Critic Reviews

Moonlighting is bringing something truly different to the medium; a private-eye formula with wit and style in both the production and the performances. It couls well be the most significant television phenomenon of 1985.

Tallied together, Moonlighting is a welcome addition to primetime TV, offering a satisfying blend of comedy, romance and action — which in itself is unique. Add to the recipe, the special talents of Willis, and you’ve got the stuff from which hits are made.

It is Mr. Willis who elevates the show from good viewing to outstanding entertainment. [03 Mar 1985, p.3K]

The show's dialogue is possibly the fastest on TV, the stories are briskly paced and unobtrusive, and Shepherd gets lots of loving close-ups. Moonlighting is a snazzy entry that deserves a full-time job on ABC next fall.

Moonlighting is a sleuth-and-smoocher that is very funny and so downright friendly you keep wishing these people were real so you could hang with 'em on the corner, talkin' trash and lookin' sly. [01 Mar 1985, p.67]

This romantic comedy is good fun, albeit a little nutty, as the two principals keep things going for the entire bout. If ABC is awaiting a decision; both fighters are winners and Tuesday's rematch is eagerly awaited. [01 Mar 1985, p.77]

As it charges along, the show develops a pleasing velocity that makes the eye-roll-inducing one-liners and random quirkiness forgivable.

With a little elbow grease, some long hours and good support from Willis (who should have been in a series long before this) Moonlighting could well go into overtime. [01 Mar 1985, p.B13]

MOONLIGHTING IS a quirky comedy, offbeat and free-floating and rather beguiling and very, very talky, which by the way I find refreshing. [26 Mar 1985, p.E9]

Moonlighting does not have a style and charm all its own. It borrow those important intangibles from NBC's Remington Steele. But it borrows more from the early Steele than the cutesier current incarnation, and that's good. [01 Mar 1985, p.E3]