Moonlighting
Detectives with a heart
Created by Glenn Gordon Caron
On ABC
A romantic comedy-mystery where the case-of-the-week structure serves as scaffolding for the central relationship between two witty, mismatched detectives learning to trust each other.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
Cybill Shepherd
Maddie Hayes
Bruce Willis
David Addison
Allyce Beasley
Agnes DiPesto
Curtis Armstrong
Herbert Viola
Virginia Madsen
Lorraine Anne Charnock
Robert Webber
Alexander Hayes
Eva Marie Saint
Virginia Hayes
Jack Blessing
MacGillicudy
R.H. Thomson
Dr. Steve Hill (as R.H. Thompson)
Mark Harmon
Sam Crawford
Charles Rocket
Richard Addison
Dennis Dugan
Walter Bishop
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Like Moonlighting, But Less Popular
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