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Murder, She Wrote
MEANRANK
79/100
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 71, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 91.
See the TV shows the platforms disagree about most →Professional writer and amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher uses her intellect, charm, and persistence to get to the bottom of every crime she encounters.
Details
- Created by
- Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson, William Link
- Released
- 30 September 1984
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 73 min
- Rated
- TV-14
- Episodes
- 264 across 12 seasons
- Awards
- 5 wins, 7 nominations
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Cast
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Sid Sharkey / Leo Kowalski / Lt. Catalano / Alan Forsythe / Grover Barth / Sheriff Tugman
Awards & nominations
See all 12 →5 wins from 12 nominations across 9 ceremonies
| Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series—Drama (Angela Lansbury) 1994 | — | Nominee | |
| Best Episode of a TV Series ("The Dead File") 1993 | — | Nominee | |
| Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Bruce Babcock) 1993 | — | Nominee | |
| Best TV Series—Drama 1986 | — | Nominee | |
| Outstanding Costume Design for a Series (Alfred E. Lehman) 1986 | — | Winner | |
| Best Episode of a TV Series ("Deadly Lady") 1985 | — | Winner | |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series—Drama (Angela Lansbury) 1985 | — | Nominee | |
| Outstanding Drama Series 1985 | — | Nominee |
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Sid Sharkey / Leo Kowalski / Lt. Catalano / Alan Forsythe / Grover Barth / Sheriff Tugman
Carl Dorner / Avery Stone / Eric Benderson / Simeon Kershaw / Dennis McConnell / Arthur Brent / Richard Ellston / Dep. Police Comm. Bradley Folkes
Dora Manchester / Nell Carson / Helen Stully / Miriam Harwood / Connie Miles / Marge Brickman / Eleanor Thompson
Richard Wellstood / Lars Anderson / Sheriff Lynn Childs / Mark Reisner / Barry Bristol / Carl Ward
Mario Carboni / Lt. Harry Fogel / Sgt. Kettler / Inspector Lombardo / Johnny Blaze / Michael Gardner
Sydney Jarvis / Lou Keramides / Rick Lefko / Morgan McCormack / Charles Lawton Standish / Dirk Mathison
City Clerk / Russell Nielsen / Travis Lawder / Dr. Worth / Man In Gray Suit / Arvin Bucknell
Arthur Wainwright / Dan Keppner / Attorney Jason Farrell / Lloyd Mentone / Frank Stinson
Henry Post / Raymond 'Ray' Bascomb / Mayor Albert Simpson / Carl Turnball / Judge Willard Clinton
Meredith Delaney / Rosemary Taylor / Rosaline Gardner / Carol Collins / Priscilla Daniels
Sheriff Barnes / Bo Dixon / Sheriff Leland Waterman / Charles Foret / Lt. Roy Quinlan
Rev. Willie John Fargo / Lt. Paul Stratton / Captain Ned Larkin / Max Teller / Sheriff Hank Masters
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