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	1,565
1	Deadly Lady	7.6	1,082
2	Birds of a Feather	7.3	946
3	Hooray for Homicide	7.3	894
4	It's a Dog's Life	7.5	887
5	Lovers and Other Killers	7.5	862
6	Hit, Run and Homicide	7.4	845
7	We're Off to Kill the Wizard	7.3	815
8	Death Takes a Curtain Call	7.2	761
9	Death Casts a Spell	7.5	772
10	Capitol Offense	7.5	732
11	Broadway Malady	7.3	731
12	Murder to a Jazz Beat	6.9	684
13	My Johnny Lies Over the Ocean	7.6	770
14	Paint Me a Murder	7.5	730
15	Tough Guys Don't Die	7.7	707
16	Sudden Death	7.0	816
17	Footnote to Murder	7.5	646
18	Murder Takes the Bus	8.6	1,147
19	Armed Response	7.4	663
20	Murder at the Oasis	7.5	670
21	Funeral at Fifty-Mile	7.5	656

Season 2 (1985)

7.54 avg 22 episodes 7.5 → 7.5 48 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Widow, Weep for Me	7.5	755
2	Joshua Peabody Died Here... Possibly	7.4	717
3	Murder in the Afternoon	7.4	665
4	School for Scandal	7.3	630
5	Sing a Song of Murder	7.2	662
6	Reflections of the Mind	8.0	727
7	A Lady in the Lake	7.9	736
8	Dead Heat	6.9	583
9	Jessica Behind Bars	7.7	728
10	Sticks and Stones	8.2	736
11	Murder Digs Deep	7.4	622
12	Murder by Appointment Only	7.4	598
13	Trial by Error	8.5	822
14	Keep the Home Fries Burning	8.2	756
15	Powder Keg	7.0	598
16	Murder in the Electric Cathedral	7.2	596
17	One Good Bid Deserves a Murder	7.4	577
18	If a Body Meet a Body	7.7	598
19	Christopher Bundy - Died on Sunday	7.4	553
20	Menace, Anyone?	7.4	644
21	The Perfect Foil	7.2	560
22	If the Frame Fits	7.5	574

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	631
2	Death Stalks the Big Top: Part 2	7.6	577
3	Unfinished Business	7.2	609
4	One White Rose for Death	7.4	580
5	Corned Beef and Carnage	7.2	572
6	Dead Man's Gold	7.2	579
7	Deadline for Murder	7.4	512
8	Magnum on Ice	7.6	614
9	Obituary for a Dead Anchor	7.5	548
10	Stage Struck	7.4	538
11	Night of the Headless Horseman	7.5	596
12	The Corpse Flew First Class	8.5	749
13	Crossed Up	8.0	709
14	Murder in a Minor Key	6.7	562
15	The Bottom Line Is Murder	7.4	508
16	Death Takes a Dive	7.1	534
17	Simon Says, Color Me Dead	7.6	547
18	No Laughing Murder	7.3	598
19	No Accounting for Murder	7.5	526
20	The Cemetery Vote	7.5	536
21	The Days Dwindle Down	8.4	793
22	Murder, She Spoke	7.6	530

Season 4 (1987)

7.54 avg 22 episodes 7.6 → 7.4 47 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Fashionable Way to Die	7.6	556
2	When Thieves Fall Out	7.8	614
3	Witness for the Defense	7.8	597
4	Old Habits Die Hard	7.7	569
5	The Way to Dusty Death	7.4	522
6	It Runs in the Family	7.4	559
7	If It's Thursday, It Must Be Beverly	8.4	762
8	Steal Me a Story	7.5	500
9	Trouble in Eden	7.8	565
10	Indian Giver	6.6	510
11	Doom with a View	7.3	505
12	Who Threw the Barbitals in Mrs. Fletcher's Chowder?	8.0	629
13	Harbinger of Death	7.1	466
14	Curse of the Daanav	7.8	551
15	Mourning Among the Wisterias	7.6	526
16	Murder Through the Looking Glass	7.6	494
17	A Very Good Year for Murder	7.4	518
18	Benedict Arnold Slipped Here	7.7	540
19	Just Another Fish Story	7.4	506
20	Showdown in Saskatchewan	6.9	490
21	Deadpan	7.7	495
22	The Body Politic	7.4	458

