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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Kansas City StarBarry GarronSep 28, 2023
Season 1 Review: It is Mr. Willis who elevates the show from good viewing to outstanding entertainment. [03 Mar 1985, p.3K]
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Philadelphia Daily NewsDan GeringerSep 28, 2023
Season 1 Review: Moonlighting is a sleuth-and-smoocher that is very funny and so downright friendly you keep wishing these people were real so you could hang with 'em on the corner, talkin' trash and lookin' sly. [01 Mar 1985, p.67]
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San Diego Union-TribuneDon FreemanSep 28, 2023
Season 1 Review: MOONLIGHTING IS a quirky comedy, offbeat and free-floating and rather beguiling and very, very talky, which by the way I find refreshing. [26 Mar 1985, p.E9]
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Sioux City JournalBruce MillerSep 28, 2023
Season 1 Review: With a little elbow grease, some long hours and good support from Willis (who should have been in a series long before this) Moonlighting could well go into overtime. [01 Mar 1985, p.B13]
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New York Daily NewsKay GardellaSep 27, 2023
Season 1 Review: This romantic comedy is good fun, albeit a little nutty, as the two principals keep things going for the entire bout. If ABC is awaiting a decision; both fighters are winners and Tuesday's rematch is eagerly awaited. [01 Mar 1985, p.77]
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Los Angeles TimesLee MarguliesSep 27, 2023
Season 1 Review: While not without flaws, the two-hour premiere contains enough laughs, style and action to suggest that ABC has a shot at success too. [02 Mar 1985, p.12V]
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Orlando SentinelNoel HolstonSep 27, 2023
Season 1 Review: Moonlighting does not have a style and charm all its own. It borrow those important intangibles from NBC's Remington Steele. But it borrows more from the early Steele than the cutesier current incarnation, and that's good. [01 Mar 1985, p.E3]