Cliff Carnell

Peter Falk, as Lt. Columbo, meets the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team during his investigation of the slaying of the owner of a professional football team by its manager. Robert Culp, Valerie Harper, James Gregory, Dean Jagger, Susan Howard and Dean Stockwell guest star.

The city foots the bill to dig up a huge building pylon in search of a missing body. Forrest Tucker, Janis Paige and Patrick O'Neal guest star.

Nelson Brenner, an advertising consultant who leads a double life as a top domestic spy, sends his former partner on an assignment to recover microfilm from a foreign agent. In reality, Brenner actually sets up his ex-partner, code name Geronimo, for a homicide that Brenner masks as a mugging. When Columbo investigates the crime, his clues lead him through a series of mysterious identities and a maze of domestic intrigue.

Charlie's Angels turn the tables on a Las Vegas con artist who blackmails wealthy former chorus girls in "The Vegas Connection," on "Charlie's Angels." Cass Harper assures young girls of a lucrative job in a Las Vegas nightclub chorus line, in exchange for sideline prostitution. Since many chorus girls end up marrying wealthy gamblers, his con scheme works extremely well at both ends. When any of his showgirl-prostitutes marry into wealth, Harper blackmails them with photographs of their past exploits. That is, until one of his blackmail victims hires Charlie's Angels to put a stop to his setup. Jill and Kelly become aspiring showgirls for the investigation and Bosley poses as a high-rolling spender looking for a good time. To complete the ruse, Sabrina arrives in the guise of an auditor and convinces a powerful casino owner that his employee, Harper, has been embezzling from the club.

Steve goes undercover as an amateur boxer to infiltrate a suspected assassination team made up of expatriate athletes. Yvonne Craig, Harold Sylvester, Joe Kapp and Jerry Quarry guest star.