Murder, She Wrote
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Murder, She Wrote is an American television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for twelve seasons from 1984 to 1996 on the CBS network. It was followed by four TV films and a spin-off series, The Law & Harry McGraw. It is one of the most successful and longest-running television shows ever for CBS, with close to 23 million viewers in its prime, and was a staple of its Sunday night lineup for a decade. It is also hugely successful across the world.
Lansbury was nominated for a total of ten Golden Globes and twelve Emmy awards for her work on Murder, She Wrote. She holds the record for the most Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress in a television drama series and the most Emmy nominations ever for outstanding lead actress in a drama series for Murder, She Wrote, with those nominations netting her four Golden Globe awards. It is now considered to be a TV cult classic around the world. The series got three nominations but no wins in the Outstanding Drama Series category at the Emmys. It was nominated for a Golden Globe in the same category six times and won twice.
Though the last filmed program was shot in 2003 in the form of a made-for-TV movie, the franchise is still very much alive through a series of spin-off novels by Donald Bain (the front covers claim that the books are written by Jessica Fletcher and Bain).
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Book: The Unofficial Murder, She Wrote Casebook by James Robert Parish
DVD: Murder, She Wrote: The Complete First Season
Board Game: Murder, She Wrote: A Board Game of Strategy and Pursuit
Murder, She Wrote at Hallmark Channel.com
IMDb entry on Murder, She Wrote
Wikipedia entry on Murder, She Wrote
Article: "Murder, He Wrote" by Stephen Bowie (regarding late series staff writer Laurence Heath)
Highlights
William Link on the creation of Murder, She Wrote and originally considering Jean Stapleton for the lead role
Angela Lansbury on choosing to star in Murder She, Wrote (over a Norman Lear comedy series) (03m 04s)- Angela Lansbury on Jean Stapleton turning down the role of "Jessica Fletcher" allowing Lansbury to get the role on Murder She, Wrote (00m 59s)
Jean Stapleton on turning down the lead role in Murder, She Wrote (01m 31s)- Angela Lansbury on the workload of doing a weekly "anthology" series (01m 03s)
- Angela Lansbury on the regulars who appeared on Murder, She Wrote (00m 42s)
Betty Garrett on her two guest appearances on Murder, She Wrote (02m 40s)- Angela Lansbury on getting a hip replacement during the run of Murder, She Wrote (00m 32s)
- Angela Lansbury on sticking with Murder, She Wrote for the long run (01m 05s)
- Angela Lansbury on transitioning to being Murder, She Wrote's executive producer and the changes she sought (01m 11s)
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