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20/02/1968 American television series 'Columbo' first airs on NBC

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"The NBC Mystery Movie" TV Intro

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Interview With Peter Falk | 50 Years of Columbo (Columbo Featurette)

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Columbo - Murder by the Book (1971) (TV)

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William Link on how the television series "Columbo" came about

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Peter Falk’s Hilarious Acceptance Speech for COLUMBO | Emmys Archive (1972)

'Columbo', a TV series about the homicide detective with the LAPD first aired on the NBC as a pilot episode. Its title was 'Prescription: Murder' and it was 98 minutes long. Peter Falk made his debut in the role of detective Columbo. Next pilot episode aired 3 years later and it was followed by the first season in 6 months.