The Fight for Moonlight
CBS has decided to cancel Moonlight. Is it over for us freshies?
Several groups have come together to fight for the return of Moonlight…either on CBS or on another network, like the CW. Here is a tidbit about that from Hollywood Daily.
EXCLUSIVE: I’ve just been told by an insider that “there is a chance, only a chance” that Media Rights Capital which will be programming Sunday’s two hours on the CW “may elect to take Moonlight as one of those two hours”. This is developing to be quite a behind-the-scenes drama because the order came from Warner Bros TV this afternoon to start tearing the Moonlight sets down. But now WBTV will wait until Friday. Before it was cancelled, it had more than twice the number of viewers on CBS than Gossip Girl despite all the hype. So Moonlight could wind up the most watched CW show. Stay tuned.
Also Moonlight Detective has posted numbers and email addresses to get in contact with the powers that be and make our voice be heard.
CBS
323-651-0255
323-956-5000
323-575-2345
212-975-4321
212-975-3247President and CEO, Les Moonves: lmoonves@cbs.com
President, CBS, Nina Tassler: nina.tassler@cbs.com
Senior Executive VP of Programming, CBS Network, Kelly Kahl: kelly.kahl@cbs.com
President, CBS Paramount Network TV, David Stapf dstapf@cbs.com
President, CBS Paramount Network TV Entertainment Group, Nancy Tellem, ntellem@cbs.com
Executive Chairman and Founder, Sumner Redstone sredstone@cbs.com
Audience Services audsvcs@cbs.comWARNER BROS.
Moonlight Page - click Feedback at the bottom to leave your note of support.MEDIA RIGHTS CAPITOL (the company rumored to be interested in Moonlight for the CW Sundays)
310-786-1600
Attn: Keith Samples President of Television
1800 Century Park East
Los Angeles, CA 90067
More numbers and addresses can be found on my Fated to Pretend review.
Also send a message that these networks will understand…money. Start buying episodes of Moonlight via Amazon and iTunes.
Don’t give up…bring back Moonlight!
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May 18th, 2008 at 10:32 am
Thanks for relating to us again the people to contact. Please also snail mail to networks and execs, involved or not involved, to let them know how we feel, to let them know we mean business, to let them know we will not stop fighting to get Moonlight back on our TV screens weekly no matter what station picks it up.
I CALLED MEDIA RIGHTS CAPITAL LAST WEEK TWICE. 1ST X LEFT A MESSAGE ON HIS PERSONAL VOICE MAIL FOR KEITH SAMPLES. 2ND X THE COMPANY’S FRONT DEASK ANSWERED AND TOLD ME THAT THIS IS A PRODUCTION NETWORK IN TISELF WHO SELLS SHOWS TO THE LIKES OF CW NETWORK AND OTHERS. IT IS NOT INVOLVED IN THIS MOONLIGHT SITUATION AND CANNOT HELP IS WHAT I WAS TOLD. I WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THEIR CONNECTION TO CW NETWORK AS BEING THE ONE’S WHO CAN GET CW TO PICK UP MOONLIGHT THAT WAS POSTED SOMEWHERE ON THE INTERNET IS FALSE. SORRY FOR THAT NEWS BIT DON’T GIVE UP HOPE OR THE FIGHT YET. I AM POSITIVE SOMEONE WILL NOTICE OUR FIGHT AND HELP.
Snail(through regular mail in hard copy form) mailing via express mail at the P.O. is what actually saved Jericho last year after it was announced cancelled.
I, also wrote some new posts at “Fated to Pretend”, too Alex fans.
May 18th, 2008 at 11:41 am
OMG, I’m shaking and in tears again watching this video. My goodness that Mna.\, Alex, has so much expession that you can feel he is feeling his character he is playing down to the core.
Oh God, this show muxt go on
FIGHT, do all we can and then more and bring Moonlight back on TV for the Fall season. IT IS A MUST!!!
I had mentioned Alex’s writing to Alex’s those, besides his fans, who represent Alex. Yes, write to them (snail-mail); they will, more than any other place, get those letters personally to Alex I am sure. Perhaps, too, if these agencies that represent Alex get enough mail pertaining to the cancellation of Moonlight(& they are wondering also what the heck is wrong with CBS, too, when I spoke to Mr Freeman’s secretary)they are sure, hopefully, to show this to producers and networks and the like. Can’t hurt/ LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED
Alex’s agent is;
INTERNATIONAL CREATIVE MANAGEMENT- CHRIS HART
10250 CONSTELLATION BLVD
7TH FLOOR
LOS ANGELES, CA, 90067
PH# 1-310-550-4078
fax# 1-310-4055
Alex’s Personal Manager is-
ANDREW FREEMAN
20 IRONSIDES
STE. 18
MARINA DEL REY, CA, 90292
ph# 1-310-827-4319
fax# 1-310-822-0940
The personal manager is where I called and personal managers usually have closer contact with their clients than agents.
May 18th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
I did some research on CBS:
It is no longer an independent company as it once was; it was sold to the WESTINGHOUSE CORPORATION in 1995
for $5.4 billion
CBS houses other companies in its corporation:
1)Holt, Reinhart, & Wonston Publing House
2)CBS also owns Woman’s Day Magazine
3) Columbia Records
4) and some info for the gents:
from 1964 to 1973 CBS owned the New York Yankees
Other history:
Remember seeing the photos of Moonlight’s cast at the Paley Center? Well that center was named after William Paley who held most of Columbia Broadcasting System and he sold 25% of the company to Lawrence Tisch in 1973; In 1986 Tisch became the president & CEO of Columbia Broadcasting Systems. Paley sold the 25% to Tisch because Paley did not want it falling into the hands of Ted Turner’s TNT.
I, also, have a name to address a hard-copy letter to for CBS Audience Services:
To the Attention of:
Ray Faiola
CBS Audience Services
524 W. 57th Street
New York, NY, 10019-6119
which is, both, the main headquarters address of CBS in NY and is also the snail mail address of:
Leslie Moonves, the CEO & President of CBS Corporation
Funny they still refer to it as a corporation when it really isn’t and belongs to Westinghouse; you know the company we buy washers, dryers, heating & cooling machinery, refrigerators, & televisions, radios, stero systems, from, just to mention a few of the products we could also boycott by not purchasing.
MY Goodness do I ever love this video and really adore the one for “Why we Love Alex”; the music for both was very right on.
Traditionally CBS has always been referred to as the “Tiffany Network”;
Now in recent years, the history I read, states it more and more resembles Wal-Mart.
And for anyone interested in writing to TV Guide for help as Christie White did
address your hard-copy letters to
Ryan O’Hara, President, TV Guide Network (this has to do with digital TV, I believe)
I’ll look up TV Guides address in awhile. I need to shut down for a little while as I just got company at my gate.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
CBS has ALWAYS been, to me, the station devoted to people who belong to the AARP. That they want only those who are aged 60, which is their right.
It was such a shock to find a show, Moonlight, that was appealing to those of us in the Too Young For CBS market, ages 29 to 50, that I thought I was tuned in to the local Fox network.
CBS’s cancellation of Moonlight, my beloved Moonlight family of Mick, Beth and Josef is doing one good thing for my wallet: As the TV is being removed, has not been on since 10:00 p.m. Friday night.
If it is picked up by CWTV, that will keep the television from being sent to the local landfill.
I do not understand why CBS insists on showing second and third rate shows that can only appeal to my grandfather, if he were to even watch tv.
*falls off soapbox*
May 20th, 2008 at 5:41 am
I had trouble logging in again. So letters are out for another round. I do hope we hear something positive soon. In moonlightline.com they are taking up donations for an ad in Variety. If you are interested check the site.
i am feeling so sad about this happening to the show. poor Alex I can feel his pain in his posting. if he didn’t write whoever did captured many emotions. I’m hoping it was him. It seems like it was from the heart. We share the same birthday but 3 years apart. I know it isn’t the end of the cast but I do hope we hear something positive. I really looked forward to Fridays but not any more. I used to watch Ghost whisper before but i won’t now since I boycott that network.
We keep on fighting and I am filtering positive thoughts in the universe for the show. If anyone hears any updates please post.
Thanks
May 20th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Hi everybody, I was down yesterday with a migraine that could blast one’s head off, but I am back now and still fighting for our Moonlight.
BTW, Jennifer Griffith I am 62 years old and do not like the crappola CBS offers, so it had nothing to do with the age group CBS focuses on, it had to do with purse strings. It is probably cheaper for CBS to contract to silly made comedies or any show that costs them less to purchase showing rights to. I love Moonlight, am a fan since day 1 and will continue the battle to win the war to bring back our Moonlight: WE WILL BASK IN THE MOONLIGHT AGAIN, BUT NEED THE SUPPORT OF EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU TO STEP UP TO THE BAT.
I just put in a opinion at heyneilsen and within a few minutes it was hit with 11 stongly agreeable votes. Please vote on Nielsen daily for the show, for the memebers of the cast; join Nielsen so you can vote and give opinions. When I began feeling bettr in the middle of the night I began filing through each opinion on Moonlight and also making some comments on some no matter the age it originally appeared, some are on there since Moonlight began. Each opinion, each agree or not agree gets counted to boost Moonlight’s rating high. In the Opinion Polls Moonlight was -5 last night and now it has raised to -3, with some of my help going through nearly 30 pages of opinions and not finished doing so yet.
Please feel free to check out the opinion I left at heyneilsen, join there too, it is an important site. Feel free to leave an opinion of your own, comment on mine and vote for Moonlight and all of the cast.
Click the link below:
http://www.heynielsen.com/opinion/view/help-moonlight-come-again-out-of-the-dark/
Hope to see some more opinions voiced by my alexoloughlinonline new friends.
Oh, check out YouTube and look for a Moonlight never seen 1 trailer. It contains the actors and actors that never were in our Moonlight except for Alex with a little shorter hair and a totally different Beth, a older man as Josef. Leave your opinions here on this one.
May 20th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Oh, at Neilsen I am MsMoonlighter
May 20th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Hi Pat:
I will need to re-read my post, but it certainly was not meant to offend anyone of any age group. Mostly, I could have been knocked over by a powder puff after seeing such a together show on CBS. I am still amazed that they actually did so.
I think it is great that you like/love/adore Moonlight.
I love the show and the trio: Mick, Beth and Josef.
