Vampires on CBS; "The Amazing Race" returns next spring

CBS just got finished announcing its new fall schedule, and you'll be glad to know that The Amazing Race will be back for another installment, but not until January or February. The network also announced a number of new shows, including Viva Laughlin, a musical comedy-drama co-starring Hugh Jackman, and Moonlight, a mystery/romance/drama with a private investigator who is also a vampire.

For the sake of my vampire-phile (or how about vampophile) readers, here is the network's description of Moonlight:

MOONLIGHT, from prolific movie producer Joel Silver ("The Matrix," Trilogy), is about Mick St. John (Alex O'Loughlin, upcoming "White Out"), a captivating "undead" private investigator who uses his acute vampire senses to help the living… instead of feeding on them. In an agonizing twist of fate, Mick was "bitten" 60 years ago by his new bride, the seductive and beguiling Coraline (Amber Valletta, "Hitch"). Immortal and eternally as young, handsome and charismatic as he was then, Mick is sickened by Coraline and other vampires who view humans only as a source of nourishment. With only a handful of undead confidantes for company, including deceitful ally Josef (Rade Serbedzija, "24"), Mick fills his infinite days protecting the living, and trying not to think about how his life would have been if he hadn't followed his heart. However, after six decades of resisting, he wonders if it's time to pursue the love of a mortal. He has his eyes on Beth Turner, a beautiful, ambitious reporter who has been covering the ongoing plague of unusual murders. But would Beth even consider giving up a normal life to be with him, and can Mick risk the pain of seeing himself as a monster in her eyes? As Mick lives between two realities, fighting his adversaries among the undead and falling in love with Beth, he knows he needs to figure out a reason to keep "living."

Yes, but does Mick sparkle in the sunlight?

You can bet that Wendy is already trying to set the DVR to record Moonlight, which won't air until Friday nights in September. Get out your garlic, men!