Moonlighting: Season 1

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Moonlighting: Season 3

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ABC | Season Premiere Date: March 3, 1985

Starring: Cybill Shepherd, Bruce Willis, Allyce Beasley

Summary: When former fashion model Maddie Hayes goes broke and finds that one of her few remaining assets is ownership of the Blue Moon Detective Agency, she is tempted to liquidate it until she meets the quirky employees and gets involved in their even quirkier cases.
Moonlighting as a series was plagued by production delays and erraticWhen former fashion model Maddie Hayes goes broke and finds that one of her few remaining assets is ownership of the Blue Moon Detective Agency, she is tempted to liquidate it until she meets the quirky employees and gets involved in their even quirkier cases.
Moonlighting as a series was plagued by production delays and erratic scheduling. Scheduled episodes were often delayed for weeks and reruns substituted at the last minute. Many in-jokes and short fill-in pieces refer to this and other topical items at the beginning and end of some programs. Episodes 35 - 39 were particularly affected by this, and in their original broadcast contained intros dealing with the slow production pace.

ABC Broadcast History

March 1985 - February 1989: Tuesdays 9:00 PM

April 1989 - May 1989: Sundays 8:00 PM
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Creator: Glenn Gordon Caron

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Soap, Action & Adventure, Suspense

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E7. The Murder's in the Mail
Air Date: April 2, 1985
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S1:E6. Next Stop Murder
Air Date: March 26, 1985
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S1:E5. The Next Murder You Hear
Air Date: March 19, 1985

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Barry Garron

Sep 28, 2023

It is Mr. Willis who elevates the show from good viewing to outstanding entertainment. [03 Mar 1985, p.3K]

John J. O'Connor

Sep 27, 2023

Moonlighting is bringing something truly different to the medium; a private-eye formula with wit and style in both the production and the performances. It couls well be the most significant television phenomenon of 1985. Read full review

Richard Zoglin

Jul 2, 2013

The show's dialogue is possibly the fastest on TV, the stories are briskly paced and unobtrusive, and Shepherd gets lots of loving close-ups. Moonlighting is a snazzy entry that deserves a full-time job on ABC next fall. Read full review

Noel Holston

Sep 27, 2023

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]

Bill Carter

Sep 28, 2023

It's just not very good. [03 Mar 1985, p.3D]

Bud Wilkinson

Sep 27, 2023

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]

Harriet Van Horne

Sep 27, 2023

In general, pilot films fall into three modes -- promising, bearable and for imbeciles only. Moonlighting is definitely in the last class. [01 Mar 1985, p.20]

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Seasons & Episodes

62

Series Overview
Season 5

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- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: December 6, 1988
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: September 29, 1987
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: September 23, 1986
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: September 24, 1985
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: March 3, 1985
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  S1:E7. The Murder's in the Mail
  Air Date: April 2, 1985
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  S1:E6. Next Stop Murder
  Air Date: March 26, 1985
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  S1:E5. The Next Murder You Hear
  Air Date: March 19, 1985
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  S1:E4. Read the Mind--- See the Movie
  Air Date: March 12, 1985
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  S1:E3. Gunfight at the So-So Corral
  Air Date: March 5, 1985
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  S1:E2. Pilot (2)
  Air Date: March 3, 1985
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  S1:E1. Pilot (1)
  Air Date: March 3, 1985