As your your migraine: Yep, I have headaches that are killers.
As for getting Moonlight back, I’ve been writing to the CEOs and such at CWTV? and am sending a letter in Spencerian script to Les Moonves, for all the good that it will do.
My neighbor, one of the neatest gals and best friends one could ever hope to meet is 82, and she loves that show. She has three grown children, 9 grandchildren and they watched Moonlight together. One thing she appreciated was that it was not vulgar, and laced with swear words and other ‘junk’ that passes for ‘humor’.
One would think that the Powers That Be would realize that not everyone agrees to have that Neilsen box in their homes, and that more of us are watching shows on-line.
Hope you feel better, and I’m going to walk outside and see if I can remove both of my left feet from my mouth.
Jennifer G.
Seattle, Washington
May 20th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Hi Jennifer G, I see you are located in Seattle, wonderful city, lots of charm; was there for a wedding last summer held at Parsons Gardens and reception was held in the Top of the Market above Pike’s Place. A very close male frien’s daughter lives and works there and was the young lady being wed; love her given name, it is sheer poetry: Gitane Solei which translates to mean Gypsy Sun. Yes, like myself, her parents were of the hippy generation and believe me all back then were fighting for some cause or another, so this fight to save Moonlight comes second nature to me.
What section of Seattle is home? we were in the Queen Anne District and also Issaquah.
Okay, hope it is nice weather there now and you’ve taken foot from mouth. I am not angered, just know it is best not to put an age stigma on anyone fighting with you not against you. We are on the same team to save Moonlight.
As for the Powers to Be pertaining to the Nielsen boxes in all homes; I know I don’t have one and most of us do not have one so their home guesstamation is inaccurate but you can (& I hope you will) go to heyneilsen.com and vote positive on any Moonlight opinions or any polls relevent to Moonlight. This is also a move toward success.
Great that you are snail mailing some of the head honchos; no idea if it will work, but can hurt. Check further through every comment on this site and you amy find some other addresses that will help as well. If you have the time, write to Alex (addresses for his 2 reps here at this site in commnet at Fated to Pretend, I think) and the other members of the cast to let them know we care and are fighting to resurrect Moonlight.
Later Jennnifer, hope to see you on here often.
Lucky you in a cooler climate for the summer; it’s 102 degrees here in AZ this early in the “warm” weather season.
Pat
May 20th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Oops again!!! Jennifer, thats CAN’T HURT in reference to snail mailing head honchos, not can hurt…..
May 20th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Hi Everyone I posted this letter on the comments page on Aol under the section for Moonlight
Moonlight was the best show on television. It was not given a fair chance and for CBS to base their decision on Jericho fans is unfair. It is not right to assume that because the so called Jericho fans did not back their show when it was given a second chance that the Moonlight fans would do the same. As far as I am concerned Nina Tassler is a coward for not giving Moonlight another chance. Not to mention people are starting to wonder what she has against male actors. I mean she even admitted it in her press release that she looked at several scripts written for shows that either had a male lead or male cast and had them re-written to have a female lead or a female cast. She claims that she is targeting a female audience, but she does not care what the female audience wants. After all we are telling her clear as day we want Moonlight. NEWS FLASH NINA TASSLER WE ARE WOMEN WE LIVE THAT LIFE EVERYDAY WE DO NOT WANT TO WATCH IT ON TELEVSION. After working all day we want to see fantasy Like Moonlight on television not want we just spent all day doing. Nina you do not care about the veiwers. You do not give a damn what the fans want all you care about is your own agenda the shows you want to see. That is not how you do good business. To do good business is to listen to what your consumers want in this case we want Moonlight give it back to us. By useing your position to give yourself the types of shows you want to see instead of what the public wants is bad for business. The fans are all planning to boycott CBS soley because of your decision to cancel Moonlight. You will have your female oriented shows but you Nina will be the only one watching everyone else will be watching other Networks the actually give a damn about the viewers. So if you claim to target females why don’t you listen when we speak. Anyway Nina good luck with your new line-up your going to need it if the fans go through with the Boycott.
A Moonlight Fan who will be boycotting CBS. Goodbye CBS hello Networks who care about their veiwers. Everyone over at CBS you can thank Nina for the loss of over 10 million viewers. Have fun apologizing to your co-workers Nina.
May 20th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
Hi again everone I have found these new mailing address check them out.
Remember .
pdf files of the Postcards can be downloaded at moonlight-united. com.
Also don’t forget to keep contacting the other Networks as well, especially USA which has apparently indicated some strong interest in picking up Moonlight
Dawn Ostroff
President
TheCW Television Network
3300 W Olive Ave, 3
Burbank, CA 91505
John Maatta
Chief Operating Officer
TheCW Television Network
3300 W Olive Ave, 3
Burbank, CA 91505
Rick Haskins
Executive Vice President
Marketing and Brand Strategy
TheCW Television Network
3300 W Olive Ave, 3
Burbank, CA 91505
Paul McGuire
Executive Vice President
Network Communications
TheCW Television Network
3300 W Olive Ave, 3
Burbank, CA 91505
Thom Sherman
Executive Vice President
Drama Development
TheCW Television Network
3300 W Olive Ave, 3
Burbank, CA 91505
Eric Cardinal
Senior Vice President
Research
TheCW Television Network
3300 W Olive Ave, 3
Burbank, CA 91505
May 20th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
I also read this on a website and it mad me extremely angry so I left a comment on neilsen under the poll MrsMoonlighter opened so go there and read the whole thing then place your own comment here is what angered me
Parents Television Council Attack on Moonlight Via the Advertisers:
Please read the following post that was posted at MoonlightArmy. com today, May 19, 2008 at 5:50 AM (not sure which time zone):
The PTC has “Red Lighted” our beloved Moonlight!
This is not good at all, and while I am sure it is not the main reason we were cancelled, I’m also sure this didn’t help one bit.
This group quietly goes about their business bombarding the advertisers of the shows they want yanked off the air & if the fans don’t realize it, they can do enough damage to get the show canceled & then it may be too late for us to do anything to stop it.
A lot of the advertisers seem to think they are the voice of American parents & listen to them!
This is what they said about our show!!
Quote:
“Violence on this program is frequent and occult-based, including vampires using blood via injection, drinking it from glasses, and from other people; dead bodies are often shown with puncture wounds and blood all over their necks, as well as bodies in a morgue.
A beheaded torso has also been depicted, several murder victims shown at crime scenes. A violent altercation occurred between Coraline and Mick, involving their fangs, a wooden stake, and a fire. Sex in the premiere was fairly negligible, although there is one reference to sex made by a professor in a study group. Language used in the series includes “crap,” “sucks,” “damn,” “bastard,” “piss,” and “hell.
”
So these people have been mailing the advertisers for weeks now….meaning we are already behind!!!
Over the weekend members of the Moonlight Army went back and watched all 16 episodes (all that MickAction was tough, but someone had to do it…) We gathered a comprehensive list of every advertiser that had ads and then went to work finding contact info for all of them - loads of fun, I assure you.
The list is gigantic! Snail mail is the most effective, but obviously you can’t write to all of them (or maybe you can, lol) but maybe people can get together and split the list or something.
We really need to make up for the damage these people have done!
If you don’t know what to write, there will be help threads up later today with templates that you can tweak to fit your thoughts. Anyone who wants to add theirs to it, we would be grateful.
Here’s a quote from a blog we posted earlier this week on this subject:
Quote:
“One of the most effective groups in the United States when it comes to TV is an odious little outfit called the Parents Television Council. The PTC is famous for pouncing on any show that it thinks runs counter to its conservative Christian agenda. It organizes people to write sponsors every which way to Sunday. And it makes sponsors nervous. It doesn’t matter that they’re not in the majority. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
If you note the kinds of people who advertise on the show you like, and were to write three letters to their company or their Ad Agency, that could make for a huge impact. Again, it would help if you could explain why you like the show, what about it appeals to you (in a social standing, not plot — remember, they may not have seen the show.) The idea “strong female characters,” or “enjoyable action,” or “witty interplay,” or “interesting allegories for world events,” or whatever it might be… what you’re trying to say is that it’s a good thing that they’re associated with that show…being associated with that show makes you feel warmer toward the company.
If you can describe their commercial, and show that you actually watched it, and absorbed its message, that’s better.
Heck, if you suggest that you like this project so much that you went out and tried their product for the first time to show your support for the show — hell, that’s even better!”
http://moonlightarmy. com/main/viewtopic. php?t=219
..It’s pretty surprising, I know. I absolutely had no idea that this could be the reason for the cancellation…SUX.
By the way, we can use these people to help us.
Click on http://www. parentstv. org/ptc/shows/main. asp?shwid=2646 to what they said about “Moonlight” and then on list of advertisers and they’ve already done some of our work for us!
May 20th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Here is my reply to MrsMoonlighter also the link for you to go check it out
Hi MsMoonlighter,
ChristieWhite has replied to the post “Help Moonlight come again out of the dark” about Moonlight:
I Think it is totally unfair of CBS to take away a show people love so much. Moonlight is the best show to hit Network television in a very, very long time. So please any Network out there who are not afraid to take a chance take a chance on Moonlight. I promise you your Network will not regret it. Your Network will gain over 10 million Viewers who will follow this show and bring their money with them. To the Advertisers trush me if you advertise on CBS you will be wasteing your hard earned dollars because no one will see your ads. No one will be watching CBS we will be watching the Network that has Moonlight. LISTEN UP NETWORKS DO NOT LET THIS MILLION DOLLAR BABY PASS YOU BY IF YOU ARE SMART IN BUSINESS YOU WILL GRAB MOONLIGHT AND RUN WITH IT. IF YOU GRAB MOONLIGHT DO NOT LET GO IT’S A WINNER. Also I am sick and tired of the Parent Television Council attacking advertisers to scare them away from supporting shows. Listen up you stick in the mud old fools part of being a parent is to censor what your own children watch on television. If a parent choises to allow their own child to watch a certain show who do you people think you are to say they can’t. PTC realize one thing America is a free country the people are protected by the constitution which states that the people have freedom of choice. So if you (PTC) do not like what you are seeing on your television here’s a clue turn it off and start learning to knit. Quit telling the rest of us what is good for us and what is not. That is Our freedom of Choice you have no right to take that away. So do us al;l a favor turn of your televisions and start knitting your cats some mitten you old stick in the mud fools.
