Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote was an American television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury

Angela Brigid Lansbury, CBE is an English actress and singer whose career has spanned seven decades. Her first film appearance was in Gaslight , for which she received an Academy Award nomination as a malevolent maid, and she expanded her repertoire to Broadway and television in the 1950s...

 as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher

Jessica Fletcher

Jessica Fletcher is a fictional character portrayed on the American television series Murder, She Wrote by veteran Tony-winning actress Angela Lansbury. She portrayed her for 12 years on the show, and from 1997-2003 in four TV movies, giving her a 19-year run...

. 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

The Law & Harry McGraw

The Law & Harry McGraw is an American TV series that ran on CBS from September 27 1987 to February 10 1988. It is a spin-off from the mystery series Murder, She Wrote....

. It is one of the most successful and longest-running television shows ever for CBS, pulling in close to 23 million viewers in its prime, during its Sunday night slot. It is also hugely successful across the world.

Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury

Angela Brigid Lansbury, CBE is an English actress and singer whose career has spanned seven decades. Her first film appearance was in Gaslight , for which she received an Academy Award nomination as a malevolent maid, and she expanded her repertoire to Broadway and television in the 1950s...

 has been nominated for a total of ten Golden Globes and twelve Emmy awards. 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. It is now considered to be a TV cult classic around the world.

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

Donald Bain

Donald Bain may refer to:*Donald III of Scotland, the king of Scotland *Donald Bain , the author and ghostwriter*Donald Bain , the first husband of the Scottish Nationalist politician Margaret Ewing...

 (the front covers claim that the books are written by Jessica Fletcher and Bain).

Hallmark Channel

Hallmark Channel

The Hallmark Channel is a cable television network that broadcasts across the United States. They specialize in re-broadcasting classic syndicated series and television movies that are appropriate for the whole family...

 returned to airing back to back episodes of Murder, She Wrote as of September 2009.

Origin

Debuting September 30, 1984, Murder, She Wrote, TV's longest-running mystery series, starring the character of Jessica Fletcher, might never have come about had producers Richard Levinson

Richard Levinson

Richard Levinson was an American writer and producer who often worked in collaboration with William Link. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Economics in 1956. He served in the United States Army from...

 and William Link

William Link

William Link is a film and television writer and producer who often worked in collaboration with Richard Levinson. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Pennsylvania prior to serving in the United States Army from 1956-1958.William Link...

 enjoyed success with their TV series Ellery Queen

Ellery Queen (TV series)

Ellery Queen is an American television mystery series that ran for one season from 1975 to 1976 on NBC. It starred Jim Hutton as Ellery Queen, and David Wayne as his father, Inspector Richard Queen...

. That series folded after a single season, but Levinson and Link were still committed to the concept of a bestselling murder mystery novelist who solved real murders when not at the typewriter. By changing the gender of their protagonist from male to female and transforming the character from a good-looking, absent-minded young pedant to a middle-aged down-to-earth widow, the producers were able to parlay their 'mystery writer/amateur detective' premise into a 12-year hit for CBS.

The title comes from Murder, She Said

Murder, She Said

Murder, She Said is a murder mystery film directed by George Pollock, loosely based on the novel 4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie. The production starred Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple, alongside her real life husband Stringer Davis....

, an adaptation of a Miss Marple

Miss Marple

Jane Marple, usually referred to as Miss Marple, is a fictional character appearing in twelve of Agatha Christie's crime novels. Miss Marple is an elderly spinster who acts as an amateur detective, and lives in the village of St. Mary Mead. She is one of the most famous of Christie's characters and...

 novel by Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie

Dame Agatha Christie DBE , was an English crime writer of novels, short stories and plays. She also wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but is best remembered for her 80 detective novels and her successful West End theatre plays...

. While not appearing in the aforementioned film, Angela Lansbury herself did play Miss Marple in The Mirror Crack'd

The Mirror Crack'd

The Mirror Crack'd is a 1980 feature motion picture directed by Guy Hamilton featuring Angela Lansbury, Geraldine Chaplin, Tony Curtis, Edward Fox, Rock Hudson, Kim Novak, and Elizabeth Taylor....

