"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 ...

What comes to mind when you think of murder mysteries? Cozy cottages? Maybe silly satire? Or the sweet and often safe crime-solving exploits of women in bygone eras? Well, we’re here to suggest ...

Peter FALK, the stage and film actor who became identified as the squinty, rumpled detective in Columbo which spanned 30 years of prime-time TV, has died at the age of 83. Did you know with a Digital ...

Very sadly, there won't be "one more thing" for Columbo fans. Peter Falk died on Thursday night at his home in Beverly Hills, following a battle with Alzheimer's. He was 83. Falk created one of TV's ...

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Happy 50th anniversary, Lieutenant Columbo. Yes, it's half a century since Peter Falk first donned that mac, lit up a cigar and proceeded to pursue all those high-and-mighty LA bad guys who thought ...

Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he ...

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, ...