Episode 1 – Murder By the Book(Original Air Date: September 15, 1971)DVD Episode Summary – Columbo investigates the case of a mystery writer who's committed the “perfect crime” in this ...

Unlike the viewer, Columbo doesn’t know all this, so we see him working hard throughout the episode. Some of the scenes here would make someone like Hitchcock proud, and Spielberg admits it was ...

Peter Falk once listed his four favorite episodes of Columbo, highlighting the many guest stars he worked with over the ...

This is the very first “Columbo” episode, the pilot that aired in 1968. It was based on a play of the same name that was written by show creators Richard Levinson and William Link.

Columbo first appeared in a 1960 episode of The Chevy Mystery Hour, played by Bert Freed. But it would be Peter Falk who would make the shaggy and sapiential sleuth a pop culture icon.

Just like Columbo, it doesn’t have to be watched in order—although creator Rian Johnson does suggest you watch the first episode first—and it follows the same structure, with the murder ...