Murder, She Wrote - wikipedia Murder, She Wrote This article is about the television series. For the reggae song, see Murder She Wrote ( song ). Murder, She Wrote Genre Crime drama Detective fiction Created by Peter S. Fischer Richard Levinson William Link Starring Angela Lansbury William Windom Tom Bosley Ron Masak Theme music composer John Addison Country of origin United States Original language ( s ) English No. of seasons 12 No. of episodes 264 ( + 4 TV movies ) ( List of episodes ) Production Executive producer ( s ) Angela Lansbury ( 1992 -- 96 ) Peter S. Fischer ( 1984 - 1991 ) Richard Levinson William Link David Moessinger ( 1991 - 92 ) Running time 48 minutes ( excluding commercials ) Production company ( s ) Universal Television Corymore Productions ( 1992 -- 1996 ) ( seasons 9 - 12 ) Distributor NBCUniversal Television Distribution Release Original network CBS Picture format 35 mm film Original broadcast : 4 : 3 480i ( SDTV ) Remastered : 4 : 3 1080i ( HDTV ) Original release September 30, 1984 ( 1984 - 09 - 30 ) -- May 19, 1996 ( 1996 - 05 - 19 ) Chronology Related shows Magnum, P.I. The Law & Harry McGraw Murder, She Wrote is an American crime drama television series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons with 264 episodes from 1984 to 1996 on the CBS network. It was followed by four TV films. Among the most successful and longest - running television shows in history, it averaged more than 30 million viewers per week in its prime ( sometimes hitting above 40 million viewers ), and was a staple of the CBS Sunday night lineup for a decade. In syndication, the series is still highly successful throughout the world. Lansbury was nominated for ten Golden Globes and 12 Emmy Awards for her work on Murder, She Wrote. She holds the record for the most Golden Globe nominations and wins for Best Actress in a television drama series and the most Emmy nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Murder, She Wrote, with those nominations netting her four Golden Globe awards. The series received three nominations 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. After the series finished in 1996, four TV movies were released between 1997 and 2003. In 2009, a point - and - click video game was released for the PC platform, followed in 2012 by a sequel. A spin - off book series continues publication at present. Contents 1 History 1.1 Origin 1.2 Premise 1.3 Ending 2 Cast 2.1 Regular cast 2.2 Recurring cast 2.3 Guest stars 3 Episodes 3.1 Crossover with Magnum, P.I. 4 Awards and nominations 5 US television ratings 6 Abandoned reboot 7 International syndication 8 Merchandise 9 Multimedia 10 References 11 External links History Origin This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( November 2016 ) Series producers Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson and William Link thought Lansbury would be perfect for the part of Jessica Fletcher but did not think that she would be interested in a television series. Earlier, she had acted in two film adaptations of Agatha Christie 's mystery novels : as Salome Otterbourne in Death on the Nile and as the famous sleuth Miss Marple in The Mirror Crack 'd ( 1980 ). When the latter film did poorly -- despite an all star cast including Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, Kim Novak, and Tony Curtis -- the offer for Lansbury to reprise Miss Marple in three more films never materialized. When she made it known she would be available if the right project came along, the trio of creators sent her the script and almost immediately, Lansbury felt she could do something with the role of Jessica Fletcher. With Murder, She Wrote debuting on Sunday, September 30, 1984, the producers were able to parlay their `` mystery writer / amateur detective '' premise into a 12 - year hit for CBS. It also made Lansbury, known previously for her motion picture and Broadway stage work, a household name for millions of television viewers. The title comes from Murder, She Said, which was the title of a 1961 film adaptation of Agatha Christie 's Miss Marple novel 4 : 50 from Paddington. Premise The show revolves around the day - to - day life of Jessica Fletcher, a