Universal Crime

United States

Universal Crime draws its programming from the extensive catalog of crime-related documentaries, legal procedurals, and true-crime series produced for the United States television market. The channel’s weekday lineup typically includes archival episodes of long-running investigative programs, courtroom analysis shows, and dramatized reenactments of notable criminal cases. Weekend blocks often shift toward feature-length documentaries examining forensic science, cold case investigations, and historical organized crime figures. News-style updates on ongoing trials or recent arrests appear during interstitial segments, though the channel does not produce original live news coverage.

Viewers can access the channel through standard cable and satellite packages across the country, with some providers offering an on-demand library of recent episodes. The channel’s online streaming service requires a participating TV subscription for full access, though select clips and full episodes are occasionally posted to its official website without authentication. TV guide listings for Universal Crime are updated weekly and reflect the network’s focus on uninterrupted crime content without commercial breaks for movies or music programming.

22:48–00:34

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00:34–02:16

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02:16–03:55

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Schedule

28 Jul Yesterday Today Tomorrow

LIVE 00:34 - 02:16

Columbo

Ashes to Ashes

The inimitable cop must prove that a flamboyant Hollywood gossip reporter was murdered by her former lover.

02:16 - 03:55

Columbo

Murder With Too Many Notes

A Hollywood film composer and conductor murders a talented, young musician out of jealousy.

03:55 - 05:35

Columbo

Columbo Likes the Nightlife

Columbo investigates the apparent suicide of a tabloid reporter in the Los Angeles rave scene.

05:35 - 07:26

Prescription: murder

A psychiatrist uses a patient, he is having an affair with to help him kill his wife. His perfect alibi may come apart at the hands of a seemingly befuddled LAPD lieutenant.

07:26 - 09:13

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.

09:13 - 10:37

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Murder by the Book

A blackmailer interferes with a mystery writer's scheme to kill his former partner in a perfect crime.

10:37 - 12:03

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Death Lends a Hand

Columbo investigates the case of an unfaithful wife who was murdered when she refused to be blackmailed.

12:03 - 13:27

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Dead Weight

No body, no weapon and a witness courted by the war hero she thinks committed murder, complicate a case.

13:27 - 14:50

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Suitable for Framing

Columbo is caught in a case of stolen art and murder with evidence pointing to an innocent woman.

14:50 - 16:14

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Lady in Waiting

A competition between bitter siblings for ownership of a family-owned corporation, after their father's untimely death, escalates into murder.

16:14 - 17:37

Columbo

Short Fuse

An explosion kills an executive as he calls his wife from a car phone, and suspicion falls on a company attorney.

17:37 - 19:00

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Blueprint for Murder

Columbo excavates the area surrounding the newly poured foundation of a building to search for a corpse.

19:00 - 20:20

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The Greenhouse Jungle

A botanical collector involves his nephew in a kidnapping to break a trust fund, then murders him to finance his hobby.

20:20 - 22:04

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Étude in Black

The mistress of a conductor becomes a target for murder after threatening to tell all to her lover's wife.

22:04 - 23:24

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.

23:24 - 01:15

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Dagger of the Mind

Columbo journeys to London to observe Scotland Yard, but winds up investigating murders committed by two Shakespearean actors.

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