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Moonlight

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TV Series

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    (September 28, 2007-May 16, 2008)
    CBS TV series about a vampire/private eye and his adventures
    Alex O'Loughlin as Mick St John
    Sophia Myles as Beth Turner
    Jason Dohring as Josef Kostan
    Shannon Sossamon as Coraline Duvall

Why Moonlight might be annoying:

    The cast had little to no chemistry with each other.
    The ratings were very average for the most part.
    Much of the basis of the show was very derivative, i.e. vampire policeman (Forever Knight), private eye dating spunky girl reporter (too many examples to repeat).
    Like much of contemporary vampire fiction, inconvenient parts of vampire mythology were eliminated; sunlight went from being instantly fatal to vampires to just weakening them, no turning into bats, no vulnerability to holy objects like crosses or holy water or even garlic, a simple bite not being sufficient to turn a human into a vampire, wooden stakes through the heart only paralyzing vampires instead of killing them.
    It was unimaginatively set in Los Angeles.

Why Moonlight might not be annoying:

    Critics hated it.
    Its ratings should have been good enough for renewal.
    It, like many TV series that year, was crippled by the writers strike halfway through the season which killed any momentum it was building.
    O'Loughlin's lead character was only in his eighties as opposed to most vampire characters who are in their hundreds.
    It was very well photographed.
    The writing showed some promising flashes of originality.
    Despite being canceled with little warning, the writers were able to come up with a decent final episode.
    It went well with Ghost Whisperer, which immediately preceded it in CBS's Friday night lineup.

Credit: tom_jeffords


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 13 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 21 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 26 Votes: 34.62% Annoying