxoa

Kristin Dos Santos announces host of Moonlight's Paley Center event & gives spoilers

E! Online's Kristin Dos Santos was asked a couple of Moonlight related questions today. Get your Moonlight questions ready! Kristin is going to be hosting our show's Paley Center panel. She wants us to send her anything we want to ask. The poor thing is gonna be flooded with emails from Moonlight fans. :)

Warning...... Her first answer has spoilers!





Ana in Lisbon, Portugal :
When Moonlight returns will we get some Mick and Beth love?

I can tell you that when Moonlight returns April 25, Beth finds out shocking news about Mick's life back before he was a vampire—and even before he was a soldier in World War II. Also, when we return, Mick is still "human," but the way he eventually returns to being a vampire is something that will have repercussions for seasons to come...

Izabela in Iguassu Falls City, Brazil :
Oi Kristin tudo bem? People in Brazil are loooving Moonlight. Do you know if it is coming back for season two?

Oi, amiga! No word yet from CBS, but I would be stunned if it didn't come back. In other news, I just found out I'll be moderating the Moonlight panel at the Paley Center for Media on Tuesday, April 22. If you have questions for the cast and producers, email me at tvdiva@eonline.com and I'll be sure to get you answers. Also, if you are coming to L.A. for the event, consider getting there early because there's going to be a Red Cross blood drive at the center before the event! Yay vampires...er, I mean, philanthropy!

Thank you to the lovely Kim for checking to be sure I had this info :)

Video ~ Watch with Kristin gives SPOILERS for Moonlight

E Online's, Watch with Kristin, has a new online SPOILER video about several returning shows..... Gossip Girl, The Riches, Bones.... Moonlight! She talks about the episode (#1x13 & #1x14) spoilers we have already discussed, but it is great to hear our show mentioned.

Even better, the video includes behind the scenes peeks of Sophia Myles and Alex O'Loughlin. It is great to see them! Moonlight appears around the 2:31 mark.

SPOILER ALERT!


In the Ask Kristin part of the video ~

Kristin, can you tell me what happened to Moonlight?

Kristin Dos Santos : It's coming back, and taking a turn toward tabloid dirt. A hard driving editor takes over Beth's Buzzwire and turns it into a scandal loving blog, of all things. Right around the time the paparazzi start digging into Mick's mysterious background, threatening of course to expose his bloody secret.

Update ~ The video is not available right now on the E! website. According to the tech dept, it will be fixed but they don't know how soon. Luckily, I had already typed out Kristin's answer for you here :)

Watch with Kristin discusses Moonlight being on the bubble

E! Online's Watch with Kristin has posted her opinion about Moonlight being on the bubble. She talks about other tv programs as well, but of course I concentrated on her Friday night info. Thank you to the sweet Kim for making sure I knew about this :)

Bubble Wrap: Faves That May Be in Danger

We hear you. And feel your pain.

Many of you have been writing in since the strike's end to ask about the fate of your favorite series this season—and beyond. And while the official word on most series won't be handed down until the new season is unveiled in New York City May 11-15 (mark your calendars!), we figure it's only fair to let you know what we're hearing about the current status of shows that are "on the bubble." So, click on to find out which shows are in trouble of cancellation...and how likely they are to be saved.

The crowd of angry villagers is gathering in Comments; the protest captains are handing out pitchforks and torches. And we storm the castle at midnight.

There's a Reason They Call It the Death Slot

• Friday Night Lights (NBC)

• Moonlight (CBS)

• Women's Murder Club (ABC)

If you weren't around for, say, The Tragedie of the Firefly Ship, by bard of the globe Joss Whedon, you might not have heard about this thing called the "death slot."

We fans use the term to refer to any and all shows that get scheduled on Friday nights, where they die a slow, sleepy death because everyone's out getting drunk or at least sleeping off the workweek and then receive a eulogy in the trades that sounds like, "Alas, poor show, we hardly knew ye..." It's a veritable tautology of television: If you get the death slot, you die.

As such, no one should be surprised that three Friday-at-9 p.m. shows are in trouble, namely America's best-ever reality show (Friday Night Lights; nothing else on television is more genuine); a cult-fave vampire detective show (Moonlight); and a smart, fast-talking girlie crime drama (Women's Murder Club). In the end, it's like Jessica Rabbit said, if she were a TV producer instead of a bombshell, "I'm not a flop, I'm just scheduled that way."

http://tinyurl.com/2adlj6

Watch with Kristin's open letter to CBS about Moonlight

Kristin Dos Santos, of E! Online's Watch with Kristin, has written an open letter to CBS about Moonlight.

