第四季将采用不同的结构。在之前的季节中，每一集长篇剧集都会呈现一个新的谜题。而第四季将会在整个季节中讲述一个贯穿始终的故事。
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.
Golden Globe® winner Angela Lansbury returns as mystery writer Jessica Fletcher, and with more 'Cabot Cove Syndrome' happening, more people are turning up dead wherever she ventures. Jessica (Lansbury) is the only one clever enough to read between the lines and see the clues nobody else knew were there. Along for the chase are amazing guest stars like Harvey Fierstein (Independence Day), Jon Polito (Miller's Crossing), David Soul (Starsky & Hutch), Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother), plus many others.
伯纳·布莱克（迪兰·莫兰 Dylan Moran 饰）是伦敦最荒唐的书店店主。他的书店脏乱不堪，营业时间随心所欲，财务状况乱七八糟。伯纳自己则是蓬头垢面，嗜烟好酒，脾气暴躁，想打烊了就拿着扩音器和扫帚驱赶顾客，还会因为懒得订书而不愿把书卖光。书店隔壁礼品店的女老板弗兰（ 塔姆辛·格雷格 Tamsin Greig 饰）时常过来帮伯纳看店，是伯纳唯一的朋友。她喜欢搜集各种稀奇古怪的玩意儿，感情生活乱作一团。 一天伯纳的会计逃跑了。没了会计的伯纳算账到抓狂，崩溃之际遇到了曼尼（比尔·贝利 Bill Bailey 饰）。曼尼随和忍让，受到弗兰和顾客们的欢迎。伯纳在弗兰逼迫下不情愿的聘用了曼尼，从此布莱克书店里每天都上演着令人捧腹的荒诞戏码。 本剧全三季，主演迪兰·莫兰亦是剧集编剧。
Starz公布了《血肉之躯》（Flesh and Bone）的剧照，并宣布该剧近日正式开机拍摄。该剧是一部以芭蕾舞为背景的黑色剧集，故事主要描述外表华丽光鲜的芭蕾舞世界所隐藏的「肮脏」的幕后秘密。年轻的芭蕾舞演员Claire Robbins（Sarah Hay）如愿加入纽约最富盛名的芭蕾舞剧团，但她有一段不堪回首的往事，这导致她的情感很脆弱，有自毁倾向。她既是个单纯的天真女孩，也是个极具野心的世故女孩。她是个有天赋的舞蹈演员，但她的心魔和过于脱离实际的志向可能驱使她走上一条未知的道路。