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May 21st, 2008 at 8:45 am
This fan of Moonlight, and godmother to teenage girls, who watched and loved that show, well, we are offended at this PARENTS TELEVISION COUNCIL.
We can decide for ourselves if is show is “offensive” and if “offensive” is the problem, then CBS and the rest must immediately halt showing the news.
CBS and the others can have their sanitized shows. We will not be watching, and we certainly are shunning anything by those quaking-in-their-boots advertizers.
In other words, Kiss our money - and we females do spend some scratch - goodbye, Advertizers.
May 21st, 2008 at 9:55 am
Okay, for those who care: Here is my update:
By 4:00 p.m. today, Wednesday, May 21, 2008, I will have mailed ten postcards to various people at CBS and to Alex O’Loughlin’s agent. Also, two people from Virginia and Iowa, and their friends, are also Snail Mailing their support of this fantatic show and crew.
A big thanks to the person who provided the addresses.
Yours very truly,
Jennifer Griffith
David C.
Tim G. and others
Bainbridge Island, Washington and
Seattle, Washington
May 21st, 2008 at 11:17 am
That a girls, Jennifer and Christie. I am mailing out letters to Silver, USA Network, Sci-Fi Network and Parents Television Council today. In my letter to PTC, I made no mention of Moonlight, but, instead, directed my outrage in almost the same as Jennifer.lus I blatantly told them they, PTC is actually, by their convuluted actions in regards to the show’s sponsors and the networks, in general, is teaching that being a back stabber (w/o the knife) is permitted, etc, etc…..
Did you read about the D. Darko movie Alex will be making? Great, but still do not give up hope of Moonlight’s return to TV. Alex has the right, I assume it may be permitted by whomever he is contracted to, to do other acting assignments, and this brings him to his fans in many different ways.
I read online last night, think Moonlight Detective or one of the Moonlight site the fans have going, its the one with someone calling themselves Mrs. St John at the helm. Anyway, I read that another fan notes from an inside WB source that tearing down the sets of Moonlight means nothing, this is done whenever a show goes into hiatus. There is going to be a neat ad placed, I think today, in the Hollywood Reporter pertaining to Moonlight and its may fans: It can be seen at the site through a pdf file and it begins as: “Fanbase for Sale”,as it is set up like a real estate ad and will be plave on theinside of the front cover of this publication. A smaller similar ad will also appear in the bible of entertainment, Variety. Money for these ads came from donations sent in for this cause; so much was collected that they were also able to purchase the ad for Variety.
I am curious here: the article just placed here at this site related that a Nathan Morris is Alex’s manager from June Caan Management. So is the other manager now defunked, although I spoke less than 2 weeks ago to the Andrew Freeman office. I did not speak with International Creative Managment, but upon checking out about them I found that their license for business is not longer active, so possibly this is where the new agency comes in. If I find the June Caan address or any info pertaining to this agency I will post it; if I don’t and someone else locates info, please do same for all of us. Thanks
Hey, Karen, How are you feeling at this point after your neck surgery???
May 21st, 2008 at 11:47 am
Alex is listed at:
http://www.bravenet.com/webtools/forum/
as Alex O’Lachlan
This is the June Cann Management company.
May 21st, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Oh my. Mucinex is listed. I’ve sent them an e-mail and they’re going to lose 7 customers if they took part in this.
Scotts Turf Builder, Acorn Products - they will receive snail mail. As one of the gardeners in this area, they could have received a huge chunk of change from my customers and from me, but no more.
Brawny Towels - same.
IHOP - We used to go to the local IHOP at least once a week. This ended today.
McDonalds - same thing.
Any other companies that I find that we have done busines with just once shall be informed via snail mailr that they are now taboo, for allowing Parents Television Council to ruin Friday nights for MOONLIGHT fans, and others.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Hi Everybody, I am still up to my tired little fingers, my exhausted brain, too, in this fight to save Moonlight. Mailed out letters yesterday to various places that needed to be contacted or told off politely, especially the PTC.
I do hope that all of us are still in this together and have not given up hope to get Moonlight back on with Alex and the rest of the cast asap. Yes, as reported here about Alex going to appear in another movie, GREAT, unfortunately it does not, according to the article look like a staring role or the lead. A;ex is making a wonderfully popular name for himself, of course, much of that is to do with Moonlight, I would think. I know he has been other productions, but Moonlight, thus far, has given him the much needed exposure to make his name resound around the world. And still can be kept in the limelight through the renewal of Moonlight. SO FOLKS DO NOT GIVE UP THIS GALLENT AND DEDICATED FIGHT!!!!
I just thought of a possibilty of claiming our rights to be the heard voice and champion of this show. It came as a brainstorm as I was checking the stock market online, this is the time, with the way the economy is slumping to buy stocks to bolster ones financial future. Then I recalled reading yesterday of how another group of us Moonlight fans, all under our united front, of course, collected donations from Moonlight fans all over and were able to place 2 ads in 2 Hollywood news epistles, Variety & the Hollywood reporter. It did not take a long time to collect these donations and secure enough for the ads. So it shows fans are still paying close attention and still wanting to fight for our goal to be won.
Okay, now my brainstorm pertaining to the stock market:
I checked out some stock quotes, even one at the Time Warner site, and we should be aware the TW (which in the stock trades is TWX) is the parent company over the Warner Bros company. Today at the close of the NY stock Exchange TMX stocks were selling for $16.52 per share, a 28 cent rise from yesterday’s close. This is the time to buy this stock as we see it may be beginning on an upward swing and is low enough to afford. So if all of the fans throughout the world untied together as a group of investors, even if we bought just 1 share per person(& we are 8 million strong or more now since all of this CBS cancellation nonsense came about), we could have a decent hold on the WB stocks. And how would this help Moonlight? We would have as a large investment group the holding cards to call the shots of the fate of Moonlight. It would not hurt any of us to invest this small amount of cash to save the show or even to invest individually, which may not be a bad investment for anyone since it could grow to anyone’s advantage. Let’s face it Time Warner is not going to collapse anytime soon as a corporation. They own WB, AOL, HBO, Turner Broadcasting, and many more companies.
Just a thought and I can think of so many foolish items I have wasted $16.53 on, can’t you? None of these Items I ma remembering ever brought me a future income either.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:41 pm
OOPs that word was UNITED together in reference to Moonlight fans; most assuredly we DO NOT WANT TO “Untie”. as another site pointed out yeaterday, we have only just begun, is is not over yet.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Sure, I will purchase some TW stock.
Otherwise, here is my update, such as it is: About 15 companies/sponsors of CBS have been sent Snail Mail letters, informing them that they have two choices: Be with us, and for freedom of Artistic Expression, OR: Listen to that group of Old White Men, who want $15.00 to be told what we ought to watch, so our delicate widdle selves shall not be offended.
Two companies have been told that they’ve just lost my family and me as customers over that Parents Television Council.
I am a gardener and my customers purchase the products that I approve. My Boss has a Business Account with some of these companies and he is with us. These companies have a choice between: A loyal customer who can deliver many customers or a former customer who will let my disapproval be known.
At the end of today, I plan to have 10 more Snail Mail letters to companies that are/were sponsors of CBS.
This Alpha Female wants My Alex, Beth and Josef back on TV - and until this happens, the television remains dark.
Okay, enough preaching: Time to get back to sending those letters.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:57 pm
Heheheheheheheh
The replies from the companies are starting to flow into my in-box.
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Doing great Jennifer!!!! I know Christie White is also doing her part as I have her e-mail address ans we correspond now on our personal ISPs. I have so many devoted fans of Moonlight and dedicated fans of Alex on this site as well as a coupls of others who are such wonderful people.
I am praying and hoping for our fight to one day soon be over with the welcoming news we want to read or hear. One of the reasons I suggested we all make contact somehow in a united front as stock holders of Time Warner is to show all the jerks who took Moonlight off the air, including the PTC, that we are not some fanatical cult. No, what we most definitely need to show themis that we are a massive group of adults who are serious minded and business minded.
One thing I learned in life and when I owned my own business is the old adage holds so true:
“BS WALKS, MONEY TALKS!!!”
And the only thing big business corporations understand is, their only GOD, MONEY!!!!!
Their heart beat is the ticker-tape!!!!
May 22nd, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Dear Pat:
I have no idea how to purchase stock, and am willing to set aside the next week to learn how.
One way is through a Bank or Credit Union. I am game for the game. Heck, I’ve spent more than $16.00 on one plant for my garden.
And so, yes, if 8 Million of us purchase stock, that would give us some clout (Chicago term meaning Power).
Shall we do this individually?
For the record, Les Moonvies, if you are reading this, My Neighbor’s TV is off and so is mine and they shall remain dark for some time.
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Dear Pat,
I completely agree that all the companies are interested in is money. After all, they’re not in this for the art — they’re trying to make profits. I think a stock block is a GREAT idea! I’m just not sure buying Warner Bros stock (TWX) is the way to go. They essentially own and produce Moonlight. They WANT to sell it to another network. We’re preaching to the choir. Maybe buying the stocks of the network we want to see pick up the show… I would rule out CBS. They’ve caused the fans and the principles of the show too much heartache already. But which network to chose to influence? And how to show we’re united as a group? I’m with you in buying the stock, just want to be strategic about it.
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Gosh, you are a gung-ho gal, someone I, both, admire and find a reminder of me in my younger days.
Okay, I invest through a broker, myself,not through any form work related. If you want to invest individually that is all well and good, especially for your own immediate financial future. However, I think this endeavor, if Moonlighters can pull together, is best done as meshed unit of Moonlight’s audiences. Though this endeavor can make money for all through dividends paid out individually to the stockholders in our group or can make the best money individually, our purpose is to grab the chance to do all possible to bring Moonlight back and to have some power as a group to dissuade network from shotgunning down any entertainment companies (HBO, Turner Broadcasting, Warner Bros)productions held by TMC.
All of here at this site, and I hope all of you are reading these comment messages, need to send out feelers to other site. The more of us who “put the bee in everyone’s bonnets”, the sooner the idea will catch on to try to save Moonlight this way.
