Columbo, Another Quirky Detective

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Columbo, Another Quirky Detective

Premiered: September 15, 1971, on NBC
Starring: Peter Falk
Premise: The classic whodunit about the razor-sharp detective with a rumpled raincoat, a bumbling manner and no apparent first name. He always has 'uh, just one more question' before nailing the killer. 'Columbo' premiered as an NBC series (following a couple of highly regarded TV-movies) in September 1971 as one of three rotating 'Sunday Mystery Movie' elements ('McMillan and Wife' and 'McCloud' were the other two). Columbo ran for six seasons and was revived periodically in TV films over the next decades.