Nero Wolfe
There is a series of 2-hour shows on A&E called Nero Wolfe, based on the books by Rex Stout about a curmudgeonly detective who enjoys fine food and growing orchids and does detective work to support both habits. His sidekick, Archie Goodwin, is played by Timothy Hutton, who also directs and executively produces. It's great stuff, and new episodes are coming in January 2002. 
"It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt."
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