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Perry Mason (CBS ALL ACCESS/Amazon Prime)
Classic black and white episodes of Perry Mason, America’s favorite lawyer, who never lost a case (on screen) are available with a CBS ALL ACCESS pass ($5.99/month). First time subscribers can get a free week of CBS ALL ACCESS now.
Through the Lens of #MeToo
Given the #metoo age we live in, it is interesting to re-watch scenes between Perry Mason and his legal secretary Della Street.
Upcoming Reboot
An HBO reboot starring Matthew Rhys (Perry Mason) and Juliet Rylance (Della Street) is still in production. The series is set in 1932 Los Angeles.
Murder, She Wrote (Amazon Prime Video)
Everyone’s favorite tea pot (Mrs. Potts in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast) is a sensation as the widowed bestseller Jessica Fletcher. Jessica lives in a small fictional fishing town in Maine where she and her friend Dr. Seth Hazlitt (William Windom) and the local sheriff (Tom Bosley as Amos Tupper and Ron Masak as Mort Metzger) put their heads together to solve mysteries.
The American Version of Miss Marple
Angela Lansbury (Jessica Fletcher) played Agatha Christie‘s Miss Marple opposite Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson in The Mirror Crack’d four years before being cast in Murder, She Wrote. And ironically, the show’s title of Murder, She Wrote was seemingly inspired by the Miss Marple movie Murder, She Said.
Psych (Amazon Prime Video)
I remember discovering PSYCH when I was a senior in university and laughing so loud I probably woke up my family late at night. James Roday, Dule Hill, Maggie Lawson (Nancy Drew, 2002) and Timothy Omundson are comedic royalty. The four of them were excellent together and did so well that they managed to make 8 seasons and a couple movies thanks to their cult following.
Where Are They Now
James Roday is starring in ABC’s A Million Little Things.
Maggie Lawson is starring in FOX’s Outmatched.
And don’t miss the upcoming movie, PSYCH 2: LASSIE COMES HOME, that is scheduled for a 2020 release on NBC’s PEACOCK app.
BOSCH (Amazon Prime Original)
Harry Bosch, Michael Connelly’s LAPD detective who is determined to get down to the truth no matter the obstacles he’ll have to face, made his debut on the page in 1992 and was modernized for Amazon Prime Video in 2014.
“Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch is a tenacious investigator with a strong personal code that drives him to seek justice for murder victims. “
POIROT (BritBox/Amazon Prime Video)
Anyone who knows me will correctly guess that Agatha Christie’s Belgium detective is my all-time favorite. David Suchet may not have been the first nor the latest actor to play Poirot but he will always be the one and only for me.
Trivia:
David Suchet previously played the role of Inspector Japp in “Thirteen at Dinner” (1985).
Suchet said that he prepared for the part by reading all the Poirot novels and short story, and copying out every piece of description about the character.
Suchet was recommended for the part by Christie’s family, who had seen him appear as Blott in the TV adaptation of Tom Sharpe’s Blott on the Landscape.
Sharing is Caring
Raymond Burr, Angela Lansbury, James Roday, Titus Welliver, and David Suchet was destined to play their iconic roles as TV detectives.
Psyche is one of my all-time faves!
murder she wrote! I want to start watching Psych. Great suggestions, thanks for sharing!
I LOVE Psych! That show is magical. Thanks for the other suggestions. Appreciate it!
Still not seen the psych movie, but the show is so good I will be binging it again
These really bring me back! Watched a lot of Murder She Wrote and Poirot with my grandmother, when I was a kid!
that’s a lovely memory! i lost both my grandmothers when i was little but i’d like to think at least one of them would be like Jessica 😉
Psych is one of my all-time favorite TV shows, it is so awesome! Monk is pretty awesome too.
i could never get into MONK. maybe it was the actor or the writing but i really found him annoying.
I used to watch Murder She Wrote when I was a child. I haven’t seen any of the others yet.
it seems a lot of us watched jessica fletcher as kids. perry mason came before jessica and is another timeless show.
OMG! Murder She Wrote brings back SO MANY memories!!!!!!! It was the ONLY TV show we were “allowed” to watch growing up! Sunday Nights!!!
it brings back lots of memories for me too. used to watch it with my cousin on family nights 😉
Thanks for the list…….surely, I’m gonna check up on some of these you listed here, rather than grab a bottle of beer when bored.
hehe. or you could grab a beer and watch the shows too 😉
I grew up with Perry Mason and Murder She Wrote, but I want to get into Psych.
Psych is a terrific addition if you like Perry and Jessica. A bit cornier but just as clever and fun.
I never heard of those shows before but will definitely check them out sometime. With all this free time, I’m surely gonna finish up watching some shows.
It’s a timely post. Here in London, the situation is almost going toward lockdown. Thanks for sharing binge-watching options.
Bosch sounds nice! I am always seeing it’s ads on TV but I have never given it so much of my time. I will begin on it, soon.
A lot of shows to binge watch. Great options to help in social distancing.
Great ideas and there are some classics! I like your choice and it’s great to have ideas to expand my own list – Knycx Journeying
I used to watch the first two years ago with my grandma. We both loved that time together. 🙂
first two years of which show? 🙂
Love love love psych, it’s such a great show to binge
and it makes you laugh laugh laugh 🙂
Classic mysteries are so cool. My husband and I love to watch them.
My mother will love these. She is a big fan of classic mystery shows.
Oh yes, thank you! I so needed some inspiration about series, I am totally going to run out 😛
Going to check out the titles that you shared especially sitting at home doing nothing much. Looking forward to another list of movies to catch.
Adding these to my list. There are so many that I haven’t seen yet!
Oh, gosh, I remember Murder She Wrote. I need to watch that one for sure. I loved it when I was a kid.
I need to check out a couple of these. I’ve already seen every Murder She Wrote and Psyche episode. I love this genre.