Columbo
With his rumpled raincoat, ever-present cigar, bumbling demeanour and Sherlock Holmesian powers of deduction, disarmingly polite homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo took on some of the most cunning murderers in Los Angeles, most of whom made one fatal, irrevocable mistake: underestimating his investigative genius.
Release Date: 1971
Creators: Richard Levinson, William Link
Stars: Peter Falk, Mike Lally, John Finnegan