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[Blind Gossip] This actor and actress starred together on a television show that premiered more than twenty years ago.

The show was very popular and ran for multiple seasons.

The popularity of the show was due in large part to the chemistry between their two characters.

It was one of those relationships hallmarked by a confused attraction masked by sarcasm and a lot of one-line zingers.

However, it kept the audience engaged and guessing when their characters would get together in a romantic way.

Here’s a secret: The two actors actually had an affair during the course of the show!

What?!

Yes!

It only lasted one season, but it was hot and heavy while it lasted. After that, they were pretty icy to each other. It really created a lot of tension on the set.

Nothing to do with Heather Locklear or Tommy Lee. We just love their 1980s hair!

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[Optional] Your favorite TV show from the 1980s or 1990s?

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  3. kittyconfidential says

    Because of this BI I’ve been bingeing Moonlighting all afternoon, & OMG, this show is f*cking awesome!

  6. amagod121 says

    Moonlighting with

    Bruce Willis and (gotta go check) …
    Cybil Shepherd!

    LOVED that show! So sexy, smart and FUN! Maybe my favorite show from that time! Also like Beauty and the Beast tv show.

  8. marlin ruj says

    My first thought was also Moonlighting. Cybil Shepherd and Bruce Willis oozed chemistry. To this day, I think the episode where they finally got together was the hottest love scene ever. Maybe not by today’s standards but I can still remember us girls talking about it at work the next day.

  9. magnoliamama says

    Actor: David Schwimmer
    Actress: Jennifer Anniston

    Favorite Show from 80’s is Dallas, favorite show from90’s is Friends
    20 years ago was 2000, so it can’t be Moonlighting that was over 30 years ago. Plus the linked similar story is about Friends.

  10. voyag7 says

    I’m going to go with Who’s The Boss! Tony and Angela had us on the edge of our seats waiting for them to hook up lol.

  13. jakesgirl says

    The Kardashians tv show.

    I am very pleased with this. KUWTK was a low point in American culture. Now, with economic devatsation and the plague upon us, Americans don’t need, or want, to see hollywood trash rolling in their money, obtained thru a badly produced porn of a 20 year old Kim (exploited IMO) giving some guy a blowjob. Yeah, remember that? That’s how the Kardashian disease started.
    Good riddance to rubbish.

  15. mort5999 says

    How about the nanny? Fran Drescher and Charles Shaughnessy, both were married before the show started.

  18. Pinkieswear says

    Moonlighting? Bruce Willis and Sybil Shepherd.

    Remington Steele? Stephanie Zimbalist (or maybe Doris Roberts) and Pierce Brosnan.

  27. JoeyG1390 says

    Show: Moonlighting
    Actors: Bruce Willis & Cybil Shepard
    80-90’s favorite: Laverne & Shirley – the earthquake episode & the spy 🕵️‍♂️murder mystery on a train are my favorites.
    90’s: Friends. I had every male characters haircut off that show & it’s how I think back on my 20’s post college experience (minus the big/cheap NYC apartment).

  32. cindylou22 says

    Way too many possibilities, so I’ll with a long shot…

    Show: Northern Exposure
    Actors: Janine Turner & Rob Morrow

  34. PatioPrincess says

    I thought it may have been Heather Locklear and James Darren from their TJ Hooker days until the blind said it had nothing to do with Heather. Heather and James had some chemistry going on that show. He was twice her age but there was something there.

  43. brendles says

    Please let this be Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd from Moonlighting. It would explain so much!

  45. ILUVCA4evr says

    Show: Moonlighting

    Actors: Bruce Willis/Cybill Shepherd

    [Optional] Your favorite TV show from the 1980s or 1990s? Magnum PI, Airwolf, MASH (ok 70s too), Newhart, Cosby Show, Simon and Simon..ok..am I dating myself here?

  55. Jenn123 says

    First thoughts are either Jerry and Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Seinfeld) or Tony Danza and Judith Light (Who’s The Boss?).

    Final answer is Tony and Judith though, because Julia was married before Seinfeld premiered and I assume happily, considering she’s still married.

  58. Ramblingirl says

    Sam and Diane from Cheers

    Shelley Long and Ted Danson.

    Just a guess because of the sarcasm and one liners.

    I’m a child of the 80s so I loved them all!!

  66. badgerette85 says

    Possibly…
    Seinfeld- Jerry S & Julia Louis Dreyfus
    Or
    Cheers – Ted Danson & Kirstie Allie

    Op- Best was “The Wonder Years”

  75. omgimbackagain says

    Maddie and David, Moonlighting?

    Cybill and Bruce, I loved the first couple of seasons of that show.

  87. seattlemonkey says

    Moonlighting! Cybil Shepard and Bruce Willis! I loved that show – so wanted them to be a couple!

  89. the skeptic says

    Wild guess: Moonlighting. Bruce Willis, Cybill Shepherd.

    Fave shows: Seinfeld, The Kids in the Hall.

  91. MelisZ says

    The first thing that came to mind was the show, “Moonlighting”. With Cybill Shepherd & Bruce Willis.

  93. WorkHardBeNice says

    Ooh! Ooh! I know this one!!!
    It’s Moonlighting!
    And the actors alluded to are Bruce Willis and Cybil Shepherd.

    *not really a fave show but I did watch a lot of MTV and VH1.

  106. NoVAgirl says

    “Moonlighting” with Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis as the bickering Maddie Hayes andDavid Addison

  110. brainy says

    Show: Cheers
    Actors: Ted Danson + Shelley Long or Kirstie Alley
    Your favorite TV show from the 1980s or 1990s? Frasier

  117. prinny says

    OMG was it Bruce Willis and Cybill Sheppard from Moonlighting? So many rumours that they couldn’t stand each other! I did watch this occasionally and yes, the chemistry was really evident.

    Favourite 80s Golden Girls
    Favorite 90s Everybody Loves Raymond

  120. wholelottamama says

    I’m getting a moonlighting vibe here. Who knows- maybe Cybil and Bruce have been confirmed but I’m too lazy to google.

  121. JacksHood says

    Bruce Willis
    Cybil Shepherd
    Moonlighting

    Favorite show: Murder, She Wrote (solid comfort show for me)

  124. darnda says

    The “confused attraction” comment is making me think Will and Grace? I’m not confident though.

    Best show of that era was Quantum Leap. It was ridiculous and amazing in equal measure.

  127. heathermh13 says

    Show: The X-Files
    Actors: Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny.

    Fave show of the 90’s: lol the X-Files.

  131. wildguesser says

    Show: Moonlighting
    Actors: Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis
    [optional favorite show of the 1980s] WKRP in Cincinnati

  140. aaasuzyq says

    Sounds like Moonlighting with Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd.

    My favorite TV show was St. Elsewhere.

  150. calumsmom says

    Moonlighting? Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd
    Favourite show: Beverly Hills 90210 or the first few seasons of Melrose Place. Those were unplug the phone, don’t answer the doorbell, don’t dare speak to me unless it was an emergency (and the emergency happened to occur during a commercial) kind of nights. I miss them! 🙁

  156. melrose71 says

    Makes me think of Moonlighting back in the 80s when I was in high school. I loved that show, but when their characters got together and with the writer’s strike that also happened around the same time, it went downhill fast. But it was an amazing show before that and Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd were perfect in their roles. That would be interesting if it were them since I think they hated each other by the end of the show.