This month, Peacock is running the second season of Poker Face, a mystery show that owes a lot to Columbo, the hit series that ran from 1971 to 1978. Columbo has had a big resurgence of popularity in ...

PASADENA, Calif. — Miss “Columbo?” Then you might appreciate Peacock’s “Poker Face,” a modern take on the episodic detective show that’s less whodunnit (that’s shown in the opening scene of each ...

Murder” was the inspiration for the “Columbo” TV series pilot. The play runs at PowPAC from Jan. 23 to Feb. 22.

Sep. 5—BRISTOL — "Prescription: Murder," based on the TV series "Columbo," opens Sept. 13 at the Bristol Opera House for a two-weekend run. The theatrical origin story for the TV series "Columbo," ...

If you're unfamiliar with Columbo, the classic mystery show had a simple premise. While most shows in that genre were focused on unraveling the clues to determine who had committed a murder, Columbo ...

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 ...

Actor known for rumpled detective character had a successful career in films, on stage and on screen. In this NBC photo from 1974, Peter Falk is shown as homicide detective Lt. Columbo in the NBC ...

Falk died Thursday at age 83 in his Beverly Hills, Calif., home, according to a statement released Friday by family friend Larry Larson. But Columbo lives on as the shining ideal of anyone with a ...

Columbo — he never had a first name — presented a contrast to other TV detectives. "He looks like a flood victim," Falk once said. "You feel sorry for him. He appears to be seeing nothing, but he's ...