Columbo

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A Los Angeles homicide detective, Lieutenant Columbo, uses his humble ways and shrewd demeanor to ferret out even the most careful criminals.

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Season From To Episodes
All Seasons
Specials December 1991 January 2003 8
Season 1 February 1968 February 1972 9
Season 2 September 1972 March 1973 8
Season 3 September 1973 May 1974 8
Season 4 September 1974 April 1975 6
Season 5 September 1975 March 1976 6
Season 6 October 1976 May 1977 3
Season 7 November 1977 May 1978 5
Season 8 February 1989 May 1989 4
Season 9 November 1989 May 1990 6
Season 10 December 1990 May 1994 6
Unassigned Episodes 0
Season From To Episodes
All Seasons
Season 1 February 1968 February 1972 9
Season 2 September 1972 March 1973 8
Unassigned Episodes 52
Absolute ordering places all episodes in a single ordered season. This is generally used for anime.
Season From To Episodes
Season 1 February 1968 January 2003 69
Unassigned Episodes 0
Season From To Episodes
All Seasons
Season 1 February 1968 February 1972 9
Season 2 September 1972 March 1973 8
Season 3 September 1973 May 1974 8
Season 4 September 1974 April 1975 6
Season 5 September 1975 March 1976 6
Season 6 October 1976 May 1977 3
Season 7 November 1977 May 1978 5
Season 8 February 1989 May 1989 4
Season 9 November 1989 May 1990 6
Season 10 December 1990 April 1991 3
Season 11 December 1991 November 1992 3
Season 12 October 1993 May 1994 3
Season 13 May 1995 January 2003 5
Unassigned Episodes 0
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Patrick McGoohan 11 11/02/1975 - 03/12/2001
Vincent McEveety 7 03/31/1990 - 05/15/1997
James Frawley 7 11/21/1977 - 11/25/1989
Harvey Hart 4 10/27/1974 - 02/29/1976
Bernard L. Kowalski 4 10/06/1971 - 10/10/1976
Leo Penn 3 10/07/1973 - 02/06/1989
Peter Falk 3 02/09/1972 - 10/31/1993
Alan J. Levi 3 04/28/1990 - 03/15/1992
Richard Quine 3 11/26/1972 - 12/16/1973
Ben Gazzara 2 05/05/1974 - 02/09/1975
Boris Sagal 2 10/15/1972 - 11/04/1973
Robert Butler 2 03/25/1973 - 01/18/1974
Sam Wanamaker 2 05/22/1977 - 05/01/1989
Richard Irving 2 02/20/1968 - 03/01/1971
Hy Averback 2 11/17/1971 - 02/11/1973
Edward M. Abroms 2 01/19/1972 - 03/04/1973
Daryl Duke 2 01/20/1990 - 02/20/1991
Alf Kjellin 2 02/18/1974 - 10/15/1974
Robert Douglas 2 11/28/1976
Ted Post 2 10/12/1975 - 02/01/1976
Nicholas Colasanto 2 09/17/1972 - 03/03/1974
Dennis Dugan 2 01/10/1994
Steven Spielberg 1 09/15/1971
Norman Lloyd 1 12/15/1971
Jeremy Kagan 1 11/05/1972
Jack Smight 1 10/27/1971
E.W. Swackhamer 1 12/09/1990
Jeffrey Reiner 1 01/30/2003
Walter Grauman 1 05/14/1990
Jonathan Demme 1 01/30/1978
Jeannot Szwarc 1 09/23/1973
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Jackson Gillis 11 11/17/1971 - 11/22/1992
William Link 8 02/20/1968 - 01/20/1990
Richard Levinson 8 02/20/1968 - 01/20/1990
Peter S. Fischer 7 01/18/1974 - 01/10/1994
Steven Bochco 7 09/15/1971 - 04/28/1990
William Driskill 3 02/09/1975 - 11/02/1975
Peter S. Feibleman 3 10/10/1976 - 11/28/1976
Dean Hargrove 3 03/01/1971 - 02/18/1974
Larry Cohen 3 10/07/1973 - 09/15/1974
Jeffrey Bloom 3 02/10/1990 - 12/15/1991
Lou Shaw 2 10/12/1975 - 10/10/1976
John T. Dugan 2 10/27/1971 - 11/05/1972
Evan Hunter 2 03/15/1992 - 05/02/1994
Stanley Ralph Ross 2 10/07/1973 - 03/03/1974
William Read Woodfield 2 02/06/1989 - 01/20/1990
Roland Kibbee 2 11/04/1973 - 02/18/1974
Howard Berk 2 10/27/1974 - 05/13/1978
James Menzies 1 10/12/1975
Pat Robison 1 05/13/1978
Anthony Lawrence 1 04/15/1978
Robert Malcolm Young 1 05/22/1977
Irv Pearlberg 1 11/04/1973
William Kelley 1 02/09/1972
Jeffrey Cava 1 03/12/2001
Peter Allan Fields 1 03/25/1973
Sy Salkowitz 1 05/01/1989
Charles Kipps 1 05/15/1997
Barney Slater 1 12/15/1971
Michael Sloan 1 02/29/1976
Myrna Bercovici 1 09/23/1973
Tom Lazarus 1 04/15/1978
David Rayfiel 1 03/03/1974
Booker Bradshaw 1 03/02/1975
Paul Tuckahoe 1 11/21/1977
Lester Pine 1 01/19/1972
William R. Woodfield 1 04/29/1991
Shirl Hendryx 1 02/11/1973
Richard Alan Simmons 1 02/27/1989
Stephen J. Cannell 1 12/16/1973
Gene Thompson 1 11/21/1977
Brad Radnitz 1 02/01/1976
Jonathan Latimer 1 10/15/1972
Robert Blees 1 02/28/1978
Michael Alaimo 1 01/30/2003
Jerry Ludwig 1 04/03/1989
Tina Pine 1 01/19/1972
Henry Garson 1 10/10/1976
Patricia Ford 1 02/20/1991
Robert Van Scoyk 1 01/30/1978
Alvin R. Friedman 1 11/04/1973
David P. Lewis 1 03/02/1975
Robert Sherman 1 11/25/1989
Robert Specht 1 02/18/1974
Jeffrey Hatcher 1 08/10/1998

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