Matlock (1986)

Matlock (1986) - NBC

NBC

Series

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.

Where to Stream

1986–1995 Series 9 Seasons227 Episodes

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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