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'Moonlight' comes back from the dead on The CW (sort of)
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Though Alex O'Loughlin's vampire drama "Moonlight" was canceled by CBS in 2008, The CW is resurrecting it for a vampire-themed Thursday beginning June 3. Previously aired episodes of "Moonlight" will play immediately following encore episodes of "The Vampire Diaries" all summer long.
After its cancellation, efforts were made to sell "Moonlight" to another network, but ultimately they failed. With the "Twilight" phenomenon showing no signs of stopping and the success of "The Vampire Diaries" and "True Blood," The CW hopes that the "Moonlight" reruns will find a new audience.
"The Back-Up Plan's" O'Loughlin -- who also stars in CBS' "Hawaii Five-O" pilot -- plays Mick St. John, a vampire who has been 30 years old since being bitten 60 years ago by his wife Coraline (Shannyn Sossamon). His best friend, an ancient vampire named Josef, is played by "Veronica Mars" bad boy Jason Dohring. Of course, it wouldn't be a vampire story without a beautiful human for the vampire to fall for, so investigative reporter Beth Turner (Sophia Myles) meets Mick in the pilot.
"The Vampire Diaries'" Damon Salvatore and Mick St. John together on the same night? Bring on the bloodlust.
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IMO, "Moonlight" was a victim of bad timing. I think it would have succeeded had it come out a year or two later.
wait i dont get it???
are they gonna just play it in the summer or are they gonna make a new season??
Get Moonlight resurrected for good. It was a good show and should not have been canceled.
There only gonna play a rerun of the series during the summer, no new season planned.
I won't be watching.Repeats?.What for?.Give me new episodes and I will be there each week. This show should had never been canceled,
What about Supernatural this summer? Will they be showing repeats at all?
Certainly sounds like a good thing to me. ML should never have been canceled, but at least they're willing to show reruns. Who knows... maybe they'll decide that it's worth resurrecting it and making new eps if the repeats do well enough. If not, at least we get to see the show on the screen again.
There was a reason why CBS KOed this show, but it might work on the CW, but really...what works on that network anyway? They should just fold and call it a day.
I agree had Moonlight come out a year or two later it might have done OK. A lot of people also skipped it because it sounded a lot like Forever Knight, too.
i'll take it. maybe if it gets decent ratings they'll plan a remake?