First I think it is best to speak to a broker and find out how this cam be accomplished as a large investing group of private persons associated with a group. Once we learn the approach I think it will be asked that the group pay a initial fee and then stokes can begin to be purchased. Now before we go to far, so I would advise a phone consultation with a broker first or find one who give the first consultation free. It must be emphasized emphatically that our group is only interested in purchasing stock for one company. Brokers are like any other salesman they will try to push for more. And this stoke must be bought at one shot with all the monies collected through the Moonlighters investment cash. In other words, the word must be spread over the Internet that there is a possible way of saving Moonlight and making Moonlighters worldwide equal shareholders in this possibility. NO ONE UNDERAGE CAN BE INCLUDED IN THIS VENTURE, NO MONIES ARE TO BE ACCEPTED AS INVESTMENT FROM ANY PARTY OTHER THAN CONSENTING ADULTS. MONIES WILL NOT BE HELD BY ANY ONE INDIVIDUAL BUT, INSTEAD, BE PUT INTO A MONEY MARKET ACCOUNT, TEMPORARILY, UNTIL ALL MONIES HAVE ARRIVED. THEN THE BROKER WILL THEN PURCHASE ALL THE SHARES FOR MOONLIGHTERS INVESTORS.
Hopefully someone with Moonlight clout on the Internet can get the feelers out and see how fans react before contacting a broker, then all can go on from there. Wise persons will see the advantage of investing in stokes while the market is low. They will also realize that Time Warner is not going to be a conglomorate that is going to go under any time in the near to late future for years to come.
May 22nd, 2008 at 10:02 pm
Correction: that is TWX, not TMC (which is a hospital here in Tucson)
May 22nd, 2008 at 10:20 pm
Hi Nancy, I see what you are getting at, but the point moonlighters must now make is the fact that they are not some fanatical cult group, especially given the fact that Moonlight’s vampire storyline could be misconstrued as such.
We, as a group must instead show that we are all responsible adult viewers. That we are capable of conductin business in the business sense, not just making complaints, writing letters, etc. These gestures are wonderful and we should definitely keep the pressure on, but we need to hit in the pursestrings.
Now, why TWX? TWX is the corporation holding WB who produces Moonlight as well we know. If Moonlight’s fans back the corporation who had one of its companies production done an injustice and takes a serious note to this, we can help TMX deal its own cards and name the game. In simpler terms, companies can be cut throat, so everybody wants to sleep with the biggest and the best; tha’s what our purchases of stocks are accomplishing- OUR CAlLING CARD, NAMING OUR GAME.
Sure we can invest in another network, but that is not the way to win this. It’s like, I’ll buy you candy, if you buy me the store. NO, Moonlight will come in on its own company’s power with its own entourage, ALL OF US who financially made things start moving.
May 23rd, 2008 at 8:23 am
Pat:
Will you be the Alpha Female and let Les Moonvies and that Nina T. know what we are doing? I am sending copies of my correspondence via Snail Mail, and would like to have one or two others, perhaps Connie, also let CBS and that awful Parents Television Council be aware of one thing regarding the beloved Beth/Alex/Josef:
Focus on the Pretty.
Thanks,
Jennifer G.
Bainbridge Island, Washington
May 23rd, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Why is this site so quiet today? I hope that it is because we are busy writing those snailmail letters to other networks and the like to get Moonlight back on the air.
WE SHOULD NOT CONSIDER OURSELVES FINISHED YET, NOT BY A LONG SHOT. If is is not posted here, though I did mail the article’s link/page to the person who posts news for us here since I am not sure how that is done. So if it does not come here, go and google in the Ventura County Star, it is a newspaper in CA, and is a county next to LA county. Click on the official link when info comes up and after the page loads click Entertainment; when headlines come up, hit more, I think that is what I did. The article you are looking to read was published on May 19, 2008 and it was an interview of Nina Tassler which ticked me off completely. Anyway, I registered and left a comment along with a couple of others, one whose user name I recognize from one of the Moonlight sites striving to re-call the cancellation of Moonlight and bring it back. Something he stated in his comment left me feeling hopeful; he goes by the user name of Barnabas. He stated that “we will continue to fight until Joel Silver tells us not to”.
Another important note ladies and gents: Get over to ipetitions.com and sign the petition for Moonlight and don’t forget to leave a comment, too. I know that after you finish doing so a screen pops up asking for a donation to keep the petition site online, but the amount of the donation can be as little as $2.
THE GOAL FOR THIS PETITON IS MAY 26TH AND FOR OVER 26,000 SIGNATURES TO BE COLLECTED. I JUST LEFT THE SITE BECAUSE YOU CAN CHECK THE PROGRESS OF HOW MANY SIGNATURES THERE ALREADY ARE AND READ PEOPLE’S COMMENTS.
WE NEED ABOUT 15,000 SIGNATURES MORE, PEOPLE, SO GET EVERYONE YOU KNOW TO GET OVER THERE AND SIGN THE PETITION OVER THIS WEEKEND please!!!!!
May 23rd, 2008 at 8:22 pm
Dear Moonlight/Alex Fans:
Checking in tonight (9:05 p.m. PDT). Today, more (15 Hand Written) letters were mailed to the sponsors of CBS. I was polite, told them that before I purchase anything else with their brand name, they MUST confirm that they will listen to viewers (us) and not that censor group.
Also, I’m looking at a guy who has the technical ability to put together an Internet Entertainment Group. We would be able to watch Mick, Beth and Josef at a time which is good for us. It would be funded by commercials we enjoy watching, and of course, by a monthly fee, like that which used to go to my former cable company.
Now I need time to meet with him and sell him on the idea of starting this new form of entertainment.
There are other websites that have some strategies going on - and if you do not hear from me, it is because I am dedicating the next week - Monday through Friday to writing a Petition, obtaining signatures from the merchants in my area, and mailing those to CWTV.
May 23rd, 2008 at 8:59 pm
Hi Jennifer, your idea sounds great. I would not have noticed your message here if I weren’t checking in here myself. Usually I get notices at my secondary e-mail address about entries at this site. This is so weird that the site is so darn quiet.
I read @ moonlightline.com that this afternoon there had been a rally at WB of Moonlight fans, but no news how it turned out. Sunday there is to be another blood drive @ Westin LAX(which is a hotel, I believe, near the Los Angeles airport). Someone by the name of lessor is the person in charge at the moonlightline.com site. The plea is not to give up on this fight to bring back Moonlight. This site has an insider in WB who gives info so we know what is happening and this party has given this hope: we will fight until Joel(Silver-the exec producer) tells us not to. WB, Alex’s reps, Silver, and all the persons that want what we want know of the actions being carried out by Moonlights devoted fans and Alex’s fans(but are they not one in the same?) and these celebrity status individuals are all in awe of this crusade and of Moonlight’s dedicated audience.
May 23rd, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Hi Pat!
Your knowledge and organization of the stock block idea is great. I’m still concerned, though, about getting the biggest bang for the buck. Again, Warner Bros. is the production company, they’re making the product (Moonlight), but they have many other products for sale as well. So I fear merely buying WB stock would barely make a blip in an industry that doesn’t look at the situation the way we do. Our take is unjust cancellation without a fair chance for our favorite show. The industry will justify it with “poor ratings,” whether that’s true or not. I’m COMPLETELY WITH YOU on buying influence, I’m just trying to figure out who to buy it from. I mean, it would be satisfying to buy CBS stock and get their idiot execs canned, except we don’t have THAT kind of money, and it wouldn’t help get Moonlight back on the air. The more I think about it, the more I think this might have been most effective if we’d had the foresight to purchase CBS stock BEFORE the cancellation. That would have been influence. Now, we have to find a company who would be influenced to our will because it will be to their financial advantage. WB already wants to do our will — they want to sell their show. The same with Joel Silver Productions. The only ones I can see who would take note of our influence would be a network. Any body else out there interested in this discussion of high finance and big business? Other insights and opinions?
May 23rd, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Hey Karen, how are you doing? How are you fairing since the neck surgery? Miss your inputs!!!
Hi Donna, Is your Internet reception coming in alright now? Miss hearing from you and I have now lost your ph# and will call you probably around the beginning of June sometime.
Hey everyone, let’s not give up the battles, we need to do all we can to win the WAR!!!!
May 23rd, 2008 at 9:23 pm
Hi Nancy, still on the line here when your message came in. Unfortunately we did not have the forsight of the cancellation, besides I am certain that CBS stock is beyond reachable to buy.
I was not suggesting just purchasing WB stock, it doesn’t work that way: it’s Time Warner stock (TWX) in totality which includes all their businesses, AOL, Time magazine, HBO network, Warner Bros, Turner Broadcasting(which used to belong to Ted Turner) plus a couple of others. Their stock is real low right now, although I haven’t checked today after the market closed for the long weekend. My reasoning about TW is that, even though WB is trying to sell the program it probably is not giving up its rights to the show. We, as investors, want to make sure we have a say as to Moonlight’s future.
I am not an expert by any means, I do invest but I have mutual funds which consists of stocks shared in various companies; already even into TW through one of my funds. I use Edward Jones Financial, they are all over the country, so a call perhaps after the weekend may help any of us ascertain how we can do this or the wisest way to invest as a whole group of Moonlighters.
WE DO NEED TO GET THIS OUT TO OTHER MOONLIGHT AND ALEX SITES AND SEE WHO IS INTERESTED. IF WE HAVE ALL THE INFO WE NEED TO SUPPLY, WE CERTAINLY CAN MAKE THIS APPEAL TO FANS. WE WOULD BE GOING INTO THIS FOR SAVING MOONLIGHT AND TO MAKE SOME CASH DIVIDENDS FROM OUR INVESTMENTS, THUS ANY INVESTMENT OF OUR HARD EARNED MONEY WILL HAVE MORE THAN ONE REWARD
May 23rd, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Just another word about a stock block influencing a network. Do you see what I’m getting at? If we chose a network (say TNT, or CW), and contact them having several thousand shares of their stock behind us, we can say with impact, “We want you to understand that we’re interested in quality programming, and one of the shows we would like to see on your (our) network is Moonlight. Please see to it.” A significant stock block would have to be respected.
I would love to see Moonlight go to a paid network like Showtime or Starz (HBO has a rival vampire drama in production) where there are fewer meddling Execs, and everyone isn’t so squimish about conservative right wing lobbyists, but not everyone can afford those channels, so it should go to a network that will appreciate the show and be affordable for everyone.
