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 ...

BRISTOL — Elkhart Civic Theatre presents “Prescription: Murder” from Sept. 13 to 22 at the Bristol Opera House, 210 E. Vistula St. “Prescription: Murder” centers on a brilliant psychiatrist and his ...

Peter S. Fischer, co-creator of Murder, She Wrote and writer on dozens of crime series such as Columbo, Ellery Queen and Murder spinoff The Law and Harry McGraw, has died. Grandson Jake McElrath ...

William Link, a writer and producer known for co-creating “Columbo” and “Murder, She Wrote,” died of congestive heart failure in Los Angeles on Sunday, his niece confirmed to Variety. He was 87. Over ...

The character of police detective Columbo first appeared in a long-forgotten episode of 1950s television. But its scripters, William Link and Richard L. Levinson, sensed potential and retooled their ...