I’m an unashamed Columbo purist. Give me a choice of any episode and I’d be diving straight into the 70s classics. In fact I’d watch almost any ‘classic’ Columbo outing before I delved into the ‘new’ ones. And by ‘new’, I mean any of the 24 episodes released on ABC between 1989 and 2003.
If you’ve ever read my article on my top 10 favourite Columbo episodes, you’ll have noticed that not one of them is from the new batch. That’s not to say I hate them. Dear me, no. There are several gems tucked away amongst them that really stand up to repeat viewing. But when comparing apples with apples, the quality of the new episodes compared to the old is almost always found wanting.
“There are several gems tucked away amongst the ‘new’ episodes that really stand up to repeat viewing.”
But why was that the case?…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
Dec 27, 2016 @ 12:39:50
A series about a Sri Lankan detective?
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Dec 27, 2016 @ 13:58:03
The post 1989 reboots were done on the cheap
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