Columbo

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.

Seasons

10

Episodes aired

67

Latest aired

S10E14

Total runtime

4d 1h

Timeline when each season aired

1. Season 1 September 1971 – February 1972 7 episodes
2. Season 2 September 1972 – March 1973 8 episodes
3. Season 3 September 1973 – May 1974 8 episodes
4. Season 4 September 1974 – April 1975 6 episodes
5. Season 5 September 1975 – May 1976 6 episodes
6. Season 6 October 1976 – May 1977 3 episodes
7. Season 7 November 1977 – May 1978 5 episodes
8. the show was away for 10 years and 9 months
9. Season 8 February 1989 – May 1989 4 episodes
10. Season 9 November 1989 – May 1990 6 episodes
11. Season 10 December 1990 – January 2003 14 episodes

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  S07E01 Try and Catch Me

  November 21 · 73min find the promo

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  A writer of murder mysteries wreaks revenge on her nephew-in-law by blaming him for her niece's murder.

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  S07E02 Murder Under Glass

  January 30 · 75min find the promo

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  A famous food critic is threatened by a restaurant owner, and so the critic leaves. Soon after, the cook dies. Columbo's involvement is welcomed by all the other chefs in the area, but Columbo wonders why the dead restaurant owner slammed the drawers before he died. And how could the poison that killed him enter an unopened bottle without the killer even being in the room? Could it have been suicide? But then there's the cheques to a mysterious society, and the victim's calender. Can Columbo's cooking skills really match the food critic's taste?

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  S07E03 Make Me a Perfect Murder

  February 25 · 98min find the promo

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  Mark McAndrews a top network programmer is promoted to a New York position. His assistant, who is very ambitious and his lover, expects to get his old job. But of course he feels she is out of her league and needs more experience. Kay, feeling betrayed, decides to seek revenge.

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  S07E04 How to Dial a Murder

  April 15 · 73min find the promo

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  A famous psychiatrist uses an appointment with his doctor as his alibi while he calls his house, where his dead wife's lover is. The call serves as the first step in a conditioning reflex on the psychiatrist's dogs. The other part is the word Rosebud as uttered by the victim. When Columbo arrives on the scene, the psychiatrist is very understanding when police say they may have to put his dogs to death. But Columbo notices how friendly the dogs seem, and then there's the telephone that's hanging from it's hook.

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  S07E05 The Conspirators

  May 13 · 100min find the promo

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  An Irish poet, who fronts a peace organization while secretly running guns, kills an arms dealer who tries to swindle him.