Tommy Westphall Universe
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Tommy Westphall Universe

Columbo is an American police procedural created by Richard Levinson and William Link for NBC. It ran on NBC from February 20, 1968 to May 13, 1978, then on ABC from February 6, 1989 to January 30, 2003 for ten seasons.

Noncontiguous spin-off[]

Columbo spun off Mrs. Columbo though, in its short run, it was distanced from Columbo.

Westphall connections in Columbo[]

  • The Los Angeles Tribune, the fictional newspaper prominently seen in Lou Grant appears in "A Trace of Murder".
  • A robot of the same type as Robby the Robot from Forbidden Planet appears in "Mind over Mayhem"
  • In "The Most Crucial Game", an airport announcement asks a person to report to the Trans Global Airlines desk.
  • The National Inquisitor, the fictional tabloid that served as the setting of the third season of the series The Naked Truth appeared in "Columbo Likes the Nightlife".
  • In "Etude in Black", Bill Durkee works for the American News Service, a fictional news organization which Joe Bradley famously worked for in Roman Holiday.

Westphall connections to Columbo[]

In The Flash "Subject 9", Ralph Dibney mentions that he was mentored by Columbo.

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