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Moonlight
SERIES: CBS, Friday 9:00p (60 minutes)


9.3

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Starring Alex O'Louglin, Sophia Myles, Jason Dohring, and Shannyn Sossamon

CBS rehashes the formula with a vamp PI named Mick (not Nick or Angel eh?), but will it have bite or just bite?

GENRE(S):	Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
CREATED BY:	Ron Koslow Trevor Munson
FIRST AIR DATE:	September 28, 2007

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Entertainment Weekly Staff (Not Credited)

Sure, Mick's life is ridiculoous, but you don't go lookin' for realism between "Ghost Whisperer" and "Numb3rs." [05 Oct 2007, p.67]

USA Today Robert Bianco

Moonlight. It's basically "Angel" without the search-for-a-soul underpinnings that gave Angel depth, and with a more ponderous script and less adept cast.

Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron

The focus is on the dangerous and forbidden relationship between Mick and Beth and his efforts to keep his past a secret. Whether there's enough material there to knit together a series remains to be seen.

Washington Post Tom Shales

It doesn't go quite far enough into uncharted territory but gets off to a basically promising start nonetheless.

Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy

Moonlight falls somewhere in the middle of the new paranormal pack. It's neither great nor awful.

Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman

What's not fun? At least half of the rest of the show.

PopMatters Michael Abernethy

With a winning lead player and supporting cast, plus an interesting premise, Moonlight has potential.

Kansas City Star Aaron Barnhart

While it is formulaic and slow-paced, Moonlight is stylish entertainment with a charming star aimed at a specific audience--the folks who stay home Friday night and watch CBS.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen

Moonlight is just a weak, generic private-eye drama with a vampire story overlay.

San Jose Mercury News Charlie McCollum

It's just sort of an underwritten mess.

Newark Star-Ledger Alan Sepinwall

The show plays like bad imitation noir where the private eye can occasionally sink his teeth into the villain.

Los Angeles Times Mary McNamara

Something got lost between concept and execution, and instead of suspense we get silliness

Newsday Diane Werts

Alex O'Loughlin is bogged down by trite dialogue, half-hearted support, perfunctory exposition, and better-to-look-good-than-make-sense production priorities.

New York Post Linda Stasi

Moonlight, unfortunately, doesn't trust its audience and so falls to exposition via a fake talk-show interview at the beginning, and then throughout with dialogue dully delivered by Internet investigative reporter Beth Turner (Sophia Myles).

Variety Brian Lowry

[Mick and Beth's] across-the-decades bond, however, doesn't compensate for how pedestrian the initial story is -- playing like a conventional detective show, with Mick showcasing his otherworldly powers (strong, and very, very fast) only during a passable action sequence in the final act.

Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm

It's hardly bloodcurdling adventure, but it doesn't bite.

Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan

The direction is flat-out awful (there are many choppy shots from bizarre, if not inexplicable, angles). Much of the dialogue is groan-inducing, the acting by some of the guest actors is jaw-droppingly wooden, and I guessed who the villain was way before the halfway mark.

Miami Herald Glenn Garvin

The hacky writing is interchangeable with any of CBS' police procedurals, and the boy-band good looks of Alex O'Loughlin as the detective, Mick St. John, inspire neither fear nor dark sexual longings

The New York Times Ginia Bellafante

In almost every way, Moonlight demands that we question the grounds for its existence.

Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert

Much of Moonlight is amateurish, but nothing is more amateurish than the artificial chemistry between O'Loughlin and Myles.

Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray

I don't know exactly why Moonlight, which acquired "Veronica Mars'" adorable bad boy, Jason Dohring, as a second-round draft pick, seems so very lifeless.

New York Daily News David Hinckley

This one is almost impressively wonderless.

San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman

It's just heinous. Absurd, laughable, painful to watch--you name it, Moonlight has it all.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland

This vampire detective show (sorry, can't resist this) is one that first bites, then sucks. Hard.

The average user rating for this tv show is 9.3 (out of 10) based on 492 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

[Anonymous] gave it a10:
Love this show! The lead actors are great w/ amazing chemistry between them. Moonlight transcends any previous similar genre-type show. As the story develops it continues to improve.

Alfedo C. gave it a9:
Exciting, sexy, dark yet believable modern day vampire tale.

Will S. gave it a9:
CBS would be crazy to replace this program. It's Slick, and has a whole new and fresh take on the Vampire story. And women of all ages love the sexual tension between the main characters. STUPID IF THEY CANCEL.

Judith B. gave it a10:
I'd like to know why this show was taken off the air. I'm 69 and really love this show. I understand it was given the Peoples' Choice award recently. So, If the people like it , leave it on the air. Thank you for allowing me to add my input.

Basia gave it a10:
I just love it:) no other words needed. Sophia Myles - great as always.

Dominic T. gave it an8:
Don't understand the rather overly critical reviews of the so called experts (especially Melanie McFarland and Tim Goodman) it seems like they merely want to have their names in a special place and being critics find it more satisfying to give a 0 than a high rating. Returning to the show, Moonlight has the potential to be a good show, I've seen 5 shows (in the UK) and the characters seem to be developing well. Wait and see, assuming the network has the willingness to allow that.

S T. gave it a10:
This show is the only reason I watch CBS, besides CSI. But honestly, the story-line is interesting and wonderful! I adore this show!

Moonlight SERIES: CBS, Friday 9:00p (60 minutes)

Moonlight
SERIES: CBS, Friday 9:00p (60 minutes)