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.
Sunday, July 13
The Marriage Counselor
Season 6 • Episode 5
Ben's insurance agent is arrested for the murder of a marriage counselor.
Sunday, July 13
The Dame
Season 6 • Episode 6
Ben tells Julie of a case he and his father investigated while Ben was a student.
Sunday, July 13
The Suspect
Season 6 • Episode 7
Michelle believes Matlock's objectivity is being compromised by the young widow he is defending.
Sunday, July 13
The Suspect
Season 6 • Episode 8
Evidence in the case Michelle is working on may incriminate Ben's client.
Sunday, July 13
The Defense
Season 6 • Episode 9
A teenager shoots his abusive father to save his mother's life.
Sunday, July 13
The Game Show
Season 6 • Episode 10
Game-show host is accused of killing producer.
Sunday, July 13
The Foursome
Season 6 • Episode 11
Defending a client framed for murder, Ben accuses the prosecuting counsel of misconduct.
Monday, July 14
The Hucksters
Season 2 • Episode 19
Ben defends an irate investor accused of murdering the promoter of a pyramid scheme.
Monday, July 14
The Picture
Season 6 • Episode 12
Ben comes upon an altered photo that provides a needed clue in an unsolved murder.
Monday, July 14
The Picture
Season 6 • Episode 13
Evidence uncovers plot to conceal counterfeiting.
Monday, July 14
The Outcast
Season 6 • Episode 14
Ben's decision to retire is shelved in the aftermath of a farmhand's mysterious death.
Monday, July 14
The Outcast
Season 6 • Episode 15
Ben's decision to retire is shelved in the aftermath of a farmhand's mysterious death.
Monday, July 14
The Big Payoff
Season 6 • Episode 16
Ben hires a singer to paint his house; Michelle investigates a murder.
Monday, July 14
The Abduction
Season 6 • Episode 17
Michelle is held for ransom for information Ben was given by a slain mob attorney.
Tuesday, July 15
The Lovelorn
Season 2 • Episode 20
Matlock encounters a family full of suspects when an advice-to-the-lovelorn columnist is murdered.
Tuesday, July 15
Mr. Awesome
Season 6 • Episode 18
Ben defends a young mother who is accused of killing her estranged boyfriend.
Tuesday, July 15
The Evening News
Season 6 • Episode 19
Ben defends a TV news reporter accused of murdering his producer.
Tuesday, July 15
The Evening News
Season 6 • Episode 20
Conrad learns a producer, a murder victim, is really alive and in a real-estate scam.
Tuesday, July 15
The Assassination
Season 6 • Episode 21
Ben and Leanne link the mayor's assassination to a judge charged with sexual assault.
Tuesday, July 15
The Assassination
Season 6 • Episode 22
Ben and Leanne link the mayor's assassination to a judge charged with sexual assault.
Tuesday, July 15
The Ghost
Season 7 • Episode 5
A ghost convinces Ben to look into the mysterious circumstances surrounding his untimely demise.
Wednesday, July 16
The Genius
Season 2 • Episode 21
Ben's nephew must outwit a master computer to clear himself of a murder charge.
Wednesday, July 16
The Vacation
Season 7 • Episode 1
Ben and Leanne run into his nemesis (Warren Frost) and murder on the North Carolina coast.
Wednesday, July 16
The Vacation
Season 7 • Episode 2
Ben and Leanne run into his nemesis (Warren Frost) and murder on the North Carolina coast.
Wednesday, July 16
The Legacy
Season 7 • Episode 3
Ben ponders a 40-year-old link between his own father and a playwright's murder.
Wednesday, July 16
The Legacy
Season 7 • Episode 4
Ben ponders a 40-year-old link between his own father and a playwright's murder.
Wednesday, July 16
The Class
Season 7 • Episode 6
Ben and Leanne enlist the help of a criminal law class after a student disappears.
Wednesday, July 16
The Singer
Season 7 • Episode 7
Ben has too many suspects when he investigates the murder of a country singer.
Thursday, July 17
The Magician
Season 2 • Episode 22
Ben (Andy Griffith) defends a magician (Michael E. Knight) accused of murder. Kim Ulrich also stars.
Friday, July 18
The Fisherman
Season 2 • Episode 23
Ben defends a Vietnamese fisherman accused of murdering the town bully.
Friday, July 18
The Mark
Season 7 • Episode 8
A country singer (Randy Travis) is accused of murdering his cheating partner in a nightclub.
