Dame Due to star Octavia Spencer, who won an Oscar for The Help, a pilot episode was ordered last October. Deadline reported that TV network NBC had now pulled the plug on the show. Dame Angela, who played amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher in the original series, told the BBC she was "terribly pleased and relieved" by the news. She added: "Octavia Spencer is a superb actress. She had no business being put into a situation that she couldn't win."
23 million viewers
The original was one of the most successful series in TV history with Lansbury playing mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher in 264 episodes from 1984-1996. It the height of its popularity, Murder, She Wrote attracted 23 million viewers in the US. Lansbury won four Golden Globes and 12 consecutive Emmy nominations for her performance. In the remake, Spencer was to be a hospital administrator who dabbled in detective work. When the plans were announced, Lansbury said she was not happy they were using the same title."So I'm sorry that they have to use the title Murder, She Wrote, even though they have access to it and it's their right."
Angela Lansbury says she is "relieved" a planned remake of her detective show Murder, She Wrote has been scrapped.
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