NBC
Series
1971
TVG
Crime drama
A seemingly bumbling but actually very shrewd Los Angeles homicide detective solves complex murder cases with his distinctive investigative style and keen attention to detail.
Cast & Crew
Where to Stream
1971–1978 Series 10 Seasons227 Episodes
Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Monday, May 20
Lovely but Lethal
Season 3 • Episode 1
A manufacturer is suspected of killing a chemist who stole a cosmetics formula.
Monday, May 20
Double Exposure
Season 3 • Episode 4
A research scientist murders the man he has been blackmailing and frames the victim's wife.
Monday, May 20
Troubled Waters
Season 4 • Episode 4
An automobile executive is a suspect in the murder of a cruise ship's vocalist.
Monday, May 20
Forgotten Lady
Season 5 • Episode 1
An aging actress plans to return to a Broadway musical against her husband's wishes.
Tuesday, May 21
Lady in Waiting
Season 1 • Episode 5
Bitter sibling competition for control of a family-owned corporation escalates into murder.
Tuesday, May 21
Short Fuse
Season 1 • Episode 6
When an executive dies in a limousine explosion, the corporation's attorney becomes a suspect.
Tuesday, May 21
Publish or Perish
Season 3 • Episode 5
A publisher hires a gunman to kill a mystery writer who announces he is signing with a competitor.
Tuesday, May 21
Mind Over Mayhem
Season 3 • Episode 6
A boy genius and the robot he invented give Columbo some unsolicited assistance.
Tuesday, May 21
Identity Crisis
Season 5 • Episode 3
An advertising consultant with several identities frames his ex-partner.
Tuesday, May 21
Now You See Him
Season 5 • Episode 5
Columbo matches wits with a nightclub illusionist suspected of murdering his business associate.
Wednesday, May 22
Blueprint for Murder
Season 1 • Episode 7
Columbo orders the excavation of a huge pylon, in search of a missing body, but finds nothing.
Wednesday, May 22
The Greenhouse Jungle
Season 2 • Episode 2
Columbo suspects a plant collector of murdering his nephew to gain access to a trust fund.
Wednesday, May 22
Playback
Season 4 • Episode 5
After killing his mother-in-law, an electronics magnate's alibi is a video security system.
Wednesday, May 22
A Deadly State of Mind
Season 4 • Episode 6
A wealthy psychiatrist murders the husband of his mistress to protect his own reputation.
Wednesday, May 22
Last Salute to the Commodore
Season 5 • Episode 6
Lt. Columbo's prime suspect in the case of a drowned yacht magnate also turns up dead.
Wednesday, May 22
Make Me a Perfect Murder
Season 7 • Episode 3
A TV-network executive murders her boss and lover when he fails to promote her.
Thursday, May 23
A Case of Immunity
Season 5 • Episode 2
A foreign dignitary murders his rival then disguises the crime as part of a robbery.
Thursday, May 23
A Matter of Honor
Season 5 • Episode 4
Fierce competition among bullfighters involves Columbo in a murder investigation.
Thursday, May 23
The Conspirators
Season 7 • Episode 5
An arms smuggler uses his Irish wit and charm in an attempt to outsmart Columbo.
Thursday, May 23
Columbo Goes to the Guillotine
Season 8 • Episode 1
A magician is beheaded during rehearsal for his guillotine trick by his old psychic mentor.
Friday, May 24
Fade In to Murder
Season 6 • Episode 1
An egotistic TV detective matches wits with Columbo after murdering his producer.
Friday, May 24
Old-Fashioned Murder
Season 6 • Episode 2
Columbo probes a robbery and murder case that exposes family tensions and deadly hostilities.
Friday, May 24
Murder, Smoke and Shadows
Season 8 • Episode 2
A Hollywood director tries to fool Columbo when a studio becomes a murder scene.
Friday, May 24
Sex and the Married Detective
Season 8 • Episode 3
The disheveled detective gets some free advice from a world famous sex therapist.
