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COLUMNS
June 02, 2008
The Cassutt Files
The Franchise-Premise Differentiation
By Michael Cassutt
On Friday, May 23, fans of the canceled CBS series Moonlight gathered at Warner Studios in Burbank, Calif., to protest the network's decision to end production. They hoped to duplicate the results of an effort by the fans of Jericho a year earlier, which resulted in a change of heart by CBS and a revival of that series ... at least for a while.
Moonlighters are pushing on two fronts, hoping to get CBS to issue a stay of execution—or to convince some other outlet to pick up the series. (Among those our own SCI FI Channel.)
Now, even though it ultimately failed, I applauded CBS and the fan community for giving Jericho a second chance.
Moonlight is different. I doubt that it will succeed.
And, frankly, don't believe it ought to.
Moonlight was created by Trevor Munson and Ron Koslow. Munson had developed the concept as a novel and screenplay and had been teamed with Koslow by CBS for the 2006-07 development season. Koslow, of course, is revered by many sci-fi and fantasy fans for Beauty and the Beast, the 1988-90 CBS series starring Ron Perlman and Linda Hamilton as a pair of unlikely lovers. (Disclosure: I wrote an episode of B&B.)
Moonlight starred Alex O'Laughlin as Mick St. John, a private investigator of two generations past—1952, in fact—who was turned into a vampire by his then wife.
**snippage**
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