Columbo

Columbo
Created byRichard Levinson
William Link
StarringPeter Falk
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons10
No. of episodes69
Production
Camera setupSingle camera
Running timeApprox. 70-100 minutes with commercials
Original release
NetworkNBC (1968–1978)
ABC (1989–2003)
ReleaseFebruary 20, 1968 (1968-02-20) –
January 30, 2003 (2003-01-30)

Columbo is an American crime fiction television series, starring Peter Falk as Columbo, ran from February 20, 1968 to January 30, 2003, a total of 69 episodes were made.

Overview

The 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

DVD

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 September 13, 2004 December 3, 2004
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 April 30, 2007 May 2, 2007
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
 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
July 27, 2009		 July 28, 2009
Nov 28, 2009
  1. 1 2 3 Both pilots are included in the Season 1 DVD.
  2. 1 2 3 Both Season 6 and Season 7 were released on the same DVD.
  3. ↑ The Season 10 DVDs released in Regions 2 and 4 cover the last 14 episodes.
  4. ↑ 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

A complete series was released on Blu-ray Only in Japan.

References

  1. ↑ "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)

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