The closing credits originally contained a tribute to Richard Levinson, co-creator of the series, who had died of a heart attack a few days before being aired. The tribute was removed for rebroadcasts.
Ron Masak, who played Cabot Cove's Sheriff Mort Metzger from 1988 until the end of the series, first appeared in Footnote to Murder (1985) as Lt. Meyer, and also No Accounting for Murder (1987), as a sleazy NYC business owner, Marty Giles.