Depending on which fan of the crime drama Columbo you ask, the rumpled yet brilliant detective may or may not have had a first name. It didn’t really matter at the time the show aired, as the ...

Matlock, Monk, Columbo, Sherlock, Murder, She Wrote, and more make up our list of the most influential detective shows of all ...

Peter Falk played the brilliant detective Columbo over a period of 35 years, but he wrote only one Columbo TV movie — the ...

A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne ...

"Murder by the Book" launched a series that made the rumpled detective Columbo into a cultural icon. It also provided career foundations for Steven Bochco and Steven Spielberg, a pair of youngsters ...

There’s something I’ve never loved about the way shows like Columbo, Elsbeth, and Poker Face are structured. We know who did it before the detective even walks into the room. The body’s still warm, ...

Fifty years on, the cop show featuring a bumbling but brilliant homicide detective has attracted a new generation of fans. Shaun Curran explores the series' timeless appeal. Even 50 years since its ...

A jury decides that William Link and Richard Levinson didn't wait too long to bring suit and that Universal couldn't deduct distribution fees for the 1970s detective series. By Eriq Gardner Former ...

Hannah R. Wing is a freelance writer. Hannah has over eight years of experience as a theatre critic for BroadwayWorld.com. When she isn't reviewing plays or musicals, she is diving into the world of ...