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	530
2	A Little Night Work	7.6	514
3	Mr. Penroy's Vacation	8.3	678
4	Snow White, Blood Red	7.9	638
5	Coal Miner's Slaughter	7.4	526
6	Wearing of the Green	7.3	550
7	The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel	8.0	587
8	Prediction: Murder	7.8	530
9	Something Borrowed, Someone Blue	8.0	630
10	Weave a Tangled Web	7.3	495
11	The Search for Peter Kerry	7.7	483
12	Smooth Operators	7.6	484
13	Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble	7.5	563
14	From Russia... with Blood	7.2	477
15	Alma Murder	7.6	497
16	Truck Stop	6.9	545
17	The Sins of Castle Cove	8.3	623
18	Trevor Hudson's Legacy	7.2	462
19	Double Exposure	7.7	499
20	Three Strikes, You're Out	6.9	427
21	Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall: Part 1	8.5	618
22	Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall: Part 2	8.5	561

Season 6 (1989)

7.43 avg 22 episodes 7.2 → 6.8 47 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Appointment in Athens	7.2	483
2	Seal of the Confessional	7.9	550
3	The Grand Old Lady	7.0	504
4	The Error of Her Ways	7.7	466
5	Jack and Bill	7.3	491
6	Dead Letter	7.8	503
7	Night of the Tarantula	7.0	511
8	When the Fat Lady Sings	7.1	462
9	Test of Wills	7.8	486
10	Class Act	7.5	483
11	Town Father	8.1	540
12	Good-Bye Charlie	6.6	468
13	If the Shoe Fits	7.9	517
14	How to Make a Killing Without Really Trying	7.7	471
15	The Fixer-Upper	7.5	481
16	The Big Show of 1965	7.8	485
17	Murder -- According to Maggie	7.2	430
18	O'Malley's Luck	7.3	415
19	Always a Thief	7.1	406
20	Shear Madness	7.8	461
21	The Szechuan Dragon	7.3	459
22	The Sicilian Encounter	6.8	372

Season 7 (1990)

7.61 avg 22 episodes 7.6 → 7.7 47 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Trials and Tribulations	7.6	450
2	Deadly Misunderstanding	7.6	448
3	See You in Court, Baby	7.2	391
4	Hannigan's Wake	7.7	435
5	The Family Jewels	7.7	425
6	A Body to Die For	8.0	480
7	The Return of Preston Giles	8.0	479
8	The Great Twain Robbery	7.5	397
9	Ballad for a Blue Lady	7.3	418
10	Murder in F Sharp	7.4	404
11	Family Doctor	7.7	446
12	Suspicion of Murder	7.1	381
13	Moving Violation	8.1	463
14	Who Killed J.B. Fletcher?	8.4	605
15	The Taxman Cometh	7.6	414
16	From the Horse's Mouth	7.3	396
17	The Prodigal Father	7.7	407
18	Where Have You Gone, Billy Boy?	6.5	378
19	Thursday's Child	7.9	442
20	Murder, Plain and Simple	7.9	429
21	Tainted Lady	7.5	382
22	The Skinny According to Nick Cullhane	7.7	395

Season 8 (1991)

7.68 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	471
2	Night Fears	7.6	415
3	Unauthorized Obituary	7.7	410
4	Thicker Than Water	8.1	432
5	Lines of Excellence	7.7	405
6	Judge Not	7.2	378
7	Terminal Connection	7.7	385
8	A Killing in Vegas	7.4	383
9	The Committee	8.0	424
10	The List of Yuri Lermentov	7.4	376
11	Danse Diabolique	7.7	451
12	The Witch's Curse	8.2	468
13	Incident in Lot 7	8.1	508
14	The Monte Carlo Murders	7.3	401
15	Tinker, Tailor, Liar, Thief	7.6	398
16	Ever After	7.6	417
17	To the Last Will I Grapple with Thee	7.3	378
18	Programmed for Murder	7.8	398
19	Day of the Dead	7.1	372
20	Angel of Death	7.7	399
21	Badge of Honor	7.7	393
22	Murder on Madison Avenue	7.8	382