Words of Advice to CBS: Don't Even Think About Canceling Moonlight

From: Kristin Dos Santos [tvdiva@eonline.com]

Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:37:30

To: CBS [powersthatbe@cbs.com]

Subject: Moonlight

Hey, CBS, what's up? Just wanted to send you a quick email and let you know that even though you haven't had any news for us lately about what's up with Moonlight, we're cool. Unless, of course, you do something stupid like cancel Moonlight, in which case we are both in a world of pain like you would not believe.

Not sure if you've been informed way up there where the powers that be live, but Moonlight fans are crazy. And I mean that in the best possible way, because (a) I am one of them, and (b) crazy fans are my bread and butter. In case no one has told you, we fan types are seriously, seriously obsessed with Mick and Beth, not to mention that beyotch Coraline, and, oh yeah, Josef, who is played by one Jason Dohring—and nobody's even over the cancellation of Veronica Mars yet—so, for the love of all things unholy, if you take him away from us again...Well, let's just say the Moonlight fans will make the Jericho fans look like uncaring dweebs.

Anyway, if you could maybe reassure us all sometime in the next week that we're getting more Moonlight, that would be super. Thanks so much.

Love,

KDS

P.S.: See all those fans who've commented below? That's what I'm talkin' 'bout.

http://tinyurl.com/2p9bjp

E! Online's Watch with Kristin announces an upcoming Moonlight special event!

Big news from Kristin Dos Santos' E! Online column! She has heard that there is a special Moonlight event scheduled for April 22nd, 2008 at the Paley Center for Media. Ooooooo.... what could it be?!?!

Watch with Kristin

Mary in Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom :

Please help us support Moonlight. It's an amazing show! Do they have intention to give to us more episodes? Do you know if they already decided for the next year? Do you have any news? Thanks for being so kind to us.

Kristin :

Don't know to your first Q, don't know to your second Q and yes to your third Q. I just heard from inside sources at the Paley Center for Media that they have planned a special Moonlight event for Apr. 22. Whee! I promise I'll totally be there to bring you all the Alex O'Loughlin goodness you all long for!

http://tinyurl.com/yq4otn

E! Online's Watch with Kristin comments on the writer's strike

Writer's Strike Update ~ E! Online's Watch with Kristin column has published the following comments about the possibility of a resolution to the WGA's strike!

It seems this week's rumors that the writers' strike is coming to an end may indeed be true. We are hearing from several sources that the WGA and the AMPTP are "very close" to a deal, which could be announced as early as later today.

According to reliable insiders who asked not to be named, the writers and producers were in talks for nine hours yesterday and made a "staggering amount of progress," as all of the major sticking points have been settled.

"We are 99.9 percent of the way there," one source inside the negotiations said. "As of late yesterday, just a few small issues remained."

The stickiest issue of all, compensation for new-media projects, has been agreed upon by both sides, according to sources. Said one: "There is most certainly light at the end of the tunnel, and we are rapidly approaching it."

Stay tuned, and keep those fingers crossed. An announcement could come any minute.

http://tinyurl.com/yuhzva

E! Online's Watch with Kristin talks about Moonlight

You are wonderful Moonlight fans! All the voting and comments you have left for the Watch with Kristin polls I told you about are really paying off :) Kristin Dos Santos has written an article regarding Moonlight's upcoming episode ~ The Mortal Cure #1x12 ~ AND giving her thoughts about the possibility of Moonlight being renewed. I like what she has to say, so you know it is positive. *wink* Kristin has nice things to say about Alex O'Loughlin.... who doesn't?! She also gives a shout out to Moonlight's "incredibly devoted and vocal fan base!" That is you, my friends!!!

She includes a video of a red carpet interview with Alex from before Moonlight premiered. I remember watching it and thinking how adorable & down to earth he is. Since I had the pleasure of seeing Alex on The Shield, I was already a fan. However, if I hadn't been, this funny interview would have turned me into one. I'm glad she found the clip for us to enjoy again.

