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.
Matt Houston, a conglomerate head and part-time detective, is hired by a young woman to clear her of charges that she murdered her blackmailing billionaire father.
A flamboyant couturier (Mr. Blackwell) is murdered at his own fashion show, and his top model is a prime suspect.
Who would have the poor taste to poison the orange juice of an aging movie queen (Janet Leigh) on the day of her big comeback?
During a medical-research fund-raiser in Houston's office, a doctor is murdered by an orderly he fired—and who may have been hired as a hit man by a member of the doctor's research team.
A cat-food tycoon is killed by his own feline, and each of his ex-wives suspects that one of the others unleashed the big cat.
From his padded cell, an institutionalized madman (Chuck Connors) sends thugs to attack Matt's friends and finally Houston himself. A maniac has kidnapped CJ, which is enough to make Matt's stetson curl. Then, at his birthday party, one of his presents explodes.
Matt Houston investigates the death of a scientist who was killed while awaiting a visit from extraterrestrials.
Horror story author Emily Armor is killed at a party attended by writers and some witnesses claim that Slocum is the murderer. However, Matt thinks that he is innocent. Emily had been talking to Slocum when she was shot dead. Investigation lead Matt to suspect some novelists who are jealous of Emily's success.
When Matt's testimony puts Duval Sr's son in prison, the man kidnaps CJ in an effort to blackmail Matt in order to get his son's sentence's lifted.
Matt leaves for Texas to help Sharon, an old and dear friend who is at her wit's end. Sharon thinks somebody's trying to kill her and she has no idea why anyone would want to kill her. Houston's old adversary, Elgin Cody, lures the detective to Texas. There he wants to kill him and replace him with a doppelganger. The reason: Houston owns a property that Cody also suspects contains oil.
A Marilyn Monroe look-alike is scared of her patron, a deadly mobster intent on having her to himself. Matt comes to her aid.
The man (John P. Ryan) who kidnapped and terrorized Houston (Lee Horsley) as a boy resurfaces after 20 years, and Houston's only lead is the man's accomplice, who is in a mental hospital.
Houston's old friend, Novelli (John Aprea), who is now an ex-cop, has been framed for a drug theft and a murder.
Falsely accused of two murders, fugitive Matt Houston (Lee Horsley) turns to his uncle (Buddy Ebsen), a retired criminologist, to help pin down the real killer (Andrew Prine).
A killer kidnaps Hoyt's daughter, but when Hoyt and Houston nail a suspect, they learn that their Illegal tactics may set him free.
C.J falls in love with Robert Tyler, an old school chum who is now a television anchorman, and Houston thinks that Tyler is in cahoots with a gang of kidnappers.
Matt wants to know if young Peg Allyson has been coerced into joining a religious cult, but before he can check out the evidence, C.J. is gravely wounded by one of the cult leader's disciples.
Stricken with amnesia after a car accident, C.J. (Pamela Hensley) lands in a women's prison where inmates are forced to work for politicians.
Despite disapproval from the federal government, Matt plans to rescue his cousin (Michael Goodwin) after learning the man is alive in a Vietnamese prison. (Part 1 of 2)
A Vietnamese warlord captures Matt and holds him for ransom after Matt is double-crossed by a soldier of fortune (Max Baer). (Part 2 of 2).
Matt's only suspect (James Read) in the murder of a fashion model and her chauffeur has a seemingly airtight alibi.
A killer (Judson Scott) Houston put behind bars is freed on a technicality and tells Houston (Lee Horsley) that he's going to kill him
CJ is holidaying at a beach club when a guest is mysteriously murdered. She asks Matt to help the club owner solve the murder, which is the second one to happen. A detective (Deborah Adair) has a personal stake in Houston's murder extortion case: one of the victims was her sister.
A man plans to brainwash his wealthy sister (Kerrie Keane) into signing their father's estate over to him.
