Columbo

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Columbo"Columbo" isn't the typical detective whodunit TV show. On most detective shows, viewers don't know who committed the crime until the detective pieces the clues together and figures it out. On this show, however, viewers see the crime unfold at the beginning of most episodes, including who the perpetrator is. The mystery and fun for viewers is trying to spot the clues that will lead Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk) to discover the culprit and watching the tricks he uses to get a confession. Episodes of "Columbo" were movie-length and ran sporadically on multiple networks during its run.
S10, EP14 "Columbo Likes the Nightlife"Columbo investigates the apparent suicide of a tabloid reporter in the Los Angeles rave scene.
S1, EP4 "Suitable for Framing"Evidence points to an innocent woman after an art critic and his protege murder an uncle to inherit a collection.
S5, EP3 "Identity Crisis"A cunning advertising consultant leading a double life as a spy tries to cover up the details of a homicide.
S1, EP5 "Lady in Waiting"Bitter sibling competition for control of a family-owned corporation escalates into murder.
"Ransom for a Dead Man"An attorney murders her husband, fakes his kidnapping and keeps the ransom.
S2, EP1 "Étude in Black"The mistress of a conductor becomes a target for murder after threatening to tell all to her lover's wife.
S1, EP6 "Short Fuse"An explosion kills an executive as he calls his wife from a car phone, and suspicion falls on a company attorney.
S1, EP7 "Blueprint for Murder"At tremendous expense to the city, Columbo excavates the area surrounding the newly poured foundation of a building to search for a corpse.
S2, EP4 "Dagger of the Mind"Columbo journeys to London to observe Scotland Yard, but winds up investigating murders committed by two Shakespearean actors.
S3, EP2 "Any Old Port in a Storm"A wine connoisseur kills his playboy brother to prevent his selling the family winery to expiate his latest scandal.
S2, EP2 "The Greenhouse Jungle"A botanical collector involves his nephew in a kidnapping to break a trust fund, then murders him to finance his hobby.
S2, EP3 "The Most Crucial Game"A football-team manager (Robert Culp) establishes an electronic alibi for the murder of the team owner (Dean Stockwell) during a game; guests Valerie Harper, Susan Howard, James Gregory, Dean Jagger.
S3, EP3 "Candidate for a Crime"A senatorial candidate exploits death threats, fabricated for publicity, to kill his manager.
S3, EP7 "Swan Song"A gospel singer kills his evangelist wife when she denies him more money and threatens blackmail.
S2, EP5 "Requiem for a Falling Star"The ongoing feud between an out-of-favor Hollywood actress and a gossip columnist results in murder. Guest star: Anne Baxter.
S2, EP6 "A Stitch in Crime"A surgeon kills a nurse who suspects him of intentionally botching the heart surgery of his colleague, a cardiac expert.
S3, EP8 "A Friend in Deed"A man murders his wife and has a friend cover up the act with a burglary, only to have the friend blackmail him into doing the same favor in return.
S4, EP1 "An Exercise in Fatality"Lt. Columbo keeps a close watch on a physical-fitness fanatic suspected of murdering his business partner.
S2, EP7 "The Most Dangerous Match"An American chess champion plays a private match with his challenger and kills him because the man is a better player.
S2, EP8 "Double Shock"Twins (Martin Landau in a dual role) kill their wealthy uncle just before his marriage to a younger woman.
S4, EP2 "Negative Reaction"A prominent photographer hatches a scheme to cover up his wife's murder with a phony kidnapping plot.
S4, EP3 "By Dawn's Early Light"A military-academy commandant murders to protect his career and prevent his school's conversion to a coed junior college.
S5, EP5 "Now You See Him"A magician claims an airtight alibi -- being sealed in a tank of water -- in the murder of a blackmailing associate.
"Columbo""Columbo" isn't the typical detective whodunit TV show. On most detective shows, viewers don't know who committed the crime until the detective pieces the clues together and figures it out. On this show, however, viewers see the crime unfold at the beginning of most episodes, including who the perpetrator is. The mystery and fun for viewers is trying to spot the clues that will lead Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk) to discover the culprit and watching the tricks he uses to get a confession. Episodes of "Columbo" were movie-length and ran sporadically on multiple networks during its run.
S10, EP13 "Murder With Too Many Notes"A Hollywood film composer and conductor murders a talented, young musician out of jealousy.
S10, EP12 "Ashes to Ashes"The inimitable cop must prove that a flamboyant Hollywood gossip reporter was murdered by her former lover.
S10, EP11 "A Trace of Murder"Columbo matches wits with a forensics specialist, helping his girlfriend to frame her husband for a stock broker's murder.
S10, EP10 "Strange Bedfellows"The detective is put on the case of a man who murders his brother.
S10, EP9 "Undercover"The disheveled detective sets out to solve an unusual double murder in which two men have apparently killed each other.
S10, EP8 "Butterfly in Shades of Grey"Columbo investigates a case involving argumentative radio talk show host Fielding Chase.
S7, EP4 "How to Dial a Murder"Columbo suspects a psychologist (Nicol Williamson), a noted expert in mind control, is guilty of murder.
S7, EP2 "Murder Under Glass"Columbo investigates the murder of a gourmet restaurant owner who had been the victim of an extortionist.
S7, EP1 "Try & Catch Me"A mystery writer uses her plot as a guide to murder her nephew , whom she blames for her niece's death.
S6, EP3 "The Bye-Bye Sky-High IQ Murder Case"An accountant, embezzling to support his wife's lifestyle, murders his partner after the man discovers his crimes.
S1, EP3 "Dead Weight"No body, no weapon and a witness courted by the war hero she thinks committed murder, complicate a case.
S1, EP2 "Death Lends a Hand"Columbo investigates the case of an unfaithful wife who was murdered when she refused to be blackmailed.
S1, EP1 "Murder by the Book"A blackmailer interferes with a mystery writer's scheme to kill his former partner in a perfect crime.
"Columbo" isn't the typical detective whodunit TV show. On most detective shows, viewers don't know who committed the crime until the detective pieces the clues together and figures it out. On this show, however, viewers see the crime unfold at the beginning of most episodes, including who the perpetrator is. The mystery and fun for viewers is trying to spot the clues that will lead Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk) to discover the culprit and watching the tricks he uses to get a confession. Episodes of "Columbo" were movie-length and ran sporadically on multiple networks during its run.
Original Air Date: Sep 15, 1971
Genres: DramaTV Series
Rating: TVG
Playback: HD
4 seasons available on demand (13 episodes)
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