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{{short description|US television series}}

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{{Infobox television
|image       = Mystery! title card (1989).png
|caption     = Title card (1989)
|genre       = [[Anthology]]<br>[[mystery film|Mystery]]
|presenter   = [[Gene Shalit]]<br>[[Vincent Price]]<br>[[Diana Rigg]]
|country     = United States<br>United Kingdom
|first_aired = {{start date|1980|2|5}}
|last_aired  = {{end date|2007|10|14}}
|network = [[PBS]]
|language    = English
|company = [[WGBH-TV|WGBH]] <br> (component programs produced by various entities including the [[BBC]] and [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] operators)
}}
'''''Mystery!''''' is an [[anthology television series]] produced by [[WGBH-TV|WGBH]] Boston for [[PBS]] in the United States.

The series was created as a [[mystery fiction|mystery]], [[police drama|police]] and [[crime drama]] spin-off of the PBS show ''[[Masterpiece Theatre]]''. From 1980 to 2007, ''Mystery!'' aired mostly British crime series purchased from or co-produced with the [[BBC television drama|BBC]] or [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] and adapted from British mystery fiction. In 2002, due to pressure to include more American material, a series based on the novels of US mystery writer [[Tony Hillerman]] was produced, but the vast majority of ''Mystery!'' programming has always been and continues to be British literary adaptations co-produced with UK-based production companies.

In 2008, PBS combined ''Mystery!'' with its predecessor ''Masterpiece Theatre'' under the umbrella title ''[[Masterpiece (TV series)|Masterpiece]]'', which includes the sub-brands ''Masterpiece Classic'', ''Masterpiece Mystery!'', and ''Masterpiece Contemporary''.