Universal Crime

USA USA

Universal Crime bezieht sein Programm aus dem umfangreichen Katalog von kriminalbezogenen Dokumentationen, Justizserien und True-Crime-Formaten, die für den US-amerikanischen Fernsehmarkt produziert wurden. Die werktägliche Programmgestaltung umfasst in der Regel Archivfolgen langlebiger investigativer Sendungen, Gerichtssaal-Analysen und dramatisierte Nachstellungen bekannter Kriminalfälle. An den Wochenenden verlagert sich der Schwerpunkt hin zu abendfüllenden Dokumentationen über Forensik, Cold-Case-Ermittlungen und historische Persönlichkeiten der organisierten Kriminalität. Nachrichtenartige Updates zu laufenden Prozessen oder aktuellen Festnahmen erscheinen in Zwischensegmenten, jedoch produziert der Sender keine eigenen Live-Nachrichten.

Zuschauer können den Kanal über landesweit verfügbare Kabel- und Satellitenpakete empfangen; einige Anbieter bieten eine On-Demand-Bibliothek mit aktuellen Episoden an. Der Online-Streaming-Dienst des Senders erfordert für den vollen Zugriff ein teilnehmendes TV-Abonnement, wobei ausgewählte Clips und ganze Folgen gelegentlich ohne Authentifizierung auf der offiziellen Website veröffentlicht werden. Die TV

Programm
Ransom for a Dead Man
04:29 - 06:16
Ransom for a Dead Man
Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk) outwits a lawyer (Lee Grant) who has killed her husband but made it look like a kidnapping.
Columbo
06:16 - 07:40
Columbo
Murder by the Book
A blackmailer interferes with a mystery writer's scheme to kill his former partner in a perfect crime.
Columbo
07:40 - 09:06
Columbo
Death Lends a Hand
Columbo investigates the case of an unfaithful wife who was murdered when she refused to be blackmailed.
Columbo
09:06 - 10:29
Columbo
Dead Weight
No body, no weapon and a witness courted by the war hero she thinks committed murder, complicate a case.
Columbo
10:29 - 11:53
Columbo
Suitable for Framing
Columbo is caught in a case of stolen art and murder with evidence pointing to an innocent woman.
Columbo
11:53 - 13:17
Columbo
Lady in Waiting
A competition between bitter siblings for ownership of a family-owned corporation, after their father's untimely death, escalates into murder.
Columbo
13:17 - 14:40
Columbo
Short Fuse
An explosion kills an executive as he calls his wife from a car phone, and suspicion falls on a company attorney.
Columbo
14:40 - 16:03
Columbo
Blueprint for Murder
Columbo excavates the area surrounding the newly poured foundation of a building to search for a corpse.
Columbo
16:03 - 17:23
Columbo
The Greenhouse Jungle
A botanical collector involves his nephew in a kidnapping to break a trust fund, then murders him to finance his hobby.
Columbo
17:23 - 19:07
Columbo
Étude in Black
The mistress of a conductor becomes a target for murder after threatening to tell all to her lover's wife.
Columbo
19:07 - 20:26
Columbo
The Most Crucial Game
A football-team manager (Robert Culp) establishes an electronic alibi for the murder of the team owner (Dean Stockwell) during a game; guests Valerie Harper, Susan Howard, James Gregory, Dean Jagger.
Columbo
20:26 - 22:18
Columbo
Dagger of the Mind
Columbo journeys to London to observe Scotland Yard, but winds up investigating murders committed by two Shakespearean actors.
Columbo
22:18 - 23:35
Columbo
Requiem for a Falling Star
The ongoing feud between an out-of-favor Hollywood actress and a gossip columnist results in murder. Guest star: Anne Baxter.
Columbo
23:35 - 00:55
Columbo
A Stitch in Crime
A surgeon kills a nurse who suspects him of intentionally botching the heart surgery of his colleague, a cardiac expert.