The gulf in class between Columbo’s two televisual eras is most evident in the D and Z Lists, which are dominated by new episodes (11 out of the remaining 14 stories, and six out of the bottom seven). That gives largely positive rating to 13 out of Columbo’s 24 new episodes – a shade over 50% of them. If that makes for depressing reading, this dearth of top-tier episodes is somewhat off-set by my ranking eight more of the Lieutenant’s ABC outings on the still-watchable C List. To give you an at-a-glance- breakdown, I have just one new Columbo episode on my A List ( Columbo Goes to College) and a further four on my B List (albeit it none of them in the top 30). Malibu, rock bottom of the standings? I can’t imagine why…
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