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	\| Aux3=] as Budd Clarke		\| Aux3=] as Budd Clarke
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	\| ShortSummary=Wade Anders (]) is a former security consultant, and now host of the popular '']''-esque crime show ''CrimeAlert''. One day, he gets an unexpected visit from his rival, the chain-smoking newscaster Budd Clarke (]), whom he blocked from becoming the ''CrimeAlert'' host. Clarke has resented that he was snubbed in favor of Anders, but now, he has got some leverage that he hopes will get Anders out of the ''CrimeAlert'' chair: a porn video that Anders starred in many years ago. Clarke plans to go public with the tape unless Anders resigns from the show. Anders decides to kill him rather than be disgraced by a scandal. He palms a pack of Clarke's cigarettes, which he doctors with a few drops of ] poison nicotine sulfate. Anders then pays two visits to his production office, once that night and again the next morning – so a surveillance tape there will show him at the office all day. Anders then drives to Clarke's house, and switches a cigarette pack for the poisoned pack. Once Clarke takes one of the poisoned cigarettes and dies, Anders makes it look like Clarke had a heart attack at his desk.		\| ShortSummary=Wade Anders (]) is a former security consultant, and now host of the popular '']''-esque crime show ''CrimeAlert''. One day, he gets an unexpected visit from his rival, the chain-smoking newscaster Budd Clarke (]), whom he blocked from becoming the ''CrimeAlert'' host. Clarke has resented that he was snubbed in favor of Anders, but now, he has got some leverage that he hopes will get Anders out of the ''CrimeAlert'' chair: a porn video that Anders starred in many years ago. Clarke plans to go public with the tape unless Anders resigns from the show. Anders decides to kill him rather than be disgraced by a scandal. He palms a pack of Clarke's cigarettes, which he doctors with a few drops of ] poison nicotine sulfate. Anders then pays two visits to his production office, once that night and again the next morning – so a surveillance tape there will show him at the office all day. Anders then drives to Clarke's house, and switches a cigarette pack for the poisoned pack. Once Clarke takes one of the poisoned cigarettes and dies, Anders makes it look like Clarke had a heart attack at his desk.

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	\| Aux3=] as Marcy Edwards		\| Aux3=] as Marcy Edwards
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	\| ShortSummary=Rock star Marcy Edwards (]) has been the live-in lover of high-priced murder lawyer Hugh Creighton (]) for several years. He learns that she is having an affair with someone else and throws her out of his house. However, Marcy blackmails Creighton into letting her stay, at least until he comes up with the $5 million she is demanding in exchange for not filing a ] suit against him or exposing his unconventional practice methods. Creighton's response is to drug the champagne in her beach house and wait until she shows up there with her current lover. Having previously ensured that Marcy cannot drink by lacing her tea with ], Creighton waits until her new lover is passed out, then strangles her. Her lover awakens and flees the scene. Creighton enlists his associate, Trish Fairbanks (]), to help him concoct an airtight alibi, but when she finds out what he has done, she blackmails him into a full partnership in the firm, wisely going the extra mile by creating a contingency plan to ensure that killing her is not an option for Creighton. Columbo cracks the case, despite the existence of a speed-camera ticket which appears to exonerate Creighton completely.		\| ShortSummary=Rock star Marcy Edwards (]) has been the live-in lover of high-priced murder lawyer Hugh Creighton (]) for several years. He learns that she is having an affair with someone else and throws her out of his house. However, Marcy blackmails Creighton into letting her stay, at least until he comes up with the $5 million she is demanding in exchange for not filing a ] suit against him or exposing his unconventional practice methods. Creighton's response is to drug the champagne in her beach house and wait until she shows up there with her current lover. Having previously ensured that Marcy cannot drink by lacing her tea with ], Creighton waits until her new lover is passed out, then strangles her. Her lover awakens and flees the scene. Creighton enlists his associate, Trish Fairbanks (]), to help him concoct an airtight alibi, but when she finds out what he has done, she blackmails him into a full partnership in the firm, wisely going the extra mile by creating a contingency plan to ensure that killing her is not an option for Creighton. Columbo cracks the case, despite the existence of a speed-camera ticket which appears to exonerate Creighton completely.

