Murder, She Wrote Season 3, Episode 8
"Magnum on Ice"
Original Airdate: Nov. 23, 1986
Writer: Robert E. Swanson
Director: Peter Crane
Cast: Angela Lansbury, Tom Selleck, John Hillerman, Kwan Hi Lim, Harry Endo, Ramon Bieri, Stephanie Faracy, Dorothy Loudon, Jared Martin, John McMartin, Andrew Prine, Jessica Walter
Tonight on Murder, She Wrote, we've got the conclusion to a two-part crossover. Newcomers to MSW might expect J.B. Fletcher to join forces with other AARP members like Ben Matlock, Dr. Mark Sloan (of Diagnosis: Murder), Columbo (another Levinson and Link creation), or Father Dowling (Tom Bosley's next stop after he exits this series). Instead, the series only ever crosses over with one other CBS drama: Magnum, P.I. By 1986, Magnum was in its seventh, penultimate season. Maybe if they'd worked Jessica and Magnum's sexy bathrobe scene into the first half of the crossover, it might've given that series a longer lease on life. Who's to say?