Friday, July 18
The Juror
Season 7 • Episode 9
During a murder trial, the strong emotions of his cohorts amaze juror Ben.
Friday, July 18
The Fortune
Season 7 • Episode 10
Matlock defends a murdered millionaire's disinherited nephew.
Friday, July 18
The Fortune
Season 7 • Episode 11
Matlock defends a murdered millionaire's disinherited nephew.
Friday, July 18
The Debt
Season 7 • Episode 12
Leanne defends her ex-husband against charges he murdered his ex-boss.
Friday, July 18
The Revenge
Season 7 • Episode 13
Witness Ben finds his professional reputation jeopardized during a robbery trial.
Sunday, July 20
The Obsession
Season 7 • Episode 14
Nightmares give Ben clues to the murderer of a celebrity doctor.
Sunday, July 20
The Divorce
Season 7 • Episode 15
Ben agrees to handle the divorce of his friends Clara and Duncan Farmington.
Sunday, July 20
The Final Affair
Season 7 • Episode 16
The murders of a football coach and his wife have Matlock looking to a church for clues.
Sunday, July 20
The Final Affair
Season 7 • Episode 17
The murders of a football coach and his wife have Matlock looking to a church for clues.
Sunday, July 20
The Competition
Season 7 • Episode 18
Ben investigates the apparent suicide of an accomplished young pianist.
Sunday, July 20
The Play
Season 8 • Episode 1
Ben defends a community play's director, accused of murdering the leading lady.
Sunday, July 20
The Diner
Season 8 • Episode 4
In an extended flashback, Ben remembers his first case as a defense lawyer.
Monday, July 21
The Heiress
Season 2 • Episode 24
A mentally unstable heiress is charged with the murder of an accountant.
Monday, July 21
The Fatal Seduction
Season 8 • Episode 2
Mystery follows when Ben travels to the funeral of his high-school sweetheart.
Monday, July 21
The Fatal Seduction
Season 8 • Episode 3
Ben defends a man against murder charges stemming from a date-rape shakedown scheme.
Monday, July 21
The View
Season 8 • Episode 5
Ben becomes involved in a murder case when he witnesses a heated argument from his hotel window.
Monday, July 21
The Last Laugh
Season 8 • Episode 6
An old-time comedian (Milton Berle) is accused of killing his young replacement at a comedy club.
Monday, July 21
The Capital Offense
Season 8 • Episode 7
A con artist facing execution for murder exasperates Ben while having his case appealed.
Monday, July 21
The Conspiracy
Season 8 • Episode 10
Ben defends a young lawyer involved in blackmail, jury tampering and murder.
Tuesday, July 22
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, July 22
The Haunted
Season 8 • Episode 8
A dissatisfied patient is suspected of murdering her plastic surgeon, but Ben thinks otherwise.
Tuesday, July 22
The Haunted
Season 8 • Episode 9
A dissatisfied patient is suspected of murdering her plastic surgeon, but Ben thinks otherwise.
Tuesday, July 22
Matlock's Bad, Bad, Bad Dream
Season 8 • Episode 11
Ben dreams he's a washed-up lawyer in the 1930s defending a nightclub owner.
Tuesday, July 22
The Defendant
Season 8 • Episode 12
Leanne falls for a client, a philanthropist (Richard Gilliland) accused of murdering his partner.
Tuesday, July 22
The Kidnapping
Season 8 • Episode 13
An FBI agent investigating the kidnapping of Ben's friend is accused of killing a colleague.
Tuesday, July 22
The Kidnapping
Season 8 • Episode 14
Ben must prove the innocence of an FBI agent set up for another agent's murder.
Wednesday, July 23
The Ambassador
Season 3 • Episode 2
A British ambassador charged with murder refuses to hide behind his diplomatic immunity.
Wednesday, July 23
The Temptation
Season 8 • Episode 15
Leanne falls for a guy who robbed her house and stole her diary.
Wednesday, July 23
The Crook
Season 8 • Episode 16
Ben discovers a fellow church parishioner is accused of murder.
Wednesday, July 23
The Murder Game
Season 8 • Episode 17
Ben's murder mystery weekend becomes all too real when the host is found dead.
Wednesday, July 23
Brennan
Season 8 • Episode 18
Matlock vies against a powerful district attorney in a murder case.
Wednesday, July 23
P.I.
