Movie connections for
"Murder, She Wrote" (1984)

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Follows

The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (1984) (TV)

Followed by

Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest (1997) (TV)
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For (2000) (TV)
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man (2001) (TV)
Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle (2003) (TV)

Spin off

"The Law and Harry McGraw" (1987)
 -  centres around the character of Harry McGraw, who originated in Murder, She Wrote.

Referenced in

"St. Elsewhere: Murder, She Rote (#3.21)" (1985)
 -  title reference
"Magnum, P.I.: Novel Connection (#7.9)" (1986)
 -  Features the character of Jessica Fletcher as played by Angela Lansbury.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987) (TV)
"Wings: Murder She Roast (#2.21)" (1991)
 -  The title is a reference to the title of that show.
Exclusive (1992) (TV)
 -  "This is not an episode of Murder, She Wrote"
Jimmy Hollywood (1994)
"Murphy Brown: Burger, She Wrote (#7.5)" (1994)
 -  title reference
"Boy Meets World: The Uninvited (#2.5)" (1994)
 -  Alan says he was watching Angela Lansbury solve crimes on the couch.
"Saturday Night Live: David Duchovny/Rod Stewart (#20.20)" (1995)
 -  Mentioned in Zagat's
"Married with Children: The Joke's on Al (#10.27)" (1996)
 -  Lucky: "I've seen 15 'Murder, She Wrotes' that started like this."
Chasing Amy (1997)
Hacks (1997/I)
 -  Richard Kind's character is writing new episodes
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
The Bad Boys of Saturday Night Live (1998) (TV)
 -  Mentioned during Zagats
Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery (1998) (TV)
 -  title reference
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Adam Sandler (1999) (TV)
 -  Mentioned in Zagat's
"Dawson's Creek: Sex, She Wrote (#2.11)" (1999)
 -  title reference
The Sky Is Falling (2000)
Gossip (2000/I)
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Smashed (#6.9)" (2001)
 -  Buffy: (to Spike) Way to go with the keen observy-ness Jessica Fletcher.
The Flying Car (2002) (TV)
American Psycho II: All American Girl (2002) (V)
"Tripping the Rift: The Devil and a Guy Named Webster (#1.5)" (2004)
 -  Mentioned by Emmanuel Lewis
"Will & Grace: Company (#7.4)" (2004)
 -  "Murder, He/She wrote"
The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
 -  Cal: "You can f*ck her while she watches 'Murder, She Wrote'."
Grandma's Boy (2006)
 -  J.P. to Grandma Lilly - "Hey. It's 4 o'clock. Murder She Wrote is on."
"ProSieben Märchenstunde, Die: Rapunzel oder Mord ist ihr Hobby (#1.2)" (2006)
 -  the title refers to "Mord ist ihr Hobby", the German title of "Murder, She Wrote"
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Diff'rent Strokes' (2006) (TV)
 -  This show is one of the squares on the network schedule board.
"Scrubs: My Night to Remember (#6.11)" (2007)
 -  one of the girls' names that Dr. Cox uses for J.D.
"Psych: Meat is Murder, But Murder is Also Murder (#2.6)" (2007)
 -  Uncle Burton mentions it.
"Torchwood: Sleeper (#2.2)" (2008)
 -  Owen asks Gwen, "All right, Jessica Fletcher, who did it?"
"Muchachada nui: (#2.9)" (2008)
 -  referenced in segment "Mundo Viejuno: Por favor, muérdeme".

Featured in

The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1995) (TV)
 -  clips
"Biography: Angela Lansbury: A Balancing Act" (1998)
 -  scenes shown
Bride of Chucky (1998)
Undercover Brother (2002)
CBS at 75 (2003) (TV)
 -  a clip is featured
"I Love the 80's 3-D" (2005)
 -  They showed clips of it.

Spoofed in

Stay Tuned (1992)
"Roseanne: Another Mouth to Shut Up (#8.20)" (1996)
 -  Roseanne says to Darlene that she learned from "Murder she wrote" when something is wrong
"Family Guy: Brian: Portrait of a Dog (#1.7)" (1999)
 -  Characters watch a spoof of this on television.
"Spaced: Ends (#1.7)" (1999)
 -  Daisy's typing spree is set to the theme tune from this movie, it spoofs the opening sequence of the show which is a sequence of similar shots to the same music.
"Daria: Murder, She Snored (#4.4)" (2000)
 -  The title is taken directly from this show, also Daria imitates Jessica Fletcher

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