Columbo

***Columbo*** is an American crime fiction television series, starring Peter Falk as Columbo, ran from February 20, 1968 to January 30, 2003, a total of 69 episodes were made.

## Overview

The show is set in Los Angeles, California. It is done in inverted detective story format; first showing the murderer committing the crime, then Columbo entering the story without knowing who is the murderer, but ending up catching the murderer with the evidences found. Each episode featured a guest star playing the murderer.

### DVD

|colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="width:2%;"|Season|rowspan="2" style="width:5%;"|Episodes|rowspan="2" style="width:15%;"|Originally aired|rowspan="2"|DVD name|rowspan="2"|Ep#|colspan="3"|DVD Release||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="background:#0160bc; height:10px; width:1%;"||**Pilots**|2|1968–1971|rowspan="2"|The Complete First Season|rowspan="2"|9|rowspan="2"|September 7, 2004|rowspan="2"|September 13, 2004|rowspan="2"|December 3, 2004|
|style="background:#d8342b; height:10px;"||**1**|7|1971–1972|||||||||||
|style="background:teal; height:10px;"||**2**|8|1972–1973|The Complete Second Season|style="text-align:center;"|8|March 8, 2005|July 18, 2005|July 13, 2005|||||
|style="background:#FF6700; height:10px;"||**3**|8|1973–1974|The Complete Third Season|style="text-align:center;"|8|August 9, 2005|November 14, 2005|July 20, 2006|||||
|style="background:#734A95; height:10px;"||**4**|6|1974–1975|The Complete Fourth Season|style="text-align:center;"|6|March 14, 2006|September 18, 2006|September 19, 2006|||||
|style="background:#00563F; height:10px;"||**5**|6|1975–1976|The Complete Fifth Season|style="text-align:center;"|6|June 27, 2006|February 12, 2007|Unknown 2007|||||
|style="background:#d02090; height:10px;"||**6**|3|1976–1977|rowspan="2"|The Complete Sixth & Seventh Seasons|rowspan="2"|8|rowspan="2"|November 21, 2006|rowspan="2"|April 30, 2007|rowspan="2"|May 2, 2007|
|style="background:#0072BB; height:10px;"||**7**|5|1977–1978|||||||||||
|style="background:#FF8C00; height:10px;"||**8**|4|1989|The Complete Eighth Season <small>(R2)</small>|style="text-align:center;"|4|N/A|March 31, 2008|N/A|||||
|style="background:#C41E3A; height:10px;"||**9**|6|1989–1990|The Complete Ninth Season <small>(R2/R4)</small>|style="text-align:center;"|6|N/A|March 30, 2009|May 06, 2009|||||
|style="background:#7AB800; height:10px;"||**10 and Specials**|14|1990–1993 1994–2003|The Tenth Season – Volume 1 <small>(R2/R4)</small> The Tenth Season – Volume 2 <small>(R2/R4)</small>|style="text-align:center;"|8 6|N/A|June 15, 2009 July 27, 2009|July 28, 2009 Nov 28, 2009|||||

### Blu-ray release

A complete series was released on Blu-ray Only in Japan.

## Other websites

- Peter Falk's website
- Encyclopedia of Television
- Columbo on DVD
- Columbo Prescription:Murder – U.K. stage play tour
- 'Columbo: Just One More Thing' – BBC Radio 4

## Infobox (television)

- **camera**: Single camera
- **runtime**: Approx. 70-100 minutes with commercials
- **creator**: Richard Levinson
William Link
- **starring**: Peter Falk
- **country**: United States
- **language**: English
- **network**: NBC (1968–1978)
American Broadcasting Company, ABC (1989–2003)
- **num seasons**: 10
- **num episodes**: 69