Lieutenant Columbo, played with average Joe charm and unshowy, easy-to-miss dexterity by Peter Falk, is more than meets the eye — to the bad guys, not us, because we know how things will turn out.

Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo in a 1974 publicity image for the season three episode "Swan Song." (FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives via Getty Images) It delights me no end that Peter Falk and “Columbo ...

You can get the entire 1970s run of the classic Columbo mystery TV series on Blu-ray, plus the original Prescription: Murder TV movie from 1968, on Blu-ray for its lowest price ever of $84.99. There ...

While not the first to do it, Columbo is the best-known example of the "howcatchem" mystery series, inspiring series like Elsbeth or Poker Face, where an eccentric character pieces together the clues ...

If you're unfamiliar with Columbo, the classic mystery show had a simple premise. While most shows in that genre were focused on unraveling the clues to determine who had committed a murder, Columbo ...