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.

Schedule

Yesterday Today Tomorrow

00:04 - 01:24

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.

01:24 - 03:08

Columbo

Étude in Black

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

03:08 - 04:28

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.

04:28 - 06:19

Columbo

Dagger of the Mind

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

06:19 - 07:37

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.

07:37 - 08:56

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.

08:56 - 10:16

Columbo

The Most Dangerous Match

An American chess champion plays a private match with his challenger and kills him because the man is a better player.

10:16 - 11:36

Columbo

Double Shock

Twins (Martin Landau in a dual role) kill their wealthy uncle just before his marriage to a younger woman.

11:36 - 12:58

Columbo

Lovely but Lethal

A cosmetics manufacturer is suspected of murdering an employee (Martin Sheen) who stole a wrinkle-removing formula.

12:58 - 14:47

Columbo

Any Old Port in a Storm

A wine connoisseur kills his playboy brother to prevent his selling the family winery to expiate his latest scandal.

14:47 - 16:39

Columbo

Candidate for Crime

A senatorial candidate exploits death threats, fabricated for publicity, to kill his manager.

16:39 - 18:01

Columbo

Double Exposure

A motivational researcher blackmails to further his career, kills a man, then frames the victim's wife.

18:01 - 19:23

Columbo

Publish or Perish

An enraged publisher hires a gunman to kill an author who intends to sign a contract with a competitor.

19:23 - 20:44

Columbo

Mind Over Mayhem

A prodigy and his robot help investigate the murder of a professor who threatened to disgrace a colleague's scientist son.

20:44 - 22:32

Columbo

Swan Song

A gospel singer kills his evangelist wife when she denies him more money and threatens blackmail.

22:32 - 00:21

Columbo

A Friend in Deed

A man murders his wife and has a friend cover up the act with a burglary, only to have the friend blackmail him into doing the same favor in return.

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