Morse is taken seriously ill at a museum reception and is hospitalized. In the hospital, Supt. Strange, visits Morse to push him to take early retirement, while Dr. Millicent 'Millie' Van Buren gives him her book on a 140 year-old court case known as the Oxford Canal Murders. The case involved the murder and rape of a young woman, Mrs Joanna Franks, traveling by canal boat from Coventry to London. The case resulted in three boatmen being sentenced to death and two of them hanged. Morse starts to read Millie's book and dreams about it. He soon has a number of problems with the case.
　　Why weren't the three men also charged with theft? Why did Mrs Franks take a boat instead of a train that was much faster and comfortable and only slightly more expensive? Why didn't she abandon the boat after she complained about lewd behavior of the crew at the shipping office in Banbury? Why did she then drink and 'socialise' with the crew? What happened to her 'carpet bag' with which she arrived on the boat but which was not mentioned in the court case, nor was it stored in the archives with her, almost empty, trunk? The trunk was marked with initials of her first husband who had died. How did it happen that her shoes were found on the boat but nobody saw her return to the boat from the forest?
　　PC Adrian Kershaw does some brilliant leg work for Morse. He studied history and has invaluable background knowledge. For instance, he mentions that the boatmen had bad reputation because they worked on Sundays and did not attend church. Later a chapel was built for them in Oxford.
　　The dead woman's clothes and the shoes found on the boat are submitted to modern forensic investigation. The result is that the shoes did not belong to the dead woman found in the water because she was much taller.The shoes were never used in the forest.
　　Only Mrs Franks' husband, Charles Franks, was called to identify the body of the dead woman. He claimed that, while her face was darkened and disfigured, he found a birth mark behind her ear. The prosecutor welcomed that information "that only a husband or a lover would know". The accused were not shown the body. The defense attorney merely claimed that the guilt of the three men was not proved. All three accused claimed to the end that they were innocent. One of them was not executed because he embraced Christianity in prison.
　　Morse instructs Kershaw to investigate if Charles Franks benefited from his wife's death and, indeed, he pocketed 300 pounds insurance money. Case closed: Charles Franks murdered a tall women and dropped her in the canal after meeting Joanna in the forest. If Joanna Franks jumped off the boat at the same time as the dead body hit the water, she swam to the bank and joined her husband. The couple changed their names, in the case of 'Charles Franks' a second time after he 'died' as Joanna's first husband. The fourth boatman, a youngster who was not charged, was probably paid by Joanna to give false testimony.
　　Morse travels to Ireland and has a grave of Joanna's first husband exhumed. The coffin contains bags of sand and some stones.

　　《吸血鬼日记》由美国女作家L.J.史密斯的同名畅销系列小说改编而成。
　　第四季的剧情会围绕变成吸血鬼的Elena（妮娜·杜波夫 Nina Dobrev 饰）展开。变身让她想起了和之前被Damen（伊恩·萨默海尔德 Ian Somerhalder 饰）抹去的记忆，这会是她和Stefan（保罗·韦斯利 Paul Wesley 饰）的关系产生新的裂痕。附身到Tyler身上的klaus和Caroline之间到底有怎样的进展？真正的Tyler又去哪了呢？Elena在知道真相后又会有怎样的举动？而Jeremy面对变成吸血鬼的姐姐会有什么反应，Elena自己又如何接受这样的事实呢？

　　本剧的主人公是有着10年经验的资深警员Angie Tribeca（Rashida Jones）。Angie是一头「独狼」，说话太直率，因此很难与人相处。她的顶头上司、严肃认真的老警长Chet Atkins（Jere Burns）要求每名警察都必须有一个搭档，Angie对此颇为反感……但她必须接受，于是她的新搭档（Hayes Macarthur）来了。

　　本套剧集最初创意来自于恐怖片导演米克•加利斯（Mick Garris），2002年他和一众业内同好在加州共餐。席间他们相谈甚欢，惺惺相惜。在此之后，加利斯召集席间的10位导演以及其他恐怖流的高手相约共同打造一套恐怖片剧集。2005年，加利斯身兼制作人和导演两个职务，打造出每集1小时的“恐怖大师”系列（总共两季26集），唐•卡斯卡尔利、斯图尔特•戈登、三池崇史、约翰•麦克诺顿、鹤田法男等名声显赫的导演相继参与其中，联合为恐怖片爱好者奉上惊险刺激的恐怖盛宴。
　　本剧集荣获2006年艾美奖杰出主题音乐奖、2006年Sitges – Catalonian国际电影节最佳剧本和评委会特别奖。

　　Godfather of Harlem Season 2 finds Bumpy Johnson battling the New York Crime Families for control of the lucrative and murderous “French Connection,” the pipeline for heroin that runs from Marseilles to New York Harbor.  With a distribution syndicate that includes black crime bosses from other major U.S. cities, Bumpy takes a cue from his friend Malcolm X’s message of black economic nationalism. His ambitious plan will face challenges from not only the Italians but his wife Mayme, daughter Elise, rival Adam Clayton Powell, prosecutor Robert Morgenthau, and even Malcolm himself.  Once again, Godfather of Harlem explores the collision of the criminal underworld and civil rights in the colorful, tumultuous year of 1964.

