From the moment he shuffled onto television screens in a rumpled raincoat, cigar dangling from his fingers, Columbo-in the form of actor Peter Falk-announced that he was going to play by different ...

The lead character in PowPAC’s first show of its 44th season, “Prescription: Murder,” will be familiar to those who watched “Columbo” on TV. The 1962 play was the basis for the two-hour movie that ...

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 ...