Still running through some old dvds and came across another (Canadian) tv series about vampires, Blood Ties (no not Forever Knight), which was aired around the same time (2007) on the Lifetime Channel. Just like Moonlight, this series lasted only one season which was split into two seasons when it was aired in the US. Blood Ties (adapted from Tanya Huff's Blood Books) was produced by Peter Mohan, who was responsible for some famous Canadian tv series, namely Mutant-X. Compared with Moonlight, this series had a smaller budget and was aired on a smaller channel, Lifetime. When the series came out, I got the UK region 2 dvds that listed all 22 episodes as The Complete First Season with no extras. Later, the series was released in US as two separate dvd boxsets listed as Season 1 & 2 respectively. In 2010, Eagle Rock released the series on a single blu-ray boxset listed as The Complete Series with some special features. If a series like this got a blu-ray release, I don't see why Moonlight which was shown on CBS and averaged over 7 million viewers per episode was given a shabby release.
For those curious about the above classic vampire series or just feeling nostalgic for them, I have added some links below to Amazon. However, Moonlight is only found on DVD which is not widely available anymore.
Moonlight Complete Series DVD Amazon US (paid link)
Blood Ties S1 & 2 Amazon Prime (paid link)
Blood Ties Complete Series Blu-Ray Amazon US (paid link)
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