For the very first time, all five seasons of “Moonlighting” will be available at digital retailers, complete with the original Grammy-nominated title track recording by Al Jarreau. Each classic episode has been remastered in HD from the original film source. Fans can add the complete series to their digital collection on January 16 when “Moonlighting” becomes available to buy from all major digital retailers including Prime Video, Apple TV, and Vudu. SynopsisWhen former fashion model Maddie Hayes goes broke and finds that one of her few remaining assets is ownership of the Blue Moon Detective Agency, she’s tempted to liquidate ... Read more...
- 1/12/2024
- by Thomas Miller
- Seat42F
Update: In addition to being available on Hulu, the classic Bruce WIllis/ Cybill Shepherd series, Moonlighting, is now coming to digital retailers like iTunes and more. So if you want to own a digital copy of the show, now’s your chance. One caveat: no news on whether the show will be available in Canada, with it still absent from Disney Star here north of the border, making it seem like the music rights are keeping the show from being more widely available.
Original Post: Do bears bear? Do bees be? Does a Hulu subscription sound enticing now that Moonlighting is finally coming to the streaming platform? That’s right, you detectives of romance! All 67 episodes of the classic comedy series starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd will be available to stream on the service beginning on October 10, 2023.
How does Hulu plan to sweeten the pot for this fantastic news?...
Original Post: Do bears bear? Do bees be? Does a Hulu subscription sound enticing now that Moonlighting is finally coming to the streaming platform? That’s right, you detectives of romance! All 67 episodes of the classic comedy series starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd will be available to stream on the service beginning on October 10, 2023.
How does Hulu plan to sweeten the pot for this fantastic news?...
- 1/11/2024
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
For the very first time, all five seasons of “Moonlighting” will be available at digital retailers, complete with the original Grammy-nominated title track recording by Al Jarreau. Each classic episode has been remastered in HD from the original film source. Fans can add the complete series to their digital collection on January 16 when “Moonlighting” becomes available to buy from all major digital retailers including Prime Video, Apple TV, and Vudu. When former fashion model Maddie Hayes goes broke and finds that one of her few remaining assets is ownership of the Blue Moon Detective Agency, she’s tempted to liquidate it until she meets the quirky employees and gets involved in their even quirkier cases.
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- 1/11/2024
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Those annual airings of the James Stewart classic It’s a Wonderful Life have had an effect: Many a TV show has paid homage to the 1946 film with a special episode. What are the ingredients? A main character who wonders what would have happened if they’d never been around, a guardian angel to provide the answer—and a haywire alternate history. Here are some of our favorite life changers. 1. Mork & Mindy In “It’s a Wonderful Mork,” the title alien (Robin Williams) stays on planet Ork—and his would-be Earthling friends suffer. Mindy (Pam Dawber) is wed to a gambler named Cliff. “I hope you fall off your name!” Mork sputters. Pluto TV, Prime Video 2. Moonlighting What if Maddie Hayes (Cybill Shepherd) had never kept Blue Moon Investigations open? “It’s a Wonderful Job” reveals it would have turned into the Hart detective agency. Hulu 3. Night Court “Hey Harry,...
- 12/4/2023
- TV Insider
After a protracted process securing the music rights for streaming, Moonlighting is finally lighting up television screens again, newly remastered and available on Hulu. The five-season series aired on ABC between 1985 and 1989 and starred Cybill Shepherd as Maddie Hayes, a former model-turned-business owner, and Bruce Willis as David Addison Jr., the detective with whom she starts a private-eye business. Creator Glenn Gordon Caron told TV Insider this month that William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew inspired the show. “I thought, if you could catch the funny, sort of violent, sort of passionate, nonetheless heartfelt — you’re looking at these two people, [who] hate each other [and] are made for each other, the contradictions,” Caron said. “If you could figure out a way to do that in a modern setting, that would be wildly entertaining. That’s really what Moonlighting is or at least ...
- 10/21/2023
- TV Insider
“Moonlighting” was more than a watercooler show. It was an obsession. Episodes were taped and rewatched. And for good reason. There had never been a anything on the small screen like the 1985-89 ABC romantic screwball comedy detective series. The rapid-fire dialogue recalled such Howard Hawks’ classics as 1938’s ‘Bringing Up Baby” and 1940’ “His Girl Friday.” Fourth walls were broken. There was a black-and-white episode and even and wild and crazy take on William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew.” That was just the tip of the innovations.
