《东北一家人》开播后红遍了大江南北,讲述的是东北一个普通人家的故事。在长春生活着这么一家有趣的人,老爸牛大爷(李琦 饰)退休前曾是劳模,退休后也不闲着,整体好管闲事;儿子牛小伟原先也在牛大爷的工厂里当工人,当时正值90年代国企改革,小伟成了下岗工人,下岗后的他不闲着,下 海在自家的小区附近开起了小饭馆;女儿职中毕业了一时还没找到工作。这么一家人在街坊街里闹了不少笑话,他们生活的点点滴滴成了人们茶余饭后津津乐道的趣闻。
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.