Columbo broadcast history
The following is a broadcast history for the crime fiction television film series Columbo.
United States
Season |
Number of episodes |
From/on |
To |
Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pilots |
2 |
February 20, 1968 |
NBC |
|
1 |
7 |
September 15, 1971 |
February 9, 1972 |
|
2 |
8 |
September 17, 1972 |
March 25, 1973 |
|
3 |
8 |
September 23, 1973 |
May 5, 1974 |
|
4 |
6 |
September 15, 1974 |
April 27, 1975 |
|
5 |
6 |
September 14, 1975 |
May 2, 1976 |
|
6 |
3 |
October 10, 1976 |
May 22, 1977 |
|
7 |
5 |
November 21, 1977 |
May 13, 1978 |
|
8 |
4 |
February 6, 1989 |
May 1, 1989 |
ABC |
9 |
6 |
November 25, 1989 |
May 14, 1990 |
|
10 |
3 |
December 9, 1990 |
April 29, 1991 |
|
Specials |
3 |
December 15, 1991 |
||
11 |
3 |
October 31, 1993 |
May 2, 1994 |
|
Specials |
5 |
May 8, 1995 |
International
Country |
Foreign Title |
Translation |
Network(s) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Arab World (Middle East and North Africa) |
Columbo |
Subtitled |
MBC 2 |
Not currently airing |
Columbo |
Dubbed |
Retro |
||
Columbo |
None |
TV1 |
||
Columbo |
Dubbed |
ORF1 |
||
|
Columbo |
Subtitled |
vtm, VijfTV |
|
|
Columbo |
Dubbed |
RTBF, RTL-TVi, AB4 |
|
Коломбо (Columbo) |
Subtitled/Dubbed |
Fox Crime |
Dubbed in Bulgarian on Fox Crime and Diema, Subtitled on AXN Crime. |
|
Columbo |
N/A |
Vision TV |
Episodes being shown weekdays at 3 p.m. EST as of 2012. |
|
Columbo |
Dubbed |
Prise 2 |
Dubbed in French. |
|
(Spain) |
Colombo |
Dubbed |
TVC and 8tv (currently) |
|
Columbo |
Subtitled |
HRT, RTL Televizija |
||
Columbo |
Dubbed |
TV Nova |
||
Columbo |
Subtitled |
DR2 |
||
Columbo |
Subtitled |
MTV |
||
Columbo |
Dubbed |
TF1 |
||
(Spain) |
Colombo |
Dubbed |
TVG |
|
Columbo |
Dubbed |
Super RTL |
the show was originally broadcast on Das Erste (access prime time), later on RTL (prime time). |
|
Hong Kong |
哥伦布督察 |
Dubbed |
RTV |
originally shown in rotation with the other "NBC Mystery Movies" and later being played as a stand-alone program.:zh:神探可伦坡 |
Columbo |
Dubbed |
Magyar Televízió |
||
Columbo |
Subtitled |
RÚV |
||
ستوان کلمبو |
Dubbed |
Channel 1 شبكه’ يك |
The 1971–1978 series was broadcast by Channel 1 |
|
Columbo |
None |
RTÉ ONE |
||
קולומבו |
Subtitled |
Channel 1 |
||
Colombo |
Dubbed |
Rai Due |
Rai Due (first TV: 1968 film TV and 1971–1978 series; except pilot and the episodes 2.1, 2.4, 3.8 transmitted in first TV in the 1987 from Rete 4), Rete 4 (first TV: 1989–2003 series, now replicate all the episodes of both series), Fox Crime (pay TV, replicate all the episodes) |
|
刑事コロンボ |
Subtitled/Dubbed |
NHK |
It was renamed to 新刑事コロンボ(New Detective Columbo) starting the 8th season. :ja:刑事コロンボ |
|
'형사 콜롬보 |
Subtitled/Dubbed |
SBS |
||
Columbo |
Subtitled |
RTL 4 |
||
Columbo |
Subtitled |
NRK1 |
||
Columbo |
None |
Shalimar Television Network |
||
Columbo |
Voice-over translation |
TVP |
||
Columbo |
Subtitled |
RTP1 |
||
Columbo |
Subtitled/Dubbed |
TVR1 |
Pro TV |
|
Коломбо (Columbo) |
Dubbed |
Channel One |
Currently airing in Domashniy. |
|
Columbo |
None |
Dstv |
||
Columbo |
Dubbed |
TV Markíza |
Czech-dubbed version used as there is no Slovak dubbing |
|
Columbo |
Subtitled |
Kanal A, POP TV |
||
Colombo |
Dubbed |
TVE |
Currently airing in Nitro. |
|
Columbo |
Subtitled |
SVT, TV3, TV4 Guld |
||
Columbo |
Dubbed |
Télévision Suisse Romande |
the show is still shown on Télévision Suisse Romande, a French language Swiss TV channel in Zweikanalton (French/English) |
|
Colombo |
Dubbed |
Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana |
the show is still shown on RSI, an Italian language Swiss TV channel in Zweikanalton (Italian/English). |
|
神探可倫坡 |
CTV |
:zh:神探可伦坡 |
||
Komiser Kolombo |
Dubbed |
TRT 1 |
||
Коломбо |
Dubbed |
Inter, STB, Ukraina |
||
Columbo |
None |
ITV (ITV1/STV/UTV) |
The show was originally broadcast on ITV. Nowadays the main series is shown on ITV3, BBC Two, Channel 5, and Universal Channel while the TV movies are shown on ITV, Movies 24 and Sky Movies. |
|
Columbo |
Dubbed |
Venevisión |
||
(former) |
Inspektor Kolombo |
Subtitled |
RTV Beograd |
Sunday evening 20:00, top time |