, and the character of Jessica Fletcher is thought to be based on a combination of Miss Marple, Agatha Christie herself, and another Christie character, Ariadne Oliver

Ariadne Oliver

Ariadne Oliver is a fictional character in the novels of Agatha Christie. She is a mystery novelist and a friend of Hercule Poirot.- Profile :...

, who often appears in the Hercule Poirot

Hercule Poirot

Hercule Poirot is a fictional Belgian detective created by Agatha Christie. Along with Miss Marple, Poirot is one of Christie's most famous and long-lived characters, appearing in 33 novels and 51 short stories that were published between 1920 and 1975 and set in the same era.Poirot has been...

 mysteries.

Premise

The show revolved around the day to day life of a retired English teacher who, after being widowed in her early fifties, becomes a very successful mystery writer. Despite fame and fortune, Jessica remains a resident of Cabot Cove

Cabot Cove, Maine

Cabot Cove, Maine, is the small, fictional fishing village in which Jessica Fletcher lives in the television series Murder, She Wrote. Many episodes of Murder, She Wrote used Cabot Cove as a location because the show's producers were contractually obliged to deliver five Cabot Cove episodes a year...

, a cozy coastal town in Maine

Maine

The State of Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, New Hampshire to the southwest, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is the northernmost portion of...

, and maintains her links with all of her old friends, never letting her success go to her head. Exterior shots of Cabot Cove were filmed in Mendocino, California

Mendocino, California

Mendocino is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California, United States. Mendocino is located south of Fort Bragg, at an elevation of 154 feet...

.

Her one eccentricity is an insatiable curiosity, especially whenever murder rears its ugly head - which it does with great regularity. The mystery term "Cabot Cove Syndrome" was eventually coined to describe the constant appearance of dead bodies in remote locations.

In most episodes, Jessica somehow becomes entangled in a murder investigation. The police are almost always willing to arrest the most likely suspect, but Jessica invariably feels that the so-called guilty party was innocent. Carefully and methodically piecing the clues together and asking astute questions, she always manages to trap the real murderer - who, given the series' "special guest star" policy, was often played by a famous film or TV personality.

Jessica's relationship with law enforcement officials varies from place to place. Both sheriffs of Cabot Cove resign themselves to having her meddle in their cases. However, most detectives and police officers do not want her anywhere near their crime scenes, until her accurate deductions convince them to listen to her. Some are happy to have her assistance from the start, often because they are fans of her books. With time, she makes friends in many police departments across the U.S., as well as a British police officer attached to Scotland Yard

Scotland Yard

New Scotland Yard is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service, responsible for law enforcement within Greater London, excluding the City district, which is covered by the City of London Police....

.

In 1991, newly appointed executive producer David Moessinger and producer J. Michael Straczynski

J. Michael Straczynski

Joseph Michael Straczynski , known professionally as J. Michael Straczynski and informally as Joe Straczynski or JMS, is an American writer/producer. He works in a variety of media, including films, television series, novels, short stories, comic books, and radio dramas...

 were brought aboard in an effort to shore up ratings. They moved Jessica to New York, and revitalized the show, bringing it back into the top ten from the mid-thirties where it had fallen. It was Straczynski who made her an instructor in writing and criminology, and is widely held to have most emphasized her role as a working writer, with all the deadlines and problems involved in that profession. Although deciding enough was enough, Angela was furious that the network moved the show from its rating winning Sunday slot to Thursdays, up against ratings monsters such as Friends

Friends

Friends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which premiered on NBC on September 22, 1994. The series revolved around a group of friends in the area of Manhattan, New York City, who occasionally live together and share living expenses. The series was produced by...

. Unsurprisingly, ratings sharply fell, and the network canceled the show not long after. In an attempt to soften the blow, the network signed up for some TV movies, four of which followed.

Regular cast

• Angela Lansbury
  Angela Lansbury
  Angela Brigid Lansbury, CBE is an English actress and singer whose career has spanned seven decades. Her first film appearance was in Gaslight , for which she received an Academy Award nomination as a malevolent maid, and she expanded her repertoire to Broadway and television in the 1950s...
  
  as Jessica Fletcher (1984−1996). The show was originally conceived as a vehicle for Jean Stapleton
  Jean Stapleton
  Jean Stapleton is an American character actress of stage, television and film...
  
