'Pushing Daisies' was honored with an award from the Casting Society of America, winning an Artios Awards, the Hollywood Reporter says || James Cromwell, who played Zefram Cochrane in 1996's 'Star Trek: First Contact,' broke his collarbone in a fall off his bicycle last weekend, Yahoo! News reports. He's expected to fully recover. || ABC's 'Lost' will return to Wednesday nights starting Jan. 21. A clip show will run at 8 followed by a two-hour premiere. || All of the Star Trek movies could be coming to Blu-Ray as early as next year, Digital Bits says. Paramount had supported HD-DVD, but has conceded defeat to Blu-Ray, and is now moving to the format || SciFi Channel's 'Warehouse 13' has completed its creative staff with the likes of Jack Kenny, David Simkins, Drew Greenberg, Stephen Scaia, and others || 'Pushing Daisies' was honored with an award from the Casting Society of America, winning an Artios Awards, the Hollywood Reporter says || James Cromwell, who played Zefram Cochrane in 1996's 'Star Trek: First Contact,' broke his collarbone in a fall off his bicycle last weekend, Yahoo! News reports. He's expected to fully recover. || ABC's 'Lost' will return to Wednesday nights starting Jan. 21. A clip show will run at 8 followed by a two-hour premiere. || All of the Star Trek movies could be coming to Blu-Ray as early as next year, Digital Bits says. Paramount had supported HD-DVD, but has conceded defeat to Blu-Ray, and is now moving to the format || SciFi Channel's 'Warehouse 13' has completed its creative staff with the likes of Jack Kenny, David Simkins, Drew Greenberg, Stephen Scaia, and others ||

'Moonlight' Has Better Chance Than 'Jericho'

By MICHAEL HINMAN
Source: Hollywood Reporter
Apr-15-2008

"Jericho" fans lost their show ... at least for now ... but will fans of "Moonlight" have to suffer through a similar fate?

Nina Tassler, president of CBS Entertainment, says both of its genre shows are on two different paths.

"One thing 'Moonlight' has going for it is it wins its time period," Tassler told The Hollywood Reporter. "Unlike 'Jericho,' 'Moonlight' is not serialized."

The question came up as fans wondered if CBS would continue to give series that might not be getting the strongest ratings a chance to continue. The network had revived "Jericho" after canceling it at the end of the 2006-07 season, but then canceled the show against last month when viewership levels dropped below its previous lows.

"Moonlight" made the schedule as a presentation rather than a production company putting together a pilot, and that may be a strategy that CBS continues to use especially in light of quality fall-off from a pilot to a regular season that happened this past season.

"One of the things we were really able to do is explore a more cost-effective model," Tassler said. "What we watched year-after-year are these big splashy pilots get stripped down for the series and they no longer resemble the pilot. It's much better to shoot a presentation, then make adjustments in an additive way."

"Jericho" was put in what some has called a death slot at 10 p.m. on Tuesdays, as nothing has been able to survive there for the network. Tassler, however, has an easy explanation on why that's true.

"We just haven't found the right show to go there yet."

"Moonlight" returns with new episodes April 25 at 10 p.m. ET on CBS.

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