All Stories FeedGone: ER, Moonlight, Men in Trees, Closer.
Alex O’Loughlin may be left to wander the streets at night.
Nine is taking Moonlight, ER, Men in Trees, You Are What You Eat and Turn Back Your Body Clock out of schedule on Wednesday 6th February.
No replacement timeslots have yet been issued. It was never going to be an easy transition from summer to ratings for fans of these shows, and Nine is not alone in leaving fans lingering over their favourite summer fare.
But it could have given fans one more week, given ratings aren’t back and it is only replacing with a movie Catch Me If You Can from 8:30pm. The 7:30pm timeslot for the reality shows remains TBA.
The Closer is also out of schedule from Monday Feb 4 replaced by CSI:NY. Amazingly, Nip / Tuck remains in schedule (for now?).
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OMG Channel 9 – what are you thinking??? last year a huge fuss was made because you did what you have done again – Cut off shows in midstream – I love ER but every year you do the same, lets show a few episodes, get people interested then have a break over xmas and new year, add a month or so to that and we’ll start airing them again. This is ridiculous – get your act together, fans wait all year round to see their favourite show and you tease them this way – Pathetic, I hope another channel pics up the good shows – in fact I may as well do what everyone else does and download them – if everyone started this how hurt would the pockets of the Executives be…….
i am a new moonlight fan and i will always be this way. This show has changed my obssestion to it, and i hope i can contiune to be this way, with out this show i am gone, its my insperation. All my life i have wanted to be a writer but i didnt know what to write about until i stumbled upon moonlight and now i know what i want to writer about its going to be about vampirers as well.i also love alex who plays as mick st john i want to that all the cast and staff and writer or witers of moonlight because you have givin me my future and hopefuly you will be watching one of my sries shows too and i hope i can find a channel to watch it on.
Stupid idiots put the show back on!!! we finaly found something worth watching then 9 had a silly idea and changed Moonlight to someting so not worth watching………
I came to Australia in December and was appalled by the television stations in this country. First of all I absolutely hate how the channels all mirror the US (the amount of ad breaks in a 30 min timeslot – 3 or 4!!!!! or in a 60min timeslot – atleast 6). Second of all, how a TV channel can run 10-20 mins late from its schedule every day…Channel 7…Third, how a station can just take off a show after a nuber of episodes becaue the ratings are not what they like (90210, ER, etc) People follow programmes and to not show the remaining episodes and fill their timeslot with CRAP, the viewers will leave the station and not return. The US are the same…if a series does not run well for 4 episodes, they will just remove it from the schedule…not giving a care about fans or viewers…
Oz TV should take a look at the UK tv programming stations….atleast they finish a TV series, even if the ratings take a dip. (They just don’t schedule a 2nd season). This is cos they are either filmed in their entirety before they are aired or because they buy the full season order and makes all the money back from advertisers during the ad breaks for the full season. I have never seen a TV show being taken off the air midway through. I am appalled. I love this country but I just cannot stand to watch the TV. I download / view every tv show now and the stations will soon take notice when most of their viewers disappear because they are having to download their favourite shows becasue they wont show them.
Favourite vampier show hands down is Moonlight. It beats all the other amateur shows out their example buffy! Come on channel nine put it back on just when it was gettin’ to the good part it gets cut off come on. Please put Moonlight back on air Channel Nine.
Ana!
a message to neon kitten who posted a comment on 24 Jan …. How can I get in touch with you? Would love to get hold of series 13 and 14 of ER – miss it desperately and am sick of Channel 9 yanking my favourite show mid-series ….
I am so sick of Australian TV they give you a few episodes you get back into a routine of knowing when your fave shows are on and then they disappear reappear in a different time slot then disappear again with no mention of when if ever they will be back. None of them have any respect for the viewer. I’m also sick of the s**t that replaces them and all the dancing with celebrities singing with celebrities i want to watch TV not has been wannabe losers dancing and singing. GET YOU ACT TOGETHER AND STOP F**KING US AROUND.
