Much to the dismay of her fiance, Hannah investigates the discovery of a skeleton found amid the rubble of a building that's undergoing renovation.

Hannah solves a murder while her relationship with Mike is on the rocks.

Hannah meets a new side of law and order as she investigates a murder and crosses paths with by-the-books prosecuting attorney Chad Norton; Delores has a secret.

Hannah and Chad flirt with their own paths to solve the same murder while working to clear a colleague who is implicated in the crime. Meanwhile, Delores gets her big break. Stars Alison Sweeney, Victor Webster and Barbara Niven.

Hannah's favorite reality show takes over "The Cookie Jar." When the producer is found dead, Hannah and Norman team up to track down the killer. Chad invites Hannah to court.

When Hannah's customer and Delores' theater rival is murdered, Hannah must find her killer in order to save her mother's reputation; Chad and Hannah's romance blossoms.

Family friend Poppy Wilson returns to Lawrenceton, but when she is killed, Aurora must face uncomfortable truths to solve the mystery of her killer's identity.

While traveling with her publisher's assistant in Amish country, Jessica's involvement in a traffic mishap leads her to a murder.

Jessica comes to the aid of a small-town diner's owner (Dee Wallace Stone), who becomes an outcast when she is blamed for three arsenic poisoning deaths.

A writer is murdered after sending Jessica a manuscript exposing a kidnapping scam, and Jessica's friend, private investigator Harry McGraw (Jerry Orbach) is caught near the body.

A plastic surgeon is charged with the murder of his partner, but evidence later shows the doctor's twin brother may be the culprit.

Conrad and his fashion-model girlfriend ask Ben to defend a photographer who is accused of murdering a modeling agent.

A movie star's former bodyguard, now a rebellious biker, is the primary suspect in the actor's murder.

Julie suspects that a murder and the perpetrator's apparent suicide are really a double homicide and pursues her own investigation.

A boxing champ (Ken Foree) is accused of murdering a journalist (Christopher Allport) who wrote an unfavorable article about him.

The composer (Geoffrey Blake) of a Broadway-bound musical is accused of murdering its powerful critic (Tony Jay).

Matlock defends a couple accused of murdering a new mother who changed her mind about giving up her baby for adoption.

A chef turned culinary sleuth works with a beautiful detective to unravel the mystery behind the death of a guest at a dinner party.

When Henry is invited as a guest speaker at a luxury resort spa, he quickly finds himself at the center of another murder.

Henry is hired to find the best Italian chef for a new high-end eatery but it turns out that murder is on the menu.

Goldy Berry caters a VIP concert and goes on a date with Tom.

A wealthy family hires Henry to oversee the menu for an annual summer gala; when one of the host's sons dies at the event, Maggie and Henry are on the case once again, finding themselves in the middle of a feud between heirs to a family fortune.

Henry and Maggie find themselves in a murder mystery where secrets hidden within a treasured recipe book have dire consequences for all who own it.

Jessica takes a teaching position in New York, gets an apartment and finds its previous tenant murdered.

A policeman-turned-professor challenges Jessica to solve a series of campus muggings that soon escalates to murder.

A friend (Bradford Dillman) is suspected of killing the author (Jessica Walter) who was writing an unauthorized biography of his wife.

Sheriff Metzger assumes his younger brother, the black sheep of the family, is guilty of murder, as charged.

New computer owner Jessica discovers hackers gathering information for blackmail, a crime that leads to murder.

Jessica probes a 20-year-old unsolved murder after attending the funeral of a New Orleans jazz great.

Jessica attempts to prove a battered wife innocent of killing her husband after failing to convince the woman to defend herself.

Jessica tries to disprove charges against her friend's boyfriend, suspected of murdering a Las Vegas casino manager.

Columbo journeys to London to observe Scotland Yard, but winds up investigating murders committed by two Shakespearean actors.

Steve and Amanda race to find a stolen antigen for a biological weapon that has infected Mark and Jesse.

The main rival of a celebrated young figure skater becomes the chief suspect in an attack, and Mark is out to prove her innocence.

