Back in the 1980s, the primetime show Moonlighting was a massive hit for ABC, blending comedy, romance, and mystery while turning its leads, Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis, into household names. The show followed Maddie Hayes (Shepherd), a former model whose business ventures collapse, leaving her with one remaining asset: the Blue Moon Detective Agency. She teams with the agency’s charming, yet slightly chaotic P.I., David Addison (Willis), and the two make a go of it, attempting to get the business off the ground. Together, the duo shared a simmering will-they-won’t-they chemistry as they solved mysteries and topped ratings.
However, behind the scenes was a slightly different story, as tensions reportedly flared between Shepherd and Willis. Their on-screen chemistry may have driven Moonlighting‘s success, but off-camera, the duo seemed to clash.