Creator and executive producer Glenn Gordon Caron told me in a 2000 L.A. Times interview that ABC didn’t give him total freedom when it came to the episodes: “The truth is no one let me do everything. I just did it. Ignorance is bliss. There were rules and I chose not to listen to anybody. At a certain point, the network said- ‘This is working.
Creator and executive producer Glenn Gordon Caron told me in a 2000 L.A. Times interview that ABC didn’t give him total freedom when it came to the episodes: “The truth is no one let me do everything. I just did it. Ignorance is bliss. There were rules and I chose not to listen to anybody. At a certain point, the network said- ‘This is working.
- 10/16/2023
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
Moonlighting creator Glenn Gordon Caron has spoken to Bruce Willis about the ’80s hit dramedy, which is making its streaming debut on Hulu.
He shared a health update on Willis, who played detective David Addison opposite Cybill Shepherd’s Maddie Hayes, who owned the Blue Moon Detective Agency.
Willis, 68, has frontotemporal dementia and retired from acting in 2022.
“The process [to get Moonlighting on streaming] has taken quite a while and Bruce’s disease is a progressive disease, so I was able to communicate with him, before the disease rendered him as incommunicative as he is now, about hoping to get the show back in front of people,” Caron told the New York Post. “I know he’s really happy that the show is going to be available for people, even though he can’t tell me that. When I got to spend time with him, we talked about it and I know he’s excited.
He shared a health update on Willis, who played detective David Addison opposite Cybill Shepherd’s Maddie Hayes, who owned the Blue Moon Detective Agency.
Willis, 68, has frontotemporal dementia and retired from acting in 2022.
“The process [to get Moonlighting on streaming] has taken quite a while and Bruce’s disease is a progressive disease, so I was able to communicate with him, before the disease rendered him as incommunicative as he is now, about hoping to get the show back in front of people,” Caron told the New York Post. “I know he’s really happy that the show is going to be available for people, even though he can’t tell me that. When I got to spend time with him, we talked about it and I know he’s excited.
- 10/13/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Glenn Gordon Caron, the creator of Moonlighting and a close friend of Bruce Willis, is sharing an update on the actor’s health amid his battle with frontotemporal dementia.
Caron recently told the New York Post that he tries to see the Die Hard star about once a month, and that he does feel that Willis still recognizes him during his visits.
“My sense is the first one to three minutes he knows who I am,” he said. “He’s not totally verbal; he used to be a voracious reader — he didn’t want anyone to know that — and he’s not reading now. All those language skills are no longer available to him, and yet he’s still Bruce.”
He added, “When you’re with him, you know that he’s Bruce and you’re grateful that he’s there, but the joie de vivre is gone.”
Caron first...
Caron recently told the New York Post that he tries to see the Die Hard star about once a month, and that he does feel that Willis still recognizes him during his visits.
“My sense is the first one to three minutes he knows who I am,” he said. “He’s not totally verbal; he used to be a voracious reader — he didn’t want anyone to know that — and he’s not reading now. All those language skills are no longer available to him, and yet he’s still Bruce.”
He added, “When you’re with him, you know that he’s Bruce and you’re grateful that he’s there, but the joie de vivre is gone.”
Caron first...
- 10/12/2023
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Moonlighting” lovers are a dedicated crew — it was the kind of wildly imaginative, smart, sophisticated series that inspired passionate loyalty over the course of its 66 episodes (the two-part pilot is shown as a single episode) and five seasons on the air. What’s even more remarkable about fans’ dedication is the relative rarity of the series; the Glenn Gordon Caron-created genre hybrid has rarely been in regular syndication and its DVD releases have been out of print since 2013.
Not that the DVD releases really satisfied the die-hard fans. Sure, they got to relive just what all the fuss was about when the show took the country by storm back in 1985, as former model Maddie Hayes (Cybill Shepherd) and wise guy detective David Addison (a pre-“Die Hard” Bruce Willis) investigated crimes, bickered, broke the fourth wall, and generally served as television trailblazers up to and including the “Moonlighting” curse...
