2024-07-02
In Texas, a fan (Jane Withers) posing as Jessica dies in an improbable car accident after snooping into a suspected dog-show scandal. Kit Parkins: Betty Garrett. Lawrence: Lyman Ward. Lisa McCauley: Jamie Rose. Boone Willoughby: Max Baer. (Repeat).
A pie-factory owner, under pressure to pay the dough the IRS claims she owes, is suspected of murdering the key witness against her---her ex-husband (Macon McCalman). Wellstood: Gregg Henry. Yelverton: Max Wright. Jessica: Angela Lansbury. (Repeat).
An argument over stud fees ends in murder. (Repeat).
Anger and death await a bank robber (Donnelly Rhodes) thought dead for 20 years when he reappears to see his daughter. Bonnie: Claudia Christian. Elton Summers: Don Galloway. Dave: Larry Wilcox. Herb Walsh: Robert Lansing. Gil Blocker: Andrew Prine. (Repeat).
Matlock's gift of gab serves him well in his defense of a TV producer accused of giving an obnoxious talk-show host the ax---literally. Lisa Bateman: Teri Austin. Leeanne Wilson: Leann Hunley. Judge Cordante: Kathryn Leigh Scott. Katherine Randolph: Samantha Eggar. (Repeat).
When a woman is stabbed to death, her lover is charged with the murder, but Matlock theorizes that her embittered paraplegic husband committed the crime. Bret Howell: Guy Boyd. Jackie Estes: Caitlin O'Heaney. Cathy Gordon: Patrie Allen. Matlock: Andy Griffith. (Repeat).
A psychic (Tracy Nelson) from a specious infomercial claims to have had a vision of a murder. Jesse: Charlie Schlatter. Dr. Sloan: Dick Van Dyke. Craig Wohlman: George Hamilton. Sylvana Kent: Roxanne Bedford. Zalman Bain: David Wells. Amanda: Victoria Rowell. (Repeat).
Murderous threats are being made against call girls and the coauthor of their racy book. Meanwhile, Amanda learns her marriage wasn't legal. Dr. Sloan: Dick Van Dyke. Janet: Susan Powter. Melissa: Jeri Lynn Ryan. Rick Dees: Himself. Carrie: Cyndi Pass. Amanda: Victoria Rowell. (Repeat).
Dr. Sloan suspects a TV homemaker (Vicki Lawrence) is behind the electrocution of a shock-jock (Morton Downey Jr.). Marsh: Steve Eastin. Briggs: Michael Tucci. Steve: Barry Van Dyke. Stage Manager: Carey Eidel. Rosie: Mimi Lieber. Amanda: Victoria Rowell. (Repeat).
A Middle Eastern dignitary murders a spy and pins the blame on a clerk. Columbo: Peter Falk. Hassan Sallah: Hector Elizondo. King: Barry Robins. (Repeat).
A matador kills his friend by placing him in the ring with a ferocious bull. Columbo: Peter Falk. Montoya: Ricardo Montalban. Sanchez: Pedro Armendariz. (Repeat).
Columbo investigates a TV detective who murders his producer. Ward Fowler: William Shatner. Claire Daley: Lola Albright. Sid Daley: Alan Manson. Mark Davis: Bert Remsen. Sergeant Johnson: Walter Koenig. Walter Gray: Frank Baxter. Tony: Timothy Carey. (Repeat).
A museum curator kills her brother, who was trying to close their institution. Peter Falk. Ruth: Joyce Van Patten. Phyllis: Celeste Holm. Janie: Jeannie Berlin. Edward: Tim O'Connor. Shaeffer: Peter S. Feibleman. Sergeant Miller: Jon Miller. Tim: Jess Osuna. Darryl: Anthony Holland. (Repeat).
A librarian with keen investigative skills tries to solve her friend's puzzling murder before the culprit targets her as well. Based on a novel by Charlaine Harris. (Repeat).
A member of Aurora's crime-buff club is killed in a manner similar to a case discussed by the club, and fellow members could be future targets. Aurora sets out to find the murderer, and she gets assistance from a visiting mystery writer. (Repeat).
Aurora works in real estate to assist her mom and discovers a body at her first house showing. While the police launch an official investigation, a curious Aurora does some sleuthing on her own. (Repeat).
Aurora buys her dream home, and then she learns it has a curious history: The family who used to live there vanished without a trace. Before long, Aurora sets out to find out what happened to them. (Repeat).
A ventriloquist (Grant Shaud) dummies up after the wooden buddy he reported kidnapped is found in a locked room with the corpse of a comedy club's owner (Georgia Brown). Gelardi: Marty Ingels. Dennis: Keith Michell. Brenda: Teri Copley. DiMarco: Lyle Waggoner. (Repeat).