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	\| Aux3=] as Freddy Brower		\| Aux3=] as Freddy Brower
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	\| ShortSummary=Down-on-his-luck photographer Freddy Brower (]) wins a $30 million ]. But he wants to keep the money a secret from his wife Nancy (]), who is divorcing him, so that she cannot make a claim for the money. Freddy goes to his uncle, wealthy jeweler Leon Lamarr (]), who offers to pretend that the lottery ticket is his own until Freddy's divorce is finalized. Unfortunately, that is where Freddy's luck runs out: he does not know that Lamarr has recently gone bankrupt, and is also having an ] with Nancy. Lamarr decides to kill Freddy to keep the lottery winnings for himself. He schedules a Halloween costume party at his house, during which he sneaks out to Freddy's apartment, knocks him out, undresses him, then drowns him in his bathtub.		\| ShortSummary=Down-on-his-luck photographer Freddy Brower (]) wins a $30 million ]. But he wants to keep the money a secret from his wife Nancy (]), who is divorcing him, so that she cannot make a claim for the money. Freddy goes to his uncle, wealthy jeweler Leon Lamarr (]), who offers to pretend that the lottery ticket is his own until Freddy's divorce is finalized. Unfortunately, that is where Freddy's luck runs out: he does not know that Lamarr has recently gone bankrupt, and is also having an ] with Nancy. Lamarr decides to kill Freddy to keep the lottery winnings for himself. He schedules a Halloween costume party at his house, during which he sneaks out to Freddy's apartment, knocks him out, undresses him, then drowns him in his bathtub.

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	\| ShortSummary=Columbo attends the wedding of his police officer nephew Andy Parma (]).{{anchor\|Episode_60}} While Andy is showering, his new bride Melissa Hayes (]), a fashion model, is abducted from the bridal suite. Andy enlists Columbo's help in unraveling the case. Melissa has been kidnapped by Rudy Strassa (]), a sadistic psychopath who intends to kill her once he consummates "their marriage".		\| ShortSummary=Columbo attends the wedding of his police officer nephew Andy Parma (]).{{anchor\|Episode_60}} While Andy is showering, his new bride Melissa Hayes (]), a fashion model, is abducted from the bridal suite. Andy enlists Columbo's help in unraveling the case. Melissa has been kidnapped by Rudy Strassa (]), a sadistic psychopath who intends to kill her once he consummates "their marriage".

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	\| Aux3=] as Fred McCain, León Singer as Fernando and Greg Evigan as Harold McCain		\| Aux3=] as Fred McCain, León Singer as Fernando and Greg Evigan as Harold McCain
	\| Aux4=98 min		\| Aux4=98 min
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	\| ShortSummary=Given a deadline to pay his debts, or else, chronic gambler Harold McCain (]) plants a bomb under the ] of his uncle, professional football team owner Big Fred (]). The bomb is set to explode when the engine is started. However, someone else gets to Big Fred before Harold's bomb does by stealing the gardener's pickup truck and running him over while he is jogging. Harold tries to remove the bomb before it kills someone else, but cannot get near the Rolls Royce due to police and security on the premises. When the gardener tries to move the Rolls Royce out of the way of the TV camera crews, the bomb explodes, killing the gardener. Columbo investigates and discovers clues that link Harold to the car bomb, but Harold denies any involvement and tries to divert suspicion away from himself. Fred's wife Dolores (]), appears traumatised at losing her husband but has a good time as Fred's team's owner, but after Harold tries to squeeze her for money, he is shot dead in his cabin, making it ''appear'' obvious who is responsible.		\| ShortSummary=Given a deadline to pay his debts, or else, chronic gambler Harold McCain (]) plants a bomb under the ] of his uncle, professional football team owner Big Fred (]). The bomb is set to explode when the engine is started. However, someone else gets to Big Fred before Harold's bomb does by stealing the gardener's pickup truck and running him over while he is jogging. Harold tries to remove the bomb before it kills someone else, but cannot get near the Rolls Royce due to police and security on the premises. When the gardener tries to move the Rolls Royce out of the way of the TV camera crews, the bomb explodes, killing the gardener. Columbo investigates and discovers clues that link Harold to the car bomb, but Harold denies any involvement and tries to divert suspicion away from himself. Fred's wife Dolores (]), appears traumatised at losing her husband but has a good time as Fred's team's owner, but after Harold tries to squeeze her for money, he is shot dead in his cabin, making it ''appear'' obvious who is responsible.