  , who had just finished a nine-year run on All in the Family
  All in the Family
  All in the Family is an American situation comedy that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12, 1971 to April 8, 1979. In September 1979, the show was revamped, and given a new title, Archie Bunker's Place...
  
  ; when Stapleton decided she didn't want to commit to another television series, the role was offered to Lansbury. Doris Day
  Doris Day
  Doris Mary Anne von Kappelhoff , known by her stage name Doris Day, is an American singer and actress.With the versatility to sing, dance, and play comedy and dramatic roles, she became one of America's biggest box-office stars. Day has 39 movies to her credit, even though she retired from films in...
  
   was offered the part afterwards, and also declined.
• William Windom
  William Windom (actor)
  William Windom is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his work on television, including several episodes of The Twilight Zone; playing the character of Glen Morley, a congressman from Minnesota like his own great-grandfather and namesake in The Farmer's Daughter; the character of John...
  
  as Dr. Seth Hazlitt (1985−1996), the local doctor of Cabot Cove and one of Jessica's best friends.
• Tom Bosley
  Tom Bosley
  Thomas Edward Bosley is an American actor, best known for his starring and supporting roles on the television shows Happy Days, Murder, She Wrote and Father Dowling Mysteries.-Early life:...
  
  as Amos Tupper (1984−1988), Cabot Cove's sheriff at the start of the series. Tupper later retires and goes to live with his sister.
• Ron Masak
  Ron Masak
  Ron Masak is an American actor. He began on stage and much of his work is in theater. His first screen role was in an episode of The Twilight Zone in 1960. He is perhaps best known for a recurring role on Murder, She Wrote as Sheriff Mort Metzger, although he did make two other appearances in...
  
  as Mort Metzger (1988−1996), a former NYPD officer who takes Tupper's place as sheriff in the mistaken belief that he would be living in a more peaceful place. In one episode he was shown as a cheap store owner in New York City who was in trouble with the law and was trying to get out of trouble by selling his business.

Recurring cast

• Michael Horton
  Michael Horton (actor)
  Michael "Mike" Horton is an American character actor and voice over artist most remembered for his long-running role as Jessica Fletcher's nephew, Grady Fletcher, on the television series Murder, She Wrote...
  
  as Grady Fletcher (1984–1995), Jessica's not-so-lucky favorite nephew, who (through no fault of his own) always seems to get in trouble with the law. After many romantic disasters, he gets married later in the series. In real life, Horton is married to actress Debbie Zipp, who played Grady's eventual wife, Donna Mayberry. The two had been married for many years before working together on Murder, She Wrote.
• Jerry Orbach
  Jerry Orbach
  Jerome Bernard "Jerry" Orbach was an American actor, well known for his starring role as Detective Lennie Briscoe in the Law & Order television series and as the voice of Lumière in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, as well as for being a noted musical theatre star; most notably El Gallo in The...
  
  as Harry McGraw (1985–1991), an old-school private investigator
  Private investigator
  A private investigator or private detective is a person who can be hired by individuals or groups to undertake investigations. Private investigators often work for attorneys in civil cases. Many work for insurance companies to investigate suspicious claims...
  
   who becomes friends with Jessica. Orbach was popular enough to garner his own, short-lived spinoff series in 1987, The Law & Harry McGraw
  The Law & Harry McGraw
  The Law & Harry McGraw is an American TV series that ran on CBS from September 27 1987 to February 10 1988. It is a spin-off from the mystery series Murder, She Wrote....
  
  .
• Len Cariou
  Len Cariou
  -Early life:Born in St. Boniface, Manitoba, Cariou is the son of Molly Estelle and George Marius Cariou, a salesman. He grew up and attended school in St Boniface and later in East Kildonan, Manitoba...
  
  as Michael Hagarty (1985–1992), a British MI6 agent of Irish origin, who would appear when Jessica least expected him to drag her into a dangerous case. Cariou had previously starred with Lansbury on Broadway in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
  Sweeney Todd (musical)
  Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a 1979 Tony Award–winning musical thriller with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Hugh Wheeler. The musical is based on the 1973 play Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Christopher Bond.Sweeney Todd opened on Broadway...
  