Not that the DVD releases really satisfied the die-hard fans. Sure, they got to relive just what all the fuss was about when the show took the country by storm back in 1985, as former model Maddie Hayes (Cybill Shepherd) and wise guy detective David Addison (a pre-“Die Hard” Bruce Willis) investigated crimes, bickered, broke the fourth wall, and generally served as television trailblazers up to and including the “Moonlighting” curse...
- 10/10/2023
- by Mark Peikert
- Indiewire
Finally! Moonlighting — one of the 10 “missing” series TVLine readers most wanted to see streaming — will finally be available to watch online. Here’s everything you need to know for watching Moonlighting on Hulu.
How to Watch Moonlighting Online on Streaming
All five seasons of the groundbreaking ABC dramedy will hit Hulu on Tuesday, Oct. 10. If you sign up for a Hulu base plan, you can get a Hulu 30-day free trial to binge as many of the 60-plus episodes as you can! Or, opt for one of the many subscriptions outlined below.
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How to Watch Moonlighting Online on Streaming
All five seasons of the groundbreaking ABC dramedy will hit Hulu on Tuesday, Oct. 10. If you sign up for a Hulu base plan, you can get a Hulu 30-day free trial to binge as many of the 60-plus episodes as you can! Or, opt for one of the many subscriptions outlined below.
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- 10/8/2023
- by How to Stream Team
- TVLine.com
“Moonlighting,” the Emmy-nominated 1980s television series that gave Bruce Willis his breakout role, will stream for the first time ever on Oct. 10 on Hulu. All five seasons, consisting of 67 episodes, will be available to watch on the platform. The show, created by Glen Gordon Caron, also features Al Jarreau’s Grammy-nominated title track.
Cybill Shepherd stars in the show alongside Willis, Allyce Beasley and Curtis Armstrong.
The show’s description reads: “When former fashion model Maddie Hayes goes broke and finds that one of her few remaining assets is ownership of the Blue Moon Detective Agency, she’s tempted to liquidate it until she meets the quirky employees and gets involved in their even quirkier cases.”
The episodes have been remastered in HD from their original film source. “Moonlighting” originally aired from 1985 to 1989 on ABC.
In other TV roundup news:
Casting
Joe Manganiello, known for “True Blood” and “Magic Mike,...
Cybill Shepherd stars in the show alongside Willis, Allyce Beasley and Curtis Armstrong.
The show’s description reads: “When former fashion model Maddie Hayes goes broke and finds that one of her few remaining assets is ownership of the Blue Moon Detective Agency, she’s tempted to liquidate it until she meets the quirky employees and gets involved in their even quirkier cases.”
The episodes have been remastered in HD from their original film source. “Moonlighting” originally aired from 1985 to 1989 on ABC.
In other TV roundup news:
Casting
Joe Manganiello, known for “True Blood” and “Magic Mike,...
- 9/29/2023
- by Caroline Brew, Jaden Thompson and McKinley Franklin
- Variety Film + TV
Moonlighting creator Glenn Gordon Caron says that the series’ long-awaited release to streaming is “even more poignant” given leading man Bruce Willis’ mental health struggles.
Willis’ family announced in March 2022 that he had been diagnosed with aphasia, and as such would step away from his acting career. Less than a year later, the family added that Willis had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia.
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The...
Willis’ family announced in March 2022 that he had been diagnosed with aphasia, and as such would step away from his acting career. Less than a year later, the family added that Willis had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia.
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- 9/29/2023
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
For the first time in the show’s history, all five seasons and 67 episodes of the classic 1980s ABC hour “Moonlighting” will hit the rerun market – streaming exclusively over Hulu beginning October 10. Each installment has been remastered in HD from the original film source and will feature the Grammy-nominated title track recording from Al Jarreau.