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	\| Aux3=Armando Pucci as Nick Franco		\| Aux3=Armando Pucci as Nick Franco
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	\| ShortSummary=Wealthy socialite Lauren Staton (]) and her daughter Lisa Martin (]) conspire to murder their abusive, two-timing lover Nick Franco (Armando Pucci). Lauren commits the actual murder, going to Franco's apartment and shooting him. Lisa then stays in the apartment, keeping the body warm for several hours with an electric blanket until Lauren returns with the building manager (]). While they're knocking on the door, Lisa fires a shot into the air, then flees through the patio. Lauren takes all the heat from Columbo to protect Lisa, even going so far as to romance him; after he (along with the viewer) finally learns that Lisa is Lauren's daughter, he buys Lauren's confession by allowing Lisa to flee to Europe.		\| ShortSummary=Wealthy socialite Lauren Staton (]) and her daughter Lisa Martin (]) conspire to murder their abusive, two-timing lover Nick Franco (Armando Pucci). Lauren commits the actual murder, going to Franco's apartment and shooting him. Lisa then stays in the apartment, keeping the body warm for several hours with an electric blanket until Lauren returns with the building manager (]). While they're knocking on the door, Lisa fires a shot into the air, then flees through the patio. Lauren takes all the heat from Columbo to protect Lisa, even going so far as to romance him; after he (along with the viewer) finally learns that Lisa is Lauren's daughter, he buys Lauren's confession by allowing Lisa to flee to Europe.

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	\| Aux3=Jack Laufer as Gerry Winters		\| Aux3=Jack Laufer as Gerry Winters
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	\| ShortSummary=Domineering radio host Fielding Chase (]) faces a crisis when his ward, 25-year-old Victoria Chase (]), decides to spread her wings and leave for New York. Chase is a national celebrity thanks to his call-in radio show and while Victoria works as his producer, his affection for her runs deep. An ex-employee, the homosexual Gerry Winters (Jack Laufer), has been encouraging Victoria and has even found a literary agent for her book. Chase decides to kill Winters. He first instructs Winters to call him at a certain time. Exactly at that appointed hour, Chase drives to Winters's house and sneaks inside. Winters makes the phone call, unaware that Chase is actually behind him in the same room. Once the phone goes to Chase's answering machine, Chase picks up an extension in another room of Winters' house and begins speaking with him. At that point, Chase enters the next room and shoots Winters, then makes it look like Winters was shot by a gay lover.		\| ShortSummary=Domineering radio host Fielding Chase (]) faces a crisis when his ward, 25-year-old Victoria Chase (]), decides to spread her wings and leave for New York. Chase is a national celebrity thanks to his call-in radio show and while Victoria works as his producer, his affection for her runs deep. An ex-employee, the homosexual Gerry Winters (Jack Laufer), has been encouraging Victoria and has even found a literary agent for her book. Chase decides to kill Winters. He first instructs Winters to call him at a certain time. Exactly at that appointed hour, Chase drives to Winters's house and sneaks inside. Winters makes the phone call, unaware that Chase is actually behind him in the same room. Once the phone goes to Chase's answering machine, Chase picks up an extension in another room of Winters' house and begins speaking with him. At that point, Chase enters the next room and shoots Winters, then makes it look like Winters was shot by a gay lover.