After a clever serial killer is murdered in jail, Mark and Steve realize an equally lethal copycat is on the loose.

After a clever serial killer is murdered in jail, Mark and Steve realize an equally lethal copycat is on the loose.

On his way to a luncheon where he is to be honored as "Man of the Year," Ben and his housekeeper have car trouble, are robbed and then arrested.

Ben defends a man accused of murdering his business partner during a fight about hiring an arsonist to burn down their failing store.

Ben seeks the truth on behalf of a chemist accused of stealing a hair growth formula and murdering its inventor.

Matlock travels to London to conduct a mock retrial for a man convicted of killing his millionaire father.

Special Prosecutor Matlock faces a top defense attorney in his prosecution of two judges and a lawyer.

Matlock defends a man charged with killing an ambulance-chasing lawyer who specialized in personal injury claims against a local water-slide park.

Master sleuth Aurora Teagarden must find a copycat killer who targets members of a crime-buff club.

Young Aurora Teagarden returns home to Lawrenceton to pursue her post-graduate degree but soon finds herself embroiled in a mystery involving her friend's fiance.

After Jessica speaks at an exclusive men's club, they ask her to investigate when one of their members is murdered and they are all suspects.

Jessica finds herself amid international espionage while attending a trade reception in Washington, D.C.

Jessica is convinced that a ballerina who died during her premiere performance in a new ballet was actually murdered.

Cabot Cove suspects a woman (Mary Crosby) playing a witch in a community play is the real thing; guest Robert Vaughn.

The would-be producer (Ron Leibman) of the movie adaptation of Jessica's latest book dies, leaving Jessica to identify possible suspects.

After Jessica speaks at an exclusive men's club, they ask her to investigate when one of their members is murdered and they are all suspects.

Jessica finds herself amid international espionage while attending a trade reception in Washington, D.C.

Jessica is convinced that a ballerina who died during her premiere performance in a new ballet was actually murdered.

A wine connoisseur kills his playboy brother to prevent his selling the family winery to expiate his latest scandal.

Mark and Steve enter the glamorous world of modeling to track down an unlikely killer after the murder of a private investigator.

Mark discovers a case of insurance fraud in the hospital when a hasty cremation follows the misidentification of a corpse.

After Mark is nearly killed by a bomb, Steve's protege goes under cover to learn the terrorists' next target.

Dr. Sloan and the others discover that a bus accident victim was actually murdered and that several of the passengers had motives to kill him.

Ben defends a movie-queen turned cosmetics-mogul accused of murdering her former lover to prevent the publication of some revealing photos.

While back home for the town's bicentennial festivities, Ben is retained to defend a man for two homicides linked to a 15-year-old crime.

While back home for the town's bicentennial festivities, Ben is retained to defend a man for two homicides linked to a 15-year-old crime.

A serial killer (Richard Gilliland) whose eventual target is Ben embarrasses him in court by leaving false clues.

On his way to a dude ranch, Ben is knocked unconscious and dreams of himself as a frontier lawyer, with Conrad as a gunslinging client and Julie as the owner of a boardinghouse.

Ben's insurance agent (Ron Fassler) is charged with murdering a deceitful marriage counselor (Bryan Cranston) after the police learn the adviser was having an affair with the agent's wife (Kim Johnston Ulrich).

While at a writer's conference, Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) tries to solve the murder of a man who wrote a nonfiction book about the KGB.

A law school student and her friends set out to prove her brother is innocent of murder, but the only way to clear his name is to find the real killer.

While visiting an old friend (Dina Merrill) who runs a Monte Carlo hotel, Jessica investigates the murder of a ruthless businessman with numerous enemies.

While in London, Jessica becomes involved in a murder cover-up by the British Intelligence Agency when she happens upon a disappearing corpse.

After her husband (Kevin McCarthy) is murdered, an actress neighbor (Kate Mulgrew) involves Jessica in the investigation into the crime.

Jessica suspects a setup when her Irish colleague is charged with murdering his longtime nemesis, who is killed shortly after moving to the United States.

