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In early 1984 CBS network executive Harvey Shepard approaches Richard Levinson and William Link about creating a mystery series Murder She Wrote centered around a female protagonist. They, in turn, contact Peter S. Fischer, and the three of them wrote a pilot episode. Jean Stapleton is envisioned as the female lead for the series Murder She Wrote, but for a variety of reasons she rejects the part. Angela Lansbury, who has been quietly expressing interest in starring in a television series, is suggested as the next choice, an idea Shepard supports. The trio contact Angela Lansbury for a meeting. Angela meets with Shepard, Levinson, Link, and Fische. She took the weekend to weight their offer versus another prospective role in an upcoming Norman Lear sitcom which was supposed to be around the same time. Intrigued by the character and potential of Jessica and by the fact that the show is considered a “long shot,” she accepts Levinson and Link’s offer. In April 1984 filming began and the series Murder She Wrote was born. Murder She Wrote dvd revolved around the day-to-day life of a retired English teacher who, after being widowed in her early fifties, became a very successful mystery writer. Despite fame and fortune, Jessica stayed as a resident of Cabot Cove, a coastal town in Maine, and maintained her links with all of her old friends, never letting her success and fame go to her head. Murder She Wrote dvd, in most episodes, Jessica would somehow become entangled in a murder investigation. The police were almost always willing to arrest the most likely suspect, but Jessica invariably felt that the so-called guilty party wasn't responsible. Carefully and methodically piecing the clues together and asking questions that no one else had thought of, she always managed to trap the guilty party — who, given the series' "special guest star" policy, was often played by a famous film or TV personality. A Sunday-evening tradition for over a decade, CBS decided to move Murder She Wrote dvd from its winning slot to Thursdays during its twelfth and final season. This was due to a restructuring plan to attract a younger audience to Sunday night. The news was much to Lansbury’s dismay, as CBS were apparently willing to let the show flounder and die due to its age and high production costs. Murder She Wrote dvd was forced to compete with NBC's extremely popular Friends. Ratings plummeted and in March of 1996 CBS announced that the twelfth season of Murder She Wrote dvd would definitely be its last. However, the final four episodes were allowed to reoccupy Sunday nights and, not surprisingly, ratings improved. The show ended its twelve-year run quietly with an episode titled Death by Demographics.