Perry Mason

Season 0, Episode 3

Episode Title: The Case of the Shooting Star

Air Date: 1986-11-09

Overview:

A comedian hatches a great joke: rig a fake killing live on TV. He takes a gun with blanks, and shoots his accomplice during a talk show. Happy that his joke has been successful, he walks away. His accomplice is really dead, however, and nearly a million viewers saw him pull the trigger.