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From: lo@harvard.UUCP (Bert S.F. Lo)
Newsgroups: net.tv
Subject: Re: Question about MOONLIGHTING background
Message-ID: <600@harvard.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 10-Jan-86 14:33:16 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 10 14:33:16 1986
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In article <209@hropus.UUCP>, ma@hropus.UUCP (Miguel Abdo) writes:
> What I don't get is how when the  show  first  premiered  halfway
> through the 84 season, it seemed to have flopped, and when it was
> re-released in 85, it became such a popular show.  From  the  few
> shows I have seen this year, they didn't change the format.
> 
> Miguel

Late in the 84-85 season, Moonlighting showed up as a 6 week tester. I don't
think ABC intended for it to last beyond that. But when it came out, the TV
critics gave it good reviews and someone pleaded for a second chance for the
show. So they rebroadcast the 6 episodes during the late summer when no one
has anything new on and it came up consistently top 10.

So that's how it goes. During the regular season, people refuse to stoop to
watching ABC, and in the late summer, when they're all too tired to go out
and everything on NBC and CBS is a repeat, they try ABC. That's how shows
like Moonlighting can be resuscitated. Unfortunately, shows like Filthy
Rich (CBS) also reach normal season prime time this way.

By the way, during the initial broadcast, I missed a couple of the episodes.
Could anyone who saw them tell me what they were about? I remember the one
with the watch and the diamonds, the one with Laura and Paul, the one with the
Murder Train and the one that ends with a cream pie fight.

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