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A voir et revoir pour l'humour, le jeu de l'extraordinaire Peter Falk et des stars invité(e)s, la réalisation (Spielberg, Cassavetes, Quine, etc.), et aussi pour le tableau de la vie à Los Angeles, les personnages et les décors hilarants qui suivent l'évolution du goût chez les wealthy people de ces contrées sur trente ans, depuis le début des années 1970.
70 épisodes, 37 DVD

A TV series starring Peter Falk (NBC, Sep. 1975 - May 1976).

A deceptively shabby police detective solves murders.

C+ (Okay).

They try to mix things up a little, with a lot of gimmicks. You can tell they're having fun on set, and I guess I am too, most of the time. But the foundation of the show is getting pretty wobbly.

(Jun. 2023)

A TV series starring Peter Falk (NBC, Sep. 1974 - Apr. 1975).

A deceptively shabby police detective solves murders.

B (Good).

The actual mysteries are increasingly dumb; they've long since abandoned any pretense of collecting usable evidence. But that works, because they've also clearly recognized that what keeps us watching isn't the writing, it's Falk. And by this point, this is The Peter Falk Show.

(Apr. 2023)½

A TV series starring Peter Falk (NBC, Sep. 1973 - May 1974).

A deceptively shabby police detective solves murders.

C+ (Okay).

It's still too long, too slow, and too predictable. But I love this character, and this season spends a little more time with him.

(Feb. 2023)

A deceptively shabby police detective solves murders.

2.5/4 (Okay)

These episodes are all better than the TV movies, thanks to a 15-minute-shorter runtime, but that's still a half hour too long for a formulaic TV episode. And it still has the glaring (and seemingly unavoidable) problem of Columbo being the only interesting character.

(Feb. 2022)

Los Angeles homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo uses his humble ways and ingenuous demeanor to winkle out even the most well-concealed of crimes.
Rated TV-PG for mild violence, smoking and occasional intense scenes

A psychiatrist murders his wife with the help of a patient.

2.5/4 (Okay).

Columbo is great, despite being not quite fully formed (this is his first TV movie). The story isn't particularly gripping, and doesn't give Falk enough screen time.