The Television desk

Television: the medium where it happens live, in front of everyone, and then gets replayed for the next twenty years.

Every case below has closed: the answer is printed and the full story is on the case page.

Closed cases

CASE No. 62September 25, 2026 Picked up at a Michigan airport in 1978 with more than half a kilo of cocaine, this future sitcom dad gave prosecutors the names o… It was Tim Allen CASE No. 52September 15, 2026 In 1969 this children's television host sat in front of a skeptical Senate subcommittee, spoke quietly for six minutes, and walked… It was Fred Rogers CASE No. 39September 2, 2026 In March 2025 roughly 800 seniors at six fire-hit Los Angeles-area high schools watched a video message from this deadpan boss of … It was Steve Carell CASE No. 33August 27, 2026 Over fourteen weeks in 1956 and 1957 this tweedy young academic beat all comers on a prime-time quiz show and won $129,000 — becau… It was Charles Van Doren CASE No. 29August 23, 2026 In 2019, this Emmy-winning TV housewife paid a fixer $15,000 to quietly correct her daughter's SAT answers — and became the first … It was Felicity Huffman CASE No. 20August 14, 2026 In 2007, this original '90s supermodel spent five days mopping floors at a New York sanitation garage — court-ordered payback for … It was Naomi Campbell CASE No. 17August 11, 2026 In 2007, this reality-TV fixture served 23 days in an L.A. county jail for violating probation — with news helicopters tracking ev… It was Paris Hilton CASE No. 15August 9, 2026 In 1989, this Hungarian-born glamour icon was pulled over in Beverly Hills driving a Rolls-Royce with expired plates — and respond… It was Zsa Zsa Gabor CASE No. 13August 7, 2026 In 2019, a Pennsylvania student took a cardboard cutout of this beloved 4-foot-10 icon to prom as his date — so the actor retaliat… It was Danny DeVito CASE No. 12August 6, 2026 America's queen of domestic perfection traded a spotless domestic image for a prison jumpsuit in 2004, after a suspiciously well-t… It was Martha Stewart

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*Every puzzle is drawn from widely reported, public-record events — court records, official rulings, and moments that unfolded on live television. Allegedly.
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