This month, Peacock is running the second season of Poker Face, a mystery show that owes a lot to Columbo, the hit series that ran from 1971 to 1978. Columbo has had a big resurgence of popularity in ...

There’s something I’ve never loved about the way shows like Columbo, Elsbeth, and Poker Face are structured. We know who did it before the detective even walks into the room. The body’s still warm, ...

With his cigar, crumpled beige mac, battered car, Basset Hound and unseen, but frequently mentioned wife, the late Peter Falk’s shambling homicide detective is as watchable now as when the series ...