The Columbo mysteries remain a favorite, with a loyal fanbase. And it takes a true fan to pass this colossal Columbo quiz. Over 600 questions cover topics including: the producers, directors and writers of the series; awards won by the show; details about the star, Peter Falk, and his character, Lieutenant Columbo; background on the many famous guest stars; the motives behind the murders, and the methods used; the occupations of the killers, and the relationships between them and their victims; bogus alibis, frame-ups, and other deceptions employed by the murderers; the clues that enable Columbo to solve the crimes; general trivia questions, and a crossword puzzle.

When Columbo hit the airwaves in 1971, in quickly became the hottest TV detective series of the decade. Series creators Richard Levinson and William Link received an Emmy Award for their work; Peter Falk received three. The Columbo Phile offers fascinating behind-the-scenes information about the creation of the character, the writing of the devious mystery plots, and the altercations between perfectionist Peter Falk and the bottom-line concerns of Universal Studios. Originally published in 1989 and long out-of-print, this 30th Anniversary Edition of the essential Columbo book features a new preface by author Mark Dawidziak, an overview of post-1989 Columbo developments, including the twenty-four new ABC mysteries, and a personal remembrance of Peter Falk. It remains today the definitive guide to the rumpled Lieutenant Columbo and his career.

For decades, generations of television fans have been enraptured by Lt. Columbo, played by Peter Falk, as he unravels clues to catch killers who believe they are above the law. In her investigation of the 1970s series cocreated by Richard Levinson and William Link, Amelie Hastie explores television history through an emphasis on issues of stardom, authorship, and its interconnections with classical and New Hollywood cinema. Through close textual analysis, attentive to issues of class relations and connections to other work by Falk as well as Levinson and Link, Columbo: Make Me a Perfect Murder sees American television as an intertextual system, from its origins as a commercial broadcast medium to its iterations within contemporary streaming platforms. Ultimately, Hastie argues, in the titular detective’s constant state of learning about cultural trends and media forms, Columbo offers viewers the opportunity to learn with him and, through his tutelage, to become detectives of television itself.

For over twenty-five years, Columbo has been the most popular , and persistent, detective on television, drawing millions of viewers a week. William Harrington's compelling new novel pits the famous TV detectives against one of the most brilliant and flamboyant lawyers in the country. It may seem like the perfect murder, but if there's the tiniest flaw, the famous Lieutenant Columbo will find it.

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The Columbo mysteries remain a favorite, with a loyal fanbase. And it takes a true fan to pass this colossal Columbo quiz. Over 600 questions cover topics including: the producers, directors and writers of the series; awards won by the show; details about the star, Peter Falk, and his character, Lieutenant Columbo; background on the many famous guest stars; the motives behind the murders, and the methods used; the occupations of the killers, and the relationships between them and their victims; bogus alibis, frame-ups, and other deceptions employed by the murderers; the clues that enable Columbo to solve the crimes; general trivia questions, and a crossword puzzle.