Season 8 • Episode 19
Ben's friend and his estranged daughter try to re-establish their relationship.
Wednesday, July 23
The Godfather
Season 8 • Episode 20
Ben throws a prenuptial party for his goddaughter at his house, resulting in murder.
Thursday, July 24
The Ambassador
Season 3 • Episode 3
Matlock realizes his client's lover holds the key to the killer's true identity.
Friday, July 25
The Mistress
Season 3 • Episode 4
Ben searches for a witness capable of clearing his client in her unfaithful husband's murder.
Friday, July 25
The Idol
Season 8 • Episode 21
A young lawyer (Scott Stevens) who apes Ben's style is involved in blackmail and murder.
Friday, July 25
The Idol
Season 8 • Episode 22
A young lawyer (Scott Stevens) who apes Ben's style is involved in blackmail and murder.
Friday, July 25
The Accused
Season 9 • Episode 1
A writer who claims she killed in self-defense turns to Ben for help; Ben hires a new investigator.
Friday, July 25
The Accused
Season 9 • Episode 2
A writer who claims she killed in self-defense turns to Ben for help; Ben hires a new investigator.
Friday, July 25
The Scandal
Season 9 • Episode 3
Ben's friend, a prominent attorney, is murdered and the prime suspect turns to Ben for her defense.
Friday, July 25
The Dare
Season 9 • Episode 4
Ben has trouble proving who killed his friend, even though he knows who did it.
Sunday, July 27
The Tabloid
Season 9 • Episode 5
Ben defends a senatorial candidate who has been framed for the murder of a tabloid's editor.
Sunday, July 27
The Coach
Season 9 • Episode 6
A college basketball coach is accused of killing the local booster club's leader.
Sunday, July 27
The Dating Game
Season 9 • Episode 7
Ben and Jerri pose as video-dating customers to find a murderer who may have used the service.
Sunday, July 27
The Confession
Season 9 • Episode 8
Ben's visiting friend Julie discovers she may have sent an innocent man to prison.
Sunday, July 27
Dead Air
Season 9 • Episode 9
A radio personality is accused of killing his partner, but Ben suspects the victim's girlfriend.
Sunday, July 27
The Getaway
Season 9 • Episode 10
Only a 12-year-old delinquent can exonerate Ben's client, framed for two bank heists.
Sunday, July 27
The Verdict
Season 9 • Episode 11
A district attorney (Jane Sibbett) prosecutes her ex-lover (Josh Taylor), Ben's client, for murder.
Monday, July 28
The DJ
Season 3 • Episode 5
Ben dislikes his client, an obnoxious radio personality accused of killing a rival disc jockey.
Monday, July 28
The Deadly Dose
Season 9 • Episode 12
Jerri's sister is accused of killing surgeon who had her fired.
Monday, July 28
The Target
Season 9 • Episode 13
A friend is killed in an explosion, but Matlock may have been the target.
Monday, July 28
The Heist
Season 9 • Episode 15
Matlock defends a longtime friend against unjust murder charges.
Monday, July 28
The Heist
Season 9 • Episode 16
Matlock defends a longtime friend against unjust murder charges.
Monday, July 28
The Scam
Season 9 • Episode 17
Matlock sidelines plans to attend a class reunion when Cliff is accused of murder.
Monday, July 28
The Scam
Season 9 • Episode 18
Matlock sidelines plans to attend a class reunion when Cliff is accused of murder.
Tuesday, July 29
The Captain
Season 3 • Episode 6
When a patrolman is framed for murder, Ben must investigate an old friend as a prime suspect.
Tuesday, July 29
The Assault
Season 9 • Episode 14
Ben's client is accused of assaulting the landlord he is suing.
Tuesday, July 29
Diary of a Perfect Murder
Season 1 • Episode 1
Ben and his daughter Charlene (Lori Lethin) defend a TV journalist charged with murder.
Tuesday, July 29
Diary of a Perfect Murder
Season 1 • Episode 2
An Atlanta lawyer and his daughter defend a TV journalist accused of killing his ex-wife.
Tuesday, July 29
The Judge
Season 1 • Episode 3
A repugnant judge murders his lover and then presides over the murder trial.
Tuesday, July 29
The Stripper
Season 1 • Episode 4
Matlock defends a stripper accused of murdering her ex-husband.
Tuesday, July 29
The Affair
Season 1 • Episode 5
A socialite hires Matlock to defend a maid who is charged with murdering the master of the house.
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