Matlock - Season 9 (1994)

When the editor of a tabloid newspaper is murdered, a senatorial candidate is accused of murdering him after he smeared her in his newspaper.

A hot-tempered basketball coach finds himself in a different kind of court when he's accused of killing a team booster who wanted him to pay a huge sum to attract a major prospect, and he hires Matlock to draw up a defense.

Cliff's friend Fred is accused of killing the woman he met through a video dating service, so Jerri goes undercover as a client of the service in order to catch the real killer. Meanwhile, Matlock tries his own luck at video dating.

Former Atlanta assistant district attorney Julie March fears she may have convicted an innocent man several years ago.

Matlock meets his match with Pat, a klutzy Italian gum-shoe cop. Together they solve the mystery of a murdered DJ host who disliked his on-air partner.

Matlock defends an ex-con in a bank robbery trial, which hinges on the testimony of a kid who claims he can identify the real bandits.

When the new A.D.A. for Chattanooga is assigned to prosecute her former boyfriend (who has been indicted on a murder charge), she asks a reluctant Ben to defend him.

A malpractice suit is followed by a murder and Matlock must defend the accused killer--investigator Jerri Stone's sister.

After a judge is killed in a deliberate explosion, Matlock suspects he was the actual target of the killer. He looks back on past cases to find someone who has a motive to kill him in revenge.

After Matlock's car breaks down in the bad part of Atlanta, he befriends a tenant of run down apartment complex in the same area. His new friend is accused of assaulting the slum lord owner of the building and Ben serves as his lawyer.

When Billy comes into money, he takes Ben on holiday - only to encounter agent Ed Wingate from the FBI on an undercover mission.

Ben sidelines plans to attend a class reunion when Cliff is accused of murder.