The series – which originally ran from 1985 to ’89 – starred Cybill Shepherd and proved a star-making turn for Bruce Willis. It cast Shepherd as fashion model-turned detective agency head Maddie Hayes and Willis as wisecracking private eye David Addison, with Allyce Beasley and Curtis Armstrong featured in plum supporting roles as Agnes Dipesto and Herbert Viola, respectively. Whenever creator and showrunner Glenn Gordon Caron was asked why “Moonlighting” wasn’t available to stream, he would cite the prohibitive expense of acquiring the music rights of the eclectic soundtrack. But that little issue has evidently been rectified.
“Moonlighting...
The series – which originally ran from 1985 to ’89 – starred Cybill Shepherd and proved a star-making turn for Bruce Willis. It cast Shepherd as fashion model-turned detective agency head Maddie Hayes and Willis as wisecracking private eye David Addison, with Allyce Beasley and Curtis Armstrong featured in plum supporting roles as Agnes Dipesto and Herbert Viola, respectively. Whenever creator and showrunner Glenn Gordon Caron was asked why “Moonlighting” wasn’t available to stream, he would cite the prohibitive expense of acquiring the music rights of the eclectic soundtrack. But that little issue has evidently been rectified.
“Moonlighting...
- 9/26/2023
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
There wasn't a funnier or sharper show in the mid-1980s than "Moonlighting." Created by Glenn Gordon Caron, the hour-long ABC series starred Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis as Maddie Hayes and David Addison, perpetually squabbling partners in the Blue Moon Detective Agency. It was an odd duck. Caron and the cast took big, genre-hopping swings; one episode might be a musical, the next might be written in iambic pentameter, and another could be a homage to big-screen boxing melodramas. It was arguably the ballsiest network series prior to the 1990 premiere of "Twin Peaks."
And somehow, in the middle of the Reagan era, "Moonlighting" became a Nielsen ratings behemoth.
American television viewers weren't exactly clamoring for an amiably off-kilter riff on "The Thin Man" and 1930s - '40s screwball comedies at the time, but once they saw Shepherd and Willis bantering with Hepburn-Grant ease, they were sold. "Moonlighting" roared...
And somehow, in the middle of the Reagan era, "Moonlighting" became a Nielsen ratings behemoth.
American television viewers weren't exactly clamoring for an amiably off-kilter riff on "The Thin Man" and 1930s - '40s screwball comedies at the time, but once they saw Shepherd and Willis bantering with Hepburn-Grant ease, they were sold. "Moonlighting" roared...
- 9/26/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Here is a wrap-up of all the news you need to know from Tuesday, September 26. 2023.
Emma Stone is headed to the small screen with Showtime's The Curse.
The Curse will premiere on streaming and on-demand for all Showtime and Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers on Friday, November 10, before making its on-air debut on Showtime on Sunday, November 12, at 10 p.m. Et/Pt.
The Curse is "a genre-bending series that explores how an alleged curse disturbs the relationship of a newly married couple as they try to conceive a child while co-starring in their new home-improvement show," according to the logline.
The series also stars Nathan Fielder (The Rehearsal) and Benny Safdie (Oppenheimer).
Guest stars include Oscar nominee Barkhad Abdi, Emmy nominee Corbin Bernsen, and Constance Shulman.
A co-production of Showtime and A24, The Curse is co-created, executive-produced, and written by Benny Safdie and Nathan Fielder.
Fielder also serves as a director,...
Emma Stone is headed to the small screen with Showtime's The Curse.
The Curse will premiere on streaming and on-demand for all Showtime and Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers on Friday, November 10, before making its on-air debut on Showtime on Sunday, November 12, at 10 p.m. Et/Pt.
The Curse is "a genre-bending series that explores how an alleged curse disturbs the relationship of a newly married couple as they try to conceive a child while co-starring in their new home-improvement show," according to the logline.
The series also stars Nathan Fielder (The Rehearsal) and Benny Safdie (Oppenheimer).
Guest stars include Oscar nominee Barkhad Abdi, Emmy nominee Corbin Bernsen, and Constance Shulman.
A co-production of Showtime and A24, The Curse is co-created, executive-produced, and written by Benny Safdie and Nathan Fielder.
Fielder also serves as a director,...
- 9/26/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
“Moonlighting,” the ’80s detective series that revived Cybill Shepherd’s career and gave Bruce Willis his, has long been notoriously unavailable. But all that changes when its 67 episodes begin streaming on Hulu on October 10.