  as the titular character.
• Richard Paul
  Richard Paul
  Richard Paul was an American actor.He was born in Los Angeles, California. He was able to imitate most American and many foreign dialects. He had a tenor voice and trained with Lee Sweetland....
  
  as Sam Booth (1986–1991), the genial, ineffectual mayor of Cabot Cove whose main campaign promise is that he will do nothing.
• Julie Adams
  Julie Adams
  Julie Adams is an American film and television actress, sometimes credited as Julia Adams or Betty Adams.-Life and career:...
  
  as Eve Simpson (1987–1993), the Cabot Cove real estate agent with a great love for men, both single and married, and the hobby of gossiping. She is a good friend of Jessica.
• Keith Michell
  Keith Michell
  - Early life :He was born in Adelaide and brought up in Warnertown, near Port Pirie in South Australia's Mid North region. The theatre in Port Pirie is named after him.- Career :...
  
  as Dennis Stanton (1988–1993), a former jewel thief turned insurance claims investigator, who always solves his cases using unusual methods, and sends a copy of the story to his friend Jessica afterwards.
• Wayne Rogers
  Wayne Rogers
  William Wayne McMillan Rogers III is an American film and television actor, best known for playing the role of 'Trapper John' McIntyre in the U.S. television series, M*A*S*H. He succeeded Elliott Gould, who had played the character in the Robert Altman movie MASH, and was himself succeeded by...
  
  as Charlie Garrett (1993–1995), a disreputable private investigator who usually gets into trouble and needs Jessica's help.

Awards and nominations

Over its twelve year run Murder, She Wrote received numerous award nominations. Angela Lansbury herself holds the record for the most Emmy nominations for outstanding lead actress in a drama series with twelve, one for each season. She never won, which is also a record.

Group	Award	Year(s)	Won
Emmy Awards Primetime Emmy Award The Primetime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming...	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (Angela Lansbury)	1985−1996	No
	Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (John Addison)	1985	Yes
	Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Bruce Babcock)	1993, 1995	No
	Outstanding Costume Design for a Series (Alfred E. Lehman)	1986	Yes
Golden Globe Award Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Awards are presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievements in the entertainment industry, both domestic and foreign, and to focus wide public attention upon the best in motion pictures and television... s	Best TV Series - Drama	1985, 1986	Yes
	Best TV Series - Drama	1987−1990	No
	Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series - Drama (Angela Lansbury)	1985, 1987, 1990 & 1992	Yes
	Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series - Drama (Angela Lansbury)	1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993 & 1995	No
Edgar Award Edgar Award The Edgar Allan Poe Awards , named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America... s	Best Episode of a TV Series ("Deadly Lady")	1985	Yes
	Best Episode of a TV Series ("The Dead File")	1993	No
Screen Actors Guild Awards Screen Actors Guild Awards The Screen Actors Guild Awards are an annual award given by the Screen Actors Guild to recognize outstanding performances by members.SAG Awards have been one of the major awards events in Hollywood since 1995. Nominations for the awards come from 4200 randomly selected members of the union, with...	Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series - Drama (Angela Lansbury)	1995	No

International syndication

Aside from its original run on CBS, Murder, She Wrote has been syndicated in many countries around the world, and continues to be to this day.

