Murder, She Wrote
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Mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher — a down-to-earth, middle-aged widow — ferrets out the criminals in idyllic Cabot Cove, Maine.
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Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Monday, July 15
Crimson Harvest
Season 11 • Episode 8
Jessica recruits a telepathic dog to solve a murder in a vintner's family; guest Lainie Kazan.
Tuesday, July 16
Murder by Twos
Season 11 • Episode 9
Jessica tries to link the deaths of the town bully and his mistress.
Tuesday, July 16
Murder of the Month Club
Season 11 • Episode 10
Infomercial taping is plagued by problems including a mysterious death.
Tuesday, July 16
An Egg to Die For
Season 11 • Episode 11
Jessica helps a Russian detective (David Ogden Stiers) probe the theft of a rare Faberge egg.
Tuesday, July 16
The Scent of Murder
Season 11 • Episode 12
Seth's plantation-owner cousin (Dakin Matthews) is murdered during Jessica and Seth's visit.
Tuesday, July 16
Wheel of Death
Season 10 • Episode 21
The owner of a traveling carnival is murdered while in Cabot Cove.
Tuesday, July 16
A Nest of Vipers
Season 11 • Episode 1
Jessica learns that not all the snakes in a California zoo are in cages.
Tuesday, July 16
Death 'n Denial
Season 11 • Episode 13
A trip to Cairo involves Jessica in murder and the theft of a 4,000-year-old statue.
Wednesday, July 17
Murder in High-C
Season 11 • Episode 14
An opera singer tries to make her debut before a stalker can fulfill his promise to kill her.
Wednesday, July 17
Twice Dead
Season 11 • Episode 15
Jessica tracks the killer of a Nobel Prize-winning biophysicist.
Wednesday, July 17
Film Flam
Season 11 • Episode 16
A restored, never-released film serves as a catalyst for murder and piracy.
Wednesday, July 17
Murder a la Mode
Season 11 • Episode 17
An excursion into the world of fashion elite in Paris leads to murder.
Wednesday, July 17
Amsterdam Kill
Season 11 • Episode 2
Jessica's investigation leads her into a world of smuggling and murder.
Wednesday, July 17
To Kill a Legend
Season 11 • Episode 3
Jessica discovers a letter that leads to disgrace and murder.
Wednesday, July 17
The Dream Team
Season 11 • Episode 18
A plan to develop the Cabot Cove waterfront leads to the death of a key investor's wife.
Thursday, July 18
School for Murder
Season 11 • Episode 19
When a professor is murdered after failing in "humanity," Jessica teaches a lesson in the truth.
Thursday, July 18
Another Killing in Cork
Season 11 • Episode 20
Jessica fishes for a killer when a tourist is found floating in a well.
Thursday, July 18
Game, Set, Murder
Season 11 • Episode 21
Jessica finds "love" isn't the game when tennis pro's dad is murdered.
Thursday, July 18
Nailed
Season 12 • Episode 1
Jessica uses her head to reveal the murderer at a beauty salon.
Thursday, July 18
Death in Hawaii
Season 11 • Episode 4
The brother of a candidate for U.S. Senate in Hawaii disappears; with Ken Howard; Nina Foch.
Thursday, July 18
Dear Deadly
Season 11 • Episode 5
Jessica tells a writer to be wary after she becomes a target for murder.
Thursday, July 18
A Quaking in Aspen
Season 12 • Episode 2
Jessica is fired up to find the true murderer of her friend's husband.
Friday, July 19
The Secret of Gila Junction
Season 12 • Episode 3
An Arizona sheriff asks for Jessica's help in a murder investigation.
Friday, July 19
Big Easy Murder
Season 12 • Episode 4
Jessica links the death of a former Louisiana state senator to a voodoo curse.
Friday, July 19
Nan's Ghost
Season 12 • Episode 6
Jessica's investigation into ghost stories lands her in the dungeon.
Friday, July 19
Nan's Ghost
Season 12 • Episode 7
Jessica is freed from the dungeon and finds those behind the hoax.
Friday, July 19
The Murder Channel
Season 11 • Episode 6
A woman who is hooked up to a surveillance system witnesses a murder.
Friday, July 19
Fatal Paradise
Season 11 • Episode 7
Jessica feels responsible after she helps a couple run off together, and one of them turns up dead.
Friday, July 19
Home Care
Season 12 • Episode 5
A young home care nurse is accused of murdering two patients.
