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Moonlighting (1985–1989)

TV Series  -  60 min  -  Comedy | Drama | Mystery
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The quirky cases of an ex model and a wiseguy detective who co-run a private detective agency.

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Season:

5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1

Year:

1989 | 1988 | 1987 | 1986 | 1985
Won 3 Golden Globes. Another 12 wins & 53 nominations See more awards »
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Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Cybill Shepherd ...
Madelyn 'Maddie' Hayes (66 episodes, 1985-1989)
Bruce Willis ...
David Addison Jr. (66 episodes, 1985-1989)
Allyce Beasley Allyce Beasley ...
Agnes DiPesto (66 episodes, 1985-1989)
Curtis Armstrong ...
Herbert Quentin Viola (37 episodes, 1986-1989)
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Storyline

The top model Maddie Hayes was betrayed by her investment adviser who flew with all her money to South-America and began the hard life of a Casino owner. All the unfaithful manager has left Maddie is her house, her unbelievable beauty and intelligence and the run-down detective-agency "City Angels" (renamed by Maddie into "Blue Moon"). Because of her lack of money, she wants to sell the agency, but the houses only detective David Addison tries to convince her to join the agency as the new boss. So Maddie Hayes becomes involved in the work of a real private detective, which means so hard work as to spy upon unfaithful husbands, find missing people or murderers, foil attempts on VIP's lives, stop killers, help lovers and by the way save the world's peace and existence. While doing this Maddie and David try to get used to each other and this way they recognize their complete difference in life-style... Written by Adrian Schuster & Oliver Philipp <adrians@zedat.fu-berlin.de>  

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Plot Keywords:

Private Detective | Ex Model | Office | Singing | Beautiful Woman  | See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Mystery | Romance

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

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Box Office

Budget:

$150,000 (per episode) (estimated)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

(66 episodes)  | Argentina:

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1
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Trivia

ABC and Cybill Shepherd originally wanted Harley Venton for the role of David Addison Jr., but show creator and writer, Glenn Gordon Caron, rejected him for the then-unknown Bruce Willis (both screen test were filmed - two scenes each with actress Mary-Margaret Humes playing Maddie Hayes - on 7 September 1984.) Venton's screen test, along with Willis's, appears at the end of the pilot episode DVD release. See more »

Quotes

David: [Maddie is displeased that David has been leading the staff in a limbo contest while she has been out of the office] Hiya boss! Back from the dentist so soon?
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Crazy Credits

Between the closing credits of episode 3.9, "The Straight Poop", about 5
minutes of bloopers from previous episodes are shown. See more »


Soundtracks

"Moonlighting"
Music by Lee Holdridge
Lyrics by Al Jarreau
Sung by Al Jarreau See more »