Matlock (1986)
TVPG
Drama
Mystery
A folksy yet astute criminal defense attorney solves complex cases with his sharp wit and unassuming intelligence, often uncovering the truth in dramatic courtroom reveals.
Cast & Crew
Andy Griffith Benjamin L. Matlock
Julie Sommars Asst. D.A. Julie March
Linda Purl Charlene Matlock
Nancy Stafford Michelle Thomas
Brynn Thayer Leanne McIntyre
Carol Huston Jerri Stone
Kene Holliday Tyler Hudson
Clarence Gilyard Conrad McMaster
Daniel Roebuck Cliff Lewis
Kari Lizer Cassie Phillips
David Froman Lt. Bob Brooks
Fred Silverman Executive Producer
Dean Hargrove Executive Producer
Dean Hargrove Creator
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Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Monday, June 16
The Reporter
Season 1 • Episode 24
A bride (Caryn Richman) returns home to find her house afire and her groom slain.
Monday, June 16
The Stripper
Season 1 • Episode 4
Matlock defends a stripper accused of murdering her ex-husband.
Monday, June 16
The Affair
Season 1 • Episode 5
A socialite hires Matlock to defend a maid who is charged with murdering the master of the house.
Monday, June 16
The Seduction
Season 1 • Episode 6
A veteran football star is accused of murdering his girlfriend -- the team's owner.
Monday, June 16
The Don
Season 1 • Episode 7
Matlock defends a dying crime boss, who is being framed for murder.
Monday, June 16
The Don
Season 1 • Episode 8
Matlock faces harassment for his defense of dying crime boss Nicholas Baron.
Monday, June 16
The Sisters
Season 1 • Episode 9
Two murder-mystery buffs frame their doltish uncle in the slaying of their wealthy aunt.
Tuesday, June 17
The Doctors
Season 1 • Episode 25
Matlock defends a medical resident charged with the murder of his vindictive supervising physician.
Tuesday, June 17
The Cop
Season 1 • Episode 10
Matlock defends a hard-nosed cop accused of murdering an elusive mobster.
Tuesday, June 17
The Angel
Season 1 • Episode 11
Matlock defends a rock star (Kari Lizer) implicated in the murder of her manager.
Tuesday, June 17
The Professor
Season 1 • Episode 12
Matlock defends his former law professor who is being framed for a homicide.
Tuesday, June 17
Santa Claus
Season 1 • Episode 13
Matlock takes on the case of a street corner Santa accused of murdering his landlord.
Tuesday, June 17
The Chef
Season 1 • Episode 14
The host of a TV cooking show is accused of murdering her ex-husband on the air.
Tuesday, June 17
The Author
Season 1 • Episode 15
The author of a racy novel is believed to have been the target of a bullet that killed a clergyman.
Wednesday, June 18
The Billionaire
Season 2 • Episode 1
Matlock goes to London to defend a man convicted of killing his tycoon father.
Wednesday, June 18
The Rat Pack
Season 1 • Episode 16
Matlock defends a popular Beverly Hills man accused of murdering a starlet.
Wednesday, June 18
The Nurse
Season 1 • Episode 17
Ben defends a live-in nurse accused of killing her affluent patient to expedite her inheritance.
Wednesday, June 18
The Convict
Season 1 • Episode 18
Matlock gets a second chance to clear the name of a man who was unjustly jailed.
Wednesday, June 18
The Court Martial
Season 1 • Episode 19
Ben defends a rebellious young soldier framed in the murder of his sadistic lieutenant.
Wednesday, June 18
The Court Martial
Season 1 • Episode 20
Ben's defense of Pvt. Hughes hinges on a scandal that could ruin four officers.
Wednesday, June 18
The Therapist
Season 1 • Episode 21
A Hollywood sex symbol is accused of murdering his indiscreet therapist.
Thursday, June 19
The Billionaire
Season 2 • Episode 2
Matlock goes to London to defend a man convicted of killing his tycoon father.
Friday, June 20
Blind Justice
Season 2 • Episode 3
A blind sculptor murders the playboy responsible for his disability.
Friday, June 20
The People vs. Matlock
Season 1 • Episode 22
Ben stands trial after a juror accuses him of offering a $100,000 bribe.
Friday, June 20
The Photographer
Season 1 • Episode 23
Matlock defends a photographer's assistant wrongfully accused of the murder of her boss.
Friday, June 20
The Reporter
Season 1 • Episode 24
A bride (Caryn Richman) returns home to find her house afire and her groom slain.
Friday, June 20
The Doctors
Season 1 • Episode 25
Matlock defends a medical resident charged with the murder of his vindictive supervising physician.
Friday, June 20
The Billionaire
Season 2 • Episode 1
Matlock goes to London to defend a man convicted of killing his tycoon father.
