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.
Thursday, February 19
The Don
Season 1 • Episode 7
Matlock defends a dying crime boss, who is being framed for murder.
Thursday, February 19
The Billionaire
Season 2 • Episode 1
Matlock goes to London to defend a man convicted of killing his tycoon father.
Thursday, February 19
The Billionaire
Season 2 • Episode 2
Matlock goes to London to defend a man convicted of killing his tycoon father.
Thursday, February 19
The Husband
Season 2 • Episode 5
Ben tackles a case in which a murdered man's three wives are suspects in the killing.
Thursday, February 19
The Annihilator
Season 2 • Episode 4
Ben defends a professional wrestler (Dick Butkus) charged with murder.
Thursday, February 19
The Power Brokers
Season 2 • Episode 6
Matlock defends a columnist implicated in the murder of a source.
Thursday, February 19
The Power Brokers
Season 2 • Episode 7
Matlock's client confesses to a murder and then recants, claiming federal agents coerced it.
Friday, February 20
The Don
Season 1 • Episode 8
Matlock faces harassment for his defense of dying crime boss Nicholas Baron.
Sunday, February 22
The Network
Season 2 • Episode 8
A TV producer is accused of murdering the programming chief at the top-rated network.
Sunday, February 22
The Best Friend
Season 2 • Episode 9
Ben learns some upsetting news about a client.
Sunday, February 22
The Country Boy
Season 2 • Episode 10
Ben defends a hard-drinking country singer accused of murdering his wife's sister.
Sunday, February 22
The Gift
Season 2 • Episode 11
Ben defends a man accused of killing his vindictive wife at a Christmas party full of Santa Clauses.
Sunday, February 22
The Gambler
Season 2 • Episode 12
Ben travels to Las Vegas to defend a friend accused of murdering his girlfriend.
Sunday, February 22
The Body
Season 2 • Episode 13
Woman is accused of killing an exercise instructor who was her husband's mistress.
Sunday, February 22
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, February 23
The Sisters
Season 1 • Episode 9
Two murder-mystery buffs frame their doltish uncle in the slaying of their wealthy aunt.
Monday, February 23
The Gigolo
Season 2 • Episode 15
Ben defends a dance instructor accused of murdering his benefactress.
Monday, February 23
The Umpire
Season 2 • Episode 16
Ben defends his boss, accused of killing umpire.
Monday, February 23
The Investigation
Season 2 • Episode 17
Matlock discovers that a friend and lifelong client is the son of a mob boss.
Monday, February 23
The Investigation
Season 2 • Episode 18
Matlock must defend his client while trying to prevent a mob war.
Monday, February 23
The Hucksters
Season 2 • Episode 19
Ben defends an irate investor accused of murdering the promoter of a pyramid scheme.
Monday, February 23
The Lovelorn
Season 2 • Episode 20
Matlock encounters a family full of suspects when an advice-to-the-lovelorn columnist is murdered.
Tuesday, February 24
The Cop
Season 1 • Episode 10
Matlock defends a hard-nosed cop accused of murdering an elusive mobster.
Tuesday, February 24
The Genius
Season 2 • Episode 21
Ben's nephew must outwit a master computer to clear himself of a murder charge.
Tuesday, February 24
The Magician
Season 2 • Episode 22
Ben (Andy Griffith) defends a magician (Michael E. Knight) accused of murder. Kim Ulrich also stars.
Tuesday, February 24
The Fisherman
Season 2 • Episode 23
Ben defends a Vietnamese fisherman accused of murdering the town bully.
Tuesday, February 24
The Heiress
Season 2 • Episode 24
A mentally unstable heiress is charged with the murder of an accountant.
Tuesday, February 24
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.
Tuesday, February 24
The Mistress
Season 3 • Episode 4
Ben searches for a witness capable of clearing his client in her unfaithful husband's murder.
