Season 1 (1984)

7.48 avg 22 episodes 8.0 → 7.5 50 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	The Murder of Sherlock Holmes	8.0	1,541
1	Deadly Lady	7.6	1,055
2	Birds of a Feather	7.3	920
3	Hooray for Homicide	7.3	874
4	It's a Dog's Life	7.5	862
5	Lovers and Other Killers	7.5	841
6	Hit, Run and Homicide	7.4	828
7	We're Off to Kill the Wizard	7.3	798
8	Death Takes a Curtain Call	7.2	745
9	Death Casts a Spell	7.5	754
10	Capitol Offense	7.5	718
11	Broadway Malady	7.3	720
12	Murder to a Jazz Beat	6.8	664
13	My Johnny Lies Over the Ocean	7.6	753
14	Paint Me a Murder	7.5	718
15	Tough Guys Don't Die	7.7	693
16	Sudden Death	7.0	798
17	Footnote to Murder	7.5	626
18	Murder Takes the Bus	8.6	1,120
19	Armed Response	7.4	646
20	Murder at the Oasis	7.5	652
21	Funeral at Fifty-Mile	7.5	637

Season 2 (1985)

7.54 avg 22 episodes 7.5 → 7.5 48 min avg

Rollercoaster
Mid-peak

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Widow, Weep for Me	7.5	741
2	Joshua Peabody Died Here... Possibly	7.4	700
3	Murder in the Afternoon	7.4	652
4	School for Scandal	7.3	620
5	Sing a Song of Murder	7.2	651
6	Reflections of the Mind	8.0	717
7	A Lady in the Lake	7.9	724
8	Dead Heat	6.9	572
9	Jessica Behind Bars	7.7	711
10	Sticks and Stones	8.2	722
11	Murder Digs Deep	7.4	611
12	Murder by Appointment Only	7.4	588
13	Trial by Error	8.5	818
14	Keep the Home Fries Burning	8.2	744
15	Powder Keg	7.0	584
16	Murder in the Electric Cathedral	7.2	581
17	One Good Bid Deserves a Murder	7.4	567
18	If a Body Meet a Body	7.8	590
19	Christopher Bundy - Died on Sunday	7.4	543
20	Menace, Anyone?	7.4	635
21	The Perfect Foil	7.2	549
22	If the Frame Fits	7.5	561

Season 3 (1986)

7.51 avg 22 episodes 7.6 → 7.6 50 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Death Stalks the Big Top: Part 1	7.6	619
2	Death Stalks the Big Top: Part 2	7.6	568
3	Unfinished Business	7.2	593
4	One White Rose for Death	7.4	565
5	Corned Beef and Carnage	7.2	560
6	Dead Man's Gold	7.2	566
7	Deadline for Murder	7.4	503
8	Magnum on Ice	7.6	602
9	Obituary for a Dead Anchor	7.5	540
10	Stage Struck	7.4	527
11	Night of the Headless Horseman	7.5	588
12	The Corpse Flew First Class	8.5	738
13	Crossed Up	8.0	689
14	Murder in a Minor Key	6.7	592
15	The Bottom Line Is Murder	7.4	497
16	Death Takes a Dive	7.1	521
17	Simon Says, Color Me Dead	7.6	538
18	No Laughing Murder	7.3	590
19	No Accounting for Murder	7.5	517
20	The Cemetery Vote	7.5	524
21	The Days Dwindle Down	8.4	784
22	Murder, She Spoke	7.6	522

Season 4 (1987)

7.55 avg 22 episodes 7.6 → 7.4 47 min avg

Rollercoaster
Mid-peak

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Fashionable Way to Die	7.6	548
2	When Thieves Fall Out	7.9	606
3	Witness for the Defense	7.8	586
4	Old Habits Die Hard	7.7	560
5	The Way to Dusty Death	7.4	509
6	It Runs in the Family	7.4	551
7	If It's Thursday, It Must Be Beverly	8.4	753
8	Steal Me a Story	7.5	489
9	Trouble in Eden	7.8	554
10	Indian Giver	6.6	498
11	Doom with a View	7.3	493
12	Who Threw the Barbitals in Mrs. Fletcher's Chowder?	8.0	618
13	Harbinger of Death	7.1	453
14	Curse of the Daanav	7.8	541
15	Mourning Among the Wisterias	7.6	516
16	Murder Through the Looking Glass	7.6	482
17	A Very Good Year for Murder	7.4	502
18	Benedict Arnold Slipped Here	7.7	531
19	Just Another Fish Story	7.4	496
20	Showdown in Saskatchewan	6.9	482
21	Deadpan	7.7	488
22	The Body Politic	7.4	450

