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- CreatorRichard LevinsonWilliam LinkStarsPeter FalkMike LallyJohn FinneganLos Angeles homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo uses his humble ways and ingenuous demeanor to winkle out even the most well-concealed of crimes.
- CreatorHerman MillerStarsDennis WeaverJ.D. CannonTerry CarterA New Mexico deputy marshal gets assigned to Manhattan's 27th Precinct.
- CreatorLeonard SternStarsRock HudsonJohn SchuckSusan Saint JamesSan Francisco Police Commissioner Stewart "Mac" McMillan and his amateur detective wife keep their marriage unpredictable while solving the city's most baffling crimes.
- StarsRichard BooneRick LenzHarry MorganThe adventures of Hec Ramsey, a turn-of-the-20th-century detective who prefers to use his brains instead of his guns.
- CreatorAnthony WilsonStarsGeorge PeppardRalph ManzaMurray MathesonThe adventures of proud Polish-American freelance insurance investigator Thomas Banacek.
- CreatorLarry CohenStarsJames FarentinoAdele MaraEd BernardThe adventures of private eye Jefferson Keyes, who charges a cool million bucks for his services.
- StarsRichard WidmarkRonny CoxGeorge ColeA dedicated New York police officer named Madigan hunts down lawbreakers locally and internationally.
- StarsDan DaileyJames NaughtonSharon GlessFrank Farady has spent 25 years in a South American jail for murdering his partner - a murder he didn't commit. He returns home to Los Angeles to find that his former secretary has given birth to his son Steve. As it turns out, Steve is also a private eye so the two team up to solve mysteries together...
- StarsJames McEachinDavid HuddlestonRosanna HuffmanAfrican-American private eye Harry Tenafly was a happily married, middle-class family man who had given up being a cop to work for a better paying position at a big L.A. detective agency. One of the few TV detectives who relied more on brains and solid legwork, Tenafly had no interest in gunfights, fisticuffs, or chasing beautiful women. Nevertheless, trouble seemed to find him anyway.
- CreatorAlan ShayneStarsHelen HayesMildred NatwickLou AntonioA spinster and her widowed sister, who are also mystery writers, try to solve mysterious murders.
- CreatorFrancine CarrollStarsJessica WalterArt MetranoJohnny SevenWhen the Chief of Detectives suddenly dies, the police officer with the most seniority (who happens to be a woman) becomes the new Chief, which doesn't go down well with all of the men of the Department.
- CreatorDean HargroveRoland KibbeeStarsTony CurtisRoscoe Lee BrownePhilip ChapinMcCoy has expensive tastes with an equally costly lifestyle offset with a gambling problem. To make ends meet he becomes a con man relieving others of their ill gotten gains with the aid of Gideon, a nightclub comedian.
- CreatorGlen A. LarsonLou ShawStarsJack KlugmanJohn S. RaginRobert ItoThe cases of a brilliant, if Irascible, coroner who investigates suspicious deaths which usually suggest murder.
- StarsArt CarneyJanis PaigeJanet MargolinPolice Chief Paul Lanigan and David Small, a rabbi in Cameron, California, are friends and both solve crimes in the local town. They also spent many evenings socializing but the wives usually got angry when the talk turned to the latest crimes.
- CreatorDick WolfStarsLouis Gossett Jr.Shari HeadleyMary FogartyGideon Oliver is an anthropology professor at Columbia University who uses his knowledge of other cultures to solve crimes, aided by his daughter and assistant Zina.
- CreatorChristopher CroweStarsBurt ReynoldsOssie DavisMichael O. SmithHouse boat living Private eye who solves crime.
- CreatorMichael DugganDick WolfStarsJaclyn SmithRalph BellamyMel FerrerTalented female attorney Christine Cromwell searches for justice and the truth when her friends and clients are accused of murder.
- DirectorPaul KrasnyStarsTelly SavalasAndre BraugherShari HeadleyOne of Kojak's old enemies uses Ariana, a young Greek girl, as bait to trap the legendary New York detective. Meanwhile, Kojak finds himself a brash young associate.
- DirectorRichard ComptonStarsTelly SavalasAndre BraugherAngie DickinsonInvestigating the murder of a writer responsible for a Mob exposé, Kojak discovers that the dead man's wife is an old flame.
- DirectorPaul KrasnyStarsTelly SavalasAndre BraugherGlynnis O'ConnorKojak charms his way into high society to investigate art thefts that are tied to munitions smuggling and murder.
- DirectorRichard ComptonStarsTelly SavalasAndre BraugherDarren McGavinAfter discovering the connection between a corrupt city commissioner and Colombian killers, Kojak is framed for the murder of a call girl and is prosecuted by former police detective Crocker, now an assistant D.A.
- DirectorAlan MetzgerStarsTelly SavalasAndre BraugherMargaret WhittonAfter a flighty young woman accidentally witnesses a Mob hit in an Italian restaurant, New York Police Inspector Theo Kojak must both protect her from an unscrupulous Dutch hitman, and bring Mob kingpin Tony Salducci to justice.
