Talk:List of Columbo episodes

Thanks!
Thanks to everyone involved with this page. The brief episode descriptions are incredibly well done. Todd (talk) 17:09, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

Moved Talk from the columbo talk page
Hi all! I moved any relevant talk items to the talk page of this new listing for your convenience. MArcane 04:52, 24 December 2006 (UTC)See below:

This page is way too long...(from Talk:Columbo)

 * Would anyone object to creating a separate page to house the list of Columbo episodes?


 * Agreed, especially as I'm seeing warnings about the page size when I try to edit. I have created the List of Columbo Episodes page, and linked it in the spot on this page where they appeared previously.MArcane 04:41, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

List of Episodes have far too much POV - they're not meant to be reviews

 * Phrases like "one of the most enjoyable endings in the entire series", "An especially enjoyable episode", "a pleasant two hours", etc don't belong on Wikipedia. Also, it would make sense if the individual epsiodes were seperated into their own articles, making this article easier to read and following the style of other such televison series.172.143.60.241 20:49, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Agreed...I removed all that I could find.MArcane 03:45, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Episode List Format
Maybe we should consider a table format similar to that used for Season One of List of The Sopranos episodes. Our format is bulky and heavy on opinion rather than data about each episode.MArcane 04:52, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Counting for toc of eps list should start from 0:


 * 1) 1 Pilots (1968–1971, 2 episodes)
 * 2) 2 First season (1971–1972, 7 episodes)
 * 3) 3 Second season (1972–1973, 8 episodes)

this is iritating! 2 is 1st, 3 is 2nd, ...
 * The table of contents is a wikipedia feature, it automatically numbers by the headers on the page below.MArcane 03:48, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Inappropriate tone tag
A lot of this article reads like TV summaries, not an encyclopedic article! Season 1 isn't bad, but it goes downhill from there. Mark83 (talk) 21:10, 22 April 2008 (UTC) I had hardly any knowledge that the topics of Columbo could fit into an Encyclopedia and would need "an appropriate tone". It is the tone of the discussion that is not appropriate !--Alexandre Rongellion (talk) 01:35, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Seasons 10 and later
Because the Columbo episodes from 1989 to 2003 were aired very infrequently, it appears that there is some dispute over which of the last 14 episodes is part of season 10. The fan site http://www.columbo-site.freeuk.com/ groups them as: 3 for season 10, 3 for season eleven, and 8 specials. However, other sites like TV.com say that season 10 consists of all the last 14 shows. It also appears that based on the DVDs released in Europe, they consider the 10 season covering all of the last 14 episodes too.

Because the way Wikipedia's reliable sources guidelines and other policies are written, this Wikipedia article has to also group these episodes based on a source that is more official like DVD releases rather than what is done on fan sites. Cheers. Zzyzx11 (talk) 17:40, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I recommend getting the DVD release tables of contents. They spell out exactly how the seasons have been arranged. There are so few movies and those were 'specials' so it only matters that they be listed along with air dates. Also bear in mind the actual 'specials' were not part of any 'season'. The DVD releases, which I have seen, do not acknowledge the specials as part of any season.-- Djathink imacowboy  01:29, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Also, I recommend this site for the seasons as officially listed by just about everyone.-- Djathink imacowboy  01:31, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

What is a 'special'? Because every episode is just an episode, none are double length or anything like that. Middle More Rider (talk) 01:37, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

We need major work here and seasons updates (we're up to 11 seasons on DVD now)
Proposal: We need to move all TV and TV-series-related data from Columbo to this article. I'm afraid I do not trust myslf with the job, and might get accused of vandalising Columbo. Comments, please! I'm placing an rfc above this.-- Djathink imacowboy  16:20, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