Saturday, July 20
Shooting in Rome
Season 12 • Episode 8
A routine stunt kills a stuntman during the filming of a movie based on one of Jessica's novels.
Saturday, July 20
Deadly Bidding
Season 12 • Episode 9
Charlie Garrett's high bid on a mediocre painting puzzles Jessica.
Saturday, July 20
Frozen Stiff
Season 12 • Episode 10
An ice-cream magnate turns up among the frozen confections and Jessica must find his killer.
Saturday, July 20
Unwilling Witness
Season 12 • Episode 11
The only person who can clear federal witness Jessica of contempt charges turns up dead.
Saturday, July 20
Crimson Harvest
Season 11 • Episode 8
Jessica recruits a telepathic dog to solve a murder in a vintner's family; guest Lainie Kazan.
Saturday, July 20
Murder by Twos
Season 11 • Episode 9
Jessica tries to link the deaths of the town bully and his mistress.
Saturday, July 20
Kendo Killing
Season 12 • Episode 12
A delivery to a motorcycle racer results in the death of another racer.
Sunday, July 21
Death Goes Double Platinum
Season 12 • Episode 13
A thug who tries to extort money from a rising salsa band winds up with an ice pick in his back.
Sunday, July 21
Murder in Tempo
Season 12 • Episode 14
A rock star, in Cabot Cove for a benefit, is electrocuted onstage.
Sunday, July 21
The Dark Side of the Door
Season 12 • Episode 15
Details in a manuscript convince a young editor that the author kidnapped her 11 years earlier.
Sunday, July 21
Murder Among Friends
Season 12 • Episode 16
A producer is killed before cost cuts force her to do in one of the buddies in a top-rated sitcom.
Sunday, July 21
Something Foul in Flappieville
Season 12 • Episode 17
Jessica's puppet creation is adapted for a Saturday morning television show.
Sunday, July 21
Track of a Soldier
Season 12 • Episode 18
A surly guest with information about a state-senate hopeful dies at a dude ranch.
Sunday, July 21
Murder of the Month Club
Season 11 • Episode 10
Infomercial taping is plagued by problems including a mysterious death.
Sunday, July 21
An Egg to Die For
Season 11 • Episode 11
Jessica helps a Russian detective (David Ogden Stiers) probe the theft of a rare Faberge egg.
Sunday, July 21
Evidence of Malice
Season 12 • Episode 19
After claiming Deputy Andy planted evidence against him, a businessman turns up dead.
Monday, July 22
Southern Double-Cross
Season 12 • Episode 20
Jessica travels to Australia to claim a valuable inheritance.
Monday, July 22
Race to Death
Season 12 • Episode 21
A yachtsman is eliminated from World Cup qualifying races -- permanently.
Monday, July 22
What You Don't Know Can Kill You
Season 12 • Episode 22
A motorcycle fatality and a lawyer's stabbing death only seem unrelated.
Monday, July 22
Mrs. Parker's Revenge
Season 12 • Episode 23
A deadly virus is stolen from the Biological Research Institute.
Monday, July 22
Death by Demographics
Season 12 • Episode 24
A format change prompts the murder of a San Francisco radio promoter.
Monday, July 22
Deadly Lady
Season 1 • Episode 3
A multimillionaire appears to have drowned during a hurricane.
Monday, July 22
The Scent of Murder
Season 11 • Episode 12
Seth's plantation-owner cousin (Dakin Matthews) is murdered during Jessica and Seth's visit.
Monday, July 22
Death by Demographics
Season 12 • Episode 24
A format change prompts the murder of a San Francisco radio promoter.
Monday, July 22
Deadly Lady
Season 1 • Episode 3
A multimillionaire appears to have drowned during a hurricane.
Monday, July 22
The Murder of Sherlock Holmes
Season 1 • Episode 1
Jessica attends a costume party where "Sherlock Holmes" is murdered.
Monday, July 22
The Murder of Sherlock Holmes
Season 1 • Episode 2
Jessica attends a costume party where "Sherlock Holmes" is murdered.
Monday, July 22
Birds of a Feather
Season 1 • Episode 4
Jessica helps a groom charged with murder.
Monday, July 22
Hooray for Homicide
Season 1 • Episode 5
Jessica is suspected of murdering a movie producer who wanted to turn her novel into a trashy film.
