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For 12 seasons, "Murder, She Wrote" was the definitive cozy murder mystery show. Set in the small and charming yet dead-body-filled fictional town of Cabot Cove, Maine, the show wormed its way into the hearts of procedural fans everywhere with its familiar structure and unlikely hero -- middle-aged mystery writer Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury). While the actor behind the beloved amateur sleuth passed away in 2022, "Murder, She Wrote" lives on, both in the form of much-watched reruns and in an upcoming movie adaptation.

Little is known about the new version of "Murder, She Wrote" at this point, but screenwriters Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo have said that the story will relate back to Cabot Cove and Jessica in some capacity. When it comes to potential cameos from old cast members, the pool is unfortunately limited, as several of the series' lead actors have passed away in the decades since the show ended.

Robert Redford movies: TCM shows 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,' 'The Sting' They don't make movie stars like they used to, back in the days of Louis B. Mayer, Jack Warner, and Harry Cohn. That's what nostalgists have been bitching about for the last four or five decades; never mind the fact that movie stars have remained as big as ever despite the demise of the old studio system and the spectacular rise of television more than sixty years ago. This month of January 2015, Turner Classic Movies will be honoring one such post-studio era superstar: Robert Redford. Beginning this Monday evening, January 6, TCM will be presenting 15 Robert Redford movies. Tonight's entries include Redford's two biggest blockbusters, both directed by George Roy Hill and co-starring Paul Newman: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, which turned Redford, already in his early 30s, into a major film star to rival Rudolph Valentino,...

Tng's third season has really hit its stride with this tense, exciting episode. Here's what James thought of The Defector...

Review

This review contains spoilers.

3.10 The Defector

The episode opens with Data performing Shakespeare on the holodeck while Captain Picard both simultaneously watches and appears in it under heavy prosthetics (ah, the magic of television.) While Picard once again instructs Data in abstract concepts beyond his comprehension (seriously, that must get tiresome for everyone) they're interrupted by Riker, who tells them a Romulan ship is requesting assistance.

The Romulan scout ship is, in fact, being fired upon by a Romulan warbird And it's carrying a defector! When the Enterprise protects the scout, the Warbird gives up, cloaks, and then leaves. According to Worf, at least. How he knows an invisible ship has left the area is anyone's guess.

Picard transports the defector aboard, and claims he's a low-level logistics officer...