Mysteries on TV, your source for the most complete selection of detective, amateur sleuth, private investigator, and suspense television mystery series now available or coming soon to DVD, is profiling one series that has a season DVD being released this week.
Peter Falk starred as the inimitable Columbo over a period of 35 years on prime time television. The first Columbo mystery movie with Falk aired as a solo made-for-television movie in 1968. This was followed by its inclusion in the rotating series of mysteries that were part of the NBC Mystery Movie series in the early 1970s. Then ABC aired 24 new episodes from 1989 through 2003 on an irregular schedule as part of its own rotating series of mysteries.
Lt. Columbo (first name never officially revealed on screen) was a homicide detective for the Los Angeles Police Department. In most episodes, the killer is revealed to the viewer before the first commercial, shown carefully plotting the murder and covering his or her tracks. The suspense and thrill of watching the rest of the episode was how Columbo was going to trap the murderer into admitting their guilt.
The Columbo: The Movie Collection 1990 DVD set of 6 discs contains the 6 episodes that aired during the calendar year 1990 on ABC.
Visit the Mysteries on TV website to discover more television mystery series currently available on DVD.
Return to Mystery Books News ...
0 comments:
Post a Comment