Season 5 (1988)

7.66 avg 22 episodes 7.3 → 8.5 47 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	J.B.. as in Jailbird	7.3	520
2	A Little Night Work	7.6	503
3	Mr. Penroy's Vacation	8.3	670
4	Snow White, Blood Red	7.9	631
5	Coal Miner's Slaughter	7.4	517
6	Wearing of the Green	7.3	543
7	The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel	8.0	583
8	Prediction: Murder	7.8	524
9	Something Borrowed, Someone Blue	8.0	618
10	Weave a Tangled Web	7.3	488
11	The Search for Peter Kerry	7.7	479
12	Smooth Operators	7.6	478
13	Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble	7.5	552
14	From Russia... with Blood	7.2	472
15	Alma Murder	7.6	486
16	Truck Stop	6.9	533
17	The Sins of Castle Cove	8.3	615
18	Trevor Hudson's Legacy	7.2	455
19	Double Exposure	7.7	491
20	Three Strikes, You're Out	6.9	425
21	Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall: Part 1	8.6	612
22	Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall: Part 2	8.5	553

Season 6 (1989)

7.43 avg 22 episodes 7.2 → 6.8 47 min avg

Rollercoaster
Mid-peak

Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Appointment in Athens	7.2	474
2	Seal of the Confessional	7.9	539
3	The Grand Old Lady	7.0	495
4	The Error of Her Ways	7.7	460
5	Jack and Bill	7.2	489
6	Dead Letter	7.8	497
7	Night of the Tarantula	6.9	505
8	When the Fat Lady Sings	7.1	457
9	Test of Wills	7.8	486
10	Class Act	7.5	474
11	Town Father	8.1	534
12	Good-Bye Charlie	6.6	460
13	If the Shoe Fits	7.9	507
14	How to Make a Killing Without Really Trying	7.8	464
15	The Fixer-Upper	7.5	474
16	The Big Show of 1965	7.8	477
17	Murder -- According to Maggie	7.2	421
18	O'Malley's Luck	7.3	408
19	Always a Thief	7.1	398
20	Shear Madness	7.9	450
21	The Szechuan Dragon	7.4	448
22	The Sicilian Encounter	6.8	368

Season 7 (1990)

7.62 avg 22 episodes 7.6 → 7.7 47 min avg

Rollercoaster
Mid-peak

Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Trials and Tribulations	7.6	439
2	Deadly Misunderstanding	7.6	438
3	See You in Court, Baby	7.2	383
4	Hannigan's Wake	7.7	426
5	The Family Jewels	7.8	416
6	A Body to Die For	8.0	468
7	The Return of Preston Giles	8.1	472
8	The Great Twain Robbery	7.5	393
9	Ballad for a Blue Lady	7.3	402
10	Murder in F Sharp	7.4	398
11	Family Doctor	7.7	435
12	Suspicion of Murder	7.1	372
13	Moving Violation	8.1	459
14	Who Killed J.B. Fletcher?	8.4	598
15	The Taxman Cometh	7.6	408
16	From the Horse's Mouth	7.3	389
17	The Prodigal Father	7.7	402
18	Where Have You Gone, Billy Boy?	6.6	371
19	Thursday's Child	7.9	437
20	Murder, Plain and Simple	7.9	422
21	Tainted Lady	7.5	373
22	The Skinny According to Nick Cullhane	7.7	388

Season 8 (1991)

7.67 avg 22 episodes 8.2 → 7.8 48 min avg

Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Bite the Big Apple	8.2	462
2	Night Fears	7.6	404
3	Unauthorized Obituary	7.7	401
4	Thicker Than Water	8.1	424
5	Lines of Excellence	7.7	402
6	Judge Not	7.2	373
7	Terminal Connection	7.7	379
8	A Killing in Vegas	7.3	375
9	The Committee	8.0	418
10	The List of Yuri Lermentov	7.4	367
11	Danse Diabolique	7.7	448
12	The Witch's Curse	8.1	455
13	Incident in Lot 7	8.1	504
14	The Monte Carlo Murders	7.3	397
15	Tinker, Tailor, Liar, Thief	7.5	393
16	Ever After	7.6	410
17	To the Last Will I Grapple with Thee	7.3	374
18	Programmed for Murder	7.9	391
19	Day of the Dead	7.1	366
20	Angel of Death	7.7	391
21	Badge of Honor	7.7	380
22	Murder on Madison Avenue	7.8	375