Yes, that’s correct: Five seasons encompassed all of just 67 episodes of a network show. The series — created by Glen Gordon Caron — was infamous for missing its deadlines to make it to air (there’s even a joke in “The Golden Girls” about staying in to watch an episode that’s “only been rerun three times”) and by on-set strife that garnered reams of tabloid coverage.
Prevented by music rights issues from streaming, the series is poised to win over a new generation of fans for whom the behind-the-scenes drama will just be background noise. Per TVLine, the songs sung by the cast and the Al Jarreau theme song remain intact; ambient music has been swapped out where necessary.
Yes, that’s correct: Five seasons encompassed all of just 67 episodes of a network show. The series — created by Glen Gordon Caron — was infamous for missing its deadlines to make it to air (there’s even a joke in “The Golden Girls” about staying in to watch an episode that’s “only been rerun three times”) and by on-set strife that garnered reams of tabloid coverage.
Prevented by music rights issues from streaming, the series is poised to win over a new generation of fans for whom the behind-the-scenes drama will just be background noise. Per TVLine, the songs sung by the cast and the Al Jarreau theme song remain intact; ambient music has been swapped out where necessary.
- 9/26/2023
- by Mark Peikert
- Indiewire
The answer to one long-burning question — “Will Moonlighting ever be available for streaming?” — quickly spawned another avid query: “But will the music remain the same?”
As TVLine reported on Tuesday, all five seasons of ABC’s Moonlighting — the groundbreaking dramedy starred Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd as bickering private detectives David Addison and Maddie Hayes — will be available to stream on Hulu starting Tuesday, Oct. 10.
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As TVLine reported on Tuesday, all five seasons of ABC’s Moonlighting — the groundbreaking dramedy starred Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd as bickering private detectives David Addison and Maddie Hayes — will be available to stream on Hulu starting Tuesday, Oct. 10.
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- 9/26/2023
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
The Blue Moon Detective Agency is once again open for business — finally.
After years stuck in streaming limbo, Moonlighting — one of the 10 most requested series by TVLine readers — will now be available to stream on Hulu, with all five seasons hitting the service on Tuesday, Oct. 10, TVLine has learned.
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According to Hulu, each episode has been remastered in high...
After years stuck in streaming limbo, Moonlighting — one of the 10 most requested series by TVLine readers — will now be available to stream on Hulu, with all five seasons hitting the service on Tuesday, Oct. 10, TVLine has learned.
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According to Hulu, each episode has been remastered in high...
- 9/26/2023
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd starred in the ABC series Moonlighting from 1985 to 1989. Which TV star has the higher net worth? Here’s what we know.
Bruce Willis’ net worth Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis | Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
As of this writing, Willis has an estimated net worth of $250 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. According to IMDb, he was paid $5 million for his role in Die Hard. Willis also received big paychecks for Last Man Standing ($16.5 million), Unbreakable ($20 million), and Live Free or Die Hard ($25 million).
Willis made a significant amount of money after starring in the 1999 film The Sixth Sense. In addition to a base salary of $14 million, he received a percentage of the film’s gross profits. Willis reportedly made $114 million for his starring role in the M. Night Shyamalan film.
Willis also built wealth from product endorsements and collaborations. In 2010, he introduced his fragrance,...
Bruce Willis’ net worth Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis | Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
As of this writing, Willis has an estimated net worth of $250 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. According to IMDb, he was paid $5 million for his role in Die Hard. Willis also received big paychecks for Last Man Standing ($16.5 million), Unbreakable ($20 million), and Live Free or Die Hard ($25 million).
Willis made a significant amount of money after starring in the 1999 film The Sixth Sense. In addition to a base salary of $14 million, he received a percentage of the film’s gross profits. Willis reportedly made $114 million for his starring role in the M. Night Shyamalan film.
Willis also built wealth from product endorsements and collaborations. In 2010, he introduced his fragrance,...
- 3/26/2023
- by Sheiresa Ngo
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Bruce Willis became a household name in 1985 after starring in the TV show Moonlighting alongside Cybill Shepherd. Willis played investigator David Addison and Shepherd played former model Maddie Hayes. Why was Moonlighting canceled? Here’s what we know Willis and Shepherd’s show.