Tuesday, July 23
It's a Dog's Life
Season 1 • Episode 6
In the deaths of a wealthy Southern eccentric and his daughter, the man's dog is the prime suspect.
Tuesday, July 23
Lovers and Other Killers
Season 1 • Episode 7
Jessica sets out to prove her secretary isn't a murder suspect.
Tuesday, July 23
Hit, Run and Homicide
Season 1 • Episode 8
An eccentric inventor is accused of murdering his former partner.
Tuesday, July 23
We're Off to Kill the Wizard
Season 1 • Episode 9
A tycoon's theme-park plans end in murder.
Tuesday, July 23
Murder in High-C
Season 11 • Episode 14
An opera singer tries to make her debut before a stalker can fulfill his promise to kill her.
Tuesday, July 23
Twice Dead
Season 11 • Episode 15
Jessica tracks the killer of a Nobel Prize-winning biophysicist.
Tuesday, July 23
Death Takes a Curtain Call
Season 1 • Episode 10
A special night at the ballet turns grisly when Jessica encounters murder.
Wednesday, July 24
Death Casts a Spell
Season 1 • Episode 11
A flamboyant hypnotist is murdered in front of several journalists who are in a trance.
Wednesday, July 24
Capitol Offense
Season 1 • Episode 12
Jessica is assigned to replace a deceased congressman in Washington.
Wednesday, July 24
Broadway Malady
Season 1 • Episode 13
Assault and murder could end the comeback of a stage actress in a play with her daughter.
Wednesday, July 24
Murder to a Jazz Beat
Season 1 • Episode 14
Jessica searches for clues when a famous musician drops dead onstage.
Wednesday, July 24
Film Flam
Season 11 • Episode 16
A restored, never-released film serves as a catalyst for murder and piracy.
Wednesday, July 24
Murder a la Mode
Season 11 • Episode 17
An excursion into the world of fashion elite in Paris leads to murder.
Wednesday, July 24
My Johnny Lies Over the Ocean
Season 1 • Episode 15
Jessica's niece, recovering from her husband's suicide, is terrorized on a cruise.
Thursday, July 25
Paint Me a Murder
Season 1 • Episode 16
A famous artist's birthday celebration ends tragically when he is murdered at his island villa.
Thursday, July 25
Tough Guys Don't Die
Season 1 • Episode 17
Jessica investigates the murder of private eye Harry McGraw's partner.
Thursday, July 25
Sudden Death
Season 1 • Episode 18
Jessica inherits part of a pro-football team.
Thursday, July 25
Footnote to Murder
Season 1 • Episode 19
Jessica sets out to clear the name of a friend who is a prime suspect in a murder case.
Thursday, July 25
The Dream Team
Season 11 • Episode 18
A plan to develop the Cabot Cove waterfront leads to the death of a key investor's wife.
Thursday, July 25
School for Murder
Season 11 • Episode 19
When a professor is murdered after failing in "humanity," Jessica teaches a lesson in the truth.
Thursday, July 25
Murder Takes the Bus
Season 1 • Episode 20
Jessica's bus trip to Portland, Maine, takes a dismal turn when a passenger is murdered.
Friday, July 26
Armed Response
Season 1 • Episode 21
Jessica, hospitalized with a fractured leg, investigates the murder of a fellow patient.
Friday, July 26
Murder at the Oasis
Season 1 • Episode 22
Jessica investigates the death of her college roommate's husband.
Friday, July 26
Funeral at Fifty-Mile
Season 1 • Episode 23
Jessica attends a funeral and solves another mourner's murder.
Friday, July 26
Widow, Weep for Me
Season 2 • Episode 1
Jessica checks into a tropical hotel to find the killer of wealthy women.
Friday, July 26
Another Killing in Cork
Season 11 • Episode 20
Jessica fishes for a killer when a tourist is found floating in a well.
Friday, July 26
Game, Set, Murder
Season 11 • Episode 21
Jessica finds "love" isn't the game when tennis pro's dad is murdered.
Friday, July 26
Joshua Peabody Died Here ... Possibly
Season 2 • Episode 2
A cheap tycoon with many enemies is found dead on the construction site of his high-rise hotel.
Saturday, July 27
Murder in the Afternoon
Season 2 • Episode 3
Jessica's niece, an actress in a soap opera, becomes a murder suspect.