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	\| Aux3=] as Mo Weinberg and ] as Geraldine Ferguson		\| Aux3=] as Mo Weinberg and ] as Geraldine Ferguson
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	\| ShortSummary=Irving Krutch (]), a crooked insurance investigator, enlists the help of Columbo to solve a series of murders that starts when two men, each of whom possesses a piece of a photograph, kill each other in a burglary gone wrong. Some years back a group of four men robbed a bank, but all of them were killed by the police in a shootout after they were caught in a car accident. But before they died, they hid their loot somewhere which can only be found through the assembled photograph. Columbo must go undercover to recover some of the pieces, solve some murders to get some others, and all the while trying to figure out what Krutch might be after. ] has a cameo as a small time hood and Columbo does ] in the roles of a mob ] and a ].		\| ShortSummary=Irving Krutch (]), a crooked insurance investigator, enlists the help of Columbo to solve a series of murders that starts when two men, each of whom possesses a piece of a photograph, kill each other in a burglary gone wrong. Some years back a group of four men robbed a bank, but all of them were killed by the police in a shootout after they were caught in a car accident. But before they died, they hid their loot somewhere which can only be found through the assembled photograph. Columbo must go undercover to recover some of the pieces, solve some murders to get some others, and all the while trying to figure out what Krutch might be after. ] has a cameo as a small time hood and Columbo does ] in the roles of a mob ] and a ].

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	\| Aux3=] as Teddy McVeigh and ] as Bruno Romano		\| Aux3=] as Teddy McVeigh and ] as Bruno Romano
	\| Aux4=89 min		\| Aux4=89 min
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	\| ShortSummary=Graham McVeigh (]) is a ] ranch owner, and he is tired of his brother Teddy being in constant debt to mob bookie and restaurateur Bruno Romano. He decides to kill Teddy and frame Romano for the crime. To do so, Graham makes Teddy take a big loss at the race track by drugging his own horse so that it loses, leaving Teddy in deeper debt to Romano. Graham then disguises himself and goes to Romano's restaurant, where he sets mice loose in a bathroom. While Romano is distracted setting traps for the mice, Graham calls Teddy from a restaurant phone so that the phone records will suggest Romano called to set up a meeting. Graham and Teddy then drive out to a secluded section of road. Under the pretense of getting fresh air, Graham gets out, walks around the car, steps up to Teddy's window and shoots him, then rides home on a folding bike he stashed in the trunk. The next day, Graham invites Romano to come out to the ranch, ostensibly to pay Teddy's debt. When Romano looks at a briefcase containing the money, Graham shoots him, switches Romano's revolver for the identical murder gun, and makes it look like self-defense. Romano's boss Vincenzo Fortelli (]) becomes involved, exerting pressure on McVeigh. To solve the crime before Fortelli takes matters into his own hands, Columbo must work with the gangster.		\| ShortSummary=Graham McVeigh (]) is a ] ranch owner, and he is tired of his brother Teddy being in constant debt to mob bookie and restaurateur Bruno Romano. He decides to kill Teddy and frame Romano for the crime. To do so, Graham makes Teddy take a big loss at the race track by drugging his own horse so that it loses, leaving Teddy in deeper debt to Romano. Graham then disguises himself and goes to Romano's restaurant, where he sets mice loose in a bathroom. While Romano is distracted setting traps for the mice, Graham calls Teddy from a restaurant phone so that the phone records will suggest Romano called to set up a meeting. Graham and Teddy then drive out to a secluded section of road. Under the pretense of getting fresh air, Graham gets out, walks around the car, steps up to Teddy's window and shoots him, then rides home on a folding bike he stashed in the trunk. The next day, Graham invites Romano to come out to the ranch, ostensibly to pay Teddy's debt. When Romano looks at a briefcase containing the money, Graham shoots him, switches Romano's revolver for the identical murder gun, and makes it look like self-defense. Romano's boss Vincenzo Fortelli (]) becomes involved, exerting pressure on McVeigh. To solve the crime before Fortelli takes matters into his own hands, Columbo must work with the gangster.