Saturday, May 25
Troubled Waters
Season 4 • Episode 4
An automobile executive is a suspect in the murder of a cruise ship's vocalist.
Saturday, May 25
Blueprint for Murder
Season 1 • Episode 7
Columbo orders the excavation of a huge pylon, in search of a missing body, but finds nothing.
Saturday, May 25
The Greenhouse Jungle
Season 2 • Episode 2
Columbo suspects a plant collector of murdering his nephew to gain access to a trust fund.
Monday, May 27
Grand Deceptions
Season 8 • Episode 4
The detective is called in to investigate the death of a sergeant major at a training camp.
Monday, May 27
Murder, a Self Portrait
Season 9 • Episode 1
Homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo investigates the murder of a famous painter's ex-wife.
Monday, May 27
Columbo Cries Wolf
Season 9 • Episode 2
Columbo investigates the disappearance of the director of a men's magazine.
Monday, May 27
Agenda for Murder
Season 9 • Episode 3
The disheveled detective investigates the apparent suicide of a notorious racketeer.
Monday, May 27
Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo
Season 9 • Episode 4
The widow of a crooked estate agent vows to exact her revenge on the two men that put him in prison.
Monday, May 27
Uneasy Lies the Crown
Season 9 • Episode 5
A dentist frames his wife for a murder in order to keep up his image and expensive lifestyle.
Monday, May 27
Murder in Malibu
Season 9 • Episode 6
A famous romance novelist is shot dead in the course of what looks like a robbery.
Monday, May 27
Columbo Goes to College
Season 10 • Episode 1
The rumpled lieutenant is invited to give a college lecture on criminology.
Monday, May 27
Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
Season 10 • Episode 2
Columbo investigates the murder of a crime show host's rival with incriminating evidence.
Tuesday, May 28
Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star
Season 10 • Episode 3
Columbo is put to the test against an criminal defence lawyer who murders his girlfriend.
Tuesday, May 28
The Most Crucial Game
Season 2 • Episode 3
Columbo tries to solve the murder of a professional football team's owner.
Tuesday, May 28
Death Hits the Jackpot
Season 10 • Episode 4
A police detective questions a jewelry-store owner whose late nephew had a winning lottery ticket.
Tuesday, May 28
Requiem for a Falling Star
Season 2 • Episode 5
A secretary is mistakenly ensnared in an aging actress's plot to murder a gossip columnist.
Tuesday, May 28
No Time to Die
Season 10 • Episode 5
Columbo attends his nephew's wedding and the bride disappears before the honeymoon.
Tuesday, May 28
The Bye-Bye Sky-High IQ Murder Case
Season 6 • Episode 3
A bookkeeper murders his partner who has discovered his flair for creative accounting.
Tuesday, May 28
Try & Catch Me
Season 7 • Episode 1
A mystery writer uses her own plots to seek revenge for her niece's death.
Tuesday, May 28
A Bird in the Hand...
Season 10 • Episode 6
Columbo investigates a hit and run, followed by a car explosion.
Tuesday, May 28
It's All in the Game
Season 10 • Episode 7
Two women kill their two-timing lover, but both have solid alibis.
Wednesday, May 29
A Stitch in Crime
Season 2 • Episode 6
A surgeon kills a nurse who suspects him of intentionally botching the heart surgery.
Wednesday, May 29
The Most Dangerous Match
Season 2 • Episode 7
An American chess champion plays a private match with his challenger and kills him.
Wednesday, May 29
Murder Under Glass
Season 7 • Episode 2
A food critic blackmailing restaurateurs for good reviews poisons a man threatening to expose him.
Wednesday, May 29
How to Dial a Murder
Season 7 • Episode 4
A psychologist uses mind control to make his Doberman pinschers kill his assistant.