childless, widowed, retired English teacher who becomes a successful mystery writer. Despite fame and fortune, Jessica remains a resident of Cabot Cove, a small coastal community in Maine, 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. The fictional `` Cabot Cove '' name for the series ' coastal town was derived from the name of an actual bay harbor inlet in Kennebunkport, Maine, located near the town 's center, on the road where motels and lobster shack dives are located. The show mostly starts with a preview of the episode 's events, with Jessica stating : `` Tonight on Murder, She Wrote... '' Jessica invariably proves more perceptive than the official investigators of a case, who are almost always willing to arrest the most likely suspect. By carefully piecing the clues together and asking astute questions, she always manages to trap the real murderer. Murder occurred with such regularity in her vicinity that the term `` Cabot Cove syndrome '' was coined to describe the constant appearance of dead bodies in remote locations. Indeed, if Cabot Cove existed in real life, it would top the FBI 's national crime statistics in numerous categories, with some analysis suggesting that the homicide rate in Cabot Cove exceeds even that of the real - life murder capital of the world. 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 with a British police officer attached to Scotland Yard. At the start of season eight, more of the stories were set in New York City with Jessica moving into an apartment there part - time in order to teach criminology. Some programmes appeared to allegorise contemporaneous events. For example, the Season 5 ( 1988 -- 89 ) Episode ( No. 102 ) `` From Russia With Blood '' could represent the Soviet Union 's beginnings on introducing Glasnost and Perestroika. Ending Angela Lansbury in September 1989 By August 1988, when Lansbury expressed weariness of her commitment, the series was expected to end in May 1989. Nevertheless, she continued in the role, with a few changes made. For the next two seasons, Lansbury reduced her appearances in several episodes, only appearing at the beginning and the end, to introduce stories starring several friends of Jessica, like PI Harry McGraw, reformed thief Dennis Stanton or MI5 agent Michael Hagarty. The `` experiment '' ended in 1991. By the end of the 1994 -- 95 season, Murder, She Wrote 's 11th season, CBS moved the network 's then - longest - running weekly series to Thursday nights at 8 p.m. This put the series in direct competition with the first hour of NBC 's Must See TV lineup, which had been drawing the highest ratings of the week for any network for years. Despite protests of many of the show 's fans ( who believed CBS was intentionally setting the show up to fail in its new timeslot ), CBS refused to budge on the new timeslot. Murder, She Wrote plummeted from eighth to 58th in the yearly ratings ; the series lost nearly 6 million viewers as the audience was not willing to follow it to Thursday, which left CBS with little choice but to end Murder, She Wrote after 12 seasons in August 1996. To soften the blow, the network agreed to air the final four episodes in its original Sunday night timeslot, as well as commission four Murder, She Wrote movies over the next few years : the first was South by Southwest ( 1997 ), with three more following as A Story to Die For ( 2000 ), The Last Free Man ( 2001 ), and The Celtic Riddle ( 2003 ). Lansbury stated in May 2011 that she would like to make a comeback appearance as Jessica Fletcher. However, in a 2015 interview, Lansbury quashed the idea of reprising the much beloved character stating, `` I think it would be a downer. In some way, we 'd have to show her as a much older woman, and I think it 's better to maintain that picture we have in our mind 's eye of her as a vigorous person. I 'm still pretty vigorous, especially in the garden... but if I wanted to transform myself back into the woman I looked like then, it would be ridiculous. And I ca n't do that. '' She then expressed interest in revisiting the character again in 2017. Cast Regular cast Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher ( 1984 -- 1996 ; 264 episodes ), a retired English teacher who, after being widowed in her early 50s, becomes a very successful mystery writer. William Windom as Dr. Seth Hazlitt ( 1985 -- 1996 ; 49 episodes ), the local doctor of Cabot Cove and one of Jessica 's best friends and most intrepid supporters. There is a hint that Dr. Hazlitt may want to be more than a platonic friend but this possibility was never explored. In the season one finale, Windom portrayed Sam Breen, a lawyer who jointly murdered the victim in that episode. Tom Bosley as Sheriff Amos Tupper ( 1984 -- 1988 ; 19 episodes ), Cabot Cove 's sheriff at the start of the series. Tupper later retires and goes to live with his sister. Ron Masak as Sheriff Mort Metzger ( 1988 -- 1996 ; 38 episodes ), 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. His unseen wife, Adele, a former Marine capable of prodigious acts of strength, teaches self - defense classes. In an earlier episode, Masak portrayed a different character, a store owner in trouble with the IRS, trying to get out of trouble by selling his business. He also portrayed a police officer investigating the murder of an author in another season one episode. Louis Herthum as Deputy Andy Broom ( 1991 -- 1996, 25 episodes ) Recurring cast Michael Horton as Grady Fletcher ( 1984 -- 1995 ; 12 episodes ), 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 in several episodes. ( The two were married before working together on Murder, She Wrote. ) Madlyn Rhue as Jean O'Neil ( 1993 -- 1996 ; 4 episodes ), the local disabled librarian in Cabot Cove. Jerry Orbach as Harry McGraw ( 1985 -- 1991 ; 6 episodes ), an old - school private investigator who becomes friends with Jessica. Orbach was popular enough to garner his own, short - lived spin - off series in 1987, The Law & Harry McGraw. Len Cariou as Michael Hagarty ( 1985 -- 1992 ; 7 episodes ), a British MI5 agent 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 as the titular character. Richard Paul as Sam Booth ( 1986 -- 1991 ; 7 episodes ), the genial, ineffectual mayor of Cabot Cove whose main campaign promise is that he will do nothing, and that 's exactly why the people of Cabot Cove vote for him. Julie Adams as Eve Simpson ( 1987 -- 1993 ; 10 episodes ), the Cabot Cove realtor with a great love for men, both single and married, and for gossiping. Ruth Roman as Loretta Speigel ( 1987 -- 1989 ; 3 episodes ), Cabot Cove 's lovelorn hairdresser, also an inveterate gossip. Keith Michell as Dennis Stanton ( 1988 -- 1993 ; 9 episodes ), a suave English former jewel thief turned insurance claims investigator, who always solves his cases using unusual methods, and often sends a copy of the story to Jessica afterwards. Stanton 's assistant, Rhoda, who appeared in most or all of the Stanton - related episodes, was played by Hallie Todd. Many of the episodes starring Michell do not involve Jessica, and usually begin with her introducing the story to the audience invoking the fourth wall. Wayne Rogers as Charlie Garrett ( 1993 -- 1995 ; 5 episodes ), a disreputable private investigator who usually gets into trouble and needs Jessica 's help. Claude Akins as Ethan Cragg ( 1984 ; 4 episodes ), Jessica 's fisherman friend. Herb Edelman as Artie Gelber ( 1984 - 1995, 10 episodes ), a NYPD Lieutenant and Jessica 's friend. Guest stars Main article : List of Murder, She Wrote guest stars Episodes Main article : List of Murder, She Wrote episodes Season Episodes Originally aired Nielsen ratings First aired Last aired Rank Rating Tied with 22 September 30, 1984 ( 1984 - 09 - 30 ) April 21, 1985 ( 1985 - 04 - 21 ) 8 20.1 N / A 22 September 29, 1985 ( 1985 - 09 - 29 ) May 18, 1986 ( 1986 - 05 - 18 ) 25.3 N / A 22 September 28, 1986 ( 1986 - 09 - 28 ) May 10, 1987 ( 1987 - 05 - 10 ) 25.4 N / A 22 September 20, 1987 ( 1987 - 09 - 20 ) May 8, 1988 ( 1988 - 05 - 08 ) 9 20.2 N / A 5 22 October 23, 1988 ( 1988 - 10 - 23 ) May 21, 1989 ( 1989 - 05 - 21 ) 8 19.9 N / A 6 22 September 24, 1989 ( 1989 - 09 - 24 ) May 20, 1990 ( 1990 - 05 - 20 ) 13 17.7 Chicken Soup 7 22 September 16, 1990 ( 1990 - 09 - 16 ) May 12, 1991 ( 1991 - 05 - 12 ) 12 16.4 N / A 8 22 September 15, 1991 ( 1991 - 09 - 15 ) May 17, 1992 ( 1992 - 05 - 17 ) 8 16.9 N / A 9 22 September 20, 1992 ( 1992 - 09 - 20 ) May 16, 1993 ( 1993 - 05 - 16 ) 5 17.7 N / A 10 21 September 12, 1993 ( 1993 - 09 - 12 ) May 22, 1994 ( 1994 - 05 - 22 ) 11 16.0 TBA 11 21 September 25, 1994 ( 1994 - 09 - 25 ) May 14, 1995 ( 1995 - 05 - 14 ) 8 15.6 Friends 12 24 September 21, 1995 ( 1995 - 09 - 21 ) May 19, 1996 ( 1996 - 05 - 19 ) N / A N / A N / A Movies November 2, 1997 ( 1997 - 11 - 02 ) May 9, 2003 ( 2003 - 05 - 09 ) N / A N / A N / A Crossover with Magnum, P.I. See also : Magnum, P.I. § Crossovers The Third Season episode of Murder, She Wrote entitled `` Magnum on Ice '' concludes a crossover that began on the Seventh Season Magnum, P.I. episode `` Novel Connection ''. In the episode 's plot, Jessica comes to Hawaii to investigate an attempt to murder Robin Masters ' guests, then tries to clear Magnum when he 's accused of killing the hitman. The Magnum, P.I. episode originally aired on 11 / 19 / 86 with the concluding Murder, She Wrote episode following four days later on 11 / 23 / 86. The Magnum, P.I. episode of the crossover is included on the Murder, She Wrote Season 3 DVD set, as well as the Complete Series Set. The Magnum, P.I. Season 7 DVD set, as well as its Complete Series set, includes the Murder, She Wrote episode. Awards and nominations Over its twelve - year run Murder, She Wrote received numerous award nominations. 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. Mary Dodson, the art director for 102 of the series ' 264 episodes, received three Emmy nominations for her work on Murder, She Wrote. Group Award Years Result Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series ( Angela Lansbury ) 1985 -- 96 Nominated Outstanding Music Composition for a Series ( John Addison ) 1985 Won Outstanding Music Composition for a Series ( Bruce Babcock ) 1993, 1995 Nominated Outstanding Costume Design for a Series ( Alfred E. Lehman ) 1986 Won Golden Globe Awards Best TV Series -- Drama 1985, 1986 Won Best TV Series -- Drama 1987 -- 90 Nominated Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series -- Drama ( Angela Lansbury ) 1985, 1987, 1990 & 1992 Won Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series -- Drama ( Angela Lansbury ) 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993 & 1995 Nominated Edgar Awards Best Episode of a TV Series ( `` Deadly Lady '' ) 1985 Won Best Episode of a TV Series ( `` The Dead File '' ) Nominated Screen Actors Guild Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series -- Drama ( Angela Lansbury ) 1995 Nominated US television ratings Murder, She Wrote maintained extremely high ratings finishing in the top 15 of shows for eleven of its 12 seasons ( eight of which it was in the top 10 ), even well into its late seasons. By its 11th season, Murder, She Wrote was still averaging 25 million viewers per week. At its very peak, the show even hit above 40 million US viewers. However, at the beginning of its 12th season in 1995, CBS moved the show from its extremely popular Sunday night time slot to Thursday night forcing it to compete with NBC 's Must See TV line up, and as a result the ratings plummeted. The show rated as the following : Television ratings Season Episodes Time slot ( ET ) Season premiere Season finale Rank Rating 1984 -- 85 22 Sunday at 8 : 00 pm ( Episodes 1, 3 - 23 ) Sunday at 9 : 00 pm ( Episode 2 ) September 30, 1984 April 21, 1985 # 8 20.1 1985 -- 86 22 Sunday at 8 : 00 pm September 29, 1985 May 18, 1986 # 3 25.3 1986 -- 87 22 September 28, 1986 May 10, 1987 # 4 25.4 1987 -- 88 22 September 20, 1987 May 8, 1988 # 9 20.2 5 1988 -- 89 22 October 23, 1988 May 21, 1989 # 8 19.9 6 1989 -- 90 22 September 24, 1989 May 20, 1990 # 13 17.7 7 1990 -- 91 22 September 16, 1990 May 12, 1991 # 12 16.4 8 1991 -- 92 22 September 15, 1991 May 17, 1992 # 8 16.9 9 1992 -- 93 22 September 20, 1992 May 16, 1993 # 5 17.7 10 1993 -- 94 21 September 12, 1993 May 22, 1994 # 11 16.0 11 1994 -- 95 21 September 25, 1994 May 14, 1995 # 8 15.6 12 1995 -- 96 24 Thursday at 8 : 00 pm ( Episodes 1 - 12, 14 - 17, 19 - 20 ) Sunday at 8 : 00 pm ( Episodes 13, 18, 21 - 24 ) September 21, 1995 May 19, 1996 # 58 9.50 Abandoned reboot Deadline