ABC | Release Date: March 3, 1985
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Generally favorable reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
7
Negative:
2
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The GuardianNancy Banks-SmithSep 27, 2023
Season 1 Review: If wit is what you don't expect or even if wit isn't, the opening of Moonlighting is a funny sequence. [30 May 1986, p.10]
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Baltimore SunBill CarterSep 28, 2023
Season 1 Review: It's just not very good. [03 Mar 1985, p.3D]
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Arizona RepublicBud WilkinsonSep 27, 2023
Season 1 Review: ABC's programming team must be either extremely desperate or extremely short of original ideas, and I'll wager both notions are accurate. [02 Mar 1985]
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Detroit Free PressMike DuffySep 27, 2023
Season 1 Review: Moonlighting is in desperate need of a chemistry lesson. [03 Mar 1985, p.3C]
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Miami HeraldSteve SonskySep 27, 2023
Season 1 Review: Why go for the imitation when you can have the original? Stick with real magnetism and Remington on Tuesdays. [06 Mar 1985, p.5B]
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Philadelphia InquirerLee WinfreySep 27, 2023
Season 1 Review: Moonlighting is a series that looks creatively exhausted as soon as it stumbles out of the starting gate. [01 Mar 1985, p.6D]