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2026-07-29 20:04 UTC
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@amiserabilist@beige.party 2026-07-29 23:47
@Kierkegaanks@beige.party @paninid@mastodon.world TIL Shortly after the Columbo series ended its original run on NBC in 1978, and despite objections from Columbo creator-producers Richard Levinson and William Link, NBC executive Fred Silverman went forward in producing Mrs. Columbo as a spin-off to the original series.[1] Levinson and Link further objected to Silverman's insistence on casting someone young to play the part; Kate Mulgrew was only 24 years old when the show made its debut.[2] (Mulgrew was 12 when Peter Falk first appeared as Columbo and discussed his wife in the pilot film Prescription: Murder.) The information NBC released about the show was unambiguous that Mrs. Columbo in the new series was the previously unseen wife frequently mentioned on Columbo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs._Columbo#Development Fred Silverman, you have brought dishonor to this house.