O'Loughlin Seeks Life After 'Moonlight'

O'Loughlin has signed a talent-holding deal with the CBS that also includes CBS Paramount TV and ABC Studios. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the one-year deal is geared toward finding a new series project for the actor.

Producer Mark Gordon ("Grey's Anatomy," "Criminal Minds"), whose company is based at ABC Studios, will develop a project around O'Loughlin. O'Loughlin, whose credits also include the films "August Rush" and "The Invisible," also is able to pitch movie projects to CBS Films under the deal.

"Moonlight" attracted a highly passionate fan base to CBS in the 2007-08 season that featured O'Loughlin's vampire private eye and his romance with mortal journalist Beth (Sophia Myles). To the dismay of fans, the more than 7.5 million viewers per week, according to Nielsen Media Research, wasn't enough for the CBS to renew the series for a second season.

Any hope of the series returning, even at another network, was dashed at this year's Comic-Con International in San Diego, when Executive Producer Joel Silver announced "Moonlight" was dead.

CBS Entertainment chief Nina Tassler, an avowed fan of O'Loughlin's, maintains that "Moonlight" was popular because it was "actor-centric."

It remains to be seen if O'Loughlin will draw hoards of passionate fans to a show most likely with a mainstream backdrop for storytelling.

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