Columbo

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.

Columbo
Created by	Richard Levinson William Link
Starring	Peter Falk
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	10
No. of episodes	69
Production
Camera setup	Single camera
Running time	Approx. 70-100 minutes with commercials
Original release
Network	NBC (1968–1978) ABC (1989–2003)
Release	February 20, 1968 (1968-02-20) – January 30, 2003 (2003-01-30)

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[DVD 1]	September 13, 2004[DVD 1]	December 3, 2004[DVD 1]
	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[DVD 2]	April 30, 2007[DVD 2]	May 2, 2007[DVD 2]
	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 [DVD 3]	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[DVD 4] July 27, 2009	July 28, 2009 Nov 28, 2009

1. Both pilots are included in the Season 1 DVD.
2. 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.^[1]