From the moment he shuffled onto television screens in a rumpled raincoat, cigar dangling from his fingers, Columbo-in the form of actor Peter Falk-announced that he was going to play by different ...

"I truly believe that Columbo was a landmark in the entertainment industry," says Jack Horger, producer on the show between 1992 and 2003. "It flipped everything on its head," agrees David Koenig, ...