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A Moonlighting reboot?

1980s drama which starred Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd may be on the comeback track.

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Slam that door!

Rumours of a Moonlighting reboot are rife after creator Glenn Gordon Caron teased on Twitter, “Disney and I have put our heads together and come up with a plan. Big announcement Wednesday!”

Airing from 1985-89, Moonlighting rocketed Bruce Willis to super stardom, not the least of which was because of his comic timing and on-screen chemistry with Cybill Shepherd. The two stars argued and yelled, and slammed more doors than any other show in TV history.

The show was noted for repeatedly breaking the ‘fourth wall’ and talking to camera. They even had a musical episode. And there were lots of famous faces making appearances too: Whoopi Goldberg, Tim Robbins, Pierce Brosnan, Demi Moore.

More recently Caron was executive producer of Bull and Medium.

 

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  2. Was I the only person who interpreted that tweet as not being about a reboot but rather bringing the series to streaming (note that Moonlighting is not available to stream in the US either)

    And frankly – to Mr Creativity above, you could do a lot worse than watch Moonlighting which was prestige TV in its day.

  3. Moonlighting was a classic of its time, produced by fairly unique circumstances and should be treasured and left alone. It was based almost entirely around screwball comedy and the chemistry between Willis and Shepard which gave them the liberty to try all sorts of crazy things, including an episode based around Dr Seuss rhymes. It invented the dramedy by being nominated for best comedy and best drama emmies in the same year, twice. It also imploded as soon as Maddie and David hooked up and became a relationship drama. To do it over they would have to start with the simple premise, then make a lot of new craziness that works in modern times. For all we know It could just be another panel show with a read through.

  4. Has originality and creativeness become unpopular nowadays, surely as a creative bunch who make shows they can find something better instead of the same old stuff to trot out. This is the 21 century (at least I hope it is the one I’m living in) where there are ideas in abundance, resources abound, plenty of talent to choose to make some fresh and exciting shows. Aren’t we encouraged as humans to keep moving forward maybe Disney missed the memo.

      1. Most of originality is on streaming services. Network TV of the last 5 years has been almost entirely medical, fire fighting, police, detective, legal and superhero procedurals (which are all the same), or reboots or remakes, or sequels of old shows that have brand recognition. There is an entirely new category of TV which based around buying TV, book or film rights to get a name with brand recognition that is copyrightable, then completely ignore the characters, plot and themes of what bought and make something else e.g. the way the CW bought rights to Nancy Drew so they wouldn’t be accused of plagiarising Veronica Mars that they turned in to The Secret Circle. This is Us and Abbott’s Elementary are the only original award winning Network TV recently.

  5. It was a classic show when it started but it was ruined when the infighting between the stars became bigger than the show itself. I fear a reboot will damage its legacy. Maybe a movie with new cast playing the same roles might work.

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