Wednesday, February 25
The Angel
Season 1 • Episode 11
Matlock defends a rock star (Kari Lizer) implicated in the murder of her manager.
Wednesday, February 25
The Ambassador
Season 3 • Episode 2
A British ambassador charged with murder refuses to hide behind his diplomatic immunity.
Wednesday, February 25
The Ambassador
Season 3 • Episode 3
Matlock realizes his client's lover holds the key to the killer's true identity.
Wednesday, February 25
The DJ
Season 3 • Episode 5
Ben dislikes his client, an obnoxious radio personality accused of killing a rival disc jockey.
Wednesday, February 25
The Captain
Season 3 • Episode 6
When a patrolman is framed for murder, Ben must investigate an old friend as a prime suspect.
Wednesday, February 25
The Vendetta
Season 3 • Episode 7
Convinced his brother was framed for murder, a psychopath takes Matlock's associates hostage.
Wednesday, February 25
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.
Thursday, February 26
The Professor
Season 1 • Episode 12
Matlock defends his former law professor who is being framed for a homicide.
Thursday, February 26
The Mayor
Season 3 • Episode 8
Ben's defense of a '60s activist accused of assassination uncovers a mayor's unsavory past.
Thursday, February 26
The Mayor
Season 3 • Episode 9
Ben suspects the presiding judge (Georg Stanford Brown) is in on a land fraud related to the case.
Thursday, February 26
The Other Woman
Season 3 • Episode 11
Suspect's dual personality hurts Ben's defense.
Thursday, February 26
The Starlet
Season 3 • Episode 12
Ben reunites with a former girlfriend whose daughter is accused of murder.
Thursday, February 26
The Thief
Season 3 • Episode 14
Ben defends a rare-coin dealer accused of killing an employee who was stealing inventory.
Thursday, February 26
The Thief
Season 3 • Episode 15
Matlock suspects killers are blackmailing his private investigator (Cindy Morgan).
Friday, February 27
Santa Claus
Season 1 • Episode 13
Matlock takes on the case of a street corner Santa accused of murdering his landlord.
Sunday, March 1
The Psychic
Season 3 • Episode 13
A psychic who foresaw her boyfriend's stabbing death hires Ben when she becomes a suspect.
Sunday, March 1
The Thoroughbred
Season 3 • Episode 16
Mentally impaired farmhand accused of murder.
Sunday, March 1
The Model
Season 3 • Episode 17
Ben defends a famous journalist who is accused of murdering an internationally known model.
Sunday, March 1
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.
Sunday, March 1
The Blues Singer
Season 3 • Episode 19
Matlock attempts to clear a blues musician (Joe Seneca) framed for the murder of a rock star.
Sunday, March 1
The Priest
Season 3 • Episode 20
Defending a construction contractor, Ben learns one priest (Michael Spound) may have killed another.
Sunday, March 1
The Good Boy
Season 4 • Episode 3
Ben suspects widow's son of killing her mate.
Monday, March 2
The Chef
Season 1 • Episode 14
The host of a TV cooking show is accused of murdering her ex-husband on the air.
Monday, March 2
The Hunting Party
Season 4 • Episode 1
Matlock and a deputy sheriff help a veteran framed for murder on Roanoke Island, N.C.
Monday, March 2
The Hunting Party
Season 4 • Episode 2
Matlock and a deputy sheriff help a veteran framed for murder on Roanoke Island, N.C.
Monday, March 2
The Bestseller
Season 4 • Episode 4
A district attorney matches wits with a much-despised author after the writer's best friend dies.
Monday, March 2
The Ex
Season 4 • Episode 5
Ben helps Julie defend an old friend framed for the murder of a newspaper publisher.
Monday, March 2
The Clown
Season 4 • Episode 6
Ben defends a circus clown accused of killing his partner; Conrad gets trapped in a tiger's cage.
Monday, March 2
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, March 3
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.