Jessica tries to clear Dr. Hazlitt after he is threatened with a possible malpractice suit when the owner of Cabot Cove's computer company dies.

While visiting an old friend (Dina Merrill) who runs a Monte Carlo hotel, Jessica investigates the murder of a ruthless businessman with numerous enemies.

While in London, Jessica becomes involved in a murder cover-up by the British Intelligence Agency when she happens upon a disappearing corpse.

After her husband (Kevin McCarthy) is murdered, an actress neighbor (Kate Mulgrew) involves Jessica in the investigation into the crime.

A senatorial candidate exploits death threats, fabricated for publicity, to kill his manager.

Dr. Sloan suspects a political cover-up when the drug-addicted daughter of a prominent politician dies of an overdose.

Dr. Sloan investigates the murder of a high-school teacher when a lawyer from the district attorney's office insists the death was a case of gang violence.

Soon after Mark's estranged daughter returns home, the Sloans receive word her husband has been murdered.

Dr. Sloan must disprove the charges against a nurse when her former employer, a Malibu madam, is found murdered just prior to the release of her tell-all book.

In a flashback case involving the young widow (Sheree J. Wilson) of a wealthy older man (Daniel Benzali), Ben recalls the investigative techniques his father taught him.

Evidence uncovered in Michelle's case may incriminate Ben's murder client (Brynn Thayer), but attorney/client privilege bars action.

Evidence uncovered in Michelle's case may incriminate Ben's murder client (Brynn Thayer), but attorney/client privilege bars action.

A grandmother's testimony is vital to Ben's defense of a youth who is charged with murdering his abusive father to protect his mother.

Defending a game-show host (Peter Haskell) accused of killing his producer, Ben learns others had motives.

Matlock risks being disbarred when he accuses the deputy district attorney of misconduct in her case against his client.

Jessica investigates the death of a slave who was accused of murdering a plantation owner in the 1860s.

While Jessica is in Ireland for the reading of a will, someone starts murdering the heirs.

While in Mexico City, Jessica researches two crimes when a mask stolen from the National Museum is found on the face of a murder victim.

Jessica consoles a playwright (Darren McGavin) after his wife's suicide, then realizes that he was the intended victim of a family member's murder.

Seth's old Army pal (Gerald S. O'Loughlin) is accused of murdering his new employer (Cliff DeYoung), a yacht dealer.

Jessica is in the process of designing a murder-mystery board game for a toy company when an executive (Barbara Babcock) is murdered.

A film based on Jessica's book opens at a film festival in Milan, and the opening is followed by the murder of the film's producer (Susan Blakely).

While in Mexico City, Jessica researches two crimes when a mask stolen from the National Museum is found on the face of a murder victim.

Jessica consoles a playwright (Darren McGavin) after his wife's suicide, then realizes that he was the intended victim of a family member's murder.

Seth's old Army pal (Gerald S. O'Loughlin) is accused of murdering his new employer (Cliff DeYoung), a yacht dealer.

A gospel singer kills his evangelist wife when she denies him more money and threatens blackmail.

Skeletal remains found during a ground-breaking ceremony are those of Mark's former mentor, who disappeared 30 years before.

Mark gets Ben Matlock (Andy Griffith) to defend Jesse in a malpractice suit; a key witness winds up dead.

Mark gets Ben Matlock (Andy Griffith) to defend Jesse in a malpractice suit; then a key witness winds up dead.

Dr. Sloan and private investigator Joe Mannix reopen a 25-year-old murder case in which the mob is suspected of killing an investigative reporter.

Ben finds a photo that may solve a murder while looking for his cousin's (Christina Pickles) philandering husband.

Ben uses evidence in an altered photo to uncover a murder plot designed to conceal a counterfeiting operation.

"Retired" Ben returns from fishing to find a young immigrant farmhand dead and a town unfriendly to questions.

"Retired" Ben returns from fishing to find a young immigrant farmhand dead and a town unfriendly to questions.

