Columbo Episodes

Pilot Movies (Before Season 1)

1. Prescription: Murder (February 20, 1968)

2. Ransom for a Dead Man (March 1, 1971)

Season 1 (1971–1972)

1. Murder by the Book (September 15, 1971)

2. Death Lends a Hand (October 6, 1971)

3. Dead Weight (October 27, 1971)

4. Suitable for Framing (November 17, 1971)

5. Lady in Waiting (December 15, 1971)

6. Short Fuse (January 19, 1972)

7. Blueprint for Murder (February 9, 1972)

Season 2 (1972–1973)

1. Étude in Black (September 17, 1972)

2. The Greenhouse Jungle (October 15, 1972)

3. The Most Crucial Game (November 5, 1972)

4. Dagger of the Mind (November 26, 1972)

5. Requiem for a Falling Star (January 21, 1973)

6. A Stitch in Crime (February 11, 1973)

7. The Most Dangerous Match (March 4, 1973)

8. Double Shock (March 25, 1973)

Season 3 (1973–1974)

1. Lovely but Lethal (September 23, 1973)

2. Any Old Port in a Storm (October 7, 1973)

3. Candidate for Crime (November 4, 1973)

4. Double Exposure (December 16, 1973)

5. Publish or Perish (January 18, 1974)

6. Mind Over Mayhem (February 18, 1974)

7. Swan Song (March 3, 1974)

8. A Friend in Deed (May 5, 1974)

Season 4 (1974–1975)

1. An Exercise in Fatality (September 15, 1974)

2. Negative Reaction (October 15, 1974)

3. By Dawn’s Early Light (October 27, 1974)

4. Troubled Waters (February 9, 1975)

5. Playback (March 2, 1975)

6. A Deadly State of Mind (April 27, 1975)

Season 5 (1975–1976)

1. Forgotten Lady (September 14, 1975)

2. A Case of Immunity (October 12, 1975)

3. Identity Crisis (November 2, 1975)

4. A Matter of Honor (February 1, 1976)

5. Now You See Him (February 29, 1976)

6. Last Salute to the Commodore (May 2, 1976)

Season 6 (1976–1977)

1. Fade in to Murder (October 10, 1976)

2. Old Fashioned Murder (November 28, 1976)

3. The Bye-Bye Sky High IQ Murder Case (May 22, 1977)

Season 7 (1977–1978)

1. Try and Catch Me (November 21, 1977)

2. How to Dial a Murder (April 15, 1978)

3. The Conspirators (May 13, 1978)

Specials / Revival Era (1989–2003)

Season 8 (1989)

1. Columbo Goes to the Guillotine (February 6, 1989)

2. Murder, Smoke and Shadows (February 27, 1989)

3. Sex and the Married Detective (April 3, 1989)

4. Grand Deceptions (May 1, 1989)

Season 9 (1989–1990)

1. Murder in Malibu (May 14, 1990)

2. Columbo Cries Wolf (January 20, 1990)

3. Agenda for Murder (February 10, 1990)

4. Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo (March 31, 1990)

5. Uneasy Lies the Crown (April 28, 1990)

6. Murder: A Self Portrait (November 25, 1989)

7. Columbo Goes to College (December 9, 1990)

8. Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health (February 20, 1991)

Season 10 (1991–2003)

1. Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star (April 29, 1991)

2. Death Hits the Jackpot (December 15, 1991)

3. No Time to Die (March 15, 1992)

4. A Bird in the Hand... (November 22, 1992)

5. It’s All in the Game (October 31, 1993)

6. Butterfly in Shades of Grey (January 10, 1994)

7. Undercover (May 2, 1994)

8. Strange Bedfellows (May 8, 1995)

9. A Trace of Murder (May 15, 1997)

10. Ashes to Ashes (October 8, 1998)

11. Murder with Too Many Notes (March 12, 2001)

12. Columbo Likes the Nightlife (January 30, 2003)