What data do you want to move? This list looks OK, unless it misses some episodes. &mdash; Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talk) 02:25, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Please see Talk:Columbo. Also the article needs updating because there are (I believe) 11 seasons available now.-- Djathink imacowboy  16:27, 21 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Oppose: this article is a list, and it already contains more data then appropriate (see WP:SAL and WP:WORKS). Though, if there are indeed more episodes out there, the list should be amended accordingly. &mdash; Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talk) 18:18, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I for one would love it if you had a gander at Talk:Columbo and offered some input there.-- Djathink imacowboy  01:15, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Dmitrij D. Czarkoff, wait a minute ... articles are NOT supposed to be lists and this article is certainly not a mere list, though it lists things. Is that what you mean? In which case I have to ask, how short does it have to be?-- Djathink imacowboy  01:34, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

Transplanted data from Columbo and it looks great
...need I post more?-- Djathink imacowboy  21:51, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

page contents
This article shall have only episodes list, brief plot and simple intros...I'm I right? Why is an irrelevant "Series overview" table in this super long page? --B3430715 (talk) 08:28, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Because no one opposes it so far except you.— Djathink imacowboy  20:54, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
 * No one replies you never equals to they agreed. --B3430715 (talk) 22:18, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

TV Show Links for Guest Stars
I removed the links next to guest stars names because they are unnecessary. Unless there is a plan to include links like that for all other guest stars, which I believe is also unneeded, there's no NPOV way to select who gets a show link and who doesn't. Or what work of the guest is linked to. If a reader wants to know more about a guest star they can follow the link to their article. —    Bill W.     (Talk)  (Contrib)  — 15:52, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

short vs. long
Which episodes are short vs. long?-96.233.19.113 (talk) 03:13, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Yep, this is basic information that should be included. The main article states there are 30 episodes at 73 minutes and 39 episodes at 98 minutes. But we don't currently document that information anywhere. I'll see if I can at this to the episode list. 64.40.54.210 (talk) 03:19, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I've updated the original episodes from NBC. I'll try to get the rest later. 64.40.54.210 (talk) 04:30, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

Martin Landau
A small bit speaking part about 10 mins from the start of "The Bye-Bye Sky High IQ Murder Case" looks/sounds like Martin Landau?-96.233.19.113 (talk) 03:14, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Improbable. On IMDB, Martin Landau does not appear in the credits for that Columbo episode. Neither does that episode appear in the IMDB entry for Martin Landau. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.188.214.73 (talk) 15:22, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

Guest stars
I see this topic has been aired before, but I'd like to make a suggestion. I do think there is a strong case for a guest stars column. As someone who like the show, but is not an expert, I tend to think of episodes as "the one with Honor Blackman" etc, so a guest star column would be helpful for navigation.  Tigerboy1966  11:33, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

2 pilot-episodes ??
I think "Ransom for a Dead Man" (1971) should be listed as episode no 1 instead of pilot no 2. What are the reason for for this ep. being defined as a pilot? It's produced and aired the same year as most of the episodes in season 1. The length are about the same as the other.--Ezzex (talk) 03:21, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

I have seen it listed elsewhere as episode number 1. Has a different character, personality etc. to Columbo in Prescription Murder, but now character is mostly typical to all the following Columbo episodes. Middle More Rider (talk) 01:45, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

Murderer(s) played by
The table of episodes has a column 'Murderer(s) played by'. The row for no 64, "Undercover", as well as the actual murderer, has this addition 'Jon Beshara and an uncredited actor also portray two characters who kill each other)'.

Surely this column is for listing the principal murderer, not the perpetrators of incidental killings.

Guyal of Sfere (talk) 13:19, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

Статьи по всем сериям
Почему в Википедии нельзя сделать отдельные статьи по каждой серии? У сериала много фанатов, а каждая серия индивидуальна. Считаю, что нужно сделать отдельные статьи, как здесь. 109.252.155.122 (talk) 19:47, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
 * As this is this the English Wikipedia, please use English to communicate on talk pages. Thanks. --Jameboy (talk) 14:34, 24 May 2024 (UTC)