Jessica refuses to believe that the editor of her latest book has committed suicide and is determined to find out the truth.

Infrared cameras seem to prove Jessica's writing student is guilty of killing his abusive stepfather.

The closing of a family-owned department store leads to a double murder in New York, and Jessica has no shortage of suspects in the crime.

Jessica attempts to clear the name of a Cabot Cove fisherman who is suspected of murdering a Chicago hit man.

Jessica refuses to believe that the editor of her latest book has committed suicide and is determined to find out the truth.

Infrared cameras seem to prove Jessica's writing student is guilty of killing his abusive stepfather.

The closing of a family-owned department store leads to a double murder in New York, and Jessica has no shortage of suspects in the crime.

Fresh blood stains indicate foul play when Seth (William Windom) disappears; a proliferation of strangers in town raises Jessica's suspicions.

A Texas trucker (Earl Holliman) is charged with insurance fraud; his son (Patrick Cassidy) is accused of murder.

Jessica searches for a motive when a legendary maestro, who is about to lose control of his protege, is found murdered.

Goldy Berry is a Colorado caterer who's thrust into the role of town sleuth to help solve a friend's mysterious death. With the clock ticking, she strikes up an unlikely partnership with a detective to find the killer.

Caterer Goldy Berry reunites with Detective Tom Schultz to investigate the murder of a realtor. As they uncover personal and professional rivalries, they soon realize the culprit is closer than expected.

Goldy agrees to cater an elaborate wedding, but a dead groom and a missing bridezilla brings her together with Tom again.

Goldy Berry's medieval feast at Hyde Castle gets interrupted by a murder. She teams up with Detective Schultz to solve the mystery before the killer strikes again.

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.

Burglaries and a murder occur when the carnival comes to Cabot Cove but doesn't seem to bring in a great deal of money.

Internal strife at an earthquake-shaken California zoo culminates in an employee's death from snake bite.

Jessica's probe of a friend's kidnapping in Amsterdam leads to two murders and a diamond-smuggling ring.

Jessica's discovery that Cabot Cove's Revolutionary War hero was actually a traitor results in a TV director's murder.

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

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.

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.

A baker in small-town Minnesota turns amateur sleuth after finding her friend and delivery driver shot to death behind her shop.

Hannah Swensen has her hands full with two romantic suitors, her baking business, a murdered customer, and the case to find her customer's killer.

When Hannah discovers the dead body of her competitor, she finds herself the top suspect of their murder.

The town sheriff is murdered during election time and Hannah teams up with the smitten town dentist to clear her brother-in-law of the crime.

Hannah investigates the murder of a fellow bake-off judge.

Jessica's vacation to Honolulu becomes chaotic when the son of her host, power broker Matt Kinkaid, vanishes during a hotly contested U.S. Senate election.

Jessica investigates when, during a visit to San Francisco, an advice columnist (Eileen Brennan) falls victim to a crazed gunman.

Accidentally tapped into a closed-circuit video surveillance system, Jessica's neighbor witnesses scheming, a robbery and then a murder.

While vacationing in Martinique, Jessica is called on to help an acquaintance (Wayne Rogers) accused of a woman's (Cassie Yates) murder.

The mysterious deaths of a winery matriarch's son and a rival vintner lead Jessica into a world of greed and betrayal.

Jessica investigates when, during a visit to San Francisco, an advice columnist (Eileen Brennan) falls victim to a crazed gunman.

Accidentally tapped into a closed-circuit video surveillance system, Jessica's neighbor witnesses scheming, a robbery and then a murder.

While vacationing in Martinique, Jessica is called on to help an acquaintance (Wayne Rogers) accused of a woman's (Cassie Yates) murder.

The detective is called in to investigate the death of a sergeant major at a training camp.

Steve and his new partner are locked away in a clinic after Steve's questionable shooting of a rape suspect.

Mark and Steve find a common thread within three seemingly random murders in the L.A. area and must solve the mystery before a fourth is committed.

Jesse and Susan break down in a small village and are accused of murdering a man whom Susan presumed was killed years ago.

Steve and a tabloid reporter go under cover to find out who has been killing the residents of an idyllic community.

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

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.

After a woman is murdered, her fiancé becomes the prime suspect; successful matchmaker Angie works to prove her client is innocent, much to the dismay of Kyle, the detective working the case.

When a romance writer is murdered, matchmaker Angie Dove and Detective Kyle Cooper must read between the lines to find the killer.

Jessica seeks a link between the electrocution of the town bully and the hanging of a teacher who was his lover.