Hollywood reported in October 2013 that NBC was planning a reboot of the series, starring Oscar - winning actress Octavia Spencer as a `` hospital administrator and amateur sleuth who self - publishes her first mystery novel. '' Lansbury commented that she was not a fan of using the title, saying `` I think it 's a mistake to call it ' Murder, She Wrote, ' because ' Murder, She Wrote ' will always be about Cabot Cove and this wonderful little group of people who told those lovely stories and enjoyed a piece of that place, and also enjoyed Jessica Fletcher, who is a rare and very individual kind of person. '' Early on it was decided by producers that Spencer 's character would not be named Jessica Fletcher, for only Lansbury could play Jessica Fletcher. It was announced on January 21, 2014, that the reboot would not be going forward. International syndication Since its original run on CBS, Murder, She Wrote has been syndicated in many countries around the world. Country Channels Title Literal translation Language Argentina - Reportera del crimen Crime Reporter Spanish dubbed Australia Nine Network, Network Ten, TV1, GO !, GEM, 111 Greats, FOX Classics, ABC, 13th Street Murder, She Wrote English Austria ORF, Puls 4 Mord ist ihr Hobby Murder Is Her Hobby German dubbed Belgium : Flanders VTM, VIJFtv Murder, She Wrote English, Dutch subtitles Belgium : Wallonia La Une Arabesque French dubbed Brazil Universal Channel Assassinato por Escrito Written Murder Portuguese dubbed Bulgaria Fox Crime, Diema, AXN, AXN White Убийство по сценарий Murder by Script Bulgarian dubbed, Bulgarian subtitles Canada Vision TV Murder, She Wrote English Canada : Quebec TQS Elle écrit au meurtre She Writes `` Murder ! '' French dubbed Chile Canal 13 Reportera del crimen Crime Reporter Spanish dubbed Croatia HRT Ubojstvo, napisala je Murder, She Wrote English, Croatian subtitles Czech Republic Nova, Prima To je vražda, napsala That Is Murder, She Wrote Czech dubbed Denmark DR 1, DR 2, TV 3 Hun så et mord She Saw a Murder English, Danish subtitles Estonia TV3 Mõrv sai teoks Murder Became True English, Estonian subtitles Fiji FBC TV Murder She Wrote English Finland YLE TV1, MTV3 Sarja, Kolmoskanava, TV5 Murhasta tuli totta Murder Became True English, Finnish subtitles France La Cinq, TF1, TV Breizh, TMC Arabesque Arabesque French dubbed Germany ARD, RTL, Super RTL, Sat. 1 Gold, TNT Serie, kabel eins, WDR, Einsfestival, rbb Immer, wenn sie Krimis schrieb ; Mord ist ihr Hobby Whenever She Wrote Crime Novels ; Murder is Her Hobby German dubbed, original English version Greece Star Channel Η συγγραφέας ντετέκτιβ The Detective Writer English, Greek subtitles Hungary Viasat 3 Gyilkos sorok Murderous Lines Hungarian dubbed India Star Plus Murder, She Wrote English Ireland RTÉ One Murder, She Wrote English Israel HOT Israel 10 רצח במשיכת קולמוס Murder With a Stroke of Pen English, Hebrew subtitles Italy Rai Uno, Fox Crime, Rai Due Rete 4 La signora in giallo The Lady in Yellow Italian dubbed Japan NHK, Mystery Channel, LaLa TV, Chiba TV, Gunma TV ジェシカ おばさん の 事件 簿 Jessica obasan no jikenbo Auntie Jessica 's Case Files Japanese dubbed Kuwait KTV 2 Murder, She Wrote English, Arabic subtitles Latvia LTV Fox Crime Noziegumam pa pēdām On the Trail of the Crime Latvian dubbed Lithuania TV3 Džesika Flečer Jessica Fletcher Lithuanian dubbed Macedonia Fox Crime Убиство, таа напиша Murder, She Wrote Macedonia dubbed Mexico 4TV ( former ), Universal Channel ( former ), FX Latin America ( current ) La reportera del crimen The Crime Reporter Spanish dubbed Netherlands RTL 8, NCRV, 13th Street Universal Murder, She Wrote English, Dutch subtitles New Zealand TV One, TV2, TV3, Jones Murder, She Wrote English Norway TV3, NRK1 Jessica Fletcher Jessica Fletcher English, Norwegian subtitles Pakistan Pakistan Television, PTV1 Murder, She Wrote English Philippines GMA Network, RJTV 29 Murder, She Wrote English Poland 13th Street, AXN, AXN Crime Napisała : Morderstwo Murder, She Wrote English, Polish voice - over translation Portugal RTP 1, FOX Crime Crime, Disse Ela Crime, She Said English, Portuguese subtitles Romania Pro Cinema, TVR 2, AXN Crime, AXN White, AXN Spin Verdict : Crimă Verdict : Murder