‘Moonlighting’ to finally hit streaming for the first time ever, over Hulu in October

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.

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“Moonlighting” was still popular when it was canceled by ABC in 1989, alleged to have been done in by tensions between its stars along with Willis’s movie star ambitions. It was nominated for 41 Emmys, winning six – including one for Willis in 1987 as well as trophies for its editing, costume design, hairstyling and art direction. (The show submitted to the Emmys for comedy consideration in its first year of eligibility, 1985, before switching to drama the following year and each year thereafter.) Shepherd also won a pair of Golden Globes and Willis one, while the series additionally took home three WGA Awards and two DGA honors.

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