Prescription: Murder, the 1968 pilot for Columbo, had been something of a muddled affair: overlong, unremarkable and, worst of all, a dull characterization of the lieutenant himself. Columbo returned ...

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 Peter Falk.

Saturday marks 96 years since the great Peter Falk was born (9-16-27), which strikes us as a great reason to revisit a detective drama as timeless as it is entertaining. In the whole of television ...

One of the most accomplished television, movie, and stage actors to ever create a pop culture icon, Peter Falk was Columbo, and he was also a helluva a lot more than that, too. His work in movies such ...

Fifty years on, the cop show featuring a bumbling but brilliant homicide detective has attracted a new generation of fans. Shaun Curran explores the series' timeless appeal. Even 50 years since its ...

Lieutenant Columbo, played with average Joe charm and unshowy, easy-to-miss dexterity by Peter Falk, is more than meets the eye — to the bad guys, not us, because we know how things will turn out.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It was a classic TV series that launched and defined an entire genre. Its title character is one ...

Disclaimer: When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. The full original run of Columbo is finally coming to Blu-ray. The show, about an eccentric TV detective ...

Columbo was a ground-breaking series founded by Richard Levinson and William Link. Having its roots in stage work (and a failed attempt to lure Bing Crosby into the lead role), the show originated ...