Wednesday, May 29
Butterfly in Shades of Grey
Season 10 • Episode 8
Columbo investigates a case involving argumentative radio talk show host Fielding Chase.
Wednesday, May 29
Undercover
Season 10 • Episode 9
The dishevelled detective sets out to solve an unusual double murder.
Thursday, May 30
Murder by the Book
Season 1 • Episode 1
A blackmailer interferes with a mystery writer's plan to kill his former partner in a perfect crime.
Thursday, May 30
Death Lends a Hand
Season 1 • Episode 2
Blackmail turns to murder when a private investigator tries to profit from a wife's indiscretions.
Thursday, May 30
Strange Bedfellows
Season 10 • Episode 10
The detective is put on the case of a man who murders his brother.
Thursday, May 30
A Trace of Murder
Season 10 • Episode 11
A forensics specialist helps his girlfriend to frame her husband for a stock broker's murder.
Friday, May 31
Dead Weight
Season 1 • Episode 3
No body, no weapon and a witness courted by the war hero she thinks committed murder.
Friday, May 31
Suitable for Framing
Season 1 • Episode 4
An art critic's dreams of inheriting his uncle's wealth are shattered.
Friday, May 31
Ashes to Ashes
Season 10 • Episode 12
The inimitable cop must prove that a gossip reporter was murdered by her former lover.
Friday, May 31
Murder With Too Many Notes
Season 10 • Episode 13
A Hollywood film composer and conductor murders a talented, young musician out of jealousy.
Saturday, June 1
Last Salute to the Commodore
Season 5 • Episode 6
Lt. Columbo's prime suspect in the case of a drowned yacht magnate also turns up dead.
Saturday, June 1
The Greenhouse Jungle
Season 2 • Episode 2
Columbo suspects a plant collector of murdering his nephew to gain access to a trust fund.
Saturday, June 1
The Most Crucial Game
Season 2 • Episode 3
Columbo tries to solve the murder of a professional football team's owner.
Saturday, June 1
Forgotten Lady
Season 5 • Episode 1
An aging actress plans to return to a Broadway musical against her husband's wishes.
Saturday, June 1
The Most Crucial Game
Season 2 • Episode 3
Columbo tries to solve the murder of a professional football team's owner.
Saturday, June 1
Requiem for a Falling Star
Season 2 • Episode 5
A secretary is mistakenly ensnared in an aging actress's plot to murder a gossip columnist.
Sunday, June 2
Make Me a Perfect Murder
Season 7 • Episode 3
A TV-network executive murders her boss and lover when he fails to promote her.
Sunday, June 2
Requiem for a Falling Star
Season 2 • Episode 5
A secretary is mistakenly ensnared in an aging actress's plot to murder a gossip columnist.
Sunday, June 2
A Stitch in Crime
Season 2 • Episode 6
A surgeon kills a nurse who suspects him of intentionally botching the heart surgery.
Monday, June 3
A Los Angeles detective solves murder cases.
Monday, June 3
A Los Angeles detective solves murder cases.
Monday, June 3
A Los Angeles detective solves murder cases.
Monday, June 3
A Los Angeles detective solves murder cases.
Tuesday, June 4
A Los Angeles detective solves murder cases.
Tuesday, June 4
A Los Angeles detective solves murder cases.
Tuesday, June 4
A Los Angeles detective solves murder cases.
Tuesday, June 4
A Los Angeles detective solves murder cases.
Wednesday, June 5
A Los Angeles detective solves murder cases.
Wednesday, June 5
A Los Angeles detective solves murder cases.
Wednesday, June 5
A Los Angeles detective solves murder cases.
Wednesday, June 5
A Los Angeles detective solves murder cases.
Thursday, June 6
A Los Angeles detective solves murder cases.
Thursday, June 6
A Los Angeles detective solves murder cases.
Thursday, June 6
A Los Angeles detective solves murder cases.
Thursday, June 6
A Los Angeles detective solves murder cases.
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