http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/01/25/happy_marriages_and_network_tv_the_ross_and_rachel_phase_is_over_the_moonlighting.html?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=sm&utm_campaign=button_toolbar
In drama, the so-called “Moonlighting Curse”—the idea that shows become less creatively successful when will-they-or-won't-they couples finally pair up—has definitively been broken. Fox crime drama Bones, the most obvious heir to that tradition, finally paired up its emotional FBI agent and its hyper-rational forensic anthropologist, gave them a child together, and their discussions of parenting and living arrangements have become one of the most fully realized parts of the show.