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Moonlighting

1985–1989 · 5 seasons, 66 episodes · ended

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Seasons and episodes Moonlighting

Season scores: TMDB, out of 10.

Season 1

1985 · 6 episodes · about 5h · 8.6/10

Still: Pilot1. Pilot93 min · 7.5/10

After an embezzling accountant leaves her penniless, ex-model Maddie Hayes decides to sell the few failing businesses she still owns, among them a detective agency. But private eye David Addison wants to keeps his job, so he persuades a reluctant Maddie to form a partnership. Their first case gives them little to go on: Maddie gets a broken watch from a dying man.

Still: Gunfight at the So-So Corral2. Gunfight at the So-So Corral49 min · 8.8/10

Dave and Maddie face a difficult situation when they have to tell their client that the son he hired them to find is a notorious contract killer.

Still: Read the Mind... See the Movie3. Read the Mind... See the Movie46 min · 8.8/10

Maddie believes that a client's design secrets are being pilfered from the astral plane by a psychic.

Still: The Next Murder You Hear4. The Next Murder You Hear50 min · 9.0/10

Maddie becomes infatuated with a radio talk-show host who has apparently been murdered while he was on the air.

Still: Next Stop Murder5. Next Stop Murder48 min · 9.0/10

Maddie and Dave get trapped on a train filled with mystery buffs when they try to deliver Agnes on time for her big weekend solving a make-believe murder staged by a famous author.

Still: The Murder's in the Mail6. The Murder's in the Mail42 min · 8.8/10

Dave and Maddie find a dead body as they try to collect money for a collection agency, but it disappears without a trace when they try to report it.

Season summaries5 seasons, 66 episodes

Season 1

1985 · 6 episodes · about 5h · TMDB 8.6

Season 2

1985 · 18 episodes · TMDB 9.6

Season 3

1986 · 15 episodes · TMDB 7.7

Season 4

1987 · 14 episodes · TMDB 8.8

Season 5

1988 · 13 episodes · TMDB 9.0

Episodes run about 55 min. Last episode: May 14, 1989

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What is it about? Moonlighting

Detectives with a heart

After 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.

Genres: comedy, drama, mystery, crime. Themes: detective, yuppie, romance, model, private detective, detective agency.

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Details Moonlighting

Poster: Moonlighting
First episode
March 3, 1985
Last episode
May 14, 1989
Status
ended
Network
ABC
Country
United States
Original language
English
Rating
TV-PG
Studios
Picturemaker Productions, ABC Circle Films

Frequently asked questions

How many seasons does Moonlighting have?

5 seasons, 66 episodes. The last episode aired May 14, 1989.

Who’s in Moonlighting?

Cybill Shepherd, Bruce Willis, Allyce Beasley, Curtis Armstrong, Joyce Brothers, Kay Lenz, Terry O'Quinn, Ellen Albertini Dow, Cristine Rose, and Johnny Brown. Created by Glenn Gordon Caron.

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