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Dame Agatha Christie remains the gold standard of mystery writers, not only for her productivity -- the woman wrote 80 detective novels -- but also for her permanence.

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One could argue that Sherlock Holmes is the most universally famous detective, but Arthur Conan Doyle had but one iconic offspring while Christie had two -- Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple.

Poirot 4 -- Long ago, Acorn Media released first on tapes and then on DVDs all the Hercule Poirot television versions that were based on the Agatha Christie short stories and then the longer ones based on the novels.

Watch "Poirot: Mrs. McGinty's Dead" at 10 p.m. on KCTS. Television RSS feed Tonight in Prime Time "Poirot: Mrs.

Thinking about how this new series about 'Merlin', previously shown on the BBC and now on NBC over here, led me to wonder what TV dimension should be its home.

Jamie Foxx hosts the 2009 BET Awards from Los Angeles, which is being remade at the last minute as a tribute to Michael Jackson.

WEEKEND'S MIGHT-SEE: 'Masterpiece: Mystery,' 8 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Sunday, WKAR .

The legend spins upside-down here, but an amiable tale emerges. Merlin is a likable young chap, new to a kingdom that bans magic.

Program: Masterpiece Mystery "Six by Agatha" Date: Premieres Sunday, June 21 Time: 8 p.m. Hosted by Alan Cumming Watch a preview on pbs.org With grey cells firing and knitting needles clicking, Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple make their triumphant return to PBS in "Six by Agatha," a half dozen whodunits by the greatest mystery author of all time.

David Suchet plays an older, moodier Hercule Poirot in film adaptations of two Agatha Christie novels, "Cat Among the Pigeons" and "Mrs. McGinty's Dead." The former shows on KCTS on June 21 and the latter on June 28.

Image credit: © ITV plc for MASTERPIECE David Suchet returns to his signature role as suave Belgian supersleuth Hercule Poirot in two new mysteries based on the novels of Agatha Christie.

The main characters in the imported British series "Merlin" - the would-be wizard and the future King Arthur -- are about the same age as Harry Potter and the makers are obviously intent in going after his audience.

Six by Agatha, Parts 1 and 2: "Masterpiece Mystery!" episodes. "Cat Among the Pigeons," 9 p.m. Sun.

Early in New Muslim Cool , the film kicking off the new season of POV on PBS, a radio interviewer says to Hamza Prez: "You're Muslim, American, a Puerto Rican from the hood, an artist, and a rapper.

U.S. PBS distrib American Public Television has acquired a 50-hour package of U.K. and Canadian drama from ITV Global.

Between A&E and Acorn Media, the long-running mystery series Poirot must surely rank among the most repackaged and reissued DVDs of all-time. Given the varied organizations of these boxed sets, it's to the point where interested parties wanting to collect the entire series are likely to find themselves hopelessly confused in the attempt.

You can have your Mentalist , your Lie to Me , and your Criminal Minds - when it comes to suave sleuthing, Hercule Poirot has them beat.

TV's best crime-solvers - from Lt. Columbo to Jessica Fletcher and Gil Grissom - eventually fade into reruns.

Fan taught himself to read author's 'bloody awful handwriting' to unlock mystery contained within 73 notebooks at Devon house The actor David Suchet as Agatha Christie's pompous Belgium sleuth, Hercule Poirot.