English, Romanian subtitles Russia NTV, Domashny Она написала убийство Murder, She Wrote Russian dubbed Serbia FOX Crime Pisac i detektiv A Writer and a Detective English, Serbian subtitles Slovakia Markíza To je vražda, napísala Murder, She Wrote Slovak dubbed Slovenia RTVSLO Kanal A FOX Crime TV3 Slovenia Umor, je napisala Murder, She Wrote English with slovenian subtitles South Africa TV1 SABC Encore Murder, She Wrote English South Korea MBC 제시카 의 추리 극장 Jessica - eui Churi Geukjang Jessica 's Detective Theatre Korean dubbed Spain TVE, Calle 13, Atresseries Se ha escrito un crimen A Crime Has Been Written Spanish dubbed Spain : Catalonia TV3 S'ha escrit un crim A Crime Has Been Written Catalan dubbed Spain : Galicia TVG Escribiuse un crime A Crime Has Been Written Galician dubbed Sweden TV3, TV4 Guld Mord och inga visor Murder and No Melodies English, Swedish subtitles Turkey TRT 1, Star TV, Kanal D TNT Türkiye Cinayet Dosyası Murder File Turkish dubbed Ukraine СТБ Вона написала вбивство Murder, She Wrote Ukrainian dubbed United Kingdom ITV, ITV3, ITV4, Granda Plus, BBC1, BBC2, UKTV Gold, UKTV Drama Alibi, True Entertainment Murder, She Wrote English United States Hallmark Movie Channel, TV Land, Cozi TV Murder, She Wrote English Uruguay Monte Carlo Televisión Reportera del crimen Crime Reporter Spanish dubbed Venezuela Televen Reportera del crimen Crime Reporter Spanish dubbed Merchandise In 1985, Warren Company released a Murder, She Wrote board game. In the game, one player takes the hidden role of a killer and the other players try to determine which player is the killer through deduction. The killer is successful if he or she can kill five of the characters on the game - board and escape, while the detective players win by correctly deducing the identity of the killer. In December 2009, casual game developer and publisher Legacy Interactive, under license with Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group ( UPDPG ), announced the release a PC and Macintosh video game based on the television series. In the game, players help Jessica Fletcher to solve five unusual murders. A sequel, Murder She Wrote 2, was launched by Legacy Interactive in November 2012. Multimedia List of novels Home video releases Mystery Theatre References Jump up ^ Silden, Isobel ( August 17, 1989 ). `` It 's No Crime When Yesterday 's Stars Get Into ' Murder ' ''. The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 20, 2010. 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Jump up ^ `` TV Ratings : 1995 -- 96 ''. fbibler.chez.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012. Jump up ^ Andreeva, Nellie ( October 24, 2013 ). `` NBC To Reboot ' Murder, She Wrote ' With Octavia Spencer Starring, Alex Cunningham Writing And David Janollari Producing ''. Deadline.com. Retrieved October 26, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Angela Lansbury is not happy with ' Murder, She Wrote ' remake ''. Los Angeles Times. November 11, 2013. Jump up ^ Andreeva, Nellie ( January 21, 2014 ). `` NBC 's ' Murder She Wrote ' Reboot Not Going Forward, Could Be Revisited In The Future ''. Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 21, 2014. Jump up ^ The translation is a play on the similar - sounding idiom `` Crier au meurtre '' ( to scream murder ). `` Au meurtre ! '' is a call for help similar to `` Fire ! '' or `` Help ! ''. Jump up ^ In Italian, the `` yellow genre '' expression is equivalent to crime fiction from the 1930s when an Italian publisher, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, published a series of crime fiction books using a yellow cover. Jump up ^ While `` Murder and No Melodies '' is the literal translation, the translation is a word play, alluding to the Swedish idiom `` Ord och inga visor '' ( `` Words and no melodies '' ), with the idiomatic meaning `` plain speaking '' or `` hard, honest words ''. Jump up ^ `` Legacygames.com '' ( Press release ). Legacy Interactive. December 18, 2009. Archived from the original on March 29, 2012. Retrieved May 14, 2012. 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Question: when did jessica fletcher moved to new york
Answer: the start of season eight