Season 9 (1992)

7.50 avg 22 episodes 7.3 → 7.7 47 min avg

Rebound
Rollercoaster

Season 9 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Murder in Milan	7.3	387
2	Family Secrets	7.7	402
3	The Mole	7.3	361
4	The Wind Around the Tower	8.0	425
5	The Dead File	7.3	386
6	Night of the Coyote	7.6	400
7	Sugar & Spice, Malice & Vice	7.5	369
8	The Classic Murder	7.6	368
9	A Christmas Secret	8.0	480
10	The Sound of Murder	7.2	409
11	Final Curtain	7.7	378
12	Double Jeopardy	7.1	344
13	Dead Eye	6.7	350
14	Killer Radio	7.5	362
15	The Petrified Florist	7.6	386
16	Threshold of Fear	7.8	409
17	The Big Kill	7.4	352
18	Dead to Rights	7.4	360
19	Lone Witness	7.7	404
20	Ship of Thieves	7.9	400
21	The Survivor	7.1	336
22	Love's Deadly Desire	7.7	379

Season 10 (1993)

7.45 avg 21 episodes 7.3 → 7.8 48 min avg

Rebound

Season 10 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Death in Hong Kong	7.3	372
2	For Whom the Ball Tolls	7.4	355
3	The Legacy of Borbey House	7.9	441
4	The Phantom Killer	7.2	364
5	A Virtual Murder	7.1	395
6	Bloodlines	7.5	382
7	A Killing in Cork	7.3	375
8	Love & Hate in Cabot Cove	7.8	402
9	Murder at a Discount	7.8	393
10	Murder in White	7.3	347
11	Northern Explosion	7.6	350
12	Proof in the Pudding	7.3	329
13	Portrait of Death	7.4	348
14	Deadly Assets	7.5	320
15	Murder on the Thirtieth Floor	7.9	355
16	Time to Die	6.7	334
17	The Dying Game	7.3	316
18	The Trouble with Seth	7.8	346
19	Roadkill	7.4	334
20	A Murderous Muse	7.2	327
21	Wheel of Death	7.8	356

Season 11 (1994)

7.41 avg 21 episodes 7.3 → 7.3 48 min avg

Season 11 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Nest of Vipers	7.3	353
2	Amsterdam Kill	7.3	342
3	To Kill a Legend	7.5	348
4	Death in Hawaii	7.3	336
5	Dear Deadly	7.5	333
6	The Murder Channel	7.4	350
7	Fatal Paradise	7.5	330
8	Crimson Harvest	7.3	330
9	Murder by Twos	7.7	349
10	Murder of the Month Club	7.6	345
11	An Egg to Die For	7.2	323
12	The Scent of Murder	7.5	340
13	Death 'N Denial	7.4	353
14	Murder in High "C"	7.1	332
15	Twice Dead	7.4	311
16	Film Flam	7.6	377
17	Murder a la Mode	7.3	301
18	The Dream Team	7.5	336
19	School for Murder	7.6	354
20	Another Killing in Cork	7.3	334
21	Game, Set, Murder	7.3	311

Season 12 (1995)

7.45 avg 24 episodes 7.6 → 7.7 48 min avg

Season 12 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Nailed	7.6	329
2	A Quaking in Aspen	7.4	336
3	The Secret of Gila Junction	7.6	353
4	Big Easy Murder	7.2	338
5	Home Care	7.9	354
6	Nan's Ghost: Part 1	8.0	411
7	Nan's Ghost: Part 2	7.9	357
8	Shooting in Rome	7.2	314
9	Deadly Bidding	7.4	297
10	Frozen Stiff	7.6	330
11	Unwilling Witness	7.8	340
12	Kendo Killing	6.9	308
13	Death Goes Double Platinum	6.6	315
14	Murder in Tempo	7.3	342
15	The Dark Side of the Door	7.7	325
16	Murder Among Friends	7.3	350
17	Something Foul in Flappieville	6.7	334
18	Track of a Soldier	7.7	321
19	Evidence of Malice	7.7	323
20	Southern Double-Cross	7.0	314
21	Race to Death	7.5	339
22	What You Don't Know Can Kill You	7.6	344
23	Mrs. Parker's Revenge	7.4	303
24	Death by Demographics	7.7	349

Murder, She Wrote (1984)

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