| Rank | 320 / 30,259 |
|---|---|
| Trend | 162 |
| Genres | Drama, Crime, Mystery |
| Seasons | 13 |
| Episodes | 70 |
| Total votes | 179,912 |
| Average votes | 2,570 |
| Average rating | 7.4 / 10 |
When you first saw him, Lieutenant Columbo looked like a bum that just came off the street. He had a bumbling demeanor, was overly polite and seemed to chomp on the same short cigar on a daily basis. However, beneath all that comical exterior was probably the most dogged investigator in the Los Angeles Police Department. Columbo was often called on to investigate high profile murders that involved the rich and famous. The culprits were often amused by him, and just as they thought they were going to get away with murder, Columbo would find a way to trap them or find enough evidence to make them confess.
Directors: Alf Kjellin, Ben Gazzara, Bernard L. Kowalski, Boris Sagal, Daryl Duke, Dennis Dugan, E.W. Swackhamer, Edward M. Abroms, Harvey Hart, Hy Averback, Jack Smight, James Frawley, Jeannot Szwarc, Jeremy Kagan, John Cassavetes, Jonathan Demme, Leo Penn, Nicholas Colasanto, Norman Lloyd, Patrick McGoohan, Peter Falk, Richard Irving, Richard Quine, Robert Butler, Robert Douglas, Sam Wanamaker, Steven Spielberg, Ted Post, Vincent McEveety, Walter Grauman Writers: Alvin R. Friedman, Anthony Lawrence, Barney Slater, Booker Bradshaw, Brad Radnitz, David P. Lewis, David Rayfiel, Dean Hargrove, Evan Hunter, Frederick King Keller, Gene Thompson, Gerry Day, Henry Garson, Howard Berk, Irv Pearlberg, Jackson Gillis, James Menzies, Jeffrey Bloom, John T. Dugan, Jonathan Latimer, Larry Cohen, Lester Pine, Luther Davis, Michael Alaimo, Michael Sloan, Patrick McGoohan, Peter Falk, Peter S. Feibleman, Peter S. Fischer, Richard Alan Simmons, Richard Alan Simmons, Richard Levinson, Robert Blees, Robert Malcolm Young, Robert Sherman, Robert Van Scoyk, Roland Kibbee, Shirl Hendryx, Stanley Ralph Ross, Stephen J. Cannell, Steven Bochco, Sy Salkowitz, Tina Pine, Tom Lazarus, William Driskill, William Kelley, William Link, William Read Woodfield Hint: you can examine a particular season more clearly on the graphs if you disable the trendline and all other seasons (via clicking on their labels). Episodes average rating