While working on an infomercial, Jessica helps a detective friend (George DiCenzo) probe a strangulation, and tries to find out why a member of her studio audience (Gale Hansen) is found dead during the taping.

Jessica helps a Russian police officer (David Ogden Stiers) capture the elusive mastermind behind the theft of a Faberge egg.

The pervasive stench of death looms over Jessica and Seth's visit to his cousin's South Carolina plantation.

Jessica takes a trip to Egypt to finalize a cultural exchange program and ends up searching for a killer and a stolen artifact.

Monk investigates when Lt. Disher thinks he sees his dentist commit a murder.

Monk must sit on a jury to hear the case of a minor robbery and finds himself drawn into a larger mystery.

A method actor gets in the way as Monk tries to solve a case.

Homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo investigates the murder of a famous painter's ex-wife.

Mark helps an old nemesis escape a forced retirement by Capt. Newman by investigating a murder which resembles the work of the "Clown Killer.".

Mark, Jesse and Amanda are among the guests present at an elegant hotel that has been deliberately contaminated with a deadly microbe.

In an episode that elapses in real time, Mark and Steve must catch a serial killer in the hospital before the clock strikes nine.

When Jesse (Charlie Schlatter) rescues a beautiful woman (guest star Audie England), he inadvertently becomes the object of her deadly obsession. With Dick Van Dyke.

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

Ben agrees to handle the divorce of his friends Clara and Duncan Farmington; a man collecting for charity sues after falling off Ben's porch steps.

A lawyer is accused of murdering his lover and her husband, a high-school football coach and aspiring minister.

A lawyer is accused of murdering his lover and her husband, a high-school football coach and aspiring minister.

A music student who lost a scholarship competition is thought to have committed suicide, but Ben proves murder.

After losing his role in a community play, Ben is hired to defend the play's director, who is accused of murdering the leading lady.

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.

Jenn gets the photos in an antique camera from the estate of a recently deceased and seemingly wealthy photography enthusiast printed, and one of the pictures leads her to believe that the man's death was anything but accidental.

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.

Monk is distraught when the garbage collectors go on strike and San Francisco is buried in trash.

Julie and her friends suspect murder when their basketball coach dies suddenly.

Monk is attacked while investigating an elderly firefighter's murder.

Columbo investigates the disappearance of the director of a men's magazine.

A gunman leaves notes prior to committing crimes, baiting Steve (Barry Van Dyke) over and over again. With Dick Van Dyke.

Steve tries to clear the name of a misguided teenager who is a suspect in the death of a fellow boxer.

When the Masked Magician is killed on live television, Dr. Sloan uncovers a murderous plot to obtain high ratings.

When the Masked Magician is killed on live television, Dr. Sloan uncovers a murderous plot to obtain high ratings.

At a beach resort to attend a high-school sweetheart's funeral, Ben is drawn into the investigation of two men's deaths.

Ben defends a man against murder charges stemming from a date-rape shakedown scheme.

Ben recalls the '60s, when he resigned as judge to defend a black cook (Stan Shaw) accused of killing a bullying white sheriff.

A murder case involves two stars of a local theater production and an argument Ben thought he saw from his hotel window.

Milton Berle guest stars as a mouthy comic who stands accused of murdering an equally mouthy young comedian.

A con artist facing execution for murder exasperates Ben while having his case appealed.

Jennifer Shannon puts the winning bid on a vintage Welte-Mignon player piano at the estate auction of a wealthy philanthropist, but she quickly realizes that the late owner may have led a less-than-charitable life before being murdered.

Every year, Jennifer and her friend Miles Wexford participate in the organization of an auction of goods seized by the police. The night of the auction, Miles is found dead in his store. Every clue points to suicide, but there is more to it. Jennifer learns that he was in serious debt due to a gambling problem.

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.

After convincing the star stylist at Jessica's beauty salon to jump ship, a sneaky entrepreneur turns up dead in the hair dresser's chair.

An insurance investigation reunites detective Garrett (Wayne Rogers) with Jessica who is in Aspen visiting her recently widowed friend (Leigh Taylor-Young).

Natalie convinces Monk to go into business as a private eye; his first case takes a serious turn.

Monk attends his college reunion and uncovers a complex murder plot against one of his former classmates.

Dr. Kroger retires after his cleaning lady is murdered, so Monk must solve the case to get his therapist back to work.

The disheveled detective investigates the apparent suicide of a notorious racketeer who was facing an indictment.

Jessica helps an inexperienced sheriff investigate a murder in a small desert town where the government may have conducted dangerous chemical experiments.

A research trip to New Orleans plunges Jessica into the world of the occult, when a businessman dies, and a voodoo doll is evidence.