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	\| Aux3=] as Howard Seltzer		\| Aux3=] as Howard Seltzer
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	\| ~~Viewers~~= 12.43<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41317470/the-los-angeles-times/\|title=National Nielsen Viewership (May. 12-18)\|date=May 21, 1997\|work=]\|access-date=July 15, 2021\|via=]}}{{free access}}</ref>		\| Aux5= 12.43<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41317470/the-los-angeles-times/\|title=National Nielsen Viewership (May. 12-18)\|date=May 21, 1997\|work=]\|access-date=July 15, 2021\|via=]}}{{free access}}</ref>
	\| ShortSummary=Cathleen Calvert (Falk's wife ], in her sixth and final appearance) and her lover, crime scene investigator Patrick Kinsley (]), are weary of having to see each other on the sly. She will not divorce her husband, rich businessman Clifford Calvert (]), due to their prenuptial agreement. So the lovers scheme to get him out of the way by killing Howard Seltzer (]), an investment broker who is suing him, then framing Clifford for the murder. To do so, Patrick drives to Seltzer's house and tricks Seltzer into letting him inside by claiming that his car phone has died and that he has to make an urgent phone call. Patrick then shoots Seltzer and plants evidence to suggest that Clifford was responsible. Columbo's work is cut out for him, because Patrick is on the team handling the investigation. In this episode it is implied that Columbo only has one eye as of course Peter Falk has.		\| ShortSummary=Cathleen Calvert (Falk's wife ], in her sixth and final appearance) and her lover, crime scene investigator Patrick Kinsley (]), are weary of having to see each other on the sly. She will not divorce her husband, rich businessman Clifford Calvert (]), due to their prenuptial agreement. So the lovers scheme to get him out of the way by killing Howard Seltzer (]), an investment broker who is suing him, then framing Clifford for the murder. To do so, Patrick drives to Seltzer's house and tricks Seltzer into letting him inside by claiming that his car phone has died and that he has to make an urgent phone call. Patrick then shoots Seltzer and plants evidence to suggest that Clifford was responsible. Columbo's work is cut out for him, because Patrick is on the team handling the investigation. In this episode it is implied that Columbo only has one eye as of course Peter Falk has.

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	\| Aux3=] as Verity Chandler		\| Aux3=] as Verity Chandler
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	\| ~~Viewers~~= 9.75<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41372444/the-los-angeles-times/\|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Oct. 5-11)\|date=October 14, 1998\|work=]\|access-date=July 15, 2021\|via=]}}{{free access}}</ref>		\| Aux5= 9.75<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41372444/the-los-angeles-times/\|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Oct. 5-11)\|date=October 14, 1998\|work=]\|access-date=July 15, 2021\|via=]}}{{free access}}</ref>
	\| ShortSummary=] stars in and directs his final appearance, his fourth time playing the murderer. As funeral director to the stars Eric Prince, he murders gossip columnist Verity Chandler (]) when she attends his latest funeral, that of actor and war hero Chuck Houston. Chandler threatens Prince that her next exposé will be about him. (Two decades earlier, he stole a valuable diamond from the body of a deceased silent film star.) Prince bludgeons Chandler with a tool in his storage room, then hides the body in a compartment used for corpses. After the funeral, Prince takes the casket containing Houston's body to the preparation room, where he puts Chandler's body into the casket in its place. It next enters the cremation oven, and afterwards, the ashes are scattered by helicopter over the Hollywood hills. Prince then goes to Chandler's house and fakes evidence of her abduction. So that no one will become suspicious, he cremates Houston's body by piggybacking him onto another corpse scheduled to be cremated.		\| ShortSummary=] stars in and directs his final appearance, his fourth time playing the murderer. As funeral director to the stars Eric Prince, he murders gossip columnist Verity Chandler (]) when she attends his latest funeral, that of actor and war hero Chuck Houston. Chandler threatens Prince that her next exposé will be about him. (Two decades earlier, he stole a valuable diamond from the body of a deceased silent film star.) Prince bludgeons Chandler with a tool in his storage room, then hides the body in a compartment used for corpses. After the funeral, Prince takes the casket containing Houston's body to the preparation room, where he puts Chandler's body into the casket in its place. It next enters the cremation oven, and afterwards, the ashes are scattered by helicopter over the Hollywood hills. Prince then goes to Chandler's house and fakes evidence of her abduction. So that no one will become suspicious, he cremates Houston's body by piggybacking him onto another corpse scheduled to be cremated.

