Just some trivia: In later seasons Jessica is using a laser printer to create the final script. This printer name/manufacturer is hidden by white paper with a black line inbetween.The printer used in the intro is an Hewlett Packard LaserJet II P printer.

I really enjoyed this show. It was nice to see an older woman taking on lots of crimes and solving them. The usual formula involves a young person beating up lots of people, this show completely flipped that around. It was very well written, and had great acting. Angela Lansbury really had the acting chops, and was almost too talented for TV. I'm glad she had such a great show to showcase her abilities, when many actresses are shunted aside once they hit 30 or so. I really miss watching it with my family, as it was a staple at our house. There really isn't anything on the air right now that compares.

I'm a sucker for detective shows so I love this show, I was too young when it first aired to watch it, so I catch the reruns and it's probably not for my generation - But I just love the way that Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) works out who killed who and why. Yeah I know it's highly improbable, a series about an old lady Mystery Writer and wherever she goes in the whole world, somebody ends up dead, to a degree It's a wonder she's got any friends left but what show isn't silly to a degree whether it be 'Diagnosis Murder' about a Murder solving Doctor or the underrated and cancelled too soon 'Father Dowling Mysteries' about a mystery solving Priest and Nun sidekick among many others - but it's just so likable and lighthearted fun when your having a bad day, and a world away from CSI.

I absolutely love this show. Angela Lansbury was great as Jessica Fletcher and made the show her own.The weird thing about this show is that Jessica Fletcher rarely had a love interest. She may not have had a love interest but she did have a lot of male companions who would regularly help her solve the murders, like for instance Seth Hazlet. She would be pondering about the murder and Seth would say something and suddenly everything would fit together and she would have the murderer. The show can be enjoyed by all but only if you see it as escapist fun that is not taxing on the brain. It shouldn't be seen as a realistic TV show, if viewers watch it expecting it to be realistic then they will be sorely disappointed. For instance to obtain evidence Jessica would break into offices, people who watch a lot of murder mysteries(like me) would know this evidence would be inadmissible in the court of law and the killer would get off scot free.The show ended in 96 but I normally catch it on reruns. Although I am a fan of the series but I still feel it should have ended after the 93 season. After the 93 season the plots became increasingly tired and predictable. In fact I thought the story lines became far more soapy, it became more about the characters and less about the murders.Out of all the murder mystery shows I watch I like this the most. It was fun to spot stars like Ceasar Romero (the Joker from the Batman T.V. series. Over the years most stars came on the show more than once but in different roles.