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Moonlighting
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★ 7.5After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in a detective agency. Together they solve various cases, while getting comfortable with each other.
- Aired
- 1985–1989
- Seasons
- 5 · 66 episodes
- Status
- Ended
- Created by
- Glenn Gordon Caron
- Network
- ABC
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Crime
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Key facts
- Genre
- Comedy drama Mystery Romance
- Created by
- Glenn Gordon Caron
- Starring
- Cybill Shepherd Bruce Willis Allyce Beasley Curtis Armstrong
- Theme music composer
- Lee Holdridge Al Jarreau
- Opening theme
- " Moonlighting ", performed by Al Jarreau
- Composer
- Alf Clausen
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English
- Number span no of episodes
- 67 ( list of episodes )
- Executive producer
- Glenn Gordon Caron
- Running time
- 45–49 minutes
- Production companies
- Picturemaker Productions ABC Circle Films
- Network
- ABC
- Release
- March 3, 1985 ( 1985-03-03 ) –, May 14, 1989 ( 1989-05-14 )
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 45
- FilmAffinity ID
- 676929
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- number of seasons
- 5
- start time
- 1985-03-03
- end time
- 1989-05-14
- number of episodes
- 67
- title
- Moonlighting
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Moonlighting is an American comedy drama television series that aired on ABC from March 3, 1985, to May 14, 1989. The network aired a total of 67 episodes. Starring Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis as private detectives, Allyce Beasley as their quirky receptionist, and Curtis Armstrong as a temporary worker (and later junior detective), the show was a mixture of drama, comedy, mystery, and romance, and was considered to be one of the first successful and influential examples of comedy drama, or "dramedy", emerging as a distinct television genre.
The show's theme song was co-written and performed by singer Al Jarreau and became a hit. The show is also credited with making Willis a star and relaunching Shepherd's career after a string of lackluster projects. In 1997, the episode "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" was ranked number 34 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. In 2007, the series was listed as one of Time magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All-Time". The relationship between the characters David and Maddie was included in TV Guide's list of the best TV couples of all time.