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| | ShortSummary=Wade Anders (]) is a security consultant, and 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. | ||
| '''Final clue/twist:''' Columbo can prove that the surveillance tape was fabricated, because the trees and bushes visible in front of the office appeared to have been trimmed in the morning, but had supposedly grown again by the evening. The fact that Clarke's dog scratched Anders' car, making distinctive marks because of its missing claw on one of its paws, provides further evidence that Anders visited Clarke's house |
'''Final clue/twist:''' Columbo can prove that the surveillance tape was fabricated, because the trees and bushes visible in front of the office appeared to have been trimmed in the morning, but had supposedly grown again by the evening. The fact that Clarke's dog scratched Anders' car, making distinctive marks because of its missing claw on one of its paws, provides further evidence that Anders had indeed visited Clarke's house before. | ||
| Shown under the ''ABC Movie Special'' brand.<ref>{{cite web|title=COLUMBO: CAUTION: MURDER CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH {ABC MOVIE SPECIAL} (TV)|url=http://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?item=T:25613|publisher=The Paley Center For Media|accessdate=September 10, 2013}}</ref> | Shown under the ''ABC Movie Special'' brand.<ref>{{cite web|title=COLUMBO: CAUTION: MURDER CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH {ABC MOVIE SPECIAL} (TV)|url=http://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?item=T:25613|publisher=The Paley Center For Media|accessdate=September 10, 2013}}</ref> | ||
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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 | |
| ← Previous Season 9 | |
| 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 : Jeffrey Bloom & Frederick King Keller; T : Jeffrey Bloom | Stephen Caffrey and Gary Hershberger | James Sutorius | 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 | Peter Haskell | 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 | Cheryl Paris | April 29, 1991 (1991-04-29) | 98 min |
| 59 | 4 | "Death Hits the Jackpot" | Vincent McEveety | Jeffrey Bloom | Rip Torn and Jamie Rose | Gary Kroeger | 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) | February 15, 1992 (1992-02-15) | 93 min |
| 61 | 6 | "A Bird in the Hand ..." | Vincent McEveety | Jackson Gillis | Tyne Daly and Greg Evigan | Steve Forrest and León Singer and Greg Evigan | June 19, 1992 (1992-06-19) | 98 min |
| 62 | 7 | "It's All in the Game" | Vincent McEveety | Peter Falk | Faye Dunaway and Claudia Christian | Armando Pucci | October 31, 1993 (1993-10-31) | 98 min |
| 63 | 8 | "Butterfly in Shades of Grey" | Dennis Dugan | Peter S. Fischer | William Shatner | Jack Laufer | January 10, 1994 (1994-01-10) | 98 min |
| 64 | 9 | "Undercover" | Vincent McEveety | S : Ed McBain; T : Gerry Day | Ed Begley Jr. (Jon Beshara and an uncredited actor also portray two characters who kill each other) | Burt Young and Shera Danese | May 2, 1994 (1994-05-02) | 98 min |
| 65 | 10 | "Strange Bedfellows" | Vincent McEveety | Lawrence Vail | George Wendt | Jeff Yagher and Jay Acovone | May 8, 1995 (1995-05-08) | 89 min |
| 66 | 11 | "A Trace of Murder" | Vincent McEveety | Charles Kipps | David Rasche and Shera Danese | Raye Birk | May 15, 1997 (1997-05-15) | 98 min |
| 67 | 12 | "Ashes to Ashes" | Patrick McGoohan | Jeffrey Hatcher | Patrick McGoohan | Rue McClanahan | 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 | Chad Willett | March 12, 2001 (2001-03-12) | 98 min |
| 69 | 14 | "Columbo Likes the Nightlife" | Jeffrey Reiner | Michael Alaimo | Jennifer Sky and Matthew Rhys | Carmine Giovinazzo and Douglas Roberts | 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.
- Columbo seasons
- 1990 American television seasons
- 1991 American television seasons
- 1992 American television seasons
- 1993 American television seasons
- 1994 American television seasons
- 1995 American television seasons
- 1997 American television seasons
- 1998 American television seasons
- 2000 American television seasons
- 2003 American television seasons