Country	Channel(s)	Title	Translation	Language
Australia Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...	Network Ten Network Ten Network Ten, or Channel Ten, is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country... , TV1 TV1 (Australia) TV1 is an Australian cable and satellite channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television's subscription platforms.-History:It launched as part of the original Galaxy lineup. The channel is jointly owned by Sony International Television, Universal Studios and Paramount. The channel shows... , Channel Seven	Murder, She Wrote		English
Austria Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.3 million people in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west...	ORF ORF (broadcaster) ORF is the Austrian national public service broadcaster. Funded from a combination of a television licence fees and revenue from limited on-air advertising, ORF is the dominant player in the Austrian broadcast media...	Mord ist ihr Hobby	Murder is Her Hobby	German dubbed
Belgium Belgium Belgium The Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters, as well as those of other major international organizations, including NATO...	VTM Vlaamse Televisie Maatschappij vtm or Vlaamse Televisie Maatschappij is the main commercial television station in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking north of Belgium.It went live in 1989 and quickly became the Flemish market leader... , VIJFtv VIJFtv VIJFtv started in october 2004 as SBS Belgium's second channel and a sister channel to VT4. The first thing VIJFtv broadcast was a soccer game. By doing that the station made sure men would set their TV up to view VIJFtv....	Murder, She Wrote		English, Dutch subtitles
Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the fifth largest country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the fifth most populous country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean...	Universal Channel Universal Channel Universal Channel is a television channel specializing in movies and television series in the thriller, drama, horror, crime and investigation genres, owned by NBC Universal and available on satellite and cable platforms like DirecTV, NET, VTR, in Latin America...	Assassinato por Escrito	Written Murder	Portuguese dubbed
Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a country in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe. Bulgaria borders five other countries: Romania to the north , Serbia and the Republic of Macedonia to the west, and Greece and Turkey to the south...	Fox Crime Fox Crime Fox Crime is a television network, launched by the Fox Broadcasting Company, which airs across several countries of Europe and Asia, such as Italy, Portugal and Bulgaria... , Diema Diema Diema is a private Bulgarian cable television broadcaster. Founded in 1999, it is currently owned by the London Stock Exchange-listed Apace Media Plc and Diema Group AD...	Убийство по сценарий	Murder by Script	Bulgarian dubbed
Canada Canada Canada Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...	Vision TV Vision TV VisionTV is a Canadian English language cable television specialty channel that airs multi-faith and multicultural programming.VisionTV is owned by S-VOX, a not-for-profit charitable organization...	Murder, She Wrote		English
Quebec Canada: Quebec Quebec Quebec is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking identity and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....	TQS Tqs V is a Canadian privately-owned French language television network. The network can be seen on owned-and-operated and affiliated stations existing throughought Quebec; it can also be received in some other parts of Canada by satellite or cable...	Elle écrit au meurtre	She Writes on the (Subject of) Murder	French dubbed
Chile Chile Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...	Canal 13 Canal 13 (Chile) Corporación de Televisión de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile , generally known as Canal 13 , is the second oldest television station in Chile. It is owned by Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, the most important Chilean pontifical university...	Reportera del crimen	Crime Reporter	Spanish dubbed
Croatia Croatia Croatia Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a country in southeast Europe, at the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea. Its capital is Zagreb...	HRT Croatian Radiotelevision Croatian Radiotelevision is a Croatian public broadcasting company. It operates several radio and television channels, over a domestic transmitter network as well as satellite...	Ubojstvo, napisala je	Murder, She Wrote	English, Croatian subtitles
Czech Republic Czech Republic Czech Republic The Czech Republic is a country in Central Europe that is sometimes considered to be Eastern European. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west and northwest, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east. The capital and largest city is Prague...	TV Nova TV Nova TV Nova is a Czech commercial TV station. It began broadcasting in 1994 as the first privately held nation-wide Czech TV station. Its first CEO was Vladimír Železný. It quickly achieved the largest market share and to this date still remains number one...	To je vražda, napsala	Murder, She Wrote	Czech dubbed
Denmark Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries; southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and it is bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark borders both the Baltic and the North Sea...	DR 2	Hun så et mord	She Saw a Murder	English, Danish subtitles