Bruce Willis’ movies and TV shows Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis | ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images
One of Willis’ early acting roles was an appearance in a 1984 episode of Miami Vice titled “No Exit.” He played the character Tony Amato. Willis also spent some time off-Broadway, starring in Sam Shepherd’s Fool for Love. He starred in the hit series Moonlighting alongside actor Cybill Shepherd the following year. Willis remained on the series for 66 episodes until it ended in 1989.
In 1987, Willis had one of his first major film roles. He played Walter Davis in Blind Date alongside Kim Basinger. Willis established himself...
Bruce Willis’ movies and TV shows Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis | ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images
One of Willis’ early acting roles was an appearance in a 1984 episode of Miami Vice titled “No Exit.” He played the character Tony Amato. Willis also spent some time off-Broadway, starring in Sam Shepherd’s Fool for Love. He starred in the hit series Moonlighting alongside actor Cybill Shepherd the following year. Willis remained on the series for 66 episodes until it ended in 1989.
In 1987, Willis had one of his first major film roles. He played Walter Davis in Blind Date alongside Kim Basinger. Willis established himself...
- 3/14/2023
- by Sheiresa Ngo
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd first appeared in the TV series Moonlighting on March 3, 1985. Here’s a look back at the ABC show and what Willis and Shepherd thought about their experience.
‘Moonlighting’ was a hit show in the 1980s Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd | ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images
Moonlighting was created by writer Glenn Gordon Caron. Willis played David Addison, and Shepherd played Maddie Hayes. Shepherd’s character is a former model who becomes a victim of embezzlement thanks to her dishonest accountant. However, she discovers that she owns a detective agency. She partners with investigator David Addison, and they run the agency.
Moonlighting aired on ABC for five seasons from 1985 until 1989. Willis says the first two years of the show impressed him.
“I would say, and I say this a lot when I talk about this show, the first two years of...
‘Moonlighting’ was a hit show in the 1980s Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd | ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images
Moonlighting was created by writer Glenn Gordon Caron. Willis played David Addison, and Shepherd played Maddie Hayes. Shepherd’s character is a former model who becomes a victim of embezzlement thanks to her dishonest accountant. However, she discovers that she owns a detective agency. She partners with investigator David Addison, and they run the agency.
Moonlighting aired on ABC for five seasons from 1985 until 1989. Willis says the first two years of the show impressed him.
“I would say, and I say this a lot when I talk about this show, the first two years of...
- 3/4/2023
- by Sheiresa Ngo
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Love stories are difficult on television. We've had plenty of them, of course, but there is a prevailing thought about TV couples; if you hook them up and make them happy, people will stop watching the show. The first story that comes to mind is David Addison (Bruce Willis) and Maddie Hayes (Cybill Shepherd) from "Moonlighting." The show was based on the angry flirtation between the two of them, and when they finally got together, the show suffered, both in audience opinion and ratings. There were other reasons for the end of "Moonlighting," but that is often cited as the main one. "Cheers" is another popular one that suffered once the main characters Sam (Ted Danson) and Diane (Shelley Long) got together. It's something "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" creator Joss Whedon cites as the reason Buffy's relationships never really went well.
Whedon spoke about this in a 2003 interview with Salon.
Whedon spoke about this in a 2003 interview with Salon.
- 2/21/2023
- by Jenna Busch
- Slash Film
Two generations of children — and their parents — are familiar with the colossal purple dinosaur that frolicked across their television screens each week. The PBS series “Barney & Friends” amassed 14 seasons between 1992 and 2010 in the course of its lengthy run before coming to a flaming halt.
The reasons for the show’s initial success and accursed demise are outlined in a two-part docuseries from director Tommy Avallone, titled “I Love You, You Hate Me,” which is available for streaming on Peacock on Oct. 12.
With parallels to Sundance award-winner “Feels Good Man,” the 2020 indie documentary about Pepe the Frog that explores how a meme can be transformed from a comedic icon into a hate symbol, “I Love You, You Hate Me” delves into the lesser-known evils of the Barney bashing movement, when teenagers and adults alike began to bastardize the once-beloved character with acts of violence both physically and online.
