Columbo
American crime drama television film series
Columbo is one of the most popular American crime fiction television series, starring Peter Falk as Columbo. From February 20, 1968 – January 30, 2003, a total of 69 episodes were made.
| Columbo | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Richard Levinson William Link |
| Starring | Peter Falk |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 10 |
| No. of episodes | 69 |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Single camera |
| Running time | Approx. 70-100 min. with commercials |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC (1968–1978) ABC (1989–2003) |
| Release | February 20, 1968 – January 30, 2003 |
Overview
changeThe 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.
Home video release
changeDVD
change| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | DVD name | Ep# | DVD Release | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | ||||||
| Pilots | 2 | 1968–1971 | The Complete First Season | 9 | September 7, 2004[DVD 1] | September 13, 2004[DVD 1] | December 3, 2004[DVD 1] | |
| 1 | 7 | 1971–1972 | ||||||
| 2 | 8 | 1972–1973 | The Complete Second Season | 8 | March 8, 2005 | July 18, 2005 | July 13, 2005 | |
| 3 | 8 | 1973–1974 | The Complete Third Season | 8 | August 9, 2005 | November 14, 2005 | July 20, 2006 | |
| 4 | 6 | 1974–1975 | The Complete Fourth Season | 6 | March 14, 2006 | September 18, 2006 | September 19, 2006 | |
| 5 | 6 | 1975–1976 | The Complete Fifth Season | 6 | June 27, 2006 | February 12, 2007 | Unknown 2007 | |
| 6 | 3 | 1976–1977 | The Complete Sixth & Seventh Seasons | 8 | November 21, 2006[DVD 2] | April 30, 2007[DVD 2] | May 2, 2007[DVD 2] | |
| 7 | 5 | 1977–1978 | ||||||
| 8 | 4 | 1989 | The Complete Eighth Season (R2) | 4 | N/A | March 31, 2008 | N/A | |
| 9 | 6 | 1989–1990 | The Complete Ninth Season (R2/R4) | 6 | N/A | March 30, 2009 | May 06, 2009 | |
| 10 and Specials |
14 [DVD 3] |
1990–1993 1994–2003 |
The Tenth Season – Volume 1 (R2/R4) The Tenth Season – Volume 2 (R2/R4) |
8 6 |
N/A | June 15, 2009[DVD 4] July 27, 2009 |
July 28, 2009 Nov 28, 2009 | |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Both pilots are included in the Season 1 DVD.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Both Season 6 and Season 7 were released on the same DVD.
- ↑ The Season 10 DVDs released in Regions 2 and 4 cover the last 14 episodes.
- ↑ In Region 2, Season 10 was released in two volumes: Of those final 14 episodes, Volume I covers the first 8 while Volume 2 contains the last 6.
Blu-ray release
changeA complete series was released on Blu-ray Only in Japan.[1]
References
change- ↑ "刑事コロンボ コンプリート ブルーレイBOX [Blu-ray]". Amazon.co.jp. Amazon. Retrieved February 10, 2012. (in Japanese)
Other websites
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Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Columbo
- Columbo on IMDb
- Peter Falk's website
- Encyclopedia of Television Archived 2011-08-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Columbo on DVD Archived 2011-12-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Columbo Prescription:Murder – U.K. stage play tour Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine
- 'Columbo: Just One More Thing' – BBC Radio 4 Archived 2010-09-11 at the Wayback Machine
- Columbo at TV.com