I know the show costs around 2.5 million per episode to produce, but I can’t believe a show like Angel of Battle Star Galaxtica is that much less expensive. The smaller cable networks buy those shows. Why not Moonlight?
May 23rd, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Then look at it this way: CBS’s decision has just cost one sponsor somewhere between $3,500,000 and $7,000,000.
Maybe they won’t notice that missing Three to Seven Million dollars this year, but next year and the next year: Yes, eventually.
CBS must have some wacked out idea of success, if they think that their sponsors do not want business from 8,000,000 people and those 8,000,000 families.
I’m passing on purchasing any stock from any network as my belief is that MOONLIGHT will be one of the first shows lined up on the Yet-to-be-Incorporated Internet TV.
Next week, CBS and CWTV will receive letters from the fans on the East Coast and I will have another friend here to help me with writing to sponsors and to Les Moonvies.
Thanks for telling me about that silly Parents Televsion Council. They are hated. I thought their website was hilarious - they want ME to send them $15.00 so they can alert me whenever a fictional character on a show says an offensive word. I get that for free in the real world.
Jennifer G.
Bainbridge Island.WA
May 23rd, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Ah! You make very good points here. You are correct that everyone cannot afford those paid channels.
We should both look into getting stock info on various networks, but to do this one must research them to find out who owns them or if there is a parent company over the actual network.
For instance, CBS is no longer a singular corporation; it is owned by Westinghouse.
Once we have the info we need for various networks, even the basic channels like NBC, ABC, FOX, UPN etc, we can watch the stock fluctuation and its individual stock histories.
Again I am hoping a stock block will work in our favor, but it will show networks (even CBS) and WB wea are not some cult but mature business minded individuals.
We would have to work fast; I feel the best bet is to find the network whose stocks are at a low cost. Moonlighters input as a financial group with adding revenue thus bringing up the value of the stock.
Of course, Moonlighters have to be given the incentive to invest and that means the co-operation of the other Moonlight and Alex sites to get the proposed idea across.
BTW, I read online that Time Warner just sold their cable company, losing TW money I think.
May 23rd, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Dear Pat,
Yes, I agree with the idea of researching the networks. We have to know exactly how they’re run, and who owns them. And, it has to be a network that needs the stock boost while at the same time having the financial means to afford to buy Moonlight. And you’re right that time is of the essence.
I believe all the letter writing campaigns in the world will do little good at this point. As a whole, the industry is dismissing the Moonlight fans. Look at the absent coverage of the major industry TV shows. Why isn’t Entertaiment Tonight, for instance, running a story about the rally at WB, or the Moonlight convention, or the blood drive, or the full page ads in Variety and Hollywood Reporter? The answer is, we’re getting uncomfortably close to being considered hysterical females. Now here’s what’s really interesting to me: Moonlight fans are being lumped together with Jericho fans. When the truth is, the Jericho fans supported that show because they were interested in the political/moral/survivalist storyline. It was a very interesting story line. BUT, the Moonlight fans are interested in the sexual fantasy and romance of the story lines. HUGE HUGE difference. Sex sells in a way politics never will, ya know? I’m astonished CBS never got that. But now, we MUST do something, as you say, that shows us to be savy, clever, consumers of a product. Publishers may denegrate romance readers as purchasers of “fluff,” but they do not ignore them. They spend too much money to be ignored. You said it yourself. Money talks.
May 23rd, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Hi:
Been a long day, I might not be very coherent, it is 11:44 p.m., and I must get to bed.
Anyway, what I wanted to comment on: Sponsors understand money and customer loyalty, even if CBS quivers every time Parents Television Council gets ‘offended’.
A note of interest: Dick Wolf, creator of Law and Order - his show was tanking, until someone gave him some sage advice: You have to get the women. He did and look at the results.
May 23rd, 2008 at 10:56 pm
So, how to gather all this information quickly? Is there such a thing as a stock broker who specializes in entertainment industry stocks? Perhaps that would be the fastest way to get information on the various networks. I freely admit I know nothing about how to choose stock. I need help with this whole aspect. But I do have a fair understanding of the entertainment industry. So I can help with that.
As to getting the word out once we have the info: Well, thank God for the internet. We just have to start contacting operators of the various fan sites and blogs. I don’t think it will be possible for us to have the complete info we need before the convention winds up. But maybe we could go to one of the web sites streaming info about what’s happening at the convention and they could carry the basic idea to the convention goers. What do you think?
I’m working Sat and Sun so cannot devote as much attention to this idea as I would like, but will be ready to help quite a bit on Mon and Tues.
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:20 pm
Thanks for your comments, Miss Nancy Reynolds.
I’m outta here.
May 25th, 2008 at 12:11 am
SOME WELCOMING NEWS EVERYBODY!!!!
GO TO THIS SITE AND READ ABOUT WHAT OCCURED AT THE MOONLIGHT CON CONVENTION THAT IS GOING ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AT THE WESTIN LAX (HOTEL NEAR LA AIRPORT):
HERE IS YOUR LINK:
http://moonlight-united.com/?p=25
Hopefully you can click on the link I just left or type same into google
One thing I will tell all of the Alex fans is that if Moonlight gets back to production the conventioners were told that there will be no Moonlight without Alex.
May 25th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
I do hope all are enjoying this Memorial Day weekend; could be why the board is so silent
Please read the message I left above and here is some new news as of this AM from another Moonlight friend I met at “Adoring Alex” (I’ll type what she sent that she received from the Moonlight Boards this AM), word for word, to me and others:
Newest news is that several stations are INTERESTED in MOONLIGHT and the latest to express EXTREME INTEREST is TNT… so everyone is still in the game as far as a 2nd season of the series…
RUMOR has it that Sophia Myles doesn’t want to relocate to New York and, of course, we are all hysterical over that!!! Hopefully it is just a rumor… or she might rethink it!!! I, (as well, as us all), cannot imagine Moonlight without the 2 of them together!
The CON (the Moonlight Con Convention-1st annual– @ the Westin LAC hotel) is going on for the weekend in LA
*POSTERS of MICK ST.JOHN were put up for auction to make money for the FOOD BANK there…
NOTHING WENT FOR LESS THAN $300;
A POSTER FOR $300!!!!!!!
And THIS is for the SHOW CBS canceled!!!!! UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!
Also being discussed is that NEILSEN tracked 8 million viewers….but thousands have signed up on the “they didn’t give me a box, but I watch MOONLIGHT every week” petition… so that number is probably LOW (believe speaking about the NEILSEN RATINGS)to the true scope of viewing….
AND OF COURSE… KEEP UP THE GOOD FIGHTING!!!!
So everyone here at Alex O’Loughlin Online that is the current update and I hope you are still out there fighting with us all…. Pat Schau
May 25th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Dear Pat,
Great news! TNT would be wonderful. Other good prospects are Sci Fi, FX, and USA. The beauty of these networks is that theoretically they will not try to meddle in the show as much as CBS did.
I wouldn’t worry about Sophia wanting or not wanting to go to New York. She’s under contract to the show - probably for 5 or 6 years - no matter where it’s filmed. I’m surprised they haven’t considered filming in Canada, a lot of the cable networks do.
Excellent News! Are we waiting a while on the stock block idea, then?
May 25th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
Dear Nancy,
I’m still for the stock block idea, Nancy. I was thinking of going through the stock reports of different network companies anyway, but now we basically know who is interested and who isn’t.
My idea, since news seems to be getting better for a 2nd season, is to encourage all moonlighters to stay together as a solidarity even when Moonlight gets picked up. Then as a united front all Moonlighters combine forces together buying stocks in the network, or parent company of the network, that Moonlight gets contracted to. What we are after is a solid voice in making sure, by holding a numerous amount of stocks, so that our say counts and this never happens to Moonlight again…
And yes, I like the idea of TNT also, but Sci-Fi is still coming on as a very strong opposition for gaining Moonlight. This was the last news I got tonight from my contact over at Adoring Alex….
So, you worked this weekend, I do hope you have tomorrow off so you can rest.
Check out my comment about Alex’s girlfriend(here look @ Alex & Holly Make an Appearance) and where to look up at other site as to what has me riled….
I haven’t a clue where you are located, and it is after 10PM here in Tucson, so I will say good-night….
May 25th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Dear Pat,
I totally agree. We need that stock block. As you know, it’s a voice to be reckoned with. I can help research the 4 major contenders tomorrow, and also help float the idea to other sites.
Yes, I worked today. I’m a hospice nurse in Las Vegas. Today was my fifth 10 hour day in a row and I’m a little brain dead. Thank God I’m off tomorrow and Tues.
Nursing is my day job. A million years ago in the 70’s I was an actress in New York for a few years. Now I’m also a writer. Romance fiction, non-fiction, and teleplays.
I think it’s a very good sign that TNT and Sci-Fi are taking a serious look at the show. You know, the fan out-pouring is really unprecidented. The only thing it compares with is Star Trek, and we know how that turned out! (Don’t think that the Trek Universe won’t be back on the air again in some form. It will just take a little while to cycle back again.) But let’s get a little insurance — not only to keep the show on the air, but to keep idiot execs out of the creative process.
As a writer looking at the progression of the series, and from what we now know of the history as Alex describes it, I can see the warring voices and changing points of view as each new show runner, writer and producer took over. Frankly, the last 4 shows, though we cherish them, were just a mess. In #15 Beth actually CONDONES Joseph killing off a nuisance paparazzi? How in the name of God is that possible? Totally inconsistent with her character. Discredit him? Yeah. Even have him jailed for stalking or maybe frightened out of his wits, but MURDERED? I can look at these various events and imagine what misery it must have been for the actors, writers and producers who were trying to stay true to the original vision of the show. What a nightmare. A block of stockholders loyal to the shows producers, writers and actors should help protect them from a repeat of that same situation.
Tomorrow is a new day and will start afresh then.
Yes, saw the note about Alex and Holly. What can I say? She’s young. She’ll eventually learn better.
May 26th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Hi Nancy,
Just to keep in touch as I have to get busy on picking up around the property after the winds we have had for several days now; to ler you know how strong: on the news: a roof was totally torn off a store in a town south of here. I live on the outskirts of Tucson, have been in AZ for 18 years in July. I hail from back east originally, Bayonne, NJ, born in NY many years ago.