After losing two elderly patients, a young nurse (Megan Porter Follows) is found holding a syringe containing poison and charged with murder.

Jessica's investigation into ghost stories lands her in the dungeon.

Jessica escapes from the dungeon and works with Inspector Lanahan to uncover the killer of an American investor.

Jessica travels to Rome to help rewrite the script for the filming of one of her books, but the filming takes a tragic turn when a stuntman dies.

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

Aurora's boyfriend, Martin, reconnects with his long-lost niece, but she departs suddenly, leaving a dead husband on a balcony and a baby in a bathtub.

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.

The guests arrive on Mystery Island.

Chris and Kelly discover why they've been sent to Mystery Island.

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.

Detective Charlie Garrett's (Wayne Rogers) high bid on a mediocre painting puzzles Jessica; then, its second-rate artist is found dead.

When Jessica arrives at an ice cream company to get a check for charity, the funds have melted away and the company's co-founder is iced.

After being subpoenaed to testify at the jury probe of a brokerage house, Jessica is charged with contempt for speaking to a witness who is killed.

While at a rock concert looking for Capt. Stottlemeyer's son, Monk investigates a murder.

Monk tries to reconcile with his estranged father (Dan Hedaya).

A millionaire with leprosy comes out of hiding and hires Monk to recover some papers from his estate.

When a crooked estate agent dies in prison, his widow vows to exact her revenge on the two men that put him there. After killing her husband's informing boss, she sets her sights on Lieutenant Columbo.

Mark and Steve get involved when rogue female police officers band together to rid the streets of criminals.

Mark wrestles with memories of his wife and grandmother's death when he is forced to testify against a new doctor who practices assisted suicide.

Two famous comics are murdered during a celebrity roast of Mark (Dick Van Dyke). Guest stars: Steve Allen, Jayne Meadows, Ruth Buzzi, Tim Conway, Norm Crosby, Dick Martin, Tom Poston, Julia Duffy and David Leisure.

Dr. Sloan's brother (Jerry Van Dyke) is admitted to the hospital and becomes a murder suspect when his roommate is found dead.

A dissatisfied patient is suspected of murdering her plastic surgeon, but Ben thinks otherwise.

A dissatisfied patient is suspected of murdering her plastic surgeon, but Ben thinks otherwise.

A young attorney is involved in blackmail, jury tampering and murder when a chemical company is accused of carcinogenic pollution.

In a dream, Ben defends a '30s club owner accused of shooting a saxophonist who was romancing his wife.

Leanne falls in love with her client, Gil Stoddard, a handsome philanthropist accused of murdering his partner.

Ben's daughter Leanne becomes involved with a man who burgled her home, took her diary and now seems to know everything about her.

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.

In Japan, Jessica gets involved in the murder of a motorcycle racer, the son of an international CEO (Pat Morita).

Jessica works hard to get her friend's (Tony Plana) Latino band a recording contract, until a murder rocks her plans.

Seth Hazlitt's benefit concert to save the woods near Cabot Cove is endangered when the lead singer is permanently silenced.

Details in a manuscript convince a young editor (Tracy Middendorf) that the author (Richard Beymer) kidnapped her 11 years earlier, but when the author is found dead, the editor becomes the primary suspect.

When the producer of a hit twenty-something series is murdered, Jessica does some directing of her own.

Jessica works hard to get her friend's (Tony Plana) Latino band a recording contract, until a murder rocks her plans.

Seth Hazlitt's benefit concert to save the woods near Cabot Cove is endangered when the lead singer is permanently silenced.

Details in a manuscript convince a young editor (Tracy Middendorf) that the author (Richard Beymer) kidnapped her 11 years earlier, but when the author is found dead, the editor becomes the primary suspect.

When the producer of a hit twenty-something series is murdered, Jessica does some directing of her own.

After Jessica's short story for children becomes a television puppet show, she must find the fiend who used one of the puppets as a murder weapon.

A vacation in the Grand Tetons turns into work when the man threatening Jessica's host with blackmail is murdered.

Jessica has to solve two murders to clear the name of her old friend Deputy Andy Broom (Louis Herthum), who becomes a suspect when a murder weapon is found in his car.

Amy Winslow is an English professor at a Pacific Northwest college who specializes in mystery fiction; when one of her students goes missing, Amy is convinced there's been foul play.

A community theater troupe mounts a production of a murder mystery that Amy Winslow unearthed; on opening night, someone tries to kill the leading lady, and Travis is forced to halt the show because it has become a crime scene.

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.

