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.

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Columbo
02:07 - 03:52
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Strange Bedfellows
The detective is put on the case of a man who murders his brother.
Columbo
03:52 - 05:38
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A Trace of Murder
Columbo matches wits with a forensics specialist, helping his girlfriend to frame her husband for a stockbroker's murder.
Columbo
05:38 - 07:20
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Ashes to Ashes
The inimitable cop must prove that a flamboyant Hollywood gossip reporter was murdered by her former lover.
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LIVE 07:20 - 08:59
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Murder With Too Many Notes
A Hollywood film composer and conductor murders a talented, young musician out of jealousy.
Columbo
08:59 - 10:39
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Columbo Likes the Nightlife
Columbo investigates the apparent suicide of a tabloid reporter in the Los Angeles rave scene.
Prescription: Murder
10:39 - 12:30
Prescription: Murder
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Ransom for a Dead Man
12:30 - 14:17
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
14:17 - 15:41
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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.
Columbo
15:41 - 17:07
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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.
Columbo
17:07 - 18:31
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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.
Columbo
18:31 - 19:54
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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.
Columbo
19:54 - 21:18
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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.
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21:18 - 22:41
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Short Fuse
An explosion kills an executive as he calls his wife from a car phone, and suspicion falls on a company attorney.
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22:41 - 00:04
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Blueprint for Murder
Columbo excavates the area surrounding the newly poured foundation of a building to search for a corpse.