- DirectorE.W. SwackhamerStarsKenny RogersTerry O'QuinnWendy PhillipsMacShayne is a gambler and small time con-man. After serving a short stretch in jail, he goes to Las Vegas to see his son, but when he gets there, his ex-wife is no longer where she use to live and work and left no forwarding address. Leggett, a recently retired cop, approaches him and tells him that he will help him find his son, if he does something for him. It seems that he is planning to rob a hotel casino and he needs three guys to pull it off. Now two of the guys he recruited has agreed to it but the third is uncertain, so he sets up a poker game wherein MacShayne is suppose to clean him out thus giving Leggett some leverage on him. After doing that he discovers that Leggett is duplicitous and is going stab everybody in the back. So he decides to turn the tables on him.
- DirectorE.W. SwackhamerStarsKenny RogersMaria Conchita AlonsoWendy PhillipsMacShayne is back, now he is the head of security at the hotel where he stayed in the previous movie. And he has his hands full. First he has to take care of the grandson of the hotel's CEO, who is a kleptomaniac. And he has to try calm down the diva who is going to perform at the hotel, whose base player is her ex-husband whom she wishes would just go away. And when he is found dead, she is the prime suspect cause she has threatened him time and time again. And a senatorial candidate, who is staying at the hotel has had his life threatened, so McShayne has to protect him. And the hitman who is gunning after him is making plans to carry out his contract.
- DirectorPeter Roger HuntStarsRobert WagnerStefanie PowersLionel StanderAs Jonathan Hart contemplates what to give Jennifer for their anniversary, a murder is committed and Jonathan is being set up to take the fall. It all has to do with codes, cave-ins, burnouts, and buggings.
- DirectorPeter Roger HuntStarsRobert WagnerStefanie PowersLionel StanderThe Harts travel to Kingman's Ferry, a town a quaint little town where people know Jennifer Hart as Jennifer Edwards.
- DirectorPeter Roger HuntStarsRobert WagnerStefanie PowersLionel StanderRich married sleuths uncover a sabotage plot in N.Y.
- DirectorPeter Roger HuntStarsRobert WagnerStefanie PowersLionel StanderRich married sleuths show up for a literary weekend and overhear a plot for murder.
- DirectorEric LaneuvilleStarsLarry HagmanGregg HenryEric ChristmasAlexander Hollingsworth III is a millionaire's son, who has trouble managing his estate. So, his father decides to cut him off, so that he might be able to stand on his own. But a year later things are not going so well for him; he has amassed a great debt and is being pursued by the IRS. When an FBI agent, Ed Smith, needs to get into his inner circle so that he could get a devious businessman who is into all sorts shady activities. He offers to help Alex with some of his financial problems and his problems with the IRS, in exchange for being a government informant. Alex says yes because the man once burned him.
- DirectorRobert IscoveStarsRichard CrennaTyne DalyCliff GormanA detective tries to track down a serial killer who is thought to be targeting the policeman's god-daughter.
- DirectorJerry LondonStarsBill CosbyJames NaughtonAlice PlaytenAfter hitting the lottery and taking a bullet all in the same day, NYPD criminalist Guy Hanks retires from the force. He isn't gone long before his ex-partner asks for Guy's expertise in the case of a murdered corporate executive. The thrill of the chase proves no match for retirement, and soon Guy is in the thick of a case where his main suspects keep falling victim to the killer.
- StarsKathryn Christopher
- DirectorChristian I. Nyby IIStarsRaymond BurrBarbara HaleWilliam R. MosesOn the set of a popular daytime soap opera 'Mile High', actress Kris Buckner is being forced off by co-star Mark Stratton. When she says that she'll 'kill him before she leaves the show', she makes herself the prime suspect when Stratton is murdered by someone poisoning him. As an old friend, Perry Mason comes to the help of Kris and agrees to defend her. Meanwhile Ken goes in search of information with the help of fan of the show.
- DirectorChristian I. Nyby IIStarsPaul SorvinoBarbara HaleWilliam R. MosesAnthony Caruso, an old friend of Perry Mason, comes to Denver on the request of Dee Morrison. She's married to famed photographer David Morrison, who wants to shoot a photo featuring his former models. The tricky thing is that all of his former models are also his former wives. But Dee knows Anthony can convince them to do it which he does. And David shoots them. Later Dee catches David it what appears to be in an inappropriate situation with his assistant. They have an argument and she leaves. Later David is found dead and she's arrested and Anthony defends her. And he suspects it could have been one of the wives.
- DirectorHelaine HeadStarsHal HolbrookBarbara HaleWilliam R. MosesBill McKenzie is a retired lawyer who prefers to spend time working on his ranch. But he occasionally takes on a case wherein the defendant is wrongfully convicted or falsely accused, and he's a friend of Perry Mason. Mason asks him to fill in for him at some thing wherein he is suppose to give a speech. At the thing are some important people including a chess master whom McKenzie knows. Also, there is a sleazy interviewer who is forcing the chess player to be on his show when he refused, and when the interviewer is found dead, the chess player is arrested, and McKenzie defends him. Della Street and Ken Malansky offer their assistance, and McKenzie tries to find out who had motive to kill the man.
- DirectorGary NelsonStarsLouis Gossett Jr.James CoburnTracy NelsonSan Francisco café owner Ray Alexander moonlights as a detective. His new case has him looking into the murder of a psychiatrist whose wife has been framed.