List of Columbo episodes
Season 1 (1971–72)

List of Columbo episodes

Section Title: Season 1 (1971–72)
Table Section Text: None

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Murderer played by	Victim(s) played by	Original air date	Runtime

3	1	"Murder by the Book"	Steven Spielberg	Steven Bochco	Jack Cassidy	Martin Milner, Barbara Colby	September 15, 1971	76 minutes

4	2	"Death Lends a Hand"	Bernard Kowalski	Richard Levinson & William Link	Robert Culp	Patricia Crowley	October 6, 1971	76 minutes

5	3	"Dead Weight"	Jack Smight	John T. Dugan	Eddie Albert	John Kerr	October 27, 1971	76 minutes

6	4	"Suitable for Framing"	Hy Averback	Jackson Gillis	Ross Martin	Robert Shayne, Rosanna Huffman	November 17, 1971	76 minutes

7	5	"Lady in Waiting"	Norman Lloyd	Story by : Barney Slater Teleplay by : Steven Bochco	Susan Clark	Richard Anderson	December 15, 1971	75 minutes

8	6	"Short Fuse"	Edward M. Abroms	Story by : Lester Pine & Tina Pine and Jackson Gillis Teleplay by : Jackson Gillis	Roddy McDowall	James Gregory and Lawrence Cook	January 19, 1972	75 minutes

9	7	"Blueprint for Murder"	Peter Falk	Story by : William Kelley Teleplay by : Steven Bochco	Patrick O'Neal	Forrest Tucker	February 9, 1972	75 minutes

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Suitable for Framing (1971) was a Columbo episode.
Hy Averback's "Suitable for Framing" was a Columbo episode.

final_sentence: Suitable for Framing (1971) was a Columbo episode.
final_sentence: Hy Averback's "Suitable for Framing" was a Columbo episode.