After making an appearance at the TCA Press Tour in late July to promote “Moonlight,” the new CBS drama about a vampire turned detective, the show’s executive producer, David Greenwalt, has bailed out of the series, citing “health concerns.”
Greenwalt was one of the few remaining people on “Moonlight” who’d been there since its pick-up by CBS; the series has recast several roles since then and, for its TCA panel, had little to offer by way of a preview except for a newly-filmed sequence with the show’s lead, Alex O’Loughlin, being interviewed as his character, Mick St. John. (An interview with a vampire…geddit?!?) Still, Greenwalt seemed excited about the series during the panel, and given his track record, it’s a shame that we won’t get to see the series under his leadership.
The only possible good news? The latest rumor has Rob Thomas, creator of “Veronica Mars,” taking over the reigns of command for “Moonlight.”
Yeah, I’ll believe it when I read the actual CBS press release…
UPDATE: Never mind. The bad news is that it’s not Rob Thomas. The good news – maybe – is that the show’s new executive producer / showrunner, according to The Hollywood Reporter, is Chip Johannessen, who did a lot of work on “Millennium” and “Dark Angel.”