Other figures...
The reasons for the show’s initial success and accursed demise are outlined in a two-part docuseries from director Tommy Avallone, titled “I Love You, You Hate Me,” which is available for streaming on Peacock on Oct. 12.
With parallels to Sundance award-winner “Feels Good Man,” the 2020 indie documentary about Pepe the Frog that explores how a meme can be transformed from a comedic icon into a hate symbol, “I Love You, You Hate Me” delves into the lesser-known evils of the Barney bashing movement, when teenagers and adults alike began to bastardize the once-beloved character with acts of violence both physically and online.
Other figures...
- 10/12/2022
- by Katie Reul
- Variety Film + TV
Bruce Willis is typically most associated with the film franchise "Die Hard," and unless you were around in the 1980s, that was likely your introduction to him. But before becoming a Hollywood A-lister, Willis paid his dues on the groundbreaking television series "Moonlighting." The show ran for five seasons on ABC and costarred Cybil Shepherd.
The premise of the romantic comedy paired opposites Maddie Hayes (Shepherd) and David Addison (Willis) at the Blue Moon Detective Agency. Hayes was a bankrupt former model while Addison was the head of the failing detective agency owned by Hayes. The two proved to be a dramatic, often comical...
The post How Bill Murray's Ghostbusters Performance Inspired Bruce Willis' Breakout Role appeared first on /Film.
The premise of the romantic comedy paired opposites Maddie Hayes (Shepherd) and David Addison (Willis) at the Blue Moon Detective Agency. Hayes was a bankrupt former model while Addison was the head of the failing detective agency owned by Hayes. The two proved to be a dramatic, often comical...
The post How Bill Murray's Ghostbusters Performance Inspired Bruce Willis' Breakout Role appeared first on /Film.
- 6/22/2022
- by Travis Yates
- Slash Film
On March 30, Bruce Willis’ family announced on social media that he would retire from acting because of an ongoing struggle with aphasia, a brain disorder that affects a person’s cognitive function and ability to communicate.
Instantly fans began sharing their favorite Willis performances across social media, but they were faced with a glaring hole in the Willis oeuvre – “Moonlighting,” the ABC comedy-drama series that turned Willis into a household name and led to him being cast in “Die Hard.” The series isn’t available on any streaming platform, despite being one of the biggest shows of the 1980s, and the DVD box sets, a reliable standby in situations where streaming is not an option, have long been out of print (vintage copies going for more than 100 per season on eBay and other secondary markets).
It was a case worthy of Willis’ snarky character David Addison and Cybill Shepherd’s ex-model Maddie Hayes,...
Instantly fans began sharing their favorite Willis performances across social media, but they were faced with a glaring hole in the Willis oeuvre – “Moonlighting,” the ABC comedy-drama series that turned Willis into a household name and led to him being cast in “Die Hard.” The series isn’t available on any streaming platform, despite being one of the biggest shows of the 1980s, and the DVD box sets, a reliable standby in situations where streaming is not an option, have long been out of print (vintage copies going for more than 100 per season on eBay and other secondary markets).
It was a case worthy of Willis’ snarky character David Addison and Cybill Shepherd’s ex-model Maddie Hayes,...
- 4/13/2022
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
The news that Bruce Willis will be stepping away from his acting career due to a diagnosis of the neurodegenerative disease aphasia brought with it a renewed appreciation for the work of one of the biggest pop culture stars of our lifetimes. Here are 10 roles that helped define Willis’ often-brilliant career:
Moonlighting (ABC, 1985-89)
Do bears bare? Do bees be? Do bartenders become overnight sensations? Willis was basically unknown when Moonlighting creator Glen Gordon Caron hired him to play quippy private detective David Addison opposite Cybill Shepherd as uptight former fashion model Maddie Hayes.
Moonlighting (ABC, 1985-89)
Do bears bare? Do bees be? Do bartenders become overnight sensations? Willis was basically unknown when Moonlighting creator Glen Gordon Caron hired him to play quippy private detective David Addison opposite Cybill Shepherd as uptight former fashion model Maddie Hayes.
- 3/30/2022
- by Alan Sepinwall, Brenna Ehrlich and Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
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