A young writer's research prompts police to revisit a famous murder case that convicted Amy's colleague at Elmstead; Travis and Amy get a second chance at clearing the professor's name.

An escaped serial killer and an attempt on Travis' life make this their most dangerous case yet, as Amy and Travis team up with Travis' FBI agent ex to find the connection before it's too late.

Jessica travels to Australia to prove that she is the rightful heir to 130,000 acres of grazing land, but her arrival results in two murders.

Jessica investigates when a wealthy yachtsman is murdered two days before a big race, and his rival's daughter is charged with the crime.

When a young man dies in a motorcycle crash, and a local attorney is murdered, Jessica looks for links between the two seemingly unrelated deaths.

While Jessica is in Atlanta to address mystery writers, a lethal virus is stolen from the Biological Research Institute.

After a San Francisco radio station changes its music format from classical to rock, the promoter who engineered the switch dies and Jessica searches for the killer.

An FBI agent investigating the kidnapping of Ben's friend is accused of killing a colleague.

Ben sets out to prove the innocence of an FBI agent who is involved in a murder setup and the kidnapping of Ben's friend.

A rare-book collector, who is also a parishioner at Ben's church, is accused of killing a college professor.

Ben agrees to participate in a charity event - a murder mystery weekend that becomes all too real when the host is found dead.

Ben vies with a formidable D.A. (George Dzundza) while defending a client accused of killing a city councilwoman.

Ben's friend (George Peppard), a private investigator, and his estranged daughter (Tracy Nelson) try to re-establish their relationship while probing the murder of a director's (Jonathan Banks) mistress.

Ben throws a prenuptial party for his goddaughter at his house, resulting in murder.

When organic farmer Sarah meets a man who claims to be from 1787, she soon discovers old-fashioned romantic feelings that may be just as crazy as his story.

After Aurora moves into her new home, four students from a nearby college vanish one evening; then one of the missing students turns up dead, prompting Aurora and her new neighbor, Nick, to begin their own investigation.

A taunting clue left for Aurora at a meeting begins a cat-and-mouse game between her and a mysterious criminal who commits increasingly serious crimes that leave the town rattled.

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.

Contest winners try to solve a fake murder for a grand prize, but the event goes awry when a real murder occurs and secrets are uncovered.

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.

A financier (Howard Duff), reportedly swept overboard during a hurricane, turns up in Jessica's yard disguised as a handyman.

Newly successful mystery writer J.B. Fletcher gets involved in a murder at a New York publisher's costume bash.

With her first hit mystery, Maine widow Jessica Fletcher makes a promotional trip to New York, and becomes involved in a murder at a publisher's costume bash.

Jessica travels to San Francisco for a family wedding and discovers that the groom (Jeff Conaway) faces a murder charge.

Jessica is suspected of a producer's murder after people hear her threatening to stop the victim from filming her new novel.

Newly successful mystery writer J.B. Fletcher gets involved in a murder at a New York publisher's costume bash.

With her first hit mystery, Maine widow Jessica Fletcher makes a promotional trip to New York, and becomes involved in a murder at a publisher's costume bash.

Jessica travels to San Francisco for a family wedding and discovers that the groom (Jeff Conaway) faces a murder charge.

A dentist frames his wife for a murder in order to keep up his image and expensive lifestyle.

Dr. Sloan must baby-sit a 14-year-old girl when Steve's old Army buddy becomes involved with underworld figures.

Dr. Sloan tries to clear his colleague's (Joanna Cassidy) name after she is arrested for selling narcotics.

Mark's (Dick Van Dyke) old flame (guest star Michelle Phillips) begs him to help clear her husband (guest star Ray Wise) on charges of murdering one of her many lovers. Joanna Cassidy also guest stars.

Mark tries to clear the name of a drug addict who is suspected of killing another addict with an overdose at a rehabilitation center.

Ben represents fellow lawyer Sam Haskins, who got involved in blackmail and murder while vacationing with his girlfriend on St. Thomas.

Ben represents fellow lawyer Sam Haskins, who got involved in blackmail and murder while vacationing with his girlfriend on St. Thomas.

A writer who claims she killed in self-defense turns to Ben for help; Ben hires a new investigator.

A writer who claims she killed in self-defense turns to Ben for help; Ben hires a new investigator.

The prime suspect in the murder of a prominent attorney is an employee (Melora Hardin) who accused him of sexual harassment.

Murder occurs after a millionaire philanthropist (Terry O'Quinn) tells Ben he is planning one and dares him to solve it.

When Tess inherits an apple orchard along with a half sister she never met, she unravels the mystery of the family that abandoned her, ultimately finding a new understanding of herself.