Ratings for Moonlight's season finale ~ Sonata (episode 1x16)

Ratings for Moonlight's season finale ~ Sonata (episode #1x16) ~ on Friday, May 16th, 2008

Fast Nationals ~ 7.56 million viewers (1st), 18 to 49 demo share 1.8/6 (1st)

Numbers for the rest of the CBS Friday night lineup......

Ghost Whisperer : 8.36 million viewers (1st), 18 to 49 demo 2.0/8 (1st)

Numb3rs : 9.73 million viewers (1st), 18 to 49 demo 2.3/7 (1st)

Photograph ~ Mick St John ( Alex O'Loughlin ) & Beth Turner ( Sophia Myles ) kissing in the final scene from Moonlight's season finale ~ Sonata (episode #1x16)

Ratings for Moonlight's What's Left Behind Episode (#1x15) on May 9th

In Friday's ratings race, CBS won all time slots with its lineup. That makes three weeks in a row! However, the number of total viewers is down for each show compared to last week. Moonlight just barely missed reaching the 2.0 mark in the important 18 to 49 demographic. Our show is the winner in its time period again.

Fast Nationals ~ Moonlight's ratings for last night's episode ~ What's Left Behind (#1x15) ~ on Friday, May 9th, 2008

7.68 million viewers (1st) ~ 18 to 49 demo share 1.9/6 (1st)

Nielsen ratings for the rest of CBS' Friday night shows ~

Ghost Whisperer : 8.74 million viewers (1st) ~ 18 to 49 demo 2.1/8 (1st)
Numb3rs : 9.13 million viewers (1st) ~ 18 to 49 demo 2.2/7 (1st)

I love the look Mick is giving Talbot in this photo :)

Photograph ~ Beth Turner (Sophia Myles), Mick St John (Alex O'Loughlin) & ADA Benjamin Talbot (Eric Winter) in Moonlight's What's Left Behind episode (#1x15). Click on the image above for a larger picture.

Ratings for Moonlight's Click Episode (#1x14) on May 2nd

CBS won Friday night with its lineup. Another May Sweeps victory. It is the only network to have shows above 2.0 in the important demo. Our vamps continue their consistent performance. We have much the same numbers week to week, and won our time period again.

Fast Nationals ~ Moonlight's ratings for last night's episode ~ Click (#1x14) ~ on Friday, May 2nd, 2008

7.92 million viewers (1st) ~ 18 to 49 demo share 2.1/6 (1st)

Ratings for the rest of CBS' Friday night shows ~

Ghost Whisperer : 9.21 million viewers (1st) ~ 18 to 49 demo 2.3/8 (1st)
Numb3rs : 10.21 million viewers (1st) ~ 18 to 49 demo 2.4/7 (1st)

Photo ~ Mick St John (Alex O'Loughlin) & Beth Turner (Sophia Myles) pictured on the Queen Mary. Click on the photograph above for a bigger version of the image.

Moonlight's May 2008 Broadcasting Schedule

Since CBS has announced that a repeat of B.C. (episode #1x06) will be shown on 5/23/08, I thought we needed a list of Moonlight's upcoming schedule.

Moonlight's broadcasting schedule for May 2008.......

Click (episode #1x14) ~ Friday, May 2nd, 2008 ~ New Episode

What's Left Behind (episode #1x15) ~ Friday, May 9th, 2008 ~ New Episode

Sonata (episode #1x16) ~ Season Finale ~ Friday, May 16th, 2008 ~ New Episode

B.C. (episode #1x06) ~ Friday, May 23rd, 2008 ~ Rerun

Moonlight airs on CBS at 8:00 PM Central 9:00 PM Eastern

Ratings for Moonlight's Fated to Pretend (episode #1x13) ~ April 25th

Ratings race for 4/25/08 ~ CBS won the night, which happens to be the first Friday of May sweeps. Moonlight was the winner of its time slot ~ both in viewers & the important demo! Out of the ten shows airing on Friday night, Moonlight took 3rd place :) YEA! However, we need to get the ratings up. We want to have numbers that CBS just can not ignore.

Also, as we have been discussing, please continue sending feedback to the network. Let them know that we watch Moonlight but don't count in the numbers because we are not Nielsen families.

When Love Lasts Forever (episode #1x11) & The Mortal Cure (episode #1x12) originally aired in January, they grabbed 8.32 million demo 3 & 8.17 million demo 3.13 respectively. Our goal is to meet and BEST those numbers. Keep spreading the word about our show!

Fast Nationals ~ Moonlight's ratings for Fated to Pretend (episode #1x13) on Friday, April 25th, 2008 ~

7.99 million viewers (1st), 18 to 49 demo share 2.1/6 (1st)

Ratings for the rest of CBS' Friday night shows ~

Ghost Whisperer : 9 million viewers (1st), 18 to 49 demo 2.3/9 (1st)
Numb3rs : 9.61 million viewers (1st), 18 to 49 demo 2.2/7 (1st)

Matt Roush is asked why CBS moved Moonlight's return from April 11th to the 25th

Since CBS changed Moonlight's return from 04/11/08 to 04/25/08, I have received loads of concerned emails. As I said previously, one positive thing to keep in mind is our show will be on during the important May sweeps. Matt Roush brings up that same point in his response to a reader's question in his Ask Matt Column.

Question :

I'd like to know why Moonlight's next new episode was moved from April 11 to April 25? Are they simply not ready with the shows, or is it because of the replacement for Chip?— Sam

Matt Roush :

Given the behind-the-scenes chaos on this show, I'm thinking fans should consider themselves lucky with whatever they get whenever they get it. I don't know if production concerns are behind the delay, but practically speaking, it makes more sense for CBS to hold the episodes so all of the originals air during the May sweeps, which is what looks like is happening.

askmatt@tvguide.com