　　NBC宣布续订《黑名单》第五季。

　　从前有个畅销罪案小说作家，遇到了一位干练美丽的高妹警探，从此便如跟屁虫一般穿着写有“作家”的防弹背心跟随着她。他们一起办过不少奇异的案子，建筑工地的冰冻女尸啦，万圣节被木桩钉死的吸血鬼啦，性虐俱乐部谜团啦，再就是跟“绝望主妇”一起抓连环杀手，跟“英雄”一起反恐神马的。他俩眉来眼去，情深意切，却总是点到为止。第三季结尾，贝克特中枪，大叔那句我爱你会不会说得太迟呢？当然不迟——第四季的结尾他们终于……

　　根据漫画《萨布丽娜的惊心冒险》(The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina)改编的未定名新剧由Netflix接手开发，直接预定两季，共20集。将与CW大热新剧《河谷镇》共处一个宇宙，两剧都是根据阿奇漫画改编。萨布丽娜是阿奇漫画中最受欢迎的角色之一，但没有出现在《河谷镇》里，九月时CW宣布将开发她的单人剧集，也有了说法。
　　故事聚焦年轻女巫Sabrina Spellman，她半人半巫，致力于与威胁到她自己、家庭以及人类性命的邪恶势力作斗争。充满超自然、恐怖、魔法、巫术等元素，风格类似《罗斯玛丽的婴儿》和《驱魔人》。
　　制作班底和《河谷镇》一样，Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa任编剧，Lee Toland Krieger执导，华纳电视部门和Berlanti Productions制片。THR消息源透露将会背靠背拍摄，明年2-6月拍第一季，6-10月拍第二季。

　　本剧叙述在野党影子内阁成员Jim Hacker在帮助本党大选获胜之后得到行政事务部（DAA）部长的职务，从此开始面对以部秘书Sir Humphrey Appleby为首的公务员体系，而他的公派私人秘书、同属公务员的Bernard则夹在了当中。在Hacker所代表的政客以及Appleby所代表的公务员之间因施政而发生的种种冲突之中，两人的关系不停地发生变化，既有互相捂盖子，也有互相揭老底。与此同时，英国政治体制（包括政党体制和公务员体制）中的种种不为外人所知弊端和黑幕也展现在观众眼前。当然所有这些都是通过大量喜剧情节和台词展开。在本系列后半部分的《Yes Prime Minister》中，Hacker通过党内角力当上了首相，而Appleby也已先他一步当上了首相秘书，两人的故事移到唐宁街10号继续展开。

　　本剧主人公是一个绰号为“Fleabag”的单身女子（菲比·沃勒-布里奇 Phoebe Waller-Bridge 饰），故事围绕着Fleabag的伦敦生活展开。
　　她原本和最好的朋友Boo合伙在伦敦经营着一家咖啡厅，然而她的生活因好朋友的意外去世而发生变化。Fleabag的伦敦生活非常不如人意：和姐姐Claire（茜安·克利福德 Sian Clifford 饰）的关系疏远；爸爸选择和继母生活而忽视女儿；男朋友又一次提出分手；最让她难受的是，现在的生活看似早已恢复正常，但是昔日好朋友的身影时常闪现。往日和如今的场景相互交叠，暗涌的情绪找不到适当的宣泄口，Fleabag伦敦生活的走向会是如何……

　　本剧改编自普利策获奖作家Richard Russo的小说《正统丑角 Straight Man》，是一个发生在雷尔顿学院里的中年危机故事，由William Henry Devereaux Jr.以第一人称讲述。William在宾夕法尼亚州铁锈地带一所资金严重不足的学院里，担任着并非大家想象中那样的英语系主任。
　　原著中，William Henry Devereaux Jr.是一个对什么都不太情愿的人。他的这种不情愿一部分来源于自己的性格，他生来就是一个无政府主义者，还有一部分源于他所在的系，比巴尔干半岛还要分裂。在一周的时间里，Devereaux将被一个愤怒的同事弄得鼻青脸肿，想象自己的妻子与学院院长有婚外情，怀疑是否有一位曲线优美的兼职老师试图用桃子核引诱他，并威胁要在当地电视台处决一只鹅。这一过程中，Devereaux将与风流的父亲、对自己年轻时承诺的背弃，以及身体某些重要功能的不祥故障达成和解。

　　《新成长的烦恼》(又名《平民天后》)由美国迪士尼公司制作，是一部以青春期少年生活和学习为主题的电视剧。
　　该剧以少女Lizzie（希拉里·达芙 Hilary Duff 饰）和她的同学Miranda（拉蕾妮 Lalaine 饰）、Gordo（亚当·兰伯格 Adam Lamberg 饰）的校园经历为主线，以Lizzie的弟弟Matt和父母的故事为副线，用轻喜剧的方式生动、幽默地向观众展示了美国中学生的生活状况和情感历程。十几岁孩子的那些不安分的小动作、口中说的时髦语言、个性鲜明的行为举止，以及青少年朋友之间的小矛盾等，许许多多发生在女主角Lizzie身边的趣事和青春期少男少女特有的尴尬、痛苦与挫折，都成为本剧吸引青少年观众的收视法宝。