Deathless
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- April
- 20
As everyone with two X chromosomes on the 23rd pair has no doubt absorbed by osmosis, Alex O’Loughlin is returning to the tube. The former vampire on CBS’ late, lamented “Moonlight” and eternal hottie plays a serial killer on the Eye Network’s “Criminal Minds” May 11. Plus, he has a development deal with CBS, which bodes well.I mean, CBS didn’t abandon Simon Baker after it pulled the plug on his series “The Guardian,” which deserved a better fate. No, the network — which skews older and values old-fashioned qualities like loyalty, sometimes — stayed with him and rewarded him with a new show. Glad to see CBS is doing the same with O’Loughlin. If the fabulous Baker boy can turn the mediocre “The Mentalist” into a hit, no less is in store for sexy Alex.
Still, I wonder why CBS drove a stake through “Moonlight’s” — and my — heart. Vamps are so hot right now, what with “Twilight” and “True Blood.” And IFC is turning Laurell K. Hamilton’s novels into a TV series.
The last should really get the blood pumping. Like the “Twilight” series, Hamilton’s Anita Blake novels have at their heart a plucky heroine/brooding vampire/rival werewolf triangle. Only the vamps and werewolves in Anita’s world would consider Edward and company mere appetizers.
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