Where to Watch Columbo
- RichardOctober 26, 2025Saw it on TV and it felt like watching a detective solve crimes with a wrinkled coat, a polite smile and a mind like a steel trap. Lieutenant Columbo isn’t your typical TV cop. He’s disheveled, soft spoken and always underestimated, until he casually dismantles a suspect’s alibi with one final “just one more thing…” His cases are inverted mysteries: we see the crime, the killer and the motive up front, the thrill is watching Columbo unravel it all with relentless charm and quiet brilliance. Peter Falk owns the role. His performance is layered, sly and deeply human. The show’s guest stars often playing arrogant, wealthy killers, including legends like Leonard Nimoy, Johnny Cash and Patrick McGoohan. Each episode is a slow burn, rich with tension, wit and that signature Columbo persistence. Watching it again feels like slipping into a well worn trench coat of comfort and cleverness. It’s timeless, methodical and oddly soothing, like a chess match where the rumpled guy always wins.
Columbo Trivia
Columbo has 10 seasons.
Columbo has 67 episodes.
The key characters in Columbo are Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk), Barney (John Finnegan), Sergeant Kramer (Bruce Kirby).
Columbo was directed by Vincent McEveety, James Frawley, Patrick McGoohan, Harvey Hart, Bernard L. Kowalski, Alan J. Levi, Richard Quine, Leo Penn, Alf Kjellin, Daryl Duke, Hy Averback, Boris Sagal, Robert Butler, Nicholas Colasanto, Edward M. Abroms, Sam Wanamaker, Ted Post, Ben Gazzara, E.W. Swackhamer, Peter Falk, Dennis Dugan, Jonathan Demme, Jeremy Kagan, Jeffrey Reiner, Jeannot Szwarc, Steven Spielberg, Walter Grauman, Robert Douglas, Norman Lloyd, Jack Smight.
Columbo was produced by Everett Chambers, Dean Hargrove, John Whitman.
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
Columbo is rated TV-PG.
Columbo is a Crime, Drama, Mystery show.
Columbo has an audience rating of 8.3 out of 10.
Columbo episodes are 1h 40m long.
No, this show was canceled after 10 seasons.