Mrs. Columbo (1979)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Kate Mulgrew
Kate Columbo/Kate Callahan
Henry Jones
Josh Alden
Don Stroud
Mike Varrick
Lili Haydn
Jenny Columbo
William Link
Creator
Richard Levinson
Creator
Drew Snyder
Cop
Lee Wallace
Lt. Rankin
Beau Billingslea
Investigator
Richard Alan Simmons
Writer
Don Medford
Director
Sam Wanamaker
Director
Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
Director
Edward M. Abroms
Director
Philip Leacock
Director
Boris Sagal
Director
Leo Penn
Director
Reza Badiyi
Director
E. Arthur Kean
Director
Lawrence Hertzog
Writer
Nicolas Coster
Zev Arno
Sharon Farrell
Dorothy Hunt
Robert Hardy
Stuart
Shannon Eubanks
Waitress
Joanne Linville
Paula
Dick Balduzzi
Mac
Van Williams
Ahna Capri
David Rasche
Armand Assante
Edie Adams
Francine Tacker
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 26, 1979
StatusEnded
Seasons2
Episodes13
Running Time1h
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
Mrs. Columbo (1979–1980), later called Kate Columbo, Kate the Detective, and Kate Loves a Mystery, is an American crime drama television series, initially based on the wife of Lieutenant Columbo, the title character from the television series Columbo. It was created and produced by Richard Alan Simmons and Universal Television for NBC, and stars Kate Mulgrew as a news reporter helping to solve crimes while raising her daughter.The series debuted in February 1979 as a spin-off to the mystery crime drama series Columbo, focusing on Lieutenant Columbo's wife, who is never given a first name in the original Columbo series but was named Kate in this series. After poor ratings and reception from both audiences and the original producers of Columbo, both the series and the eponymous character herself were renamed in an attempt to change direction, but this did not help ratings and the series was ultimately canceled in March 1980 after 13 episodes had aired. Neither Peter Falk nor the character of Lieutenant Columbo ever appeared on the show; moreover, Falk never endorsed the show.