Just wanted to let those of you who have expressed your abject disappointment, anger, rage, disillusionment with Channel 9’s behaviour defying logic in removing Moonlight from their t.v. line-up, fear not as there is an online petition that has been set up and available for you to add your support and verbal efforts and vilification to …
http://www.gopetition.com/online/17020.html
Thanks muchly,
Her Irishness – Cara
Channel 9 are the most frustrating tv channel. They don’t listen to their viewers, and they are cut happy making many people boycot the channel altogether.
What is the point of getting into a show when they are just going to axe it 5 minutes later.
Besides Moonlight which I love, remember how poorly they treated The Sopranos, 6 Feet Under and Nip Tuck.
4 High quality shows that deserve to be watched!
At first there’s hardly any good tv shows on and now there’s plenty and I have to chose between the Sarah Connor Chronicles or Woman’s Murder Club given nines current track record with shows maybe I’ll wait till comes out on dvd in case they don’t air it all.
I can’t believe that nine has taken off Moonlight it’s a stupid move Moonlight hooked me from the first episode the cast and the stories are great very few shows do that to me if I can watch a new show from start to finish than I know that it’s good.
This gets me thinking of one of my all time favorite shows that’s no longer on anymore I don’t know if anyone remembers or use to watch a show called the Pretender it was on nine started in 96 and ended in 2000 I use to love that show and I hate to think that if that show had actually begin this year or last year that it wouldn’t even last through it’s first season as something as smart and original would be to much for it to handle or see it’s ratings poetical.
Nine had good shows on when they took on friends from seven back in the first or second season when it first aired but must have kicked themselves when the gave up on the O.C. during it’s first season and than ten picked it up not that I really watched the O.C. I just remember useless stuff like that.
I think that nine started going down hill in the past year or so I wished that they would have another channel nine where they could at lest air these shows or the shows that there not sure of like they do with ten HD. Oh and now there going to bring more quiz shows great.
Moonlight was my fave show of all time. I am still obsessed.. it’s my craving.
Does anyone know why it got kicked off channel nine?.. is it the ratings.. writers strike.. or just channel 9 being a bitch?
Taniax
Thanks for that Teri
I’ll give it a go now.
Lyn, go on to http://www.youtube.com and you will find the whole 12 episodes. I have already watched the episodes that weren’t aired. They are in parts approximately 9 minutes long to an episode but I got to see my favourite show even though WIN axed it. Good luck.
Awww crap! Can’t they just leave things alone. Everyone’s talking about downloading it. Can anyone give me any hints as to how/where I do this? Cheers!
TAKING MOONLIGHT OFF THE AIR. WHAT ARE YOU THINKING CHANNEL 9!!!!!!
this show is awesome and you have taken it off. 9.30 wednesday has been MY time. i sit down to enjoy moonlight. and now its gone. how dare you!! especially midway through the season . what are you thinking have you all lost your minds . and to be replacing it with such a stupid show like the sarah conner chronicles. what is going on. moonlight was a fresh new show. all i can say is nine SHAME SHAME SHAME!!! no longer have i got any interest cause everytime an interesting show comes on you damn well axe it. BRING BACK MOONLIGHT BRING BACK MOONLIGHT! hey prime or 10 take a good look at this show its fantastic nine hasnt got its head screwed on straight because they axed it but hey the other free to air stations pick this show its a winner. sorry nine but you have definatly lost the plot by letting this show go. very disapointed
I can’t believe Moonlight is gone! It was such a great show. I only watched Win for that show, otherwise Win has just gone so far downhill it was the only thing that brought me back. Maybe Prime should pick up Moonlight?
What happened to my favourite tv show Moonlight. It is the only show I watch & can’t wait for Wednesday each week. I sit down to watch it last night & some movie is on instead. Bring Moonlight back NOW
It is not really good thing to do starting something and not finishing it. It’s really disgusting! I really don’t watch channel nine…usually watching the other channel, but when I saw one episode of moonlightI started to like it. I’m always looking forward every Wednesday to see it…but now I don’t have any reason to watch channel nine again.
