There's a lot to love about the classic detective series "Columbo," and over the years, people have tried to figure out exactly what has made it so darn watchable. Seriously, it's incredibly easy to ...

A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne ...

From the moment he shuffled onto television screens in a rumpled raincoat, cigar dangling from his fingers, Columbo—in the form of actor Peter Falk—announced that he was going to play by different ...

"Murder by the Book" launched a series that made the rumpled detective Columbo into a cultural icon. It also provided career foundations for Steven Bochco and Steven Spielberg, a pair of youngsters ...

There’s something I’ve never loved about the way shows like Columbo, Elsbeth, and Poker Face are structured. We know who did it before the detective even walks into the room. The body’s still warm, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – We have been reminded that 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of everything from landmark science-fiction movies (“2001: A Space Odyssey” and “The Planet of the Apes”) to ...

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 ...

My favourite TV detective has always been Columbo (played by Peter Falk) and it was 50 years ago today that the very first episode aired in the US. This column is called 'In excess' and I have watched ...

Peter Falk played the brilliant detective Columbo over a period of 35 years, but he wrote only one Columbo TV movie — the only writing credit of his career.

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