Frugal Ben hires a hitchhiker (Randy Travis) to paint his home; Michelle and an insurance adjuster pursue an ad producer's murderer.

Michelle is kidnapped by mobsters who offer her release in exchange for evidence Ben was given prior to a mob lawyer's murder.

After a book festival guest is murdered, Amy and Travis clash over the arrest of an unlikely suspect; Amy must fight to prove Travis has put the wrong person behind bars.

Amy heads to Seattle to give a TEDTalk-style lecture; when a tech genius dies, Amy suspects foul play, but the local police shut her out of the investigation; Travis joins forces with Amy to solve the mystery.

One of Jessica's former students is murdered when he returns to Cabot Cove to write a book exposing new information on a 30-year-old town scandal.

Officials hesitate to confront Jessica's kidnapper (Ken Howard), a philanthropist who mistook her for a government informant.

While in Ireland to research a new book, Jessica is called in to help solve the crime when a tycoon's murder is linked to a local legend.

Jessica is sued for libel after a comic strip version of her accuses prominent New Yorkers of crimes.

In New Mexico, Jessica links the murder of the owner of an Old West tourist attraction to buried treasure.

One of Jessica's former students is murdered when he returns to Cabot Cove to write a book exposing new information on a 30-year-old town scandal.

Officials hesitate to confront Jessica's kidnapper (Ken Howard), a philanthropist who mistook her for a government informant.

While in Ireland to research a new book, Jessica is called in to help solve the crime when a tycoon's murder is linked to a local legend.

A man murders his wife and has a friend cover up the act with a burglary, only to have the friend blackmail him into doing the same favor in return.

Michael Hagarty (Len Cariou) is suspected of murdering his future son-in-law, thought to be involved in an illegal banking scheme.

Jessica investigates the mysterious disappearance of her editor's millionaire father along with $150 million from his corporate account.

The future son-in-law (Sean O'Bryan) of a prominent Cabot Cove family is suspected in the shooting of a hardware store employee.

Jessica uses her knowledge of music to investigate the murder of the owner of the record company that is producing one of her mysteries on tape.

Seth's friend (Peter Donat), an actor coming out of retirement to launch a play is implicated in the murder of his ex-manager (Bradford Dillman).

One of Jessica's students is framed for murder when someone uses information from her creative writing class to kill a local crime boss.

While filming a movie adaptation of a novel about Aurora, the lead actress is found murdered in her trailer.

Angie Dove gets Detective Carter's attention by stumbling on a murder at an art museum. Angie's father, Nick, is on his own case, trying to solve a series of petty thefts at the museum.

Aurora and Nick discover a body while on a pre-honeymoon getaway; as they get closer to finding out what really happened, danger knocks on their doorstep.

When a reporter interviewing Jane seeks help to find a missing colleague, Jane takes on the case. Irene has disappeared after winning a game show which leads Jane to uncover a web of deceit.

After Hailey Dean agrees to help Pam dispose of her parent's estate, her friend disappears without a word, Pam's boyfriend suffers a serious accident, and Hailey's boyfriend contracts a serious illness.

Michael Hagarty (Len Cariou) is suspected of murdering his future son-in-law, thought to be involved in an illegal banking scheme.

Jessica investigates the mysterious disappearance of her editor's millionaire father along with $150 million from his corporate account.

The future son-in-law (Sean O'Bryan) of a prominent Cabot Cove family is suspected in the shooting of a hardware store employee.

Jessica uses her knowledge of music to investigate the murder of the owner of the record company that is producing one of her mysteries on tape.

Seth's friend (Peter Donat), an actor coming out of retirement to launch a play is implicated in the murder of his ex-manager (Bradford Dillman).

One of Jessica's students is framed for murder when someone uses information from her creative writing class to kill a local crime boss.

While attending a writers' conference in Florida, Jessica stumbles onto old photos that may be linked to the JFK assassination.

The owner of a Midwest radio station (Lyman Ward) is found murdered at a new transmitter site, and Jessica must weed out the suspects to find the killer.

