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
Columbo
00:45 - 02:29
Columbo
No Time to Die
Columbo attends his nephew's wedding and as the couple get ready to leave on their honeymoon, the bride disappears; Columbo investigates and suspects his nephew may have made a few enemies on the police force.
Columbo
02:29 - 04:13
Columbo
A Bird in the Hand..
Columbo investigates a hit-and-run, followed by a car explosion.
Columbo
04:13 - 06:00
Columbo
It's All in the Game
Two women kill their two-timing lover but have solid alibis; one of the women tries to seduce Columbo to keep him off her trail.
Columbo
06:00 - 07:44
Columbo
Butterfly in Shades of Grey
Columbo investigates a case involving argumentative radio talk show host Fielding Chase.
Columbo
07:44 - 09:30
Columbo
Undercover
The disheveled detective sets out to solve an unusual double murder in which two men have apparently killed each other.
Columbo
09:30 - 11:15
Columbo
Strange Bedfellows
The detective is put on the case of a man who murders his brother.
Columbo
11:15 - 13:01
Columbo
A Trace of Murder
Columbo matches wits with a forensics specialist, helping his girlfriend to frame her husband for a stockbroker's murder.
Columbo
13:01 - 14:43
Columbo
Ashes to Ashes
The inimitable cop must prove that a flamboyant Hollywood gossip reporter was murdered by her former lover.
Columbo
14:43 - 16:22
Columbo
Murder With Too Many Notes
A Hollywood film composer and conductor murders a talented, young musician out of jealousy.
Columbo
16:22 - 18:02
Columbo
Columbo Likes the Nightlife
Columbo investigates the apparent suicide of a tabloid reporter in the Los Angeles rave scene.
Prescription: Murder
18:02 - 19:53
Prescription: Murder
Despite an alibi, Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk) thinks that a smooth Hollywood psychiatrist (Gene Barry) has killed his wife.","large":"Dr. Ray Flemming (Gene Barry) is a psychologist with a wealthy wife (Nina Foch). One night, at the couple's anniversary party, Ray receives a call...
Ransom for a Dead Man
19:53 - 21:40
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
21:40 - 23:04
Columbo
Murder by the Book
A blackmailer interferes with a mystery writer's scheme to kill his former partner in a perfect crime.
Columbo
23:04 - 00:30
Columbo
Death Lends a Hand
Columbo investigates the case of an unfaithful wife who was murdered when she refused to be blackmailed.