2024-10-01
Someone stabs a carnival magician (Bradford Dillman) who made the receipts disappear. Joanna: Cindy Pickett. Don: Charles Siebert. Binyon: Thom Bierdz. Lisa: Lisa Lawrence. Toby: Judson Mills. Jessica: Angela Lansbury. (Repeat).
Death by snakebite at the zoo uncovers a nest of human vipers. Gilford: Jerry Hardin. Bea: Corinne Bohrer. Joyce: Susan Blakely. Ted: Taylor Nichols. Ray: John Dye. Kelly: Lisa Darr. Caceras: Gregory Sierra. Angela Lansbury. (Repeat).
A novelist is kidnapped in Amsterdam, leading to a gem of a mystery involving diamond and arms smugglers. Allison: Joseph Maher. De Kooning: Richard Lynch. Biddle: Marcus Gilbert. Lydia: Leann Hunley. Van Horn: Theodore Bikel. Monika: Camilla Soeberg. (Repeat).
During the making of a film, an incriminating document surfaces to tarnish the image of a Cabot Cove hero. Hawkes: Jeffrey Nordling. Edith: Gail Strickland. Nancy: Judith Hoag. Scott: Todd Eric Andrews. Kendall: Anthony Heald. Louise: Pierrette Grace. (Repeat).
Matlock defends a journalist who claims to have killed an underworld figure in self defense. Part 1 of 2. Jerri: Carol Huston. Ellen: Linda Kelsey. Brad: Mark Hutter. Frank: Tony Carreiro. (Repeat).
Conclusion. Thanks to some detective work by Jerri, Matlock is able to approach the Barrett case from a new angle. Ellen: Linda Kelsey. Brad: Mark Hutter. Frank: Tony Carreiro. (Repeat).
Dr. Sloan revs up to find out who's behind the death of a stock-car racer killed in a speedway crash. Mary Ann: Marina Sirtis. Eddie: R.D. Call. Nichols: James Morrison. Steve: Barry Van Dyke. (Repeat).
Managed care is murder---at least that's what Dr. Sloan thinks after red-tape delays involving an HMO result in the death of a young patient in the ER. Betty: Davenia McFadden. Dr. Holbein: Neil Dickson. Pinter: Jason Schombing. Lomax: Richard Fancy. (Repeat).
Security guard Ryan Matthews arrives to ID the body of his murdered ex, only to find that it's not her. Ryan: Gary Graham. Kate: Pam Tillis. Tess: Elise Shirley. Gavin: Troy Evans. Dr. Sloan: Dick Van Dyke. Steve: Barry Van Dyke. Patrick Norton: Joseph Whipp. (Repeat).
Murder is served up when Jesse volunteers to choose the caterer for the annual Benefactor's Ball. Gaylord: Pat Morita. Emerson Horne: Don Most. Willy: Conrad Janis. Fred: David L. Lander. Cynthia: Erin Moran. Dr. Sloan: Dick Van Dyke. (Repeat).
Columbo digs up the corpus delicti---but not the corpse---when a magazine publisher (Deidre Hall) disappears after deciding to sell out her lover-partner of 12 years. Sean Brantley: Ian Buchanan. Tina: Rebecca Staab. Sir Harry Matthews: Alan Scarfe. (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).
Columbo tangles with a businessman who killed his partner for embezzling. Brandt: Theodore Bikel. Vivian: Samantha Eggar. Hastings: Sorrell Booke. Sergeant Burke: Todd Martin. Marks: Kenneth Mars. Danziger: Basil Hoffman. (Repeat).
After a student is found dead, English professor Amy uses her crime fiction skills to solve the case while working alongside detective Travis. (Repeat).
The local theater is producing a mystery that crime fiction expert Amy unearthed. When one of the actress' life is threatened, Amy & Travis must uncover which character is playing for keeps. (Repeat).
A guest at the college book festival is killed, and Amy and Travis clash after he arrests an unlikely person for murder. Amy must fight to prove he's got the wrong person behind bars. (Repeat).
A tech genius dies while Amy heads to Seattle to give a TEDTalk-style lecture, and she suspects foul play. When local cops shut her out, Travis joins forces with Amy to figure out whodunit. (Repeat).
Jessica's vacation is anything but when a friend's son squares off in a dirty election campaign against a candidate with a secret. Jeff: Ted W. Henning. Thompson: Tom Hallick. Danny: Robert Duncan McNeill. Liz: Gretchen German. Matt: Ken Howard. Rebecca: Nina Foch. (Repeat).