Universal Crime

United States 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.

Schedule
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.