Estonia Estonia Estonia Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by the Russian Federation...	TV3 TV3 (Estonia) TV3 is a private television channel in Estonia.Acquired programming on TV3 include The Simpsons, CSI Crime Scene Investigation, CSI Miami, CSI New York, 7th Heaven, House, M.D. and several other shows.TV3 is also available in the Estonian version of Viasat...	Mõrv sai teoks	Murder Became True	English, Estonian subtitles
Finland Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic country and democracy situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland...	YLE TV1 YLE TV1 YLE TV1 is a Finnish television channel owned and operated by Finnish broadcasting corporation Yleisradio. Over 70 % of YLE TV1's programs are documentaries, news or educative programmes.- History :YLE TV1 started on 1 January 1958 as Suomen Televisio...	Murhasta tuli totta	Murder Became True	English, Finnish subtitles
France France France France , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...	La Cinq, TF1 TF1 TF1 is a private French TV channel, controlled by TF1 Group, whose major share-holder is Bouygues. TF1's average market share of 25-35% makes it the most popular domestic network.TF1 is the largest European television channel by its audience... , TV Breizh	Arabesque	Arabesque	French dubbed
Germany Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...	ARD ARD (broadcaster) ARD , is a joint organization of Germany's regional public-service broadcasters... , RTL RTL Television RTL Television is a German commercial television station distributed via cable and satellite along with DVB-T... , Super RTL Super RTL Super RTL is a Cologne-based German television network operated by RTL Disney Fernsehen GmbH & Co. KG. It was the second German television channel aimed mostly at children... , TNT Serie, Kabel Eins	Immer, wenn sie Krimis schrieb, Mord ist ihr Hobby	Whenever She Wrote a Crime Novel, Murder is Her Hobby	German dubbed
Greece Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula....	Star Channel Star Channel Star Channel is a Greek television network that broadcasts a mix of foreign and Greek programming. It launched in December 1993 and is owned by Nea Tileorasi A.E.. The main news bulletin is called Star Eidiseis, which used to be hosted by Ellie Stai , followed by Terence Quick and is currently...	Η συγγραφέας ντετέκτιβ	The Detective Writer	English, Greek subtitles
Hungary Hungary Hungary Hungary , in English officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia. Its capital is Budapest. Hungary is a member of OECD, NATO, EU, V4 and is a Schengen state...	Viasat 3 Viasat 3 Viasat 3 is a Hungarian TV channel. It was originally named Alfa TV, but when in 2000 the station was bought by Swedish MTG its name was changed. It began broadcasting as Viasat 3 in October 2000....	Gyilkos sorok	Murderous Lines	Hungarian dubbed
Ireland Ireland Ireland Ireland is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islets. To the east of Ireland, separated by the Irish Sea, is the island of Great Britain...	RTÉ One RTÉ One RTÉ One is Ireland's oldest and most popular television channel, operated by Irish state broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann...	Murder, She Wrote		English
Israel Israel Israel Israel officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...	HOT Hot (Israel) HOT Telecommunication Systems Ltd. is a company that provides cable television, Internet, broadband and telecommunication services in Israel. It also provides various data transmission services and network services at different rates, services to the business sector and other ancillary services... , Israel 10 Israel 10 Channel 10 , formerly known as Israel 10 is a commercial broadcasting television channel licensed in Israel. It operates under the auspices of the Second Israeli Broadcasting Authority . On 28 January 2002 the channel began broadcasting and it now operates seven days a week...	רצח במשיכת קולמוס	Murder With a Stroke of Her Pen	English, Hebrew subtitles
Italy Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...	Rai Uno Rai Uno Rai Uno is the primary television station of RAI, the national public service broadcaster, and the most watched television channel in Italy. It was born as Programma Nazionale and then called Rete 1 until 1982. Since its inception the channel was under the predominant political influence of the... , Fox Crime Fox Crime Fox Crime is a television network, launched by the Fox Broadcasting Company, which airs across several countries of Europe and Asia, such as Italy, Portugal and Bulgaria...	La signora in giallo Giallo Giallo is an Italian 20th century genre of literature and film, which in Italian indicates crime fiction and mystery. In the English language, however, it is used in a broader meaning that is closer to the French fantastique genre, including elements of horror fiction and eroticism...	The Lady in yellow	Italian dubbed
Japan Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	NHK NHK NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization... , Mystery Channel, LaLa TV, Chiba TV Chiba TV , doing business as , is a Japanese commercial terrestrial television broadcasting company headquartered at 11-25 Miyako-chō 1-chōme, Chūō-ku, Chiba serving Chiba Prefecture but spill-over is received in the neibouring prefectures. It is a member of the Japanese Association of Independent... , Gunma TV	Jessica obasan no jikenbo	Aunt Jessica's Case Files	Japanese dubbed
