Moonlighting (TV series)

Moonlighting is an American television series, which originally on ABC (Usa) aired from 1985 to 1989 with a total of 66 episodes. The film stars Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd. The series is a mixture of drama, comedy and romance.

The series is considered the beginning of the career of Bruce Willis. Also meant the series for Cybill Shepherd a resurgence of her career. The series was introduced with a one and a half hour television film.



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[hide] *Design 1  ==Design[ Edit] == The show revolves around two private detectives, Maddie Hayes and David Addison, who together own firm called Blue Moon Detective Agency running. Each episode is the duo hired to investigate a new case. ==Cast and characters[ Edit] == ==Background[ Edit] == The show was created by Glenn Gordon Caron, one of the producers of Remington Steele. Moonlight became one of the first successful comedy-drama series on American television. It was also one of only 3 shows that was produced by a television network itself. The other two were Punky Brewster and The Twilight Zone.
 * 2 Cast and characters
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 * 4 awards and nominations
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 * Cybill Shepherd as Maddie Hayes: a former model, which by scam of her accountant has lost all her money. She is forced to take a job as a private investigator. She uses her former status as celebrity to entice customers.
 * Bruce Willis as David Addison: Hayes ' partner.
 * Allyce Beasley as Agnes DiPesto: the receptionist of Blue Moon Detective Agency. They answered the phone always on rhyme.
 * Curtis Armstrong as Burt Viola: a temporary worker who works at Blue Moon. He is later promoted to junior detective.
 * Jack Blessing as MacGillicudy: an employee of Blue Moon. He is a rival of Burt when it comes to a relationship with Agnes.

The title song of the series was sung by jazz singer Al Jarreau, and became a big hit. The production of the series was not always smooth; There were regulated voltages between Willis and Shepherd. This was the reason that the character Burt was introduced, so that the focus of an episode also partly could come to lie on him.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Over the years, several well-known actors had a guest role in the series. The series is also known for the fact that the fourth wall is broken on a regular basis, and use of fantasyelements such as dream scenes.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The series was a big hit at the start. After episode 14 of season 3 the popularity however, in which Maddie and David made their relationship openly known. In season four were Willis and Shepherd much less screen time. In addition, Glenn left the series because of a disagreement between the Commission and the Caron producers. In 1989, the series was discontinued. ==Awards and nominations<span class="mw-editsection" len="357" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p lang="en" len="272" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">"Moonlighting" won several Emmy Awards, including for Best Director, best actor/actress and best costumes.

<p lang="en" len="691" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The series also won several people's Choice Awards, Golden Globes and Directors Guild of America Awards