Editing Murder, She Wrote (section)

==Awards and honors==
Over its 12 year run ''Murder, She Wrote'' received numerous award nominations. Lansbury herself holds the record for the most Emmy nominations for outstanding lead actress in a drama series with twelve, one for each season. She never won, which is also a record. [[Mary Dodson]], the [[art director]] for 102 of the series' 264 episodes, received three [[Emmy Awards|Emmy]] nominations for her work on ''Murder, She Wrote''.<ref name=thr>{{cite news|first=Mike|last=Barnes|title=Mary Weaver Dodson, Art Director on 'Murder, She Wrote', Dies at 83|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mary-weaver-dodson-dead-murder-868089|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=February 21, 2016|access-date=March 13, 2016|archive-date=October 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007024355/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mary-weaver-dodson-dead-murder-868089|url-status=live}}</ref> In total, the show was nominated for 41 Emmys.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Murder, She Wrote|url=https://www.emmys.com/shows/murder-she-wrote|access-date=2021-10-31|website=Television Academy|language=en|archive-date=October 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011195741/https://www.emmys.com/shows/murder-she-wrote|url-status=live}}</ref>

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! Group
! Award
! Years
! Result
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series|Outstanding Drama Series]]
| 1985–87
| {{nominated}}
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series]] <small>(Angela Lansbury)</small>
| 1985–96
| {{nominated}}
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)|Outstanding Music Composition for a Series]] <small>(John Addison)</small>
| 1985<ref name="latimes1991">{{cite news|title=Television: Angela Lansbury is miffed that her top-rated series, a CBS bulwark, is routinely ignored at Emmy time: 'The industry is barely aware the show exists.'|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=September 13, 1991|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-09-13-ca-2283-story.html|access-date=October 20, 2010|first=Rick|last=Du Brow|archive-date=September 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913202737/http://articles.latimes.com/1991-09-13/entertainment/ca-2283_1_tv-industry|url-status=live}}</ref>
| {{won}}
|-
| Outstanding Music Composition for a Series <small>(Bruce Babcock)</small>
| 1993, 1995
| {{nominated}}
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Series|Outstanding Costume Design for a Series]] <small>(Alfred E. Lehman)</small>
| 1986<ref name="latimes1991"/>
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Golden Globe Award]]s
| rowspan="2"| Best TV Series—Drama
| 1984, 1985
| {{won}}
|-
| 1986–89
| {{nominated}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series—Drama <small>(Angela Lansbury)</small>
| 1984, 1986, 1989 & 1991
| {{won}}
|- 
| 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992 & 1994
| {{nominated}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Edgar Award]]s
| Best Episode of a TV Series <small>("Deadly Lady")</small>
| 1985
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Episode of a TV Series <small>("The Dead File")</small>
| 1993
| {{nominated}}
|-
| [[Screen Actors Guild Awards]]
| Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series—Drama <small>(Angela Lansbury)</small>
| 1994
| {{nominated}}
|}