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	\| ~~Viewers~~= 12.52<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41489986/the-los-angeles-times/\|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Mar. 12-18)\|date=March 21, 2001\|work=]\|access-date=July 15, 2021\|via=]}}{{free access}}</ref>		\| Aux5= 12.52<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41489986/the-los-angeles-times/\|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Mar. 12-18)\|date=March 21, 2001\|work=]\|access-date=July 15, 2021\|via=]}}{{free access}}</ref>
	\| ShortSummary=Hollywood film composer and conductor Findlay Crawford (]) has been mentor to a talented young composer, Gabriel McEnery (]), who has been ghostwriting most of Crawford's work for the last few years. Gabe even penned Crawford's last movie score, which won an ]. Crawford realizes he will be ruined and ridiculed if it ever becomes known. Aware that Gabe practices on the roof of a studio building, Crawford plots his murder. He promises Gabe will get to conduct the orchestra during a concert based on Crawford's "own" movie scores. While giving a toast, Crawford drugs Gabe, then takes his body up to his rooftop rehearsal place, which happens to be atop a trapdoor to a freight elevator. He makes it look like Gabe was there rehearsing; With the concert about to begin, Crawford starts the freight elevator, then makes it into the concert hall in time to begin conducting before the elevator reaches the top. When the elevator doors open, Gabe's unconscious body is pushed over the side and falls to his death, landing in front of a late-arriving couple.		\| ShortSummary=Hollywood film composer and conductor Findlay Crawford (]) has been mentor to a talented young composer, Gabriel McEnery (]), who has been ghostwriting most of Crawford's work for the last few years. Gabe even penned Crawford's last movie score, which won an ]. Crawford realizes he will be ruined and ridiculed if it ever becomes known. Aware that Gabe practices on the roof of a studio building, Crawford plots his murder. He promises Gabe will get to conduct the orchestra during a concert based on Crawford's "own" movie scores. While giving a toast, Crawford drugs Gabe, then takes his body up to his rooftop rehearsal place, which happens to be atop a trapdoor to a freight elevator. He makes it look like Gabe was there rehearsing; With the concert about to begin, Crawford starts the freight elevator, then makes it into the concert hall in time to begin conducting before the elevator reaches the top. When the elevator doors open, Gabe's unconscious body is pushed over the side and falls to his death, landing in front of a late-arriving couple.

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	\| Aux3=] as Tony Galper and Douglas Roberts as Linwood Coben		\| Aux3=] as Tony Galper and Douglas Roberts as Linwood Coben
	\| Aux4=88 min		\| Aux4=88 min
	\| ~~Viewers~~= 8.97<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41429835/the-los-angeles-times/\|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Jan. 27-Feb. 2)\|date=February 5, 2003\|work=]\|access-date=July 15, 2021\|via=]}}{{free access}}</ref>		\| Aux5= 8.97<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41429835/the-los-angeles-times/\|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Jan. 27-Feb. 2)\|date=February 5, 2003\|work=]\|access-date=July 15, 2021\|via=]}}{{free access}}</ref>
	\| ShortSummary=Los Angeles rave promoter Justin Price (]) helps his girlfriend Vanessa Farrow (]) get rid of the corpse of her ex-husband, mobster Tony Galper, who was backing Price's new club, after he drops dead in Vanessa's apartment. He disposes of the body for her but unknown to him, tabloid photographer Linwood Coben secretly photographs him getting rid of the body. He tells Price he can have the negatives and prints for $250,000 and Price agrees to pay him. They meet that evening, where Price kills him and makes it look like a suicide.		\| ShortSummary=Los Angeles rave promoter Justin Price (]) helps his girlfriend Vanessa Farrow (]) get rid of the corpse of her ex-husband, mobster Tony Galper, who was backing Price's new club, after he drops dead in Vanessa's apartment. He disposes of the body for her but unknown to him, tabloid photographer Linwood Coben secretly photographs him getting rid of the body. He tells Price he can have the negatives and prints for $250,000 and Price agrees to pay him. They meet that evening, where Price kills him and makes it look like a suicide.

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Season of television series (all episodes of 1990 to 2003) Season of television series

Columbo
Season 10
No. of episodes	14
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	December 9, 1990 (1990-12-09) – January 30, 2003 (2003-01-30)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The final 14 episodes of Columbo were produced sporadically as a series of specials, spanning 13 years from 1990 to 2003. These episodes have since been released on DVD in several regions as "season 10". Two of the episodes, "No Time to Die" and "Undercover", were based on 87th Precinct novels by Ed McBain and thus do not follow the usual Columbo format.

