The up-and-coming director of the very first episode of the very first season of Columbo on NBC left a big impression on star ...

While not the first to do it, Columbo is the best-known example of the "howcatchem" mystery series, inspiring series like Elsbeth or Poker Face, where an eccentric character pieces together the clues ...

There’s this beat early in every Columbo episode — that quiet pocket of time right after the killer fixes one last detail, the sort of tiny adjustment a person only makes when they’re convinced the ...

I've been watching a ton of Columbo lately. It's not always perfect, but it's probably some of the best and most consistent TV writing you can find. Every episode feels fresh, despite its established ...

Columbo star Peter Falk adopted two daughters, Catherine and Jackie, with his first wife, Alyce Mayo, the former of whom became a private investigator and advocate for change.

The fourth in a series of Japanese TV movies about a police detective who has adopted the dress and mannerisms of famous American TV detective Columbo, based on a series of novels by popular mystery ...