Columbo

Columbo

Premiere	Pilot movie February 20, 1968 Series September 15, 1971 TV movies February 6, 1989
Finale	Series May 13, 1978 TV movies January 30, 2003
Creator	Richard Levinson & William Link
Network/Provider	NBC (series) ABC (TV movies)
Style	90/120-minute mystery drama
Company	Universal Television (series, most TV movies) Studios USA (two TV movies)
Distributor	MCA Television (until 1996) Universal Television Enterprises (1996-1998) Studios USA (1998-2002) Universal Domestic Television (2002-2004) NBCUniversal Television Distribution (2004-2021) NBCUniversal Syndication Studios (2021- )
Seasons	7
Episodes	45 + 24 TV movies
Origin	USA

Columbo is a mystery drama that aired on NBC as part of the NBC Mystery Movie, then later aired as a series of TV movies on ABC.

Cast

Actor	Character	Duration
Billed Cast		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Peter Falk	Lt. Columbo	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

Title	Network		Airdate
Prescription: Murder	NBC		February 20, 1968
Ransom for a Dead Man	NBC		March 1, 1971

Season	Premiere	Finale	#
NBC
Season One	September 15, 1971	February 9, 1972	7
Season Two	September 17, 1972	March 25, 1973	8
Season Three	September 23, 1973	May 5, 1974	8
Season Four	September 15, 1974	April 27, 1975	6
Season Five	September 14, 1975	March 2, 1976	6
Season Six	October 10, 1976	May 22, 1977	3
Season Seven	November 21, 1977	May 13, 1978	5

Title	Network	Airdate
Columbo Goes to the Guillotine	ABC	February 6, 1989
Murder, Smoke and Shadows	ABC	February 27, 1989
Sex and the Married Detective	ABC	April 3, 1989
Grand Deceptions	ABC	May 1, 1989
Murder, a Self Portrait	ABC	November 25, 1989
Columbo Cries Wolf	ABC	January 20, 1990
Agenda for Murder	ABC	February 10, 1990
Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo	ABC	March 31, 1990
Uneasy Lies the Crown	ABC	April 28, 1990
Murder in Malibu	ABC	May 14, 1990
Columbo Goes to College	ABC	December 9, 1990
Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health	ABC	February 20, 1991
Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star	ABC	April 29, 1991
Death Hits the Jackpot	ABC	December 15, 1991
No Time to Die	ABC	March 15, 1992
A Bird in the Hand...	ABC	November 22, 1992
It's All in the Game	ABC	October 31, 1993
Butterfly in Shades of Grey	ABC	January 10, 1994
Undercover	ABC	May 2, 1994
Strange Bedfellows	ABC	May 8, 1995
A Trace of Murder	ABC	May 15, 1997
Ashes to Ashes	ABC	October 8, 1998
Murder with Too Many Notes	ABC	March 12, 2001
Columbo Likes the Nightlife	ABC	January 30, 2003

Title	Release		Discs
Complete Series (Region 1)
The Complete Series	October 16, 2012	purchase	34
Season Sets (Region 1)
The Complete First Season	September 7, 2004	purchase	5
The Complete Second Season	March 8, 2005	purchase	4
The Complete Third Season	August 9, 2005	purchase	2
The Complete Fourth Season	March 14, 2006	purchase	3
The Complete Fifth Season	June 27, 2006	purchase	2
The Complete Sixth and Seventh Seasons	November 21, 2006	purchase	3
Made-for-TV Movies (Region 1)
Mystery Movie Collection: 1989	April 24, 2007	purchase	3
Mystery Movie Collection: 1990	February 3, 2009	purchase	3