I must have missed that first episode, becke! Darn it! I was planning to watch it, too, as the trailers looked good to me. Kathy Bates is one of our best American actresses, although I think she is often underrated. She also has great comedic timing, which is not always the case with dramatic actresses.
Since the title of this thread is "What's your favorite detective/mystery show?", I have to say that right now it is "New Tricks." I also like "Foyle's War," and any episode featuring David Suchet as Hercule Poirot. I notice that early episodes of "Prime Suspect" starring Helen Mirren and "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" starring Jeremy Brett are also being aired at present. That kind of covers my favorite British mysteries. ( I have the feeling that I have left something out, but it will probably come to me later, or else someone else will mention it in here)
For American mysteries, right now I enjoy watching "Bones," "NCIS,"and "Num3ers." I will also watch "Criminal Minds," and any of the variations of Law and Order that are on, although my favorites are those featuring Mariska Hargitay and Chris Meloni.
I'd also like to mention some of the classic or older mysteries I've enjoyed in the past:
Columbo(the early years), Hawaii Five-O, The Rockford Files, Magnum PI, Murder She Wrote, and probably my most favorite of all, Remington Steele, which featured a young Pierce Brosnan. Shoot, I can't leave out Perry Mason, as I still watch that in re-runs, although they are on late at night(one advantage of being an occasional insomniac is finding interesting programs on TV!)There have been two productions of Nero Wolfe mysteries--one, back in the 1970's( as I remember) featured William Conrad as the fat detective and Lee Horsley as Archie Goodwin. A&E Network did a more recent version, produced by Timothy Hutton, who played Archie Goodwin.
" A murder mystery is the normal recreation of the noble mind."--Sister Carol Anne O' Marie