Season 9 (1992)

7.50 avg 22 episodes 7.3 → 7.7 47 min avg

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Murder in Milan	7.3	394
2	Family Secrets	7.7	407
3	The Mole	7.3	368
4	The Wind Around the Tower	8.0	430
5	The Dead File	7.3	390
6	Night of the Coyote	7.6	404
7	Sugar & Spice, Malice & Vice	7.5	378
8	The Classic Murder	7.6	375
9	A Christmas Secret	8.0	489
10	The Sound of Murder	7.2	416
11	Final Curtain	7.7	386
12	Double Jeopardy	7.1	351
13	Dead Eye	6.7	358
14	Killer Radio	7.5	370
15	The Petrified Florist	7.6	391
16	Threshold of Fear	7.8	415
17	The Big Kill	7.4	358
18	Dead to Rights	7.4	363
19	Lone Witness	7.7	400
20	Ship of Thieves	7.8	409
21	The Survivor	7.1	343
22	Love's Deadly Desire	7.7	387

Season 10 (1993)

7.45 avg 21 episodes 7.3 → 7.7 48 min avg

Rebound

Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Death in Hong Kong	7.3	382
2	For Whom the Ball Tolls	7.4	361
3	The Legacy of Borbey House	7.9	448
4	The Phantom Killer	7.2	371
5	A Virtual Murder	7.1	405
6	Bloodlines	7.4	392
7	A Killing in Cork	7.3	384
8	Love & Hate in Cabot Cove	7.8	396
9	Murder at a Discount	7.8	398
10	Murder in White	7.3	354
11	Northern Explosion	7.6	357
12	Proof in the Pudding	7.3	338
13	Portrait of Death	7.4	355
14	Deadly Assets	7.5	330
15	Murder on the Thirtieth Floor	7.9	364
16	Time to Die	6.8	337
17	The Dying Game	7.3	323
18	The Trouble with Seth	7.8	356
19	Roadkill	7.4	340
20	A Murderous Muse	7.2	333
21	Wheel of Death	7.7	362

Season 11 (1994)

7.40 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	363
2	Amsterdam Kill	7.3	350
3	To Kill a Legend	7.5	358
4	Death in Hawaii	7.3	344
5	Dear Deadly	7.5	338
6	The Murder Channel	7.4	354
7	Fatal Paradise	7.5	337
8	Crimson Harvest	7.3	338
9	Murder by Twos	7.6	357
10	Murder of the Month Club	7.6	352
11	An Egg to Die For	7.2	330
12	The Scent of Murder	7.5	347
13	Death 'N Denial	7.4	359
14	Murder in High "C"	7.1	337
15	Twice Dead	7.4	316
16	Film Flam	7.6	381
17	Murder a la Mode	7.3	305
18	The Dream Team	7.5	340
19	School for Murder	7.6	359
20	Another Killing in Cork	7.3	341
21	Game, Set, Murder	7.3	316

Season 12 (1995)

7.44 avg 24 episodes 7.6 → 7.7 48 min avg

Season 12 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Nailed	7.6	334
2	A Quaking in Aspen	7.4	342
3	The Secret of Gila Junction	7.6	354
4	Big Easy Murder	7.2	344
5	Home Care	7.9	358
6	Nan's Ghost: Part 1	7.9	413
7	Nan's Ghost: Part 2	7.9	359
8	Shooting in Rome	7.2	318
9	Deadly Bidding	7.3	306
10	Frozen Stiff	7.5	334
11	Unwilling Witness	7.8	345
12	Kendo Killing	6.9	314
13	Death Goes Double Platinum	6.6	321
14	Murder in Tempo	7.3	350
15	The Dark Side of the Door	7.7	329
16	Murder Among Friends	7.3	354
17	Something Foul in Flappieville	6.7	341
18	Track of a Soldier	7.7	324
19	Evidence of Malice	7.7	328
20	Southern Double-Cross	7.0	323
21	Race to Death	7.5	349
22	What You Don't Know Can Kill You	7.7	351
23	Mrs. Parker's Revenge	7.5	312
24	Death by Demographics	7.7	354

Murder, She Wrote (1984)

Cast

Seasons