Again. another station with no thought for the public. I watch these shows, even sit through the commercials sometimes which is what it’s all about for the stations really. When they frig around with the schedule like this I have no compunction about grabbing these shows elsewhere which is what I have now done. So guess what. Now I won’t be watching your stations at all.
i can’t believe they took moonlight off. it’s the only show i watch in the week , i was like waiting for wednesday just to c moonlight . u know what chanel 9 i hope u r happy by making users switch to other chanel …….u loosers
This is just stupid, I can not believe they have taken it off.
I was excited cause I thought I was gonna sit down last night & watch Moonlight.
WRONG !!!!! instead I was dissapointed to see a movie on (which I have already seen twice) & now I hear it might not be back.
Why would they do that, they only had about 4 – 5 eps left.
NOT HAPPY !!!!!!!!
MORONIC…is really the only word that comes to me when I think of Channel Nine’s decision to take ‘Moonlight’ off. Don’t you have a HD station – wouldn’t that solve your problem regarding time slots? Wouldn’t viewers be happy? It has certainly kept me happy with Channel Ten and Channel 7.
Really moronic.
Channel Nine is dead to me. “We heart TV” is their slogan – they must hate their viewers, then.
Moonlight was a great show, but now I’m downloading it – screw commercial TV *fume*
Channel Nine: pucker up, buttercup!
I started watching moonlight when it started and have been enjoying it from day one. I tuned in tonight – and oh look, catch me if you can is on…
I am really tired of Australian TV networks moving time slots and messing around with programming. It goes on all the time.
Hands up if you are sick of reality TV? Boring! Boring! Boring!
Celebrity spelling, dancing, big brother, biggest loser – do they think the general public are vegetables? It’s all about revenue generation from SMS’s.
Is it any wonder that people are turning to Peer to Peer file sharing programs to download TV episodes?
Bah I give up! I’m going to bed.
Hmmm, I suspect like quite a few people I was somewhat demystified at 9.30 when there appeared to be some movie on instead of Moonlight. I am thoroughly disappointed as have been enjoying Moonlight immensely. I don’t see what’s to be gained by taking off a programme halfway through the series and replacing it with some pretty ordinary movie that everyone has seen already? Does anyone know how we can complain to Channel 9?
Yeah, crap like this sucks. I love Moonlight. How hard is it for a network to invest in a show that -
a. is such a guilty pleasure
b. showcases some great Aussie talent in Alex O’Loughlin, along with a sweet ensemble cast
c. has available episodes (eps 9 thru 12) when the US writers strike is really dictating just exactly what we can see right now
d. and is just bloody great!
It rates well in the US and won the People’s Choice Award for best new show. Surely, channel 9 could give it a burl during ratings season and see how it flies?
Seriously. Do I need to come down there and sort this out personally?
Wow, got setup to watch ER (the only show I watch on commercial tv) and what???!!! A movie? The only other show I regularly watched in the past was the West Wing… also a victim to the ratings season. Must be that people with only half a brain are those who dictate what airs on commercial tv. No wonder Channel 9 slips to third spot even behind a channel airing Big Brother….
Moonlight was the only thing I watched on WIN. How do they expect their ads to sell me things if now I’ll never see them, as there’s nothing else they show I want to view.
I’m ticked off with this, as is my brother and my mother. Luckily a new ep of Spicks and Specks is on tonight so there is at least something to watch.
I’ve gotten used to this kind of crap from commercial networks. Seven and their poor showing of the Stargate franchise. Ten and their poor showing of BSG and Jericho (thank God BSG is now on HD). Nine has done it in the past with Star Trek.
It’ll be interesting to see what happens in the next few weeks, after the Great Reshuffle that is the beginning of the ratings period.
Nice going channel nine. ER is one of the few shows worth watching. I’m really annoyed that it’s off the air again, and I will also be obtaining the episodes by other means.
I can’t believe they took Moonlight off the air. Can’t channel nine at least finish one full season of something? They’re only showing a rerun of a movie on Wednesday, would it be so hard for them to satisfy veiwers?
well i can’t believe channel 9 taking “moonlight” & “closer” off their timeslots. typical of 9 to take off shows when they are part way thru the series, when are these stations going to get smart and put on what the majority of viewers want and not what they think we want. get smart 9 and get these shows back on.
