Columbo Season 1 is an American crime drama series created by Richard Levinson and William Link. The opening chapter of the show puts Lieutenant Columbo, a cunning and unorthodox detective, in the ...

Lieutenant Columbo, played with average Joe charm and unshowy, easy-to-miss dexterity by Peter Falk, is more than meets the eye — to the bad guys, not us, because we know how things will turn out.

While not the first to do it, Columbo is the best-known example of the "howcatchem" mystery series, inspiring series like Elsbeth or Poker Face, where an eccentric character pieces together the clues ...