At a dinner party with a gossip magazine editor (Penny Fuller), Jessica imagines the plot for her next novel.

Jessica investigates a cold case to help an agoraphobic woman (Cynthia Nixon) who is haunted by dreams of her mother's murder five years earlier.

After several of the clues in her recent puzzles are linked to the murder of an art gallery owner, a crossword puzzle editor is drawn into the investigation; while searching for answers, she clashes with the no-nonsense detective overseeing the case.

Tess dives into Logan's murder investigation of her friend who was about to propose with her help; as she grows closer to the truth, she fears it could ruin everyone's happily ever after.

During Tess' birthday celebration, the headlining magician at the Magic Manor winds up dead, and Tess and Logan find themselves swept up in a world where things aren't always what they appear to be.

When Tess prepares for a crossword challenge against a supercomputer, the engineer behind it gets murdered, spurring her and Logan to seek answers before they become the next victims.

Tess gets invited to be part of a popular game show, but when the host is unexpectedly murdered, she and Detective Logan O'Connor try to discover who was behind it all.

Hailey works to track down a murderer that uses a dating app to find his victims.

The CEO (Chad Everett) of a struggling high-tech defense firm is suspected of killing a banker and a fisherman.

Jessica agrees to help clear a former research assistant of killing her new employer, despite the fact the woman is a pathological liar.

A delivery boy (Neil Patrick Harris) who witnessed a murder becomes the prime suspect and disappears.

Jessica is enjoying a Caribbean cruise on a ship where her old friend (Keith Michell) is chief of security when a woman is found dead in the ship's cargo net.

Jessica becomes involved in an internal police investigation when a colleague is left for dead in an accident in which a rookie policeman is killed.

A woman is accused of murdering her estranged boyfriend; her imaginative son creates a comic book with parallels to the crime.

A TV reporter is framed for his producer's murder, a smoke screen for a real estate scam and fictitious news story.

Conrad makes a surprising discovery relating to a real estate scam after he infiltrates a street gang.

Ben and his visiting daughter believe there is a connection between Ben's client and the assassination of Atlanta's mayor.

Ben and his visiting daughter believe there is a connection between Ben's client and the assassination of Atlanta's mayor.

Ben Matlock is drawn into a murder investigation while vacationing with his daughter at an exclusive seaside resort.

Ben Matlock is drawn into a murder investigation while vacationing with his daughter at an exclusive seaside resort.

A stalker threatens a gifted soprano (Khrystyne Haje) about to make her debut, and Jessica steps in to help with the investigation.

Pressured by corporate sponsors, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist (Bruce Weitz) fakes his death, then turns up dead.

Homicide haunts the release of a restored movie, and Jessica investigates the current crime and the 1960 murder that prevented the original release.

The murder of a French designer's estranged son leads Jessica into the world of smuggling and sweatshops.

A plan to develop Cabot Cove ends badly when the chief financial investor's wife takes a nose dive into the bay.

An ambitious professor (Nicholas Surovy) at a New England prep school campaigns for the retiring headmaster's (Roy Dotrice) position, only to wind up as a murder victim after winning the post.

Jessica visits Ireland soon after an American tourist's corpse lands in a wishing well near Tom Dempsey's (Rod Taylor) fishing lodge.

Jessica finds no mourners, but plenty of suspects after a young tennis pro's domineering father is killed.

When a reporter interviewing Jane seeks help to find a missing colleague, Jane takes on the case. Irene has disappeared after winning a game show which leads Jane to uncover a web of deceit.

Librarian and real crime buff Aurora Roe Teagarden never liked Detective Sgt. Frederick Burns. She also never wanted to see him dead, but when he winds up murdered, she can't help but get involved.

Jessica investigates the murder of a visiting romance novelist's assistant, who was having an affair with the writer's publisher husband.

Jessica's trip to Hong Kong is interrupted by the murder of an American businessman negotiating a merger with a Chinese tycoon.

Jessica's editor is accused of murdering a developer opposed to the preservation of a historic New York brownstone.