Tuesday, March 3
The Con Man
Season 4 • Episode 8
Ben defends an old friend accused of murdering a stock-market swindler (David Birney).
Tuesday, March 3
The Prisoner
Season 4 • Episode 9
Ben goes inside a violence-torn prison to participate in a murder trial run by inmates.
Tuesday, March 3
The Prisoner
Season 4 • Episode 10
Ben goes inside a violence-torn prison to participate in a murder trial run by inmates.
Tuesday, March 3
The Fugitive
Season 4 • Episode 11
Ben tries to clear the name of his unlikable client, framed for murder.
Tuesday, March 3
The Buddies
Season 4 • Episode 12
Ben is surprised to discover that a reopened, 35-year-old murder case reveals familiar suspects.
Tuesday, March 3
The Scrooge
Season 4 • Episode 13
Ben spends Christmas defending a miserly neighbor accused of murdering his business partner.
Wednesday, March 4
The Rat Pack
Season 1 • Episode 16
Matlock defends a popular Beverly Hills man accused of murdering a starlet.
Wednesday, March 4
The Witness
Season 4 • Episode 14
Michelle must break down the testimony of a former law classmate.
Wednesday, March 4
The Student
Season 4 • Episode 15
Ben gets involved in the case of a coed (Debbie Barker) accused of murdering her professor lover.
Wednesday, March 4
The Talk Show
Season 4 • Episode 16
A television producer is accused of murdering a "trash TV" talk show host.
Wednesday, March 4
The Victim
Season 4 • Episode 17
Ben defends an old friend framed for the murder of a business partner's adulterous wife.
Wednesday, March 4
The Kidnapper
Season 4 • Episode 18
Michelle and Conrad search for Ben, who may have been kidnapped by vengeful ex-convicts.
Wednesday, March 4
The Pro
Season 4 • Episode 19
Ben defends a belligerent tennis champion (Vince Van Patten) framed for murder.
Thursday, March 5
The Nurse
Season 1 • Episode 17
Ben defends a live-in nurse accused of killing her affluent patient to expedite her inheritance.
Thursday, March 5
The Informer
Season 4 • Episode 20
Ben considers dropping a manipulative client (Richard Masur) accused of murdering a mobster.
Thursday, March 5
The Informer
Season 4 • Episode 21
Ben finds his life in jeopardy defending an attorney framed for a mobster's murder.
Thursday, March 5
The D.A.
Season 4 • Episode 22
Conrad swings into action to determine who is harassing District Attorney March.
Thursday, March 5
The Blackmailer
Season 4 • Episode 23
Ben is drawn into the case of a murdered newspaper cartoonist.
Thursday, March 5
The Cookie Monster
Season 4 • Episode 24
A baker friend (John Hancock) of Ben's is framed for the poisoning death of a rival bakery owner.
Thursday, March 5
The Mother
Season 5 • Episode 1
A secretary is accused of killing her boss.
Friday, March 6
The Convict
Season 1 • Episode 18
Matlock gets a second chance to clear the name of a man who was unjustly jailed.
Sunday, March 8
Nowhere to Turn
Season 5 • Episode 3
When the judge presiding over Ben's latest case is found murdered, Ben is accused of the crime.
Sunday, March 8
The Madam
Season 5 • Episode 4
Ben defends a madam accused of killing a blackmailing former employee.
Sunday, March 8
The Personal Trainer
Season 5 • Episode 5
Ben defends a roofer against charges he murdered his wife's amorous personal trainer.
Sunday, March 8
The Narc
Season 5 • Episode 6
Ben defends a narcotics officer accused of murdering a fellow cop.
Sunday, March 8
The Secret
Season 5 • Episode 7
Ben defends a gambling blues singer (Ron Taylor) accused of killing his bookmaker.
Sunday, March 8
The Secret
Season 5 • Episode 8
Defending a gambler, Ben uncovers art theft, murder and blackmail.
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