-annoyed viewer
I too, cannot believe that Channel 9 has done this to the many fans of Moonlight. I am not normally into “vampire” shows but I came across this one when I was searching for something decent to watch and I couldn’t believe how well written this show was. I have informed my friends who have all agreed and are now devoted fans – Please put it back on and maybe rerun the earlier episodes for those of us who were late in switching on.
Channel 9 YOU SUCK!!!! I cant believe you have taken ER off again. Neon Kitten I know I dont know you personally but I am desperate to see the remaining episodes of season 13. Unfortunately I am not very computer savvy so if you or anyone could help me locate episodes on the net I would be so grateful.
Man, I agree with so many of the above comments. I’m officially sick of channel 9. Bunch of arse wipes. I barely watch any TV as it is, and the few shows I do enjoy (ER, Moonlight) just happen to be on 9. In disgust i’ve already gone ahead and watched all the remaining episodes of Moonlight (they’re all on youtube if anyone is interested, mind you they are in parts but hey, at least you’re not subjected to crappy channel 9 watermarks). Looks like it’s back to downloading ER as well. All I can say is thank god for channel 7 and their loyalty towards Lost.
Why Why…. now I wish I hadn’t started watching Moonlight. Anyone know if we can buy the series on dvd. boohoo channel 9.
i cant beleive they r taking moonlight off!! its so shit i mean moonlight is the best show that has been on all holidays!! wot gives?? n they also pull mcleads daughters?? i mean how stupid can you get?? i mean wot where they thinking? ‘mmm tv is getting a bit boring i know lets pull the most interesting show off tv and put absolute shit on so no one will watch our station!! that will fix the problem altogether!!!’
i mean WTF?????? YOU SUCK CHANNEL NINE!!!
Just wanted to tell you as a fan of Moonlight living in the U.S. that there has been 12 episodes altogether. They have showed all episodes and are rerunning most of the episodes through February. CBS said that the show will return they just don’t know bc of the writer’s strike. Also in an interview a while back alex said he had read scripts for episodes 13 – 15 I believe.
wow. moonlight? this sucks.
You know, I actually stopped downloading / made a decision not to download several shows in order to watch them on tv legitimately but so far ALL of them have been taken off air before all the eps aired.
I am sure there other people like me out there. This is what we get for doing things the way the stations want us to. They complain that we download but then when we DON’T, when we do the right thing, they prevent us from seeing the rest of the episodes. Talk about double standards and back stabbing. And I for one am tired of it.
So I guess I will be going back to getting my shows online. And the next time they complain that people are downloading instead of watching on tv… they can tell it to the hand because the rest of me is no longer listening.
to be fair to Seven, H&A was always coming back, so there is a legit reason….7 will just burn them off on sum thur night or sumthen like they did mid-season last year
Nine are THE shittest in terms of viewer loyalty…i mean, why dumb great dramas for shit like Monster House & The Chopping Block….
and yeah those watermarks are a skocker…while im really looking forward to Terminator (only 9 show for me to look forward to), i do wanna watch the show,not a watermark
By the way, speaking of shows being pulled, Seven is taking That 70s Show off air as of Monday, with only 7 episodes remaining in this season (the final season).
If you watched it, guess you’re just not important enough. Sorry.
Please don’t take away Moonlight! Good heavens, there are only 5 episodes to go anyway!I don’t care how late it screens. I’ll tape it. Just don’t pull it and replace it with some other garbage.
I agree with others who are complaining about the GIANT watermarks obscuring the picture. Are TV stations actually WANTING viewers to download their favourite shows rather than watch FTA TV? I’m glad I’m not an advertiser paying big bucks.
I rarely watch anything on Channel 9 anymore. Once upon a time it was THE best TV station. When I fell in love with Moonlight I knew something like this would happen. I wish 10 had it…
I never watch TV as all that is aired, to me, are boring shows. Along comes a great show like Moonlight which I found out through my US fans recommending me to watch it. I was so taken with the show, here comes something with piazazz. Many of my friends are also watching the show and say the same thing as me, at long last TV is showing something decent! Now Channel 9 in their wisdom….not, is not even going to have the respect to at least run all the Eps for the viewers. Very disappointing. Back to giving TV a miss!!