Friday, June 20
The Billionaire
Season 2 • Episode 2
Matlock goes to London to defend a man convicted of killing his tycoon father.
Sunday, June 22
Blind Justice
Season 2 • Episode 3
A blind sculptor murders the playboy responsible for his disability.
Sunday, June 22
The Husband
Season 2 • Episode 5
Ben tackles a case in which a murdered man's three wives are suspects in the killing.
Sunday, June 22
The Annihilator
Season 2 • Episode 4
Ben defends a professional wrestler (Dick Butkus) charged with murder.
Sunday, June 22
The Power Brokers
Season 2 • Episode 6
Matlock defends a columnist implicated in the murder of a source.
Sunday, June 22
The Power Brokers
Season 2 • Episode 7
Matlock's client confesses to a murder and then recants, claiming federal agents coerced it.
Sunday, June 22
The Network
Season 2 • Episode 8
A TV producer is accused of murdering the programming chief at the top-rated network.
Sunday, June 22
The Best Friend
Season 2 • Episode 9
Ben learns some upsetting news about a client.
Monday, June 23
The Annihilator
Season 2 • Episode 4
Ben defends a professional wrestler (Dick Butkus) charged with murder.
Monday, June 23
The Country Boy
Season 2 • Episode 10
Ben defends a hard-drinking country singer accused of murdering his wife's sister.
Monday, June 23
The Gift
Season 2 • Episode 11
Ben defends a man accused of killing his vindictive wife at a Christmas party full of Santa Clauses.
Monday, June 23
The Gambler
Season 2 • Episode 12
Ben travels to Las Vegas to defend a friend accused of murdering his girlfriend.
Monday, June 23
The Body
Season 2 • Episode 13
Woman is accused of killing an exercise instructor who was her husband's mistress.
Monday, June 23
The Reunion
Season 2 • Episode 14
When a classmate dies at their law-school reunion, Ben takes up the defense of the man's partner.
Monday, June 23
The Gigolo
Season 2 • Episode 15
Ben defends a dance instructor accused of murdering his benefactress.
Tuesday, June 24
The Husband
Season 2 • Episode 5
Ben tackles a case in which a murdered man's three wives are suspects in the killing.
Tuesday, June 24
The Umpire
Season 2 • Episode 16
Ben defends his boss, accused of killing umpire.
Tuesday, June 24
The Investigation
Season 2 • Episode 17
Matlock discovers that a friend and lifelong client is the son of a mob boss.
Tuesday, June 24
The Investigation
Season 2 • Episode 18
Matlock must defend his client while trying to prevent a mob war.
Tuesday, June 24
The Hucksters
Season 2 • Episode 19
Ben defends an irate investor accused of murdering the promoter of a pyramid scheme.
Tuesday, June 24
The Lovelorn
Season 2 • Episode 20
Matlock encounters a family full of suspects when an advice-to-the-lovelorn columnist is murdered.
Tuesday, June 24
The Genius
Season 2 • Episode 21
Ben's nephew must outwit a master computer to clear himself of a murder charge.
Wednesday, June 25
The Power Brokers
Season 2 • Episode 6
Matlock defends a columnist implicated in the murder of a source.
Wednesday, June 25
The Magician
Season 2 • Episode 22
Ben (Andy Griffith) defends a magician (Michael E. Knight) accused of murder. Kim Ulrich also stars.
Wednesday, June 25
The Fisherman
Season 2 • Episode 23
Ben defends a Vietnamese fisherman accused of murdering the town bully.
Wednesday, June 25
The Heiress
Season 2 • Episode 24
A mentally unstable heiress is charged with the murder of an accountant.
Wednesday, June 25
The Lemon
Season 3 • Episode 1
Ben's neighbor (Don Knotts) tries to return a defective car, and is framed for the dealer's murder.
Wednesday, June 25
The Ambassador
Season 3 • Episode 2
A British ambassador charged with murder refuses to hide behind his diplomatic immunity.
Wednesday, June 25
The Ambassador
Season 3 • Episode 3
Matlock realizes his client's lover holds the key to the killer's true identity.
Thursday, June 26
The Power Brokers
Season 2 • Episode 7
Matlock's client confesses to a murder and then recants, claiming federal agents coerced it.
Friday, June 27
The Network
Season 2 • Episode 8
A TV producer is accused of murdering the programming chief at the top-rated network.
Friday, June 27
The Mistress
Season 3 • Episode 4
Ben searches for a witness capable of clearing his client in her unfaithful husband's murder.
Friday, June 27
The DJ
Season 3 • Episode 5
Ben dislikes his client, an obnoxious radio personality accused of killing a rival disc jockey.
