A Los Angeles homicide detective, Lieutenant Columbo, uses his humble ways and shrewd demeanor to ferret out even the most careful criminals.
Season | From | To | Episodes |
---|---|---|---|
All Seasons | |||
Specials | December 1991 | January 2003 | 8 |
Season 1 | February 1968 | February 1972 | 9 |
Season 2 | September 1972 | March 1973 | 8 |
Season 3 | September 1973 | May 1974 | 8 |
Season 4 | September 1974 | April 1975 | 6 |
Season 5 | September 1975 | March 1976 | 6 |
Season 6 | October 1976 | May 1977 | 3 |
Season 7 | November 1977 | May 1978 | 5 |
Season 8 | February 1989 | May 1989 | 4 |
Season 9 | November 1989 | May 1990 | 6 |
Season 10 | December 1990 | May 1994 | 6 |
Unassigned Episodes | 0 |
Season | From | To | Episodes |
---|---|---|---|
All Seasons | |||
Season 1 | February 1968 | February 1972 | 9 |
Season 2 | September 1972 | March 1973 | 8 |
Unassigned Episodes | 52 |
Season | From | To | Episodes |
---|---|---|---|
Season 1 | February 1968 | January 2003 | 69 |
Unassigned Episodes | 0 |
Season | From | To | Episodes |
---|---|---|---|
All Seasons | |||
Season 1 | February 1968 | February 1972 | 9 |
Season 2 | September 1972 | March 1973 | 8 |
Season 3 | September 1973 | May 1974 | 8 |
Season 4 | September 1974 | April 1975 | 6 |
Season 5 | September 1975 | March 1976 | 6 |
Season 6 | October 1976 | May 1977 | 3 |
Season 7 | November 1977 | May 1978 | 5 |
Season 8 | February 1989 | May 1989 | 4 |
Season 9 | November 1989 | May 1990 | 6 |
Season 10 | December 1990 | April 1991 | 3 |
Season 11 | December 1991 | November 1992 | 3 |
Season 12 | October 1993 | May 1994 | 3 |
Season 13 | May 1995 | January 2003 | 5 |
Unassigned Episodes | 0 |
Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Patrick McGoohan | 11 | 11/02/1975 - 03/12/2001 | |
Vincent McEveety | 7 | 03/31/1990 - 05/15/1997 | |
James Frawley | 7 | 11/21/1977 - 11/25/1989 | |
Harvey Hart | 4 | 10/27/1974 - 02/29/1976 | |
Bernard L. Kowalski | 4 | 10/06/1971 - 10/10/1976 | |
Peter Falk | 3 | 02/09/1972 - 10/31/1993 | |
Alan J. Levi | 3 | 04/28/1990 - 03/15/1992 | |
Richard Quine | 3 | 11/26/1972 - 12/16/1973 | |
Leo Penn | 3 | 10/07/1973 - 02/06/1989 | |
Boris Sagal | 2 | 10/15/1972 - 11/04/1973 | |
Robert Butler | 2 | 03/25/1973 - 01/18/1974 | |
Sam Wanamaker | 2 | 05/22/1977 - 05/01/1989 | |
Richard Irving | 2 | 02/20/1968 - 03/01/1971 | |
Hy Averback | 2 | 11/17/1971 - 02/11/1973 | |
Edward M. Abroms | 2 | 01/19/1972 - 03/04/1973 | |
Daryl Duke | 2 | 01/20/1990 - 02/20/1991 | |
Alf Kjellin | 2 | 02/18/1974 - 10/15/1974 | |
Robert Douglas | 2 | 11/28/1976 | |
Ted Post | 2 | 10/12/1975 - 02/01/1976 | |
Nicholas Colasanto | 2 | 09/17/1972 - 03/03/1974 | |