Saturday, July 27
School for Scandal
Season 2 • Episode 4
Jessica's latest murder investigation ends with two people and disparate confessions.
Saturday, July 27
Sing a Song of Murder
Season 2 • Episode 5
Jessica's cousin, a famous actress in England, calls for help when she is a target for murder.
Saturday, July 27
Reflections of the Mind
Season 2 • Episode 6
Jessica's friend (Ann Blyth) fears she is going insane and may have murdered her husband.
Saturday, July 27
Nailed
Season 12 • Episode 1
Jessica uses her head to reveal the murderer at a beauty salon.
Saturday, July 27
A Quaking in Aspen
Season 12 • Episode 2
Jessica is fired up to find the true murderer of her friend's husband.
Saturday, July 27
A Lady in the Lake
Season 2 • Episode 7
While staying at a lakeside inn, Jessica investigates the drowning of a championship swimmer.
Sunday, July 28
Dead Heat
Season 2 • Episode 8
Jessica's niece, a jockey, is accused of murdering a horse owner.
Sunday, July 28
Jessica Behind Bars
Season 2 • Episode 9
Jessica races against time to find the culprit responsible for the death of a prison doctor.
Sunday, July 28
Sticks and Stones
Season 2 • Episode 10
Jessica attempts to uncover the evidence that links a land sale to a murder.
Sunday, July 28
Murder Digs Deep
Season 2 • Episode 11
A New Mexico archaeological dig leads Jessica on the trail of a murder.
Sunday, July 28
Murder by Appointment Only
Season 2 • Episode 12
Jessica's former student gets entangled in a love triangle that ends in murder.
Sunday, July 28
Trial by Error
Season 2 • Episode 13
Jessica's stint as a juror leads to her investigation of a double murder.
Sunday, July 28
The Secret of Gila Junction
Season 12 • Episode 3
An Arizona sheriff asks for Jessica's help in a murder investigation.
Sunday, July 28
Big Easy Murder
Season 12 • Episode 4
Jessica links the death of a former Louisiana state senator to a voodoo curse.
Sunday, July 28
Keep the Home Fries Burning
Season 2 • Episode 14
An apparent botulism outbreak fells a patron during a restaurant opening in Cabot Cove.
Monday, July 29
Powder Keg
Season 2 • Episode 15
An aspiring singer is unjustly accused of murdering his girlfriend's brother.
Monday, July 29
Murder in the Electric Cathedral
Season 2 • Episode 16
A discarded syringe leads Jessica to suspect a greedy heir killed a teacher.
Monday, July 29
One Good Bid Deserves a Murder
Season 2 • Episode 17
A famous actor's murder revolves around a woman's tragic past.
Monday, July 29
If a Body Meet a Body
Season 2 • Episode 18
A corpse, returned to Cabot Cove for burial, turns out to be misidentified.
Monday, July 29
Christopher Bundy - Died on Sunday
Season 2 • Episode 19
A girlie-magazine publisher planning to print one of Jessica's stories is murdered.
Monday, July 29
Menace, Anyone?
Season 2 • Episode 20
A tennis champ is killed by a bomb placed in his girlfriend's car.
Monday, July 29
Home Care
Season 12 • Episode 5
A young home care nurse is accused of murdering two patients.
Monday, July 29
Christopher Bundy - Died on Sunday
Season 2 • Episode 19
A girlie-magazine publisher planning to print one of Jessica's stories is murdered.
Monday, July 29
Menace, Anyone?
Season 2 • Episode 20
A tennis champ is killed by a bomb placed in his girlfriend's car.
Monday, July 29
Death Stalks the Big Top
Season 3 • Episode 1
Jessica's brother-in-law, a circus clown, is accused of murder.
Monday, July 29
Death Stalks the Big Top
Season 3 • Episode 2
Jessica goes to extreme lengths to clear her brother-in-law of murder charges.
Monday, July 29
The Perfect Foil
Season 2 • Episode 21
Jessica's cousin is charged with murder during New Orleans' Mardi Gras.
Monday, July 29
If the Frame Fits
Season 2 • Episode 22
Jessica works on solving two crimes: a string of art thefts and a murder.
Tuesday, July 30
Unfinished Business
Season 3 • Episode 3
A police retiree tries to solve a 10-year-old murder case reopened by a mistaken-identity shooting.
Tuesday, July 30
One White Rose for Death
Season 3 • Episode 4
In Washington, D.C., Jessica gets involved with two defections and a British spy's murder.