Read what the lovely Kristin has to say about our show. Oooooo.... and there is a tiny spoiler about The Mortal Cure (episode #1x12). The yellow highlights are my emphasis.

Moonlight Sets...but Just for Now!

Time flies! It seems like just yesterday I was talking to the adorable Alex O'Loughlin about CBS picking up Moonlight—a moment you can see above—and now we've reached the end of the first season, assuming the strike doesn't break, like, tomorrow.

The last ep completed, "The Mortal Cure," airs this Friday on CBS at 9 p.m., and it's the last chance for you would-be fans to get in on the action and (please, oh please) help to send off the series with a nice uptick in the ratings.

So, why should you watch? Well, I have three good reasons...

1. The fans are bat-poop crazy over this show, as evidenced by Moonlight's number two ranking in our TV Throwdown poll, which asked fans to vote for the best series of 2007.

2. Star Alex O'Loughlin is charming and likable and an all-around nice guy. See for yourself in the clip above!

3. This show is strangely addictive—just the sort of series you'll want to catch up on during these here strike-riddled times. You can do so by visiting iTunes or the show's official site at CBS.com to watch full-length episodes of the series.

Spoiler!

As for you existing fans, you'll be happy to hear that this Friday's season finale episode will not disappoint. It features Mick and Coraline vamped out and vicious and more tears for poor brokenhearted Beth as she deals with a new crisis, even though she has yet to get over you-know-who's death last week.

Now, if this is the end of the first season, could there be a second season? Many of you have written me at tvdiva@eonline.com about this, concerned that CBS has yet to give the series a commitment. Now, that's true—I checked on this for you, and the official word is still that there's no word.

However, I can tell you I would be astonished if Moonlight didn't get a pickup. It's a relatively inexpensive show, and the ratings are respectable, but more important, it has you guys. Yes, you. Moonlight found an incredibly devoted and vocal fan base right out of the gate, and you can't buy that kind of passion with any amount of treasure.

http://tinyurl.com/3cpa8p

Please, write to Kristin to thank her! tvdiva@eonline.com Of course.... keep leaving your awesome comments and voting. *cheer*

Vote for Moonlight as Best Vampire Detective Show

Over at E! Online's Watch with Kristin blog, she wrote an article about the possibility of Lifetime's television series "Blood Ties" coming back. As you probably know, the rumors were that it had been canceled. At the end of her article, Kristin managed to sneak in another poll question. This time she asked, "Vampire Detectives ~ If you could have only one show about undead investigators, what would it be?" Moonlight fans could have easily overlooked this hidden poll. Vote for our show!

http://tinyurl.com/27xmt7

Watch with Kristin sets up new round of TV Throwdown

As you know, Kristin Dos Santos (from the E! channel's Watch with Kristin) has asked the fans to vote for the best tv show of 2007. She has set up a new round of the TV Throwdown. Time to vote for Moonlight again! Remember, the results of the poll will help decide which television programs E! and Kristin cover the most in 2008.

http://tinyurl.com/yuklxr

Moonlight mentioned in E! Online's Watch with Kristin article

Moonlight got a mention in Kristin Dos Santos' column, Watch with Kristin, on the E! Online website. In her opinion, Love Lasts Forever (#1x11) is the best episode since Fever (#1x04)!

Angi in Chowchilla, California :
Moonlight got some love on your TV Throwdown. So, how about showing the Moonlight fans some love by some ever-needed scoop?

Kristin :
I'm all caught up now, and I can tell you the ep airing Friday, Jan. 11, is the best since the one in the desert. It's an adrenaline roller coaster. No Josef or Coraline, sadly, but lots of heavy stuff between Mick and Beth—including Mick contemplating his "mortal feelings" for her. Also, shirtless Mick. For that reason and several others, it's worth tuning in.

http://tinyurl.com/29l9h9

Vote for Moonlight on the E! Online's Site

The lovely Kristin Dos Santos, of Watch with Kristin fame, has listed her Top 10 tv shows for 2007. Unfortunately, our show was not one of her faves (yet!). However, she has asked for viewers to vote at her E! Online blog to tell her what television programs we love. This is very important because Kristin says the voting will "largely determine what we cover in this show & in my column in the coming year." Go vote for Moonlight!

http://tinyurl.com/262b7y

Thank you to Susan for writing to make sure I had this information!