Dennis Dugan | 2 | 01/10/1994 | |
Ben Gazzara | 2 | 05/05/1974 - 02/09/1975 | |
E.W. Swackhamer | 1 | 12/09/1990 | |
Jeffrey Reiner | 1 | 01/30/2003 | |
Walter Grauman | 1 | 05/14/1990 | |
Jonathan Demme | 1 | 01/30/1978 | |
Jeannot Szwarc | 1 | 09/23/1973 | |
Steven Spielberg | 1 | 09/15/1971 | |
Norman Lloyd | 1 | 12/15/1971 | |
Jeremy Kagan | 1 | 11/05/1972 | |
Jack Smight | 1 | 10/27/1971 |
Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Jackson Gillis | 11 | 11/17/1971 - 11/22/1992 | |
Richard Levinson | 8 | 02/20/1968 - 01/20/1990 | |
William Link | 8 | 02/20/1968 - 01/20/1990 | |
Peter S. Fischer | 7 | 01/18/1974 - 01/10/1994 | |
Steven Bochco | 7 | 09/15/1971 - 04/28/1990 | |
Dean Hargrove | 3 | 03/01/1971 - 02/18/1974 | |
Larry Cohen | 3 | 10/07/1973 - 09/15/1974 | |
Jeffrey Bloom | 3 | 02/10/1990 - 12/15/1991 | |
William Driskill | 3 | 02/09/1975 - 11/02/1975 | |
Peter S. Feibleman | 3 | 10/10/1976 - 11/28/1976 | |
John T. Dugan | 2 | 10/27/1971 - 11/05/1972 | |
Evan Hunter | 2 | 03/15/1992 - 05/02/1994 | |
Stanley Ralph Ross | 2 | 10/07/1973 - 03/03/1974 | |
William Read Woodfield | 2 | 02/06/1989 - 01/20/1990 | |
Roland Kibbee | 2 | 11/04/1973 - 02/18/1974 | |
Howard Berk | 2 | 10/27/1974 - 05/13/1978 | |
Lou Shaw | 2 | 10/12/1975 - 10/10/1976 | |
Charles Kipps | 1 | 05/15/1997 | |
Barney Slater | 1 | 12/15/1971 | |
Michael Sloan | 1 | 02/29/1976 | |
Myrna Bercovici | 1 | 09/23/1973 | |
Tom Lazarus | 1 | 04/15/1978 | |
David Rayfiel | 1 | 03/03/1974 | |
Booker Bradshaw | 1 | 03/02/1975 | |
Paul Tuckahoe | 1 | 11/21/1977 | |
Lester Pine | 1 | 01/19/1972 | |
William R. Woodfield | 1 | 04/29/1991 | |
Shirl Hendryx | 1 | 02/11/1973 | |
Richard Alan Simmons | 1 | 02/27/1989 | |
Stephen J. Cannell | 1 | 12/16/1973 | |
Gene Thompson | 1 | 11/21/1977 | |
Brad Radnitz | 1 | 02/01/1976 | |
Jonathan Latimer | 1 | 10/15/1972 | |
Robert Blees | 1 | 02/28/1978 | |
Michael Alaimo | 1 | 01/30/2003 | |
Jerry Ludwig | 1 | 04/03/1989 | |
Tina Pine | 1 | 01/19/1972 | |
Henry Garson | 1 | 10/10/1976 | |
Patricia Ford | 1 | 02/20/1991 | |
Robert Van Scoyk | 1 | 01/30/1978 | |
Alvin R. Friedman | 1 | 11/04/1973 | |
David P. Lewis | 1 | 03/02/1975 | |
Robert Sherman | 1 | 11/25/1989 | |
Robert Specht | 1 | 02/18/1974 | |
Jeffrey Hatcher | 1 | 08/10/1998 | |
James Menzies | 1 | 10/12/1975 | |
Pat Robison | 1 | 05/13/1978 | |
Anthony Lawrence | 1 | 04/15/1978 | |
Robert Malcolm Young | 1 | 05/22/1977 | |
Irv Pearlberg | 1 | 11/04/1973 | |
William Kelley | 1 | 02/09/1972 | |
Jeffrey Cava | 1 | 03/12/2001 | |
Peter Allan Fields | 1 | 03/25/1973 | |
Sy Salkowitz | 1 | 05/01/1989 |
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