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The Best Seasons of Columbo

Every season of Columbo ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of Columbo!

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Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for

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#1

Season 3

8 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1973

7.8/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE2 · Any Old Port in a Storm 8.3

#2

Season 7

5 Episodes

First Aired: Nov 1977

7.7/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · Try and Catch Me 8.3

#3

Season 4

6 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1974

7.7/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE2 · Negative Reaction 8.1

Other Seasons

#4

Season 9

6 Episodes

First Aired: Nov 1989

7.6/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE2 · Columbo Cries Wolf 8.1

#5

Season 2

8 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1972

7.5/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE6 · A Stitch in Crime 8.0

#6

Season 1

7 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1971

7.4/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE2 · Death Lends a Hand 7.8

#7

Season 6

3 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1976

7.4/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE3 · The Bye-Bye Sky High I.Q. Murder Case 7.7

#8

Season 10

14 Episodes

First Aired: Dec 1990

7.3/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · Columbo Goes to College 8.0

#9

Season 5

6 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1975

7.3/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE5 · Now You See Him 8.2

#10

Season 8

4 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 1989

7.2/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · Columbo Goes to the Guillotine 7.4