We have something in common, however you are already a published author. I have many poems, about 5 older children’s short stories written, am working on a lengthy novel that is fiction based on fact. I, however, have not attempted to be published yet. Perhaps one day you can give me some pointers, that is if we can write through our personal ISP mails.. Think it not wise to give info on the site, but maybe the person heading this site can get our info to each other..
Anyway, I think it is wonderful that you are a hospice nurse…Nursing is an extremely difficult profession and one must have the fortitude to carry it out successfully. My mother was an RN for over 40 years & I never felt I could follow in her footsteps in her career. I had the grades but I did not have the stamina to watch people suffer and pass on.. I commend you, Nancy, for following such a path, especially having dealt with family and near family under hospice care;such nurses must be strong for them, deal with what the family is going through emotionally, too.
Oh My, you have had a varied life of career choices… an actress in NY, too. Was that on-stage such as Broadway or off-Broadway?? Sounds colorful and you already have another novel at your fingertips in your memoirs.
Now back to Moonlight:
There is supposed to be some word from Moonlight’s porducers on Tuesday about what is happening definitely… so I am so looking forward to knowing from “the horse’s mouth”, so to speak.
With more definiton of where Moonlight is headed, we will definitely make it known to the Moonlight audiences and Alex fans that it is of the UPMOST IMPORTANCE that we, as a united group, buy stocks of the network to hold the rights to have the main say… We must emphasize bodly that even though Moonlight found another home network(when this happens & am sure it will) WE, THE FANS MUST BE ON TOP SO ANOTHER SITUATION AS WE HAD BEEN THROUGH(Or are going through now) DOES NOT OCCUR AGAIN BY BEING MULTI-SHARED HOLDERS OF THAT NETWORKS STOCK.
As for Holly, I hope she is just a passing flame in Alex’s life; He so deserves better…. Sorry, but youth does not excuse being rude or being unfaithful….
May 26th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Hi guys! The following letter went out via email to CW, Sci Fi, TNT, USA, and FX:
The loyal fans of the adventure/romance show Moonlight, late of CBS, are looking for a new home for their favorite drama.
Because of the writer’s strike Moonlight didn’t even get a full first season. Despite that, this is what they accomplished:
* Won the People’s Choice Award for best new drama.
* Won their ratings time period every week despite having the WORST slot on the air (Fridays at 9pm).
* Has a fan following so devoted they created a convention for the show long before it was cancelled, drawing participants from the U.S. and abroad. (The convention proceeded despite the cancellation.)
* Has a fan following who quickly raised the money for full page ads in both Variety and The Hollywood Reporter asking another network to pick up the show.
* Has a fan following who created an unprecedented writing campaign using every resource they could think of.
Why all the love? The answer is simple. Compelling and exciting episodes. Charming and appealing characters. A rich and exotic premise. Sex appeal. Fun!
Take advantage of your chance (Whoever)! MILLIONS of devoted Moonlight fans are ready to give you their delicious advertising dollars. Make the deal! Bring Moonlight to the (Whoever) Channel.
That was the easy part. Now the hard part: I’m getting to work on researching the targeted networks. Looks like USA and Sci Fi are both owned by CBS (at least, they’re located in their building).
May 26th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Jennifer Griffith, Hi,
I so hope that your last input where you stated, “I’m outta here” does not mean that you are leaving this fight with us.
You have wonderful Ideas Jennifer, but so give credit, also, to other peoples ideas as well. I do hope that you will continue to assist in getting Moonlight back on regular TV.
My point is that not everyone has access to the Internet… there are some elderly audiences who love the show and want it back on their TV lineup to watch in the comfort of their own living room, so please consider this, too. The majority of persons, my age and older, do not know the first thing about a computer, let alone downloading an entertainment program. Many seniors do not even own a computer… so thoughts that Moonlight will be sent only to a select group of viewers that are computer savvy is rather limited and will not bolster any type of ratings, though I feel, along with many, that the Nielsen ratings are archaic and probably corrupt in their accuracy…
As far as a stock block is concerned, Jennifer, it is your choice not to buy into any endeavor in this direction, when it comes about, for whatever reason, be it personal or financial, but know it is the stock holders of corporations that have the most pull in the business world…
Hope that we will not lose you at this site….We all are frustrated by this idiotic decision of CBS to cancel Moonlight.. We are all exhausted from our efforts, writing & calling, to find Moonlight a new home network and from being online for hours to connect, vote, or just comment as we do here; sometimes this is our only venting area to calm us. But corporations like CBS, the PTC, they want us to get tired and give up; we cannot do this, should not do this, and most of all, let these execs think they will win or that we are weakening.
AND WE ARE NOT, JENNIFER, THIS IS GOING TO BE A FIELD OF MANY BATTLES TO WIN A WAR!!!!
MOONLIGHT FOREVER!!!!! Pat
May 26th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Okay guys, here is what I learned from my research:
TNT is owned by Turner Broadcasting System which is a division of Time Warner. (Right back to TWX). Time Warner is the only stock available. Current price $15.91
It has an international audience as well as the U.S.
CW is owned by CBS and Warner Bros. Divisions of Time Warner again. CW only shows in the U.S.
SciFi is owned by Viacom. Current price $38.32
SciFi only shows in the U.S.
FX is owned by Fox International, a division of News Corp, owned by Rupert Murdock. Current price $19.11. Audience is international.
USA is owned by Viacom. Audience is U.S., Canada, and S. America.
So what does all this tell us? Well, not sure how keen I am about the Time Warner properties. Look what they did to us already at CBS. On the other hand, all the divisions are pretty independent, so maybe that paranoia is unjust. The price is reasonable. But it looks to me that if it’s a Time Warner property, TNT is preferrable to CW because TNT is seen internationally.
Viacom is the owner of both SciFi and USA. It’s pretty pricey (I wonder why it’s so much more than Time Warner or News Corp? Less stock out there in the market place, maybe?) Both are pretty much limited to the U.S.
Finally, FX is reasonably priced and international.
It’s owned by Rupert Murdock, and while I may hate his politics, he does have good programming stations. Only drawback I know about: At FOX (I don’t know about FX) The executives may be more meddlesome than the ones at CBS.
Having analyzed all this, the bottom line is, we have to be grateful to whoever picks up the show, and if protective influence is the goal, we have to buy their stock. The only exception would be if we wanted to concentrate on lobbying one particular network over another before a deal is struck.
Any comments?
May 26th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Hi Nancy,
I got your message from Tiffany and I will be sending soon, so keep a lookout from either address.
You have been a busy little Sherlock Holmes, haven’t you today? I feel we need to get out info to other networks on this; I sent out a feeler e-mail to one of the lady’s I know who posts comments on several sites and is in contact with the lady overseeing http://www.alexO.net. Hopefully we can get a glimmering hope from all the fans to show an interest and then continue from there. Of course, it would be best to see what announcement is due to come out tomorrow, Tuesday, pertaining to what is transpiring in negotiations for Moonlight.
CBS is part of a conglomerate which is owned by Westinghouse is what I found in my research… I think Westinghouse is White Westinghouse now.. so you see businesses are always changing hands regularly.
CBS’s corporate headquarters is at 524 W 57th Street in NY, so what have you discovered about USA & Sci-Fi being part of CBS, Those 2 network are located on the 21st Floor of 30 Rockefella Plaza. It has been a very long time since I have been back east, so I do not know who is where any longer in NY, but many studios probably share space since space is in demand in NY. I THINK WE SHOULD CHECK OUT MORE ON VIACOM…
May 26th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
So sorry Nancy, I did something & Word Press thought I was sending a duplicate message before I finished the previous one…
Anyway, Buying into Time Warner is good, especially since Moonlight is affiliated with a production company that is there, Silver Pictures, whose chief exec, Joel Silver, owns the rights to Moonlight. AND THE PRICE PER SHARE IS GREAT… There are several points of view pertaining to a purchase of this stock:
1) we have the right to direct the course for Moonlight, yet we will never own more than Joel Silver’s shares
2)However, Silver is working his heart out trying to find Moonlight a new home, too, as he believes in its future & continuing success as much as we do.
3) owning shares in this corporation may give all of us rights to any items that will eventually come into production because of the show..
4) And, on the other hand, owning shares in the network which picks Moonlight up will give us a better say in its survival running on the network for a good length of time…
Nancy, loved the letter you posted earlier that you are going to send out to the other networks. Even if our own group here at this site used it as their format, we could get more letters out there snailmail to everyone that needs some eyeopening to Moonlight’s following and future success.
Note:
In your reasoning power on the letter you should also mention that Moonlight’s fan following is also contributing to helping people with a ongoing Food Drive, a Blood Drive, which again took place, I believe, at the convention and lastly, until Moonlighters think of other good they can be of service with, they are collecting money for the needy too… most of these have led to help in the areas worldwide that have been devastated by natural disasters.
I’ll catch up with you later; need to go take care of my animals right now and feed me too….
May 26th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Dear Pat,
Yes my little computer fingers have been worked to the bone! I can’t BELIEVE I left out the BLOOD DRIVE! I could just kick myself! Have you ever had the feeling you were just forgetting one thing… Oh well. Brain fatigue. And of course the food drive and disaster relief are important too. But the BLOOD DRIVE is such an attention getter. Darn!
Oops! Mis-wrote again. USA and SciFi are in the NBC building not CBS. Sorry.
Ah, so CBS is NOT owned by Time Warner? I looked at so many today, I’m confused. I’m sure you’re right. Well, that’s a relief anyway!
I agree that we need to wait for the announcement tomorrow to see what direction the negotiations are headed in. (I hope they announce early.) Then it’s just spreading the relevant info to all the sites we can find. Does anybody know how to include the site address to Alex OLoughlin Fan Site in a message so that they can travel to this site?
That’s all I’ve got for now!
May 26th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
No, not giving up. I have a company to run.
Last week there were hand written notes mailed to several of the
sponsors of Moonlight:
Bristol-Meyer, Energizer, McDonalds, Ace Hardware, Acorn Products, IHOP, and others,
thanking them for making this show possible.
Also, some of my male friends agreed to put their weight (and their money) into this, and this means more Snail Mail for CWTV and Sci-Fi.
Nina said that she cancelled Moonlight for the same reason she cancelled Jericho: The numbers were not there.
I do not believe she did her research.
I’ve spoke with a casting agent in Hollywood and she said that the only things that gets attention are: Letters, especially snail mail, post cards, phone calls, the more the better and even then it’s going to be a tough call, but:
Fans did bring back Star Trek.
