Moonlight hasn’t been renewed for a second season yet, and its band of devoted fans have come up with a cleaver plan to change this fact. According to TVGuide.com, Moonlight fans have started an online pledge drive for a blood drive in an effort to get CBS to renew the show. TVGuide.com reports that:

YouChoose.net, a hub for the effort, claims more than 4,000 pledges to donate a pint of blood have been received to date.

I think this is a great idea to catch the attention of the CBS execs and make them realize how beneficial to the country it would be to renew this show.

What do you guys think?

The Paley Festival has just added 11 new shows for their 2008 lineup, which starts on March 28. According to TVGuide.com:

Moonlight…are just a few of the hit shows who now will participate in the spring season 

Hopefully, “Moonlight” being included in this festival will help to convince CBS that they need to renew the show for a second season.

What do you guys think of this addition to the Paley Festival?

Here’s some bad news regarding Moonlight: the show’s runner has just been let go. Michael Ausiello of TVguide.com

“I’m told that Chip Johannessen has been let go as show-runner just as the freshman drama is fighting for a second season.”

As Ausiello also states that Moonlight was missing from the list of shows released last week that CBS is renewing, I’m officially worried about the future of my favorite vampire show since Angel went off the air. I’m also wondering about what’s going to happen with the four new episodes that are supposed to go into production and begin airing on April 11. Will they still be produced if a replacement for Johannessen isn’t found soon?

Is anybody else worried about Moonlight? Does anybody have any suggestions on who should take over the show next?

Update: Ausiello updated his report about the firing of Johannessen today with this news

“Joel Silver, along with what’s left of the Moonlight writing team, will oversee production of the show’s four remaining episodes.”

I think it’s good news that somebody who has been involved with the show since the beginning is going to oversee the last four episodes of this season. Maybe Silver will even do well enough to take over the show for next season as well.

What do you guys think about this latest development?

CBS has unveiled it’s post-strike schedule, according to TV.com. Among other shows, Moonlight is returning April 11 and is expected to have four more new episodes.

I’m excited to hear that Moonlight has more new episodes coming this season. A lot of the freshman dramas for this season are just pushing the remaining number of new episodes to the beginning of next season, so it’s nice to hear that CBS isn’t doing that with Moonlight

Is anybody else excited to hear this news?

Well, this isn’t exactly new news, because it was published on Dec. 28, 2007, but here it goes. Shannyn Sossamon did an interview with Sci-Fi Wirewhere she discussed what she wants to see happen with Moonlight when the WGA strike ends.

“‘I think there are too many procedural elements in the show,” Sossamon told SCI FI Wire in an interview with SCI FI Wire. “I don’t think any of the audience members are sitting at home going, ‘Gosh, I wonder what case Mick St. John’s going to have this week? I’m so curious.’ No, you care about the other stuff.’”

I think that Sossamon is absolutely right about what the show should be doing because the most interesting episodes so far were the ones that dealt in detail with someone going on in the life of one of the characters. I’m looking forward to the last two episodes, although I don’t know when they’ll be airing, and I hope that CBS continues it when the WGA strike is over.

How do the rest of you guys feel about this?