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 Season 5 finds Murder, She Wrote's intrepid Jessica Fletcher in fine sleuthing form, and venturing farther afield from Cabot Cove--a good thing, since at the rate the murders have been happening, that town would be nearly cleaned out. Some of the best episodes take place in more exotic locales like New York (dead man on the street, wearing just one shoe), Montana (a publishing convention gone horribly wrong) and West Virginia (two whistle-blowers at a coal company found gruesomely murdered). Angela Lansbury sparkles with determination and bonhomie, hitting her stride and then some. Jessica's own life backstory is even filled out tantalizingly, especially in the episode "The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel," in which an investigation is launched into a mysterious cargo plane that is linked, she learns to her horror, to her late husband. The series' other delight is watching for cameos by stars of a certain age, and this season doesn't disappoint, with appearances by Roddy McDowall, Shelley Fabares, and Dinah Shore--but also some up-and-comers like Megan Mullally (proof positive that the Will & Grace whine was a put-on) and future satirist Bill Maher.

　　这部昔日的CBS旗舰剧集已经失去了一个好汉（Charlie Sheen被开除，Charlie Harper也随之死亡），现在又将失去半个好汉——因为种种原因（如果你相信CBS官方所说的「他要读大学」那你就太天真了），Angus T. Jones不再是该剧的常规演员，他的名字也将从片头字幕中彻底抹除。

　　根据《惊声尖叫》系列电影改编，残忍谋杀案后引起的网络讨论唤起人们对过去杀人狂魔的记忆，引起某些人的好奇，也启发了新的杀人犯。两个老朋友和一群年轻人为此重新联系起来，他们互相成为恋人、敌人、冷血杀手嫌疑人、目标和幸存者。

　　NBC已续订《法律与秩序：特殊受害者》第十八季。

　　在第二季中，Doug、Joyce和Bottom Dollar的所有成员都在努力适应杂志的爆炸性成功，这将他们带向了激动人心的新境遇，并带来了更多的金钱、名声和诱惑，多到没有人知道该如何应对。

　　智慧、勇敢与正义化身的侦探角色总是能受到观众的喜欢，丧妻的退休探长乔治·詹特利（George Gently）就是极具个性和强烈正义感的好男人，人们一提到他的名字就提心吊胆，因为他拥有能够制服伦敦臭名昭著的黑帮的铁腕手段。他和他的搭档约翰·巴克斯（John Bacchcus）一次次深入险境，解开了各种案件的层层谜团。
　　这部BBC出品的传统英伦侦探剧改编自作家艾伦·亨特的《乔治侦探》系列，在上个世纪60年代的英国上演了一幕幕老少搭档侦破案件的精彩故事。《乔治·詹特利探案》在澳大利亚、挪威、德国、比利时、荷兰、加拿大、印度、日本、法国、爱沙尼亚等多个国家播出，取得了不俗的收视成绩。
　　扮演乔治的马丁·肖是英国最受欢迎的演员之一，在他的表演生涯中，成功诠释了一百多个电视剧角色。同时，马丁·肖在戏剧舞台上更加活跃，凭借百老汇经典剧目《理想的丈夫》中的戈林勋爵这一角色，他赢得了托尼奖提名和纽约喜剧委员会奖最佳演员。而乔治的年轻搭档约翰的扮演者李·恩格里比，观众对他应该并不陌生，他就是哈利波特电影第三部《哈利波特和阿兹卡班的囚徒》中骑士公交车的车长——史坦·桑派。
　　两位不同风格的主演将经典的英伦侦探剧模式中个性十足的侦探乔治和不太情愿跟在他身后的年轻警察演绎的淋漓尽致，剧中两人配合默契，不乏幽默互动，面对扑朔迷离案件，一点点抽丝剥茧，最后查明真凶，是侦探剧迷们不可错过的佳作。

　　Astrid and Raphaëlle are back for a new round of investigations that will see them team up with the secret services, pursue a professional killer, rub shoulders with Mormons, the horse racing world, the last descendant of an Aztec tribe, a Buddhist temple, a film set and even confront a criminal who dangerously transforms under the full moon...

　　Murdoch is in Bristol, England, with no memory of who he is and two gunmen chasing him through the streets. With the help of a local pub Landlady he starts to piece together an assassination plot. In Toronto Detective Hamish Sloack is assigned to help find the missing Murdoch.

　　CW已续订《初代吸血鬼》第四季。

　　最终季

　　NBC续订了Dick Wolf大神目前手里的全部四部剧集，这也让续订了第20季的《法律与秩序：特殊受害者》将成为美剧史上最长寿的剧情类剧集，与亲戚《法律与秩序》以及《荒野大镖客》并列。此前《法律与秩序》在第20季后被砍，未能超越《荒野大镖客》成为美剧史上最长寿的剧情剧，这次SVU有希望。