A stranger obsessed with restoring a Cabot Cove landmark is killed after he is suspected of being a vampire.

Jessica comes to the aid of a promising young reporter when he is suspected of murdering a rival magazine's unscrupulous publisher.

Jessica happens on a computerized clue to a murder while writing a mystery story for a friend's interactive video game company.

Researching a novel, Jessica unravels the mystery of a Thoroughbred trainer's (Mickey Rooney) murder.

In Ireland, the son of Jessica's friend (Fionnula Flanagan) is accused of killing another family member (Andrew Robinson).

Lt. Columbo keeps a close watch on a physical-fitness fanatic suspected of murdering his business partner.

Dr. Sloan uncovers a possible mother-daughter love triangle involving a country music star when he investigates the man's murder.

A woman recovering from the death of her husband becomes the chief suspect in the murder of her psychiatrist's wife when she is found next to the body.

When the wife of the hospital's new chief of staff is found murdered, Mark and Steve try to prove that it is the work of the woman stalking him.

A teenager, wrongfully accused of murdering a gang leader, works with his older brother, Steve and Mark to find the real killer.

Ben ponders a 40-year-old link between his own father and a playwright's murder.

Ben ponders a 40-year-old link between his own father and a playwright's murder.

Ben investigates a murder with the help of the victim's ghost (Franc Luz), whose widow is accused of the crime.

Ben regrets teaching a public seminar on criminal law, when one of his students disappears without a trace after a class discussion on the perfect crime.

A country singer is murdered after firing her manager, who claims he was framed by the investigating lieutenant.

Ben defends a country singer accused of murdering his dishonest business partner after the two open a club with money won in the lottery.

A cryptic call about a planned jewelry heist draws a Detroit tip-line operator into a dangerous homicide case alongside a newly promoted detective.

Sally's wealthy Aunt Gladys dies from poisoning after giving a wedding toast, prompting Aurora to inspect Gladys' will for clues as to who would have wanted her gone.

Jessica investigates her accountant and uncovers his gambling, an illegal casino and a police officer's murder.

A man (George Segal) who claims Jessica's novel closely resembles the story of his first wife's murder sues Jessica.

A London friend invites Jessica to rewrite a play based on her novel and is accused of murdering a manipulative producer/financier.

Her plane laid-over in a small British Columbia town, Jessica probes two murders related to a local mining company.

Jessica discovers clues to a puzzling murder when she is a guest star on a friend's television cooking show.

Jessica investigates her accountant and uncovers his gambling, an illegal casino and a police officer's murder.

A man (George Segal) who claims Jessica's novel closely resembles the story of his first wife's murder sues Jessica.

A London friend invites Jessica to rewrite a play based on her novel and is accused of murdering a manipulative producer/financier.

A prominent photographer hatches a scheme to cover up his wife's murder with a phony kidnapping plot.

A prominent doctor is murdered, and three others are prime suspects; with Wayne Rogers; Chad Everett; Jack Klugman; Bernie Kopell.

Mark and Amanda race to cure a mysteriously ill pilot and his crew before the plane crashes into the Swiss Alps.

A woman frames Mark for murder so she and her lover can escape to a tropical island and live off her late husband's millions.

An inept comedian (Tim Conway) targets his former partner (Harvey Korman), but his ex-wife gets killed.

Emotions run high when Ben holds out against 11 fellow jurors faced with deciding an accused murderer's fate.

Matlock turns up clues to two other murders while defending a murdered millionaire's disinherited nephew.

Matlock turns up clues to two other murders while defending a murdered millionaire's disinherited nephew.

Against her father's advice, Leanne reluctantly agrees to defend her former husband, who is accused of murdering a fellow lawyer.

Ben fights to protect his reputation from a deliberate campaign to ruin his credibility as a witness in a robbery trial.

Nightmares give Ben clues to the murderer of a celebrity doctor who was selling secrets about a client to the press.

Just days before Aurora's wedding, a body is discovered, and she fears her father may be a suspect; she and Nick race to solve the cold case before they walk down the aisle.