Tuesday, July 30
Corned Beef and Carnage
Season 3 • Episode 5
Jessica's niece is the top suspect when her boss is murdered.
Tuesday, July 30
Dead Man's Gold
Season 3 • Episode 6
Murder interrupts a determined man's quest to find buried treasure.
Tuesday, July 30
Shooting in Rome
Season 12 • Episode 8
A routine stunt kills a stuntman during the filming of a movie based on one of Jessica's novels.
Tuesday, July 30
Deadly Bidding
Season 12 • Episode 9
Charlie Garrett's high bid on a mediocre painting puzzles Jessica.
Tuesday, July 30
Frozen Stiff
Season 12 • Episode 10
An ice-cream magnate turns up among the frozen confections and Jessica must find his killer.
Tuesday, July 30
Deadline for Murder
Season 3 • Episode 7
Jessica helps a bedridden reporter (Harry Guardino) probe his publisher's murder.
Wednesday, July 31
Magnum on Ice
Season 3 • Episode 8
Magnum resists Jessica's efforts to clear him.
Wednesday, July 31
Obituary for a Dead Anchor
Season 3 • Episode 9
The media descends upon Cabot Cove when a journalist is believed to have been killed.
Wednesday, July 31
Stage Struck
Season 3 • Episode 10
Jessica investigates the death of an understudy who dies onstage during opening night.
Wednesday, July 31
Night of the Headless Horseman
Season 3 • Episode 11
A lovesick poet (Thom Bray) is the prime suspect in the decapitation of a bullying riding master.
Wednesday, July 31
Unwilling Witness
Season 12 • Episode 11
The only person who can clear federal witness Jessica of contempt charges turns up dead.
Wednesday, July 31
Kendo Killing
Season 12 • Episode 12
A delivery to a motorcycle racer results in the death of another racer.
Wednesday, July 31
Death Goes Double Platinum
Season 12 • Episode 13
A thug who tries to extort money from a rising salsa band winds up with an ice pick in his back.
Wednesday, July 31
The Corpse Flew First Class
Season 3 • Episode 12
On a flight to London, a socialite's (Kate Mulgrew) necklace is stolen and her lover is poisoned.
Thursday, August 1
Crossed Up
Season 3 • Episode 13
Bedridden Jessica cannot convince anyone she overheard a murder being planned on the telephone.
Thursday, August 1
Murder in a Minor Key
Season 3 • Episode 14
Jessica narrates her latest novel about students involved in murder.
Thursday, August 1
The Bottom Line Is Murder
Season 3 • Episode 15
Jessica investigates the murder of a Denver consumer activist.
Thursday, August 1
Death Takes a Dive
Season 3 • Episode 16
A private investigator is accused of murdering a boxing manager.
Thursday, August 1
Murder in Tempo
Season 12 • Episode 14
A rock star, in Cabot Cove for a benefit, is electrocuted onstage.
Thursday, August 1
The Dark Side of the Door
Season 12 • Episode 15
Details in a manuscript convince a young editor that the author kidnapped her 11 years earlier.
Thursday, August 1
Murder Among Friends
Season 12 • Episode 16
A producer is killed before cost cuts force her to do in one of the buddies in a top-rated sitcom.
Thursday, August 1
Simon Says, Color Me Dead
Season 3 • Episode 17
A famous artist's murder coincides with the theft of what he considered his masterpiece.
Friday, August 2
No Laughing Murder
Season 3 • Episode 18
A feud hampers Jessica's probe of a stabbing.
Friday, August 2
No Accounting for Murder
Season 3 • Episode 19
A nephew faces tax fraud and murder charges.
Friday, August 2
The Cemetery Vote
Season 3 • Episode 20
Political graft and gambling play important roles in two murders.
Friday, August 2
The Days Dwindle Down
Season 3 • Episode 21
Jessica attempts to prove a man is innocent of a murder that occurred 30 years ago.
Friday, August 2
Something Foul in Flappieville
Season 12 • Episode 17
Jessica's puppet creation is adapted for a Saturday morning television show.
Friday, August 2
Track of a Soldier
Season 12 • Episode 18
A surly guest with information about a state-senate hopeful dies at a dude ranch.
Friday, August 2
Evidence of Malice
Season 12 • Episode 19
After claiming Deputy Andy planted evidence against him, a businessman turns up dead.
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