Matlock
Although Matlock is no longer producing episodes, it still airs in many locations as re-runs. Although it's best to check your television guide for times and channels, some of the following networks carry the program, the show is current carried on CMT Canada, ABC (WXYZ Detroit), TNT, WGN, Hallmark, and KDOC. Some networks may only be available in certain areas. Broadcast History:
September 1986 - May 1992:
Tuesday on NBC
November 1992 - May 1995:
Thursday on ABC Vote to have Matlock released on DVD at TVShowsOnDVD.com.
Clarence Gilyard Jr. | Conrad McMasters | |
Andy Griffith | Ben Matlock | |
Julie Sommars | Julie March | |
Nancy Stafford | Michelle Thomas | |
David Froman | Lt. Bob Brooks | |
Aneta Corseaut | Judge Cynthia Justin | |
Robert Curtis-Brown | A.D.A. Gilman | |
John Dennis Johnston | Lucas Anderson | |
Reiner Schöne | Jack Huntington | |
Don Knotts | Les Calhoun | |
Brynn Thayer | Roxanne Windemere | |
Will Jeffries | Assistant D.A. Ferber | |
Richard Newton | Judge Richard Cooksey | |
M.C. Gainey | Marty Jensen | |
Kathleen Freeman | Lucy Lewis | |
Michael Ensign | Doctor | |
Christina Pickles | Diana Huntington | |
Bruce Gray | James Hamilton | |
Anne Haney | Aunt Elsie | |
Alan Fudge | Jack Sylvester | |
Eric Christmas | Old Witness | |
Jan Munroe | Prosecutor Richardson | |
William Newman | Bink | |
Kay E. Kuter | Uncle Roy | |
Warren Frost | Billy Lewis |
While attending a reunion in his home town, Matlock gets embroiled in a murder case in which a young man is framed for the murder of another home-town boy who was writing a tell all tome about some of the town's prominent citizens.
After the death of the second of three boys who witnessed a murder 15 years ago, the trial of Ben's client requires the exposure of the secrets of some of his hometown's most prominent residents.
Matlock plays a game of cat and mouse with the real murderer when he defends his accountant.
A bump on the head transports Matlock to the Old West, where he tries to save Conrad from a hanging. Conrad proclaims his innocence, but being found on the floor right beside the deceased, doesn't help his case.
When Ben's insurance agent is accused of murdering a marriage counselor that is having an affair with his wife, Ben defends him.
Matlock tells a story to Julie about the time when he and his father were investigating the death of a friend, who may or may not have been killed by his widow.
Matlock becomes embroiled in Attorney/Client privilege issues when he defends two murder suspects whose cases become strangely intertwined.
Matlock defends a young man accused of killing his father in order to protect his mother.
The producer of a popular game show is murdered. The show's host is suspected; Michelle goes undercover as a contestant on the show to find the real killer.
Matlock defends a golfer accused of killing a blackmailing caddy.
While looking for a cousins cheating husband, Ben finds a photo that may help solve a murder.
While defending his hotheaded cousin, Ben stumbles onto more than just murder.
Overworked and distracted, Ben decides to retire and go fishing where he encounters a dead farmhand in an unfriendly town.
Michelle works with an insurance investigator to prove that a man killed his rich wife to collect on the insurance money.
Michelle gets kidnapped by the mob. Ben and Conrad try to save her.
Matlock's defense of a young waitress charged with murder is greatly aided by her talented young son, who drew a comic book that eerily depicts the crime.
A wealthy man and a reporter conspire in a real estate swindle. An innocent reporter is framed and Ben defends.
Ben goes to court (traffic court) and the murder case continues as the investigation of gang violence and arson related to the real estate swindle expand.
Ben and his visiting daughter believe there is a connection between Ben's client and the assassination of Atlanta's mayor.
While defending Judge Eller in his murder trial, Conrad uncovers the connection between the killing of a mayor and a pornography production using underage girls.