Kuwait Kuwait Kuwait The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab emirate bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south and Iraq to the north and west. The greatest distance from north to south is 200 km and from east to west 170 km . The name is a diminutive of an Arabic word meaning "fortress built near water." It has a...	KTV 2	Murder, She Wrote		English, Arabicsubtitles
Latvia Latvia Latvia Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , and to the southeast by Belarus . Across the Baltic Sea to the west lies Sweden...	LTV1 Latvijas Televizija Latvijas Televīzija is the state-owned public service broadcasting television company in Latvia.The company is funded by grant-in-aid from the Latvian government , and showing television commercials . Although, moving LTV to licence fee funding has long been debated, this has been consistently...	Noziegumam pa pēdām	In the Wake of a Crime	Latvian dubbed
Lithuania Lithuania Lithuania Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of...	TV3	Džesika Flečer	Jessica Fletcher	Lithuanian dubbed
Mexico Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...	Universal Channel Universal Channel Universal Channel is a television channel specializing in movies and television series in the thriller, drama, horror, crime and investigation genres, owned by NBC Universal and available on satellite and cable platforms like DirecTV, NET, VTR, in Latin America...	La reportera del crimen	The Crime Reporter	Spanish dubbed
Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a country in Northwestern Europe, constituting the major portion of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east...	RTL 8 RTL 8 RTL 8 is a commercial television station which launched in the Netherlands, on August 18, 2007.The launch of a new television channel by RTL Nederland came after the television channel Tien and other assets of John de Mol's Talpa Media were amalgamated with RTL Nederland...	Murder, She Wrote		English, Dutch subtitles
Norway Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a country in Northern Europe occupying the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, as well as Jan Mayen and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard under the Spitsbergen Treaty...	TV3 TV3 (Norway) TV3 Norway is a commercial television channel targeting Norway owned by Viasat, which is a part of the Swedish media group Modern Times Group...	Jessica Fletcher	Jessica Fletcher	English, Norwegian subtitles
Philippines Philippines Philippines The Philippines officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....	GMA Network GMA Network GMA Network, Incorporated , a Philippine multi-media conglomerate, is a television network in the Philippines. GMA provides news and entertainment programs through its forty-seven fully-owned television relay stations, four affiliate television stations and thirty-four radio stations throughout the... , RJTV 29	Murder, She Wrote		English
Portugal Portugal Portugal Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east...	RTP 1 RTP 1 RTP1 is the first television channel of Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, the Portuguese public broadcasting corporation. The first television channel ever launched in Portugal, RTP 1 was launched in 1957 as RTP , and also having a brief period while it was known and marketed as Canal 1...	Crime, Disse Ela	Crime, She Said	English, Portuguese subtitles
Romania Romania Romania Romania is a country located in Southeastern and Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea. Almost all of the Danube Delta is located within its territory...	Pro Cinema PRO Cinema PRO Cinema is a Romanian movie channel that is owned by Central European Media Enterprises and launched on April 19 2004. It was the first Romanian TV channel dedicated exclusively to movies, and as such it attracted a significant audience from its very inception, mainly in the 18-49 urban... , TVR 2 TVR 2 TVR2, Televiziunea Română 2 , is the second channel of the public broadcaster TVR.The channel was created in 1968, but it was suspended from 1985 until after the fall of the Communist regime in 1989...	Verdict: Crima	Verdict: Murder	English, Romanian subtitles
Russia Russia Russia Russia , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia . It is a semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...	НТВ, Домашний	Она написала убийство	Murder, She Wrote	Russian dubbed
Serbia Serbia Serbia Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country located in both Central and Southeastern Europe. Its territory covers the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and central part of the Balkans...	Fox Crime Fox Crime Fox Crime is a television network, launched by the Fox Broadcasting Company, which airs across several countries of Europe and Asia, such as Italy, Portugal and Bulgaria...	Pisac i detektiv	A Writer and a Detective	English, Serbian subtitles
Slovakia Slovakia Slovakia The Slovak Republic is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe with a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia borders the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south. The largest city is its capital, Bratislava...	Markíza Markíza Markíza is the leading private television station in Slovakia. Shortly after its launch on 31 August 1996, it became the most watched TV channel in Slovakia and retains this position until today. Formerly, it was owned by the politician Pavol Rusko...	To je vražda, napísala	Murder, She Wrote	Slovak dubbed