There is a petition on a Yahoo.com group where you can vote for your favorite show/actor - don’t know if it is still an active link, but Alex O’Loughlin and Moonlight were the winners in all 3 categories.
May 26th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
That’s right Jen! Fans brought back Star Trek and spun it into a megaconglommerate, and don’t think it won’t come back again! Why not the same for Moonlight?
I don’t have a clue about the thought processes of the CBS execs. Ya know, they’re all so frightened of losing their job (that’s ALL the big network execs) that they just want to stick to the formula they know. In CBS’s case CSI #30,000. We’ll move on to a smaller network willing to be more innovative!
May 27th, 2008 at 8:21 am
I am hotter than ever to get us a season 2. What a storyline! I hope that Mick and Beth find time to just be together during all of this. I never knew they could cancel a show that won an award. What is wrong with the Sci-Fi channel? This would be great for them! By the way, I am also done with CBS. I will not watch it no matter what they put on.
May 27th, 2008 at 10:07 am
Hi guys!
I’ve been digging a little deeper into ownership of the networks because Pat and I have some differing info. Some changes. Viacom no longer owns SciFi and USA Network. They were purchased by NBC/Universal which is owned overall by General Electric. GE currently selling for 30.24. (Unless it all changes again in the next 10 minutes!) Both are still shown in US only or (for USA) a little in Canada and S. America.
Thanks for your patience. It’s hard to follow the thread of these companies, they change ownership so much!
May 27th, 2008 at 10:19 am
Hi Alex Fans,
Some news that we may all find a little encouraging to stick with our battle to win the war to renew our Moonlight and see Alex on TV weekly…
I called the ph# for Leeser of moonlightline.com, who BTW is a extremely nice lady, if we were wondering what gender was associated with the name. Anyway, I spoke with her a valuable few minutes but got some great vibes. Nothing is definite yet, but there is contact with DirectTV who televises Sci-Fi Channel which is the network that seems to be topping the interest level in our Moonlight. Seems money flow is needed to bring in the show(what else is new in big business but money, only money)and Sci-Fi will back this need with a specific amount of cash if some details are met, but Lesser will fill in all the details I am certain soooon at moonlightline.com in her updates.
I ran the stock block idea, still budding through Nancy’s & my research, & Lesser thinks this is a wonderful idea. Remember this lady has inside contact with this show’s “family”. I explained to her that its(the stock block) purpose is to have the control to say what happens to our show, Moonlight, in the future.. I asked her to try to get the word out for us once we get all our info collected & the following of this group of fans, plus know how we will set this up & what stock is most important to purchase for a Moonlight united fans control; so far it looks like it might be whomever is the controlling corporation behind the Sci-Fi Channel.
Now some social news:
I learned from Lesser that Sophia, Jason, & Shannyn(perhaps Coraline will be i the new shows) were at Joel Silver’s(the exec producer) house for a Memorial Day BBQ yesterday…they are all in awe of the efforts being executed by their vast audience and fans of Moonlight to salvage their and our show…. Apparently the word is that they are quite grateful to us all, also. I like the fact, myself, that Joel is staying so close with his young stars, which gives me hope that they are discussing the show’s future among themselves also… Let’s keep that thought, too, for us to carry out positive action to win back Moonlight..
I told Lesser that I am such a fan of Alex and she replied: “he’s sex on a stick!” WOW, couldn’t have said it better myself. I laughed, actually I was blushing and thankfully could not be seen) and told her I was old enough for him to be my son, which I am. She said that’s alright, many think of Alex as sexy… in other words, young & old. I emphasized to Lesser that my feelings of Alex is that he comes across as a very loving, genuine person. She told me “HE IS” all of that and one of the sweetest men to know. Yes, ladies and gents, she has met “THE MAN” and she confirms my feelings, as well as expressing to me that Alex gives good hugs too…. I told her I Want One Of Those…
I expressed to her that I (as, hopefully, we all are)(told her I am among the fans on Alex O’Loughlin Online, so hopefully she will check out our little site here and see what we all have to say), am willing do all I can to help get Moonlight back on the airwaves again. For me, that is going to be an act of Congress to find a sitter for my animals(horses & dogs) if I care to participate in any live events, like one of their conventions or their rallies, in the future, but if there is a Will, there is a Way; & I am a head-strong Sagittarian who carries out to the end(& ladies & gents, it is NOT THE END OF MOONLIGHT YET)..
THINK SERIOUSLY FOLKS ABOUT THIS IDEA OF A STOCK BLOCK TO HAVE THE “IN” ON MOONLIGHT’S FUTURE. IT IS NOT GOING TO COST ANY OF US A FORTUNE, IT IS NOT GOING TO COST HUNDREDS FROM EACH OF US, UNLESS THAT IS HOW MANY SHARES, WHEN WE CHOOSE THW CORRECT STOCK, YOU WANT TO FUND INTO.
Think seriously, to donate to the funds started by Moonlight fans, a Food Drive, Financial help(even if it is to donate $ to bring in the costs to match what Sci-Fi is going to put up front to bring Moonlight to the cabling company where Sci-Fi lives), and giving blood to the Red Cross.
Lesser said nothing about having an interview with Alex yesterday, so this may not have been totally accurate info coming through the netwaves yesterday, so I apologize… But I was speaking to the woman today & the above news is what I received from the SOURCE herself.. Perhaps we can look for an interview of Alex, hopefully, at another time and since there was no mention of Alex at Joel’s BBQ yesterday, he is porbably still in Mexico
May 27th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Hi Nancy,
I still have errands to run, but, as we all know, stocks are always changing in cost per share. But from the info I wrote about above, it just may be GE is the stock.. thus far, that is unless shares can just be purchased for a specific company within a corporation; not sure about that, need to ask a broker.
In actuality, Moonlight was not seen on TVs throughout the world, but some countries had to download an episode from their computers is what I have been getting the drift of on some of the message boards for this show. Still, even with that set of circumstances, Moonlight has a worldwide fanbase..
May 27th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
Hi Pat!
I wondering the same: can we actually purchase shares in NBC/Universal? I can’t find anything listed for them as far as stocks go, so I’m guessing it will have to be GE. I know you actually have a stock broker. Can you ask?
Also, some other questions:
* In a company as big as GE, how much stock does the group have to purchase to be heard? For instance, can we write or introduce ourselves in some way to NBC/Universal or even the Hoonchos at Sci Fi or USA, to say we’re the representatives of “Friends of Moonlight” (or whatever we call ourselves) and just want you to know we have a stock block of such-and-such and a burning interest in this show? You know, velvet glove with an iron fist.
* How do we form the fund and what stock broker does everyone contact to invest?
All the detail questions. We should all know exactly how it’s gonna work. It’s such a GREAT IDEA, Pat, and again, just like everything else in this campaign, it’s unprecedented!
May 27th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
On a purely personal Moonlight note, I’m glad to hear that the principles are still all getting together. You know usually when a show is cancelled everyone just scatters and that’s that. They must know, as we do, that something exceptional is happening here.
I’m eager to hear further news from Leeser, so glad you got to speak with her!
May 27th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
Hi everyone it is Tuesday 5/27/08 at 10:29 pm. I just came from Mooonlight-United.com this is the new post that has been added to the site must have been posted in the last hour because I have been checking that site all day for updated info and this was not there read on important:
We have been noticing the threads & comments suggesting that the fans could subsidize the remaining funds for the production of Moonlight. While that is a wonderful thought in theory, for many reasons it would not be likely to happen. Instead we may have found another option.
As most are aware, NBC recently sealed a deal with DirecTV to bring Friday Night Lights back to life, NBC’s critically acclaimed but ratings starved Friday night high school melodrama. The deal struck allows for DirecTV to air new episodes of Friday Night Lights beginning in October 2008, most likely on its High-def channel 101. NBC and its affiliates such as Universal HD would air the episodes starting in January 2009.
We believe that a campaign to solicit DirecTV interest in pursuing a similar arrangement could be beneficial and profitable to the satellite provider, as well as the WB and Silver Pictures. However, our efforts will differ in that it is not the network or studio that is approaching DirecTV, but rather the fans.
Recently, DirectTV has undertaken an aggressive marketing campaign to heighten public awareness. They are trying to distinguish themselves from their rival on content as well as price and seem to be willing to
spend the money to do it. Our approach will definitely be different in that NBC approached DirecTV. Since this would be a grassroots fan campaign, it will have a different marketing spin for DirecTV. How many satellite companies can say that they’ve got fans approaching them about saving their show?
Be polite, thoughtful and encouraging when you contact these people. Stress the numbers: according to Nielsen, this show has 7.5 to 8 million viewers, that the show reached the desired 18-49 demographic, that it consistently helped CBS to win Friday nights and that loyal fans will go to/remain with any advertiser that supports their favorite show.
DirecTV is already aware of our campaign and created a special email address for us to send in our letters. Let’s pack that inbox full of support for Moonlight! Send your emails to: the101@direcTV.com
This campaign is IN ADDITION to the postcard campaign targeting the Sci Fi Channel, FX, and USA. Please don’t stop contacting those networks.
You all read what this said now start emailing. thank you.
May 27th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
Hi guys!
Actually, I think we crashed their computers at DirecTv within about an hour and a half. They set up the above special line for us and begged for mercy!
Makes ya feel good, doesn’t it?
May 27th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Everyone this is the letter I wrote to Direct Tv
Hi I am emailing because we the fans are trying so hard to be heard. We are trying so hard to save our favorite show called ‘Moonlight”. This show is by far the best thing to hit Network television in such a long time. The fact that CBS has canceled this show makes me wonder what the person in charge over there is thinking. After all Moonlight has consistently helped CBS win Friday nights. The Nielsen ratings has proven that moonlight has 7.5 to 8 million viewers tuning it to the station that has Moonlight airing. Just think for 1 whole hour the station airing Moonlight has 8 million viewers watching. Just let me add that the number 8 million is rapidly growing. Look at the People’s Choice Awards over 10 million people voted Moonlight the best New Drama of 2008 and Moonlight won the award. Plus they are already nominated for Emmys. I say that a record like that is not bad for a show that due to the writers strike was cheated out of 5 more episodes. Also it has been proven that Moonlight reached the desired 18-49 Demographic it was aiming for.
