Moonlight DVD ranking on The-numbers.com - updated 4/22

[Moonlightsonata]

I agree there is no Moonlight without the original cast.

[TCMLfan]

I agree about the cast but only to an extent. As much as I loved Logan, etc... the only cast that would HAVE to be back would be the big 3 to me. Alex, Sophie and Jason. Shannon, even if she had success in another show, could possibly show up for a guest appearance here for there for ML if needed. Everyone is right though that there's no show without Alex, Sophie and Jason.

[Lilly]

It occurred to me that we have the hard sales figures here, but we really don't know how to interpret them. This afternoon I contacted Bruce at The-numbers.com to ask him how the Moonlight DVD set ranked among TV show DVDs for YTD sales.

This was his response:

That's a good question.

Moonlight is currently ranked 5 among TV shows. The top 5, for sales in 2009 only is:

Battlestar Galactica Season 4.0 -- 300,000
South Park Season 12 -- 270,000
Lost Season 4 -- 265,000
The Tudors Season 2 -- 200,000
Moonlight -- 165,000

The really big sellers historically (The Office, Grey's Anatomy, Family Guy) have sold over 2 million units over their lifetime, according to our estimates. Lost is the best seller in recent months, totaling just over 1 million, including sales at the end of 2008.

Hope this helps put things in perspective.


For a little show with only 16 episodes, this seems darn respectable to me. At this point, my hope for the DVD sales is that they continue to show support for the cast and creative team that brought us Moonlight. I have no idea if any of them will get even a penny of what we spend, but hopefully they will take some satisfaction in knowing that their "product" is still appreciated.


ETA: Both The Tudors Season 2 and Battlestar Galactica Season 4 were released on 1/6/2009, two weeks before ML. Lost Season 4 was released on 12/9/2008. I could not find info for South Park Season 12.

[wondergirl9847]

Thanks for the updates!

I'm going to buy another set to take to London to get signed and have an extra to watch. The autographed one will be put away never to be touched! LOL

Also going to buy copies for family members for Christmas since we couldn't do that last year.

[TCMLfan]

Thanks for the update Lilly. That's very encouraging. When put up against Movie DVD sales ML's units sold looks rather low but it does have to be put into perspective. Bruce was generous enough to answer my questions about the site and even talked about them bringing more updated charts to TV show DVDs which should be fun to follow.

[librarian_7]

According to Amazon.com, who are usually pretty reliable about such things, South Park Season 12 was released March 10, 2009.

And completely but how in the world does a crass, miserable show like South Park make it to TWELVE seasons????

Lucky

[eris]

how in the world does a crass, miserable show like South Park make it to TWELVE seasons????

What kind of college students do they get at A&M? (They are, sadly, the "ideal" audience for television)

[bluedahlia3]

I think Lilly is right, one of the things thats hurts ML sales is the 16 episodes. (and NO extras). They really didn't put much into the DVD. I remember Alex saying he would be willing to do some new stuff (VO's or the like). So for what it is I think our little DVD did really well. And I don't know why cr*p sells, I do know it makes me mad!

[AggieVamp]

According to Amazon.com, who are usually pretty reliable about such things, South Park Season 12 was released March 10, 2009.

And completely but how in the world does a crass, miserable show like South Park make it to TWELVE seasons????

Lucky

Because some people are (very) easily amused - and not in a good way.

Karen

[darlingcat]

According to Amazon.com, who are usually pretty reliable about such things, South Park Season 12 was released March 10, 2009.

And completely but how in the world does a crass, miserable show like South Park make it to TWELVE seasons????

Lucky

Because some people are (very) easily amused - and not in a good way.

Karen

People's taste, or the lack of, never ceases to amaze me. And not in a good way!

[wondergirl9847]

According to Amazon.com, who are usually pretty reliable about such things, South Park Season 12 was released March 10, 2009.

And completely but how in the world does a crass, miserable show like South Park make it to TWELVE seasons????

Lucky

Isn't Family Guy pretty crass and gross too? Look how popular THAT show is.

Irritating, isn't it?

[wpgrace]

Crass yes... and these shows only cost about $1.98 to make... racing to the bottom...