Comments on: HBO's 'True Blood' Renewed: Less Watched But Luckier Than 'Moonlight"

By: Steven

Steven — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:14:15 +0000

OK Let me set some of these haters straight. You don’t wanna mess with MY show trust me. GIN how the hell is Trueblood a wanna be of lame old moonlight? When the trueblood books were wrote before moonlight was a weak little Idea. Before you go hating on something you need to get the facts straight you dumb idiot. True blood beats out anyother vampire story ever. Anyone who wants to try and say true blood is coying just read the damn books first you freakin idiots, there are 9 books so how the heck would they have gone into the furture and stole from moonlight? are you kidding that show is completely pathetic. HBO would never take on some garbage like that. That being said True blood is the best show of 2008 and most certainly of 2009 and 2010 and on. Got anything else to hate on? NOPE cause I just set you straight Bit*H, Dug you a hole now go bury yourself in it… LAME… Moonlight is never coming back but trueblood is here to stay forever!!! haha

By: Christina

Christina — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:22:15 +0000

Charlene Harris got me hooked before this was even a series on HBO. I was soo excited when I heard there was a series based on her books. Although.. I will admit I think the characters are a little more dense than they are in the book it makes for a great series. I love True Blood!

By: Nancy

Nancy — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:28:31 +0000

Seems that the issue is not who came first, True Blood or Moonlight. We who loved Moonlight and realized the quality of the show, who are not True Blood fans because the quality is just not there (& what’s up with the accents?), still wish True Blood good luck and a long run…..and thank God that they are on HBO instead of CBS!

If HBO should decide to expand their viewer numbers, perhaps they should contact Joel Silver at Silver Pictures regarding a Moonlight movie. Then stand back and see what great things happen!!

By: Chartruce

Chartruce — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:22:01 +0000

True Blood is NOT a Moonlight rip off. I had to watch True Blood because it is based on a book series that I have been reading for YEARS! Get that? YEARS! And in the books Sookie is a blonde, hence a bleached Anna Paquin, and Bill has brown hair, hence that actor’s hair has gotten darker since he played the homeless guy in The Starter Wife.

Not to say Moonlight wasn’t good, I enjoyed it, but it’s not a rip off since the Sookie Stackhouse series came years before Moonlight was a glint in any Hollywood types eye.

And, if you can predict what will happen on True Blood based on the books, you’re in for a real treat. And you’ll probably die laughing if they include Bubba, unless you’re a real big Elvis fan in which case 50/50 chance you’ll laugh.

By: WubbyWubby, Melinda

WubbyWubby, Melinda — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:22:13 +0000

I’d rather be watching Moonlight also. We fans won’t just dry up and go away. I watch my computer epasodes from Amazon until January when Warner Brothers has so graciously provided us with Moonlight DVD’s. THEN we’ll see just how well they can keep up with the demand.

True Blood fans are VERY VERY lucky!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CBS sure did miss out on their VAMP chance on television!!!!!!!!!!

By: Gin

Gin — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:18:51 +0000

After watching the first 3 episodes of “True Blood”, I just wonder: why? That show is definitely a “Moonlight-wannabe”, BUT fails to be! Sookie is blonde, and so was Beth; Bill is dark hair, blue eyes, and so was Mick. The story though is plotless, boring, and doesn’t have the sparks that Moonlight provided on a weekly basis.
It is not by adding sex to a show that it will make it better than another.
HBO should have taken Moonlight over from CBS if they had wanted to produce a quality and interesting Vampire show.

3 episodes of TB were more than enough for me to watch. I’d rather re-watch Moonlight on DVD…

By: Sharon

Sharon — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 03:58:37 +0000

I won’t watch “True Blood” since I don’t want to get hooked on a series and then the network cancels it such as what happend to “Moonlight”. I love the description of “True Blood” as mixing romance, suspense, mystery, and humor, True Blood takes place in the not-to-distant future when vampires come out of the coffin. Sounds familiar doesn’t it…..just like Moonlight. HBO viewers are so lucky it is on that network and renewed with such few viewers as Moonlight had most of the time 8 million and not renewed. A network can sure make a difference regardless as to how many viewers and fans a show has.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:29:53 +0000

I know people that turned back on their HBO so they could get Entourage, but it is a very small sample size, and I wonder too…

By: Julia

Julia — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:25:03 +0000

Yeah, doesn’t look good. My friend said he’s just going to assume that Entourage had more viewers than True Blood, but I wonder…

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:17:10 +0000

Julia, I did not see anything yet…

By: laura

laura — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:15:53 +0000

I think True Blood being renewed and Moonlight not, even with Moonlight having more viewers , winning its time slot and the people’s Choice award has nothing to do with luck. This was not the lottery , this was a CBS decision. And ,It has to do with the respect a network has for its viewers and their loyalty to one of their shows. I feel happy for True Blood viewers, they are so lucky their show was in HBO instead of CBS. I wish Moonlight to have been in a diferent network . Yes, that would have be luck.

By: Julia

Julia — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:02:13 +0000

Have you seen anything on Entourage’s second episode numbers?