Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
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- Seasons
- 10
- Episodes aired
- 67
- Latest aired
- S10E14
- Total runtime
- 4d 1h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 September 1971 – February 1972 7 episodes
- Season 2 September 1972 – March 1973 8 episodes
- Season 3 September 1973 – May 1974 8 episodes
- Season 4 September 1974 – April 1975 6 episodes
- Season 5 September 1975 – May 1976 6 episodes
- Season 6 October 1976 – May 1977 3 episodes
- Season 7 November 1977 – May 1978 5 episodes
- the show was away for 10 years and 9 months
- Season 8 February 1989 – May 1989 4 episodes
- Season 9 November 1989 – May 1990 6 episodes
- Season 10 December 1990 – January 2003 14 episodes
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S03E01 Lovely But Lethal
September 23 · 73min find the promo
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Viveca Scott, the founder of Beauty Mark Cosmetics, is being threatened by her rival David Lang. When he finds out that her revolutionary cream formula actually removes wrinkles, he has the formula pirated.
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S03E02 Any Old Port in a Storm
October 7 · 96min find the promo
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A wine connoisseur kills his half- brother to prevent him selling the family winery to a merchant company so he can pay off his gambling debts.
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S03E03 Candidate for Crime
November 4 · 93min find the promo
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A Senate Candidate running for office kills his campaign manager by making it look like he was the target for the killer's bullet.
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S03E04 Double Exposure
December 16 · 70min find the promo
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A motivational researcher blackmails to further his career, kills a man, then frames the victim's wife.
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S03E05 Publish or Perish
January 18 · 73min find the promo
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A publisher hires a Vietnam vet to kill his star author and thus give himself an alibi before the writer can defect to another publisher.
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S03E06 Mind Over Mayhem
February 18 · 73min find the promo
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The director of a government institute that employs various scientific geniuses commits a clever murder. But another kind of genius is on the case: Lt. Columbo.
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S03E07 Swan Song
March 3 · 99min find the promo
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A Country and Western singer kills his overpowering wife in a plane crash while he parachutes to safety.
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S03E08 A Friend in Deed
May 5 · 98min find the promo
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A police commissioner provides an alibi to a friend who has just killed his wife. Later the commissioner kills his own wife and gets the friend to repay the favour.