Disgusting.
Television is becoming like a bad employee who always calls in sick when you need them.
It’s just too bad for people who don’t have access to torrent sites and have to rely on such shady scheduling practices.
I will now be distributing all the current episodes to ER to anyone who wants them and I will NOT feel at all guilty at all.
I have been trying really hard to keep an open mind where Channel 9 is concerned – giving them a “fair go” for 2008. But guess what? It’s starting all over again. I watched Nip/Tuck this week even though it was a late timeslot and really enjoyed it. I won’t let muself get too into it as it will probably go the way of the other shows mentioned.
I understand ratings are important but I think the tv channels just don’t let the viewing public settle into any sort of viewing routine anymore – consequently many of us are giving up (many turnting to pay tv or downloads. I have said it before – tv viewing is a lesuiretime activity and is supposed to be enjoyable. What sort of ratings are they chasing these days? Are they even achievable? I agree with the person who said ER would fill a late Thurs night slot – as would Survivor, Moonlight, Nip/Tuck & Men in Trees. What figures do they want these shows to pull?
Suppose it would be too much to ask to have them put ER on Thursday night at 10:30pm?
This timeslot did wonders for Buffy and Angel a few years ago…why they dont try and use it instead of wasting it with complete rubbish is beyond me. They have enough eps of ER to make it through to about August, by then there will presumably be more eps coming out of the US.
How can I be smarter than the guy or girl in charge of Ch 9’s programming? I dont know how they expect to get viewers in when they dump them so soon after!
I just hope they leave Cashmere mafia alone when they put it on!
And they wonder why illegal downloads are flourishing, keep chopping shows d.heads….
You cant put a series on TELEVSION, and then just cut it half way through, like with Moonlight. What happens with the people that want to watch it. It would just like seeing a movie, and someone turning it off half way through and you dont get to see the end. I am a massive Nine fan, however if they do not air the remaining episodes of Moonlight, I will send the CEO a letter myself. If they want to move the show that okay, I would prefer it to stay where it is, but dont delete it altogether.
UNBELIEVABLE!!!! Why on earth can’t Nine have a little respect for their audience. ER was once a top rating show for the network, and people DO still watch it.
Not fair!!!! Definitely hitting the download trail now.
Hey Neon, you didn’t see moonlight last night did you? (Re:obnoxious “Chopping Block” watermark spam), There was a similar watermark spam for the new Terminator show(sarah connor chronicles), and it was awful!!
So Typical of Channel 9 just when a great show comes on like Moonlight their going to take it off.
Nine really need to rethink it’s program set up, let current show’s run their course and then put on the newer programs.
This is how you loose rating channel 9.
DON’T TOUCH MOONLIGHT!!!!
There won’t be any “replacement timeslot” for ER. Nine gave up on that one a year ago.
Those who know me personally should contact me for copies of seasons 13 and 14 on DVD-R, courtesy of channel BT. That’s right, Nine is more than a season behind with ER. And the only way fans of the show are going to see it is “illegally” these days.
No great loss, though, going by the obnoxious “Chopping Block” watermark spam that stained the screen for the entirety of ER last night.
NO WAY!! Channel Nine SUCKS. I happen to love the current Wednesday night schedule. Moonlight is like my favourite show now. How do they expect to get decent ratings when they keep shuffling shows around and annoying people?
Haven’t they only aired 11 episodes in the US and due to the writers strike, that is it at present for moonlight, stateside?
Nine obviously haven’t aired all 11 or even close to it(must be about 6-7 so far).
It will either turn up in a late night timeslot during the year or next summer, if or when it returns.
To be clear, what I have indicated is: No replacement timeslots have yet been issued.
If when they are returned I will advise.
Yet to see schedule for Ratings Week Feb 10.
Moonlight is my new favourite show, and it was rating well wasn’t it? it is the first thing i have watched on 9 for years, i left because of behaviour like this. how can they not give it a spot in the ratings time schedule when it has been performing really well.
Knew it was too good to be true having ER on this long, 4 episodes in a row? A Miracle! Nine really is useless;
We need better ADSL in this country so no one will ever need network TV again.