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Mar 3, 2025

Pete

Mr. Eighties

Pete has published a news story:

On This Day: March 3 1985 Moonlighting Premiered on ABC.

On this day March 3 1985 the detective comedy drama series Moonlighting premiered on ABC. The show starred Cybill Shepherd as Maddie Hayes a former model who teams up with wisecracking private investigator David Addison played by Bruce Willis. Their unlikely partnership led to a mix of crime solving witty banter and romantic tension that kept audiences hooked.

Moonlighting ran for five seasons with a total of 66 episodes becoming one of the most influential shows of the 1980s. It was known...

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