Murder She Wrote reboot

*Raph's Girl* · 10-26-2013, 12:47 AM

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The reboot will feature Oscar winner Octavia Spencer in the starring role of everyone's favorite author/super-sleuth made iconic by Angela Lansbury, the network confirmed the news first reported by Deadline. In the contemporary version, Spencer is a hospital administrator and amateur detective who self-publishes her first mystery novel.

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What the ever lovin bloody frack?! F U NBC!!

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...,3660041.story

*Refractive Reflections* · 10-26-2013, 02:10 AM

I KNEW there was a significant fanbase for Murder She Wrote, if there was already 2 video games for the show 14 years after it went off the air!

See this thread: http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=42059

The original show actually did very well! It was on for 12 seasons (1984-1996), mostly being in the top 15 for the first 11 seasons! Can your favorite shows compete with that?

Despite the show pulling in the big ratings, it was luring the geriatric demographic and not the desired 18-49 demographic, and CBS (most probably) intentionally moved it the ruthlessly competitive "Must See TV" NBC Block on Thursday nights on the show's 12th season to end the show.

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Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

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What the ever lovin bloody frack?! F U NBC!!

Let this remind you about the power of Murder She Wrote and Angela Lansbury.

Though with Octavia Spencer, I don't know if the original fans or the senior citizens will be as so embracing of this younger version of Jessica Fletcher.

*BubblyShell22* · 10-26-2013, 09:04 AM

Oh, man, Mom and I used to watch this all the time. I'm not sure if the reboot will have success, but I might check it out just for old time's sake. I don't like the reboot version that she works in a hospital though. Just not cool.

*Raph's Girl* · 10-26-2013, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by JYX

I KNEW there was a significant fanbase for Murder She Wrote, if there was already 2 video games for the show 14 years after it went off the air!

There's also the books! Don't forget the book series that has been continously released since 1989! The most recent one came out Oct 1st!

*Mr._Mutant_Man* · 10-27-2013, 08:32 AM

They couldn't just call it something else? Or at least find an older actress if you're going to do a remake, despite Hollywood's youth obsession. Something that stands out to me about Murder, She Wrote was that it was a TV show starring someone in their sixties. I may not be very old yet, but with each passing year I get a little more aware of the representation of seniors in pop culture.

*BubblyShell22* · 10-27-2013, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

There's also the books! Don't forget the book series that has been continously released since 1989! The most recent one came out Oct 1st!

Wait, there's a book series too? Awesome! I never knew that.

*Refractive Reflections* · 11-11-2013, 07:20 PM

Angela Lansbury doesn't approve:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-207_162-...oot-a-mistake/

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"I think it's a mistake to call it 'Murder, She Wrote,'" Lansbury said, "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 ...

**Jester** · 11-11-2013, 08:16 PM

http://www.hulu.com/watch/550572

Last joke....

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Mr._Mutant_Man Mad Scientist Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,340	They couldn't just call it something else? Or at least find an older actress if you're going to do a remake, despite Hollywood's youth obsession. Something that stands out to me about Murder, She Wrote was that it was a TV show starring someone in their sixties. I may not be very old yet, but with each passing year I get a little more aware of the representation of seniors in pop culture.