Alex O’Loughlin, Sophia Myles,Jason Dohring and Shannyn Sossoman have made their character’s come to life on the screen. I have not seen a better cast in a very, very long time. To tell you the truth I have over 1000 movies in my personal collection and I can not tell you any that have a cast who have worked so well together, nor have I seen a television show with a cast like Moonlight’s they all just play off of one another. Moonlight is so amazing the cast, the writers it is just awesome. Anyone who picks this show for their network would be gaining something so special to a lot of people. Not to mention all the fans who will go to/remain with any advertiser that supports their favorite show. Moonlight makes such an impression on the viewing Audience that we are campaigning so hard to save it. After all this show alone has been responceable for Fans who have rallied together a nation wide blood drive, food drive, and even a diaster relief fund. These are things people may not have even given a second thought to doing, but because of their strong Love for Moonlight they have been getting involved in so many good things to show their support for Moonlight, not only their support for Moonlight but it has help people all around the world open their hearts and help each other out.
Moonlight is responceable for bringing such a large amount of people around the world, who were complete strangers together in one common goal, to Save Moonlight. In doing so it also has brought these 8-10 million people together in another common goal helping each other out through blood drives, food drives and diaster relief. Well now these 8 -10 million people from all over the world are friends. You know you have a hit on your hands when in the world of today it can bring out such good in people and give a reason for total strangers who probably never would have spoken, together as friends and a family, the Moonlight Family together united as one. Nor would these people have joined together in helping out others as we have now. We the fans are not only strangers who have become friends we are strangers who have become family we are Moonlight United. I am one of those people who never gave a thought to doing anything like this in my life and look at me now. I have a whole new group of friends and I have a show that I love so much Moonlight and not only that but I have a new outlook on the people in this world everything I have seen from the blood drive to the diaster relief fund proves to me that the world still has a heart. Thank you Moonlight for bringing so many strangers together as friends and teaching us all how to open our hearts to reach common goals. Some people may say that you can’t learn anything from television I would say that they are wrong. If you want a family oriented show you’ve got one in Moonlight. Sure there are vampires drinking blood and an occasional body shown on the screen but guess what you see blood, bodies, murder, beatings, and so much more in shows like CSI, Law and Order, Law and Order SVU, Reality shows (people bouncing off of concrete, hit in the face with hard opjects). See if you put every television under a microscope like the PTC does lets face it there would be nothing on television. Every show on has a little something that people do not care to see on television that does not mean you take it off the air, if that were the case we would have no television. After all Television show are fantasy entertainment New shows are fact. So please help the world get backs it entertainment. The worls has enough fact lets have some fantasy. Please anyone who reads this help the Fans bring back Moonlight. WE LOVE AND CHERISH MOONLIGHT AND WE WILL LOVE A CHERISH THE PEOPLE WHO SAVE MOONLIGHT.
Thank you for your time.
May 27th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
Great letter Christie! Everyone is doing such a wonderful job! How can we not win with dedication like this!
May 27th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
I just had to post this here, I thought it was so hilarious! Some wonderful writer wrote this the DTV after we crashed their computer!
Dear Direct TV:
We apologize - maybe we never properly introduced ourselves.
We are the Moonlight fans…..Moonlight Mafia, Moonlight Army, or just those
crazy vampire folks - we go by many names. We are sorry that we have frightened
you. Please come out from under your desks so we can talk - it’s okay we don’t
bite. We just want our show back - and we’re willing to go to great lengths to
get it.
You might want to consult Alex O’Loughlin or Jason Dohring on how to handle us
– they seem to have a knack for keeping us satiated and quiet.
There are 8 Million of us we take this very seriously, and we will not be
silenced except on the word of Joel Silver, and at this point……..we’re not
even sure we would listen to him.
Thank you -
The Crazed Fans of Moonlight
May 28th, 2008 at 12:40 am
Christie, absolutely wonderful letter, extremely expressive, actually emphasizes that we are not just some fanatical cult, but extremely devoted humans who believe in helping and standing strongly united.
Nancy, when I read that letter to DirecTV I was rolling with laughter… the author of that letter has a future in writing definitely
So all in all it has been a good turn of events so far to read on this site and a little humor to lighten our load…
thank you from a Crazed Moonlight Fan;
night folks, Pat
May 28th, 2008 at 12:45 am
Oh, can’t sign off yet, Nancy, I will get in touch with my broker and see if he can answer those questions, but may not do this until Thursday as chores call me in the AM, then off to town for the rest of the day.
Again I wish
sweet Alex dreams to all the ladies
& lucious Sophia dreams to all you gents
Pleasant Dreams all, Pat
May 28th, 2008 at 3:38 am
Thank you so much for “getting the show on the road”. I would never have figured out how to be heard otherwise. I think you should extend the age group from 49 to 65. My older friends love it too! I love this show and watch the reruns on my iphone daily. I would be so happy to help save Moonlight! Count me in!
May 28th, 2008 at 6:11 am
Hi Guys!
I can’t believe I’m back on the computer at 6am with about 5 hrs sleep. I must be insane! But had a great idea!
I was thinking about how to let the community know that Moonlight is cancelled, and to get people to write in: convenience is everything. I’m going to pre-write (type up) some postcards. That way, when I tell people, “You know Moonlight was cancelled,” and I get the same horrified gasp, I have something to put in front of them. Here, sign this and add your address, I’ll send it off for you! It’s like a petition but more impressive for the recipients and less trouble for the casual fans.
We could do the reverse when the show is picked up again. Just hand out fliers to people who are interested, telling date, time and station.
What do you think?
There’s a post from TV guide saying SciFi is only interested in doing re-runs. What I want to know is, where is he getting his information? Leeser at Moonlight Line.com seems to have the inside track on negotiations. I think we should wait and hear from her. And even if it’s true, there are still 3 other networks out there we haven’t targeted in the way we have SciFi. We can still offer THEM a partnership with DTV. Don’t listen to the nay-sayers. If we had we would have shut up when CBS handed us the walking papers. The very LEAST we’ll get is a Moonlight Movie. Just keep putting one foot in front of the other.
Nancy
May 28th, 2008 at 9:29 am
Hi Elizabeth,
Welcome aboard and I am also close to your age group. We, as an older group of audiences, that loved Moonlight should let those, that need to be contacted to bring Moonlight back, hear our voices the LOUDEST..show these “young whipper snapper execs” that we are a “force to be reckoned with”!!!! So “May the force be with you!”, Elizabeth and I hope that you will check this board for addresses to send your snail mails(Regular Post Office mailings)to and voice your desire to bring the show back and wanting it shown on (the name of the network), etc, etc…
Though I should not even be on here this AM I had to check out any new messages before I left for town for the rest of the day…Goodness, Nancy @ 6AM & me before going to appointments, sounds like this site has she , I, and our whole “family” here having earned the name “crazed moonlight fans” (Check out message concerning DirecTV).. Don’t fret, it’s a Good Thing…THE SQUEEKY WHEEL GETS HEARD & THE PROBLEM CORRECTED..remember that with each letter you write to get Moonlight back on the air..SO BEGIN THAT PROCESS NOW!!!
May 28th, 2008 at 9:39 am
Nancy, Leeser made no mention to me of it being just re-runs on the Sci-Fi channel, but they may be doing this first, to calm the Moonlighters frenzy, until Silver and the cast can provide them with more new episodes.. Definitely need to ascertain the bottom line of this news from Lesser.. those interested in asking questions pertaining to Moonlight can e-mail her at:
lesser@moonlightline.com
Please do not overwhelm her with e-mails, but if you have to know immediately then ASK, but as briefly as possible.. This may also alert her to what news is showing up online or in print elsewhere & she can find out the truth for all of us…
May 28th, 2008 at 9:50 am
Oh, before I must get offline and get going to town…
YES, as Nancy said in her message, there are other networks out there connected with DirecTV, so keep those snail mails heading out to them asking them to make Moonlight their home for future new episodes, EMPHASIZE NEW EPISODES PLEASE.. And do write to Joel Silver, Moonlight’s Exe Producer, again & again, letting him know how much you love the show & want him to get new epeisodes promised to the networks interested in picking up Moonlight.. Of course, he cannot be expected to film new episodes until he has pitched that his product will be delivered once the network says “We Want You To Start Now Filming Again”!!!
Sure we would all love to watch Season 1 again, but we will not be appeased with just that, WE WANT SEASON 2 AND WILL NOT STOP UNTIL WE GET THAT AND MORE!!!
May 28th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Hi Elizabeth welcome to the Moonlight family. Iam thinking of sending a copy of the letter to Alex and Sophia plus Joel. Just you they can see what moonlight is responsable for and see what they all mean to us I think it would make them all feel really good but before I do this I would like to know what your opinions are. Would you send it if you were me? I would include Jason if I had an address but I have not found one for him. If you think I should not send the letter please Please be honest and tell me your honest opinion. I would greatly appreciate it. Again before I go Welcome to the moonlight Family Elizabeth hope to see you here more often.
Christie
May 29th, 2008 at 7:47 am
Hi guys! Just stopped in the see what was going on on-line. Things are hopping at Moonlight Line. Billboard and print ad ideas. Leeser has ads running in two major newspapers — she’ll have update info on that. Check it out.
Pat, looking forward to the information you get from the Broker today or tomorrow.
Well, gotta go to work (I don’t actually do this for a living!) Have a good day, everybody.
May 29th, 2008 at 7:49 am
Just got this on my e-mail. Don’t know if it will be remotely helpful to anything, just throwing it out there:
Time Warner Inc.
Time Warner’s President & CEO Jeff Bewkes to Participate in Sanford Bernstein’s Strategic Decisions Conference
Date of press release: 28 May 2008 9:49 AM
Click for full release
May 29th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Thanks for the welcome. I would definitely send letters to all of them - Jason too if you can. Alex seems to really appreciate the fan support. He doesn’t want to lose his identity but he loves the feedback and is totally amazed by it. We want all of them to know we are behind them. I know Alex has a 6 year contract with Warner Bros. but what about the rest of them? Maybe Leeser knows.
Just for the record, I live in Connecticut and not on the West coast. I will do what I can to help. I am very close to NY. Let me know what I can do to help. I have letters out to everyone!!
May 29th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Hi Elizabeth,
I just happened to be online when this came in, so I will reply as best I can̷