Slovenia Slovenia Slovenia Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north...	Kanal A Kanal A Kanal A is Slovenia's first private television network, commencing broadcasts in November 1991.A third of Kanal A's shares were bought by the SBS Broadcasting Group in 1997...	Umor je napisala	Murder, She Wrote	English, Slovene subtitles
South Africa South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of Africa, with a coastline on the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. To the north lie Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, to the east are Mozambique and Swaziland, while Lesotho is an independent country surrounded by South Africa.Modern...	TV1 TV1 TV1 may refer to:* TV1 , Australian cable and satellite television channel* TV ONE, New Zealand television network* TV1 , defunct Estonian television channel* TV1 , Lithuanian television channel...	Murder, She Wrote		English
Spain Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though España , Estado español and Nación española are used interchangeably...	TVE, Calle 13 Calle 13 Calle 13 is a Spanish cable/satellite television channel. Owned by Universal Studios Networks Spain, Calle 13 promotes itself as a channel of suspense and action and its available on Digital+ satellite TV platform and on all Spanish cable TV platforms.... , Antena 3 Antena 3 (Spain) Antena 3 de Television, S.A., is a Spanish television network and media company, present in the television, radio and cinema industries. It was the first private station in Spain, commencing broadcasts in 1990. Significant shareholders include Planeta-De Agostini and RTL Group...	Se ha escrito un crimen	A Crime Has Been Written	Spanish dubbed
Catalonia Spain: Catalonia Catalonia Catalonia is an Autonomous Community in northeast Spain. The capital city is Barcelona.Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an official population of 7,364,078. It borders France and Andorra to the north, Aragon to the west, the Valencian Community to the south, and the...	TV3 TV3 (Catalonia) TV3 is the name of Catalonia's first public television channel. It belongs to Televisió de Catalunya , a subsidiary of the CCRTV. TV3 broadcasts programs only in Catalan, with an optional dual track in the original language for some foreign-language series and movies...	S'ha escrit un crim	A Crime Has Been Written	Catalan dubbed
Galicia Spain: Galicia	TVG TVG Televisión de Galicia , is the public television of Galicia. It is part of the Compañía de Radio-Televisión de Galicia , the Galician public broadcasting company, which embraces radio, television and internet broadcasts and services.TVG went on air for the first time on 25 July 1985, with the...	Escribiuse un crime	A Crime Has Been Written	Galician dubbed
Sweden Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe...	TV3 TV3 (Sweden) TV3 is a television channel targeted at a Swedish language audience owned by Modern Times Group . It was founded on December 31, 1987 by entrepreneur Jan Stenbeck as joint Scandinavian channel, but Denmark and Norway soon got their own versions of TV3...	Mord och inga visor	Murder and Not Melodies	English, Swedish subtitles
Turkey Turkey Turkey Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in Western Asia and Thrace in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe...	TRT 1 TRT 1 -Introduction:TRT 1, the first television channel in Turkey, started their test transmissions on January 31, 1968, and commenced full national broadcasts in December 1971. It was the only channel in Turkey until September 15, 1986, when TRT started test transmissions for "2. Kanal"... , Star TV, Kanal D Kanal D Kanal D is a nation-wide television channel in Turkey and part of Doğan Holding which is owned by the Turkish media tycoon Aydın Doğan.Kanal D also runs an international channel, Euro D which is available online....	Cinayet Dosyası	Murder File	Turkish dubbed
Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south. The city of Kiev is both the capital and the largest city of...	СТБ	Вона написала вбивство	She Has Written a Murder	Ukrainian dubbed
United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...	ITV ITV ITV is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK... , BBC One BBC One ... , BBC Two BBC Two ... , Alibi	Murder, She Wrote		English
United States United States	Hallmark Channel Hallmark Channel The Hallmark Channel is a cable television network that broadcasts across the United States. They specialize in re-broadcasting classic syndicated series and television movies that are appropriate for the whole family...	Murder, She Wrote		English
Uruguay Uruguay Uruguay Uruguay , is a country located in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to 3.46 million people, of whom 1.1 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area. An estimated 88–94% of the population are of mostly European and/or mixed descent.Uruguay's only land border is...	Monte Carlo Televisión	Reportera del crimen	Crime Reporter	Spanish dubbed

See also

• List of Episodes
• List of Novels
• DVD Releases
• Mystery Theatre
  Murder, She Wrote Mystery Theatre
  Murder, She Wrote Mystery Theatre was an Interactive Show formerly located at Universal Studios Florida and one of the parks original attractions. In the show, guests were selected to be executive producers on a new episode of the Murder, She Wrote television show...
  
  

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