There’s this beat early in every Columbo episode — that quiet pocket of time right after the killer fixes one last detail, the sort of tiny adjustment a person only makes when they’re convinced the ...

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, ...

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 ...