Episodes

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Murderer(s) played by	Victim(s) played by	Original air date	Runtime
56	1	"Columbo Goes to College"	E.W. Swackhamer	S : Frederick King Keller S/T : Jeffrey Bloom	Stephen Caffrey as Justin Rowe and Gary Hershberger as Cooper Redman	James Sutorius as D.E. Rusk	December 9, 1990 (1990-12-09)	98 min
57	2	"Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health"	Daryl Duke	Sonia Wolf & Patricia Ford & April Raynell	George Hamilton as Wade Anders	Peter Haskell as Budd Clarke	February 20, 1991 (1991-02-20)	98 min
58	3	"Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star"	Alan J. Levi	William Read Woodfield	Dabney Coleman as Hugh Creighton	Cheryl Paris as Marcy Edwards	April 29, 1991 (1991-04-29)	98 min
59	4	"Death Hits the Jackpot"	Vincent McEveety	Jeffrey Bloom	Rip Torn as Leon Lamarr and Jamie Rose as Nancy Brower	Gary Kroeger as Freddy Brower	December 15, 1991 (1991-12-15)	98 min
60	5	"No Time to Die"	Alan J. Levi	S : Ed McBain; T : Robert van Scoyk	(No murder. Daniel McDonald plays the would-be murderer.)	(None)	March 15, 1992 (1992-03-15)	93 min
61	6	"A Bird in the Hand ..."	Vincent McEveety	Jackson Gillis	Tyne Daly as Dolores McCain and Greg Evigan as Harold McCain	Steve Forrest as Fred McCain, León Singer as Fernando and Greg Evigan as Harold McCain	November 22, 1992 (1992-11-22)	98 min
62	7	"It's All in the Game"	Vincent McEveety	Peter Falk	Faye Dunaway Lauren Staton and Claudia Christian as Lisa Martin	Armando Pucci as Nick Franco	October 31, 1993 (1993-10-31)	98 min
63	8	"Butterfly in Shades of Grey"	Dennis Dugan	Peter S. Fischer	William Shatner as Fielding Chase	Jack Laufer as Gerry Winters	January 10, 1994 (1994-01-10)	98 min
64	9	"Undercover"	Vincent McEveety	S : Ed McBain; T : Gerry Day	Ed Begley Jr. as Irving Krutch (Jon Beshara and an uncredited actor also portray two characters who kill each other)	Burt Young as Mo Weinberg and Shera Danese as Geraldine Ferguson	May 2, 1994 (1994-05-02)	98 min
65	10	"Strange Bedfellows"	Vincent McEveety	Lawrence Vail	George Wendt as Graham McVeigh	Jeff Yagher as Teddy McVeigh and Jay Acovone as Bruno Romano	May 8, 1995 (1995-05-08)	89 min
66	11	"A Trace of Murder"	Vincent McEveety	Charles Kipps	David Rasche as Patrick Kinsley and Shera Danese as Cathleen Calvert	Raye Birk as Howard Seltzer	May 15, 1997 (1997-05-15)	98 min
67	12	"Ashes to Ashes"	Patrick McGoohan	Jeffrey Hatcher	Patrick McGoohan as Eric Prince	Rue McClanahan as Verity Chandler	October 8, 1998 (1998-10-08)	90 min
68	13	"Murder with Too Many Notes"	Patrick McGoohan	T : Patrick McGoohan; S/T : Jeffrey Cava	Billy Connolly as Findlay Crawford	Chad Willett as Gabriel McEnery	March 12, 2001 (2001-03-12)	98 min
69	14	"Columbo Likes the Nightlife"	Jeffrey Reiner	Michael Alaimo	Jennifer Sky as Vanessa Farrow and Matthew Rhys as Justin Price	Carmine Giovinazzo as Tony Galper and Douglas Roberts as Linwood Coben	January 30, 2003 (2003-01-30)	88 min

References

"Columbo – Complete Series DVD UK". Retrieved April 2, 2012.
UK DVD Cover shows the complete collection, images-amazon.com; accessed June 28, 2017.

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