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Matt Houston

Season 1 1982 - 1983

  • 1982-09-27T00:00:00Z on ABC
  • 1h
  • 1d (24 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Drama
Matt Houston is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985. Created by Lawrence Gordon, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling.

24 episodes

Series Premiere

1982-09-27T00:00:00Z

1x01 X-22 (1)

Series Premiere

1x01 X-22 (1)

  • 1982-09-27T00:00:00Z1h

Synopsis coming soon.

1982-09-27T00:00:00Z

1x02 X-22 (2)

1x02 X-22 (2)

  • 1982-09-27T00:00:00Z1h

Synopsis coming soon.

1982-10-04T00:00:00Z

1x03 Stop The Presses

1x03 Stop The Presses

  • 1982-10-04T00:00:00Z1h

other characters: Ron Randolph, Lelani, Camalani

A disreputable tabloid's publisher is nearly killed after telling his four worst enemies he plans to run a front-page story on them.

1982-10-18T00:00:00Z

1x04 Deadly Fashion

1x04 Deadly Fashion

  • 1982-10-18T00:00:00Z1h

Houston's old flame (Cristina Ferrare), a model, hires him when she is accused of killing her employer, a famous fashion designer.

1982-10-25T00:00:00Z

1x05 Killing Isn't Everything

1x05 Killing Isn't Everything

  • 1982-10-25T00:00:00Z1h

A pro quarterback (John Beck), Matt's college teammate, is blackmailed by a man who says he has proof the player killed his coach.

1982-11-01T01:00:00Z

1x06 Who Would Kill Ramona?

1x06 Who Would Kill Ramona?

  • 1982-11-01T01:00:00Z1h

other characters: Todd Gallager, Rick

Matt enters the film world to investigate after a drink from a faded star's (Janet Leigh) glass instantly kills her new leading man.

1982-11-08T01:00:00Z

1x07 Recipe For Murder

1x07 Recipe For Murder

  • 1982-11-08T01:00:00Z1h

other characters: Roger Marsden (murdered)

A restaurant critic's (James Coco) dinner is disrupted when a gelatin mold brought to his table contains his partner's severed head.

1982-11-22T01:00:00Z

1x08 Shark Bait

1x08 Shark Bait

  • 1982-11-22T01:00:00Z1h

other characters: Alice, Wyndell Murdock, Glenda Collins, Sam Gleason

Matt steps in when the mother of a Malibu lifeguard fears her daughter will be the next victim of a series of fatal shark attacks.

1982-11-29T01:00:00Z

1x09 The Kidnapping

1x09 The Kidnapping

  • 1982-11-29T01:00:00Z1h

other characters: Tony

An old friend (Hugh O'Brian) calls in Matt when kidnappers snatch a seriously ill Arab prince during a jet flight to Los Angeles.

1982-12-06T01:00:00Z

1x10 Joey's Here

1x10 Joey's Here

  • 1982-12-06T01:00:00Z1h

other characters: Riley (Security Guard), Ms. Stevenson (Secretary)

A robot designed by an electronics genius (David Cassidy) murders the brother (Troy Donahue) of it's creator.

1982-12-13T01:00:00Z

1x11 The Good Doctor

1x11 The Good Doctor

  • 1982-12-13T01:00:00Z1h

other characters: Landlord

After a research scientist is murdered during a party at Matt's place, a mutual friend of the victim asks Matt to investigate.

An upcoming fight appears rigged when murder uncovers the champion's (Dorian Harewood) physical problems and his wife's alcoholism.

1983-01-10T01:00:00Z

1x13 The Purrfect Crime

1x13 The Purrfect Crime

  • 1983-01-10T01:00:00Z1h

other characters: John

The four ex-wives of a wealthy cat-food manufacturer mauled to death by a pet tiger hire Matt to solve the crime so they can collect the money from the will.

1983-01-17T01:00:00Z

1x14 The Yacht Club Murders

1x14 The Yacht Club Murders

  • 1983-01-17T01:00:00Z1h

other characters: Dorian

After a reunion with a secret childhood love, she asks Matt for help, fearing someone may die at a yacht-club party.

1983-01-24T01:00:00Z

1x15 Whose Party Is It Anyway?

1x15 Whose Party Is It Anyway?

  • 1983-01-24T01:00:00Z1h

Fake telegrams summon five famous people to Matt's penthouse for a Sunday meeting with murder on the agenda.

1983-02-21T01:00:00Z

1x16 Get Houston

1x16 Get Houston

  • 1983-02-21T01:00:00Z1h

other characters: Cletus Simms

From his padded cell, an institutionalized madman (Chuck Connors) hires escaped convicts to kill Houston.

1983-02-28T01:00:00Z

1x17 The Visitors

1x17 The Visitors

  • 1983-02-28T01:00:00Z1h

Matt must verify or disprove an alleged UFO encounter during which a scientist suffered a fatal heart attack.

1983-03-07T01:00:00Z

1x18 Here's Another Fine Mess

1x18 Here's Another Fine Mess

  • 1983-03-07T01:00:00Z1h

After costumed killers try to kill C.J. by forcing her off the road, she learns all her college sorority sisters are also in danger.

other characters: Carter

A noted gossip columnist, Vonda Mirand, is murdered after threatening to expose the patrons of an exclusive bordello called the Afrodisia Fellowship.

1983-03-21T01:00:00Z

1x20 The Showgirl Murders

1x20 The Showgirl Murders

  • 1983-03-21T01:00:00Z1h

other characters: Decoy #1 (woman), Doris (hotel photographer), Mattie (dancer)

When a nightclub-singer friend (Robert Goulet) believes he has killed during alcohol-induced blackouts, Matt works to clear him.

1983-04-04T01:00:00Z

1x21 Fear For Tomorrow

1x21 Fear For Tomorrow

  • 1983-04-04T01:00:00Z1h

other characters: Kitchen Worker (possibly Randy or Tyler)

A codebook and a cryptic message provide Matt his only clues to preventing the predicted deaths of thousands.

1983-04-11T01:00:00Z

1x22 A Deadly Parlay

1x22 A Deadly Parlay

  • 1983-04-11T01:00:00Z1h

After Matt is found leaning over the dead body of a jockey (Lynn-Holly Johnson), he is charged with murder.

1983-04-18T01:00:00Z

1x23 A Novel Way To Die

1x23 A Novel Way To Die

  • 1983-04-18T01:00:00Z1h

When a novelist (Terry Moore) at a mystery-writers' convention is murdered, Matt finds himself involved in a real murder mystery.

Season Finale

1983-04-25T00:00:00Z

1x24 The Hunted

Season Finale

1x24 The Hunted

  • 1983-04-25T00:00:00Z1h

other characters: Senator Delaney, Sony

C.J. is held hostage by a famous criminal (Martin Landau) in order to free his terrorist son held by authorities on Matt's eyewitness testimony.

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