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UPDATE: CBS has officially let veteran Moonlight know that it’s been cancelled. The network even nixed any remote chance of a mid-season back 13-episode order. See my previous about the renewal saga, ‘Moonlight’ Not On CBS Fall Schedule But Not Dead; Show Lobbying For Back 13-Episode Order. CBS also axed Shark, a show that deteriorated faster than a CSI corpse left out in the sun…
I’m told CBS today has officially let these veteran shows know they’re renewed: Old Christine (WBT), Rules of Engagement (Sony/CBS Paramount), How I Met Your Mother (20th Century Fox TV), The Unit (20th Century Fox TV)
Editor-in-Chief Nikki Finke - tip her here.
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I’m glad RULES got picked up. It’s a comedy that actually can be funny
This has been a long time coming. Can’t wait to see The Unit again!
Thanks for the confirmation!
CBS SUX. I will never turn that channel on again.
I never watched TV that much til Moonlight, anyway.
Thanks for letting us know about Moonlight, Nikki. Much appreciated.
Well, Moonlight being cancelled sucks. I love Moonlight. Man, talk about a broken heart. Craptastic news.
Dang it…Moonlight was such a great show!
CBS Sucks!
not happy about moonlight cbs suck
HIMYM rocks.
moonlight is just one in a line of many recent shows that develop smaller than average but very loyal audiences (jericho, firefly, friday night lights to name a few) surely these networks have to figure a way to make money from these shows
in the case of moonlight, NBC should look into it it they don’t have much going on and could slot it in maybe with medium and i’m sure it isn’t too expensive
I’m speechless. I’m already depressed; now I’m beyond depressed. I guess cbs really doesn’t care about viewers it’s about freakin ratings………even though we were no.1 in the Fri night spot………Thanks for nothing cbs.
Moonlight was the best, I find this news to be really crappy… Finally a show that was different and brought something fun… what a shame. Bad move for CBS dropping this one..
I can’t even convey how heartbroken, sad, devastated…I guess you get the picture. I woke up every Friday feeling like Christmas morning and counted down…14 hours, 17 minutes til Moonlight…3 hours 21 minutes til Moonlight, etc. Now every Friday will be Black Friday without Mick, Beth & Josef.
We can only pray someone somewhere has the intelligence to grab this gem for their network and
save us all from this emptiness…
I am so glad for the Unit being renewed. If CBS is reading this THANKS GUYS
I wss just getting into Moonlight and this happens.
Oh well. Maybe they will be picked up another network.
I feel like my heart got ripped out of my chest. God I love Moonlight and Alex O’Loughlin. This is why I never watched TV before. As someone in the coveted demo I am so mad networks never give me what I want.
Finding and loving Moonlight gave me hope in TV. Guess I’m a chump, huh?
I hope from the bottom of my heart that Alex continues to get a chance to show his talent because he is a pure gem. He gave his heart and soul to Moonlight. He must be heartbroken. We love you Alex and we’ll support your next project.
We want Moonlight forever…….please please please please please please please please please please please please please please
I love Moonlight, hate to see it cancelled!
HIMYM is just not funny. Tried watching it the other day because I really like Jason Segel, but I just didn’t laugh at all.
Nikki, do you know what the deal is with that Mike Birbiglia pilot? I believe you said the other day it was looking like CBS was gonna pick it up and was enthusiastic about i?
That’s kind of a good news/bad news thing, isn’t it?
Good news: The Unit will be back.
Bad news: Moonlight won’t.
First of all, I think the expectation that a genre show will perform any better than Moonlight is just unrealistic. — And with regard to these genre type shows in general, I really think that somehow either the advertisers or the networks are missing the boat. I can’t believe that all that fan ferver doesn’t translate to cash somewhere — or wouldn’t if channeled creatively through some sort of appropriate advertising.
I suppose Moonlight is too much money for the CW to take it on — but if the CW weren’t so hellbent on an all Gossip Girl all the time strategy — they have the great basis for being genre central (Reaper, Supernatural, Smallville and Moonlight — maybe snag new Amsterdam or Journeyman) Moonlight gets higher ratings than anything on the CW.
Anyway, I’m very pleased about The Unit.
Great, the only good show on CBS, and I’m talking about Moonlight, of course, got canceled.
I dont’ know who is in charge of pick ups and renewals at CBS, but I’m starting to believe they should seriously thinking about finding a new job… -__-’
Sigh… Why does CBS do this? Give us a nice, intelligent show, but because they’re not placing top-10 every week, they cancel them.
Anyone out there remember Forever Knight? Another vampire-turned-detective show (early 90s for you youngsters). We brought it back from the dead after being cancelled TWICE – three seasons over five years is what we got.
Let’s hope another network picks up Moonlight. It deserves a second chance.
Speaking as a person who watched Moonlight, but wouldn’t consider herself as an avid fan (as in this show being part of my ‘must see’ TV), I found Moonlight far too reminiscent of another show, Forever Knight, in the vampire longing to change his immortality for humanity and the girl love interest helping him. However, Forever Knight had more going for that than just this one storyline, it had the father vampire figure who saw the lead as his son and was doing everything he could to foil the lead’s quest for humanity so that he could save his family. That second storyline was far more compelling than the first storyline and the richness of those two storylines melded together made far more compelling television than Moonlight is and makes Moonlight vapid in comparison in my opinion. Oh, and Forever Knight, also had a great buddy cop relationship going for it too in the first season. And yet, Forever Knight could not make it past two seasons in post-primetime time slot, not even in prime time which is a tougher nut to crack.
Moonlight Cancelled! I guess I’ll have to start date nights with the hubby again, and… CBS is DEAD as far as I’m concerned. I’m never watching it again. Moonlight was the only show I actually took interest in anyway. CBS YOU ROYALLY SUCK!
The ONE show I watched on CBS gets cancelled…great. They have nothing else to offer me.
Looks like everyone who ever watched Moonlight just posted here.