Friday, June 27
The Captain
Season 3 • Episode 6
When a patrolman is framed for murder, Ben must investigate an old friend as a prime suspect.
Friday, June 27
The Vendetta
Season 3 • Episode 7
Convinced his brother was framed for murder, a psychopath takes Matlock's associates hostage.
Friday, June 27
The Mayor
Season 3 • Episode 8
Ben's defense of a '60s activist accused of assassination uncovers a mayor's unsavory past.
Friday, June 27
The Mayor
Season 3 • Episode 9
Ben suspects the presiding judge (Georg Stanford Brown) is in on a land fraud related to the case.
Sunday, June 29
The Black Widow
Season 3 • Episode 10
Ben tries to clear the name of a client who unjustly served time for his wife's murder.
Sunday, June 29
The Other Woman
Season 3 • Episode 11
Suspect's dual personality hurts Ben's defense.
Sunday, June 29
The Starlet
Season 3 • Episode 12
Ben reunites with a former girlfriend whose daughter is accused of murder.
Sunday, June 29
The Psychic
Season 3 • Episode 13
A psychic who foresaw her boyfriend's stabbing death hires Ben when she becomes a suspect.
Sunday, June 29
The Thief
Season 3 • Episode 14
Ben defends a rare-coin dealer accused of killing an employee who was stealing inventory.
Sunday, June 29
The Thief
Season 3 • Episode 15
Matlock suspects killers are blackmailing his private investigator (Cindy Morgan).
Sunday, June 29
The Thoroughbred
Season 3 • Episode 16
Mentally impaired farmhand accused of murder.
Monday, June 30
The Best Friend
Season 2 • Episode 9
Ben learns some upsetting news about a client.
Monday, June 30
The Model
Season 3 • Episode 17
Ben defends a famous journalist who is accused of murdering an internationally known model.
Monday, June 30
The Cult
Season 3 • Episode 18
A man tries to rescue his son from a cult and faces charges of murdering the group's leader.
Monday, June 30
The Blues Singer
Season 3 • Episode 19
Matlock attempts to clear a blues musician (Joe Seneca) framed for the murder of a rock star.
Monday, June 30
The Priest
Season 3 • Episode 20
Defending a construction contractor, Ben learns one priest (Michael Spound) may have killed another.
Monday, June 30
The Hunting Party
Season 4 • Episode 1
Matlock and a deputy sheriff help a veteran framed for murder on Roanoke Island, N.C.
Monday, June 30
The Hunting Party
Season 4 • Episode 2
Matlock and a deputy sheriff help a veteran framed for murder on Roanoke Island, N.C.
Tuesday, July 1
The Country Boy
Season 2 • Episode 10
Ben defends a hard-drinking country singer accused of murdering his wife's sister.
Tuesday, July 1
The Good Boy
Season 4 • Episode 3
Ben suspects widow's son of killing her mate.
Tuesday, July 1
The Bestseller
Season 4 • Episode 4
A district attorney matches wits with a much-despised author after the writer's best friend dies.
Tuesday, July 1
The Ex
Season 4 • Episode 5
Ben helps Julie defend an old friend framed for the murder of a newspaper publisher.
Tuesday, July 1
The Clown
Season 4 • Episode 6
Ben defends a circus clown accused of killing his partner; Conrad gets trapped in a tiger's cage.
Tuesday, July 1
The Star
Season 4 • Episode 7
A movie director is accused of plotting a real death scene when an actress is killed on camera.
Tuesday, July 1
The Con Man
Season 4 • Episode 8
Ben defends an old friend accused of murdering a stock-market swindler (David Birney).
Wednesday, July 2
The Gift
Season 2 • Episode 11
Ben defends a man accused of killing his vindictive wife at a Christmas party full of Santa Clauses.
Wednesday, July 2
The Prisoner
Season 4 • Episode 9
Ben goes inside a violence-torn prison to participate in a murder trial run by inmates.
Wednesday, July 2
The Prisoner
Season 4 • Episode 10
Ben goes inside a violence-torn prison to participate in a murder trial run by inmates.
Wednesday, July 2
The Fugitive
Season 4 • Episode 11
Ben tries to clear the name of his unlikable client, framed for murder.
Wednesday, July 2
The Buddies
Season 4 • Episode 12
Ben is surprised to discover that a reopened, 35-year-old murder case reveals familiar suspects.
Wednesday, July 2
The Scrooge
Season 4 • Episode 13
Ben spends Christmas defending a miserly neighbor accused of murdering his business partner.
Wednesday, July 2
The Witness
Season 4 • Episode 14
Michelle must break down the testimony of a former law classmate.
Thursday, July 3
The Gambler
Season 2 • Episode 12
Ben travels to Las Vegas to defend a friend accused of murdering his girlfriend.
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