Diary of a Perfect Murder

Plot
Atlanta lawyer Ben Matlock takes on the high profile case of a television reporter accused of murdering his former wife. The case is complicated when his daughter Charlene develops feelings for the accused killer.

Trivia

 * Actor Lori Lethin plays Ben's daughter, Charlene, in the first two episodes (originally filmed as a single television movie). After that, Lethin was replaced in the role of Charlene by Linda Purl, who lasted just one season. After Purl was fired (or quit, depending on whom you ask), at the end of season one, Matlock's daughter was never referred to again, until the end of season six. His daughter's name was changed to Leanne McIntyre, and played by Brynn Thayer.
 * This was written by Dean Hargrove and is basically a remake of "Etude in Black", a 1972 "Columbo" movie that was produced by Hargrove. In "Etude in Black", John Cassavetes' character retrieves a carnation that fell off while he was murdering his lover.