本剧改编自原著“科莫兰·斯特莱克”系列的第三本《罪恶生涯》。

　　Many criminals made the mistake of underestimating Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide investigator with a crumpled trench-coat and a beat-up car, who certainly acted as an incompetent bumbler.　　But he was so polite to every suspect, and he talked so much about his wife (who we never got to see on any episode, but who many believe later had her own show, starring Kate Mulgrew, later of Star Trek: Voyager fame) that he lulled even the shrewdest murderer into a false sense of security.　　And although the audience had witnessed the murder in the beginning of each episode, it was still a surprise to see what mistakes the killers had made during the seemingly perfect murder.

　　《神探可伦坡》（Columbo）是一个有名的经典美国电视电影，由彼得·福克（Peter Falk）主演。自1968年~2003年期间，共69集。本片叙述一名总是穿着一件皱巴巴的棕色风衣，顶着一头乱发，嘴里叼雪茄，开着一辆老爷车的洛杉矶重案组的刑警主角法兰克·可伦坡（Frank Columbo）。看似不修边幅的他，总是以敏锐的推理能力侦破各种案件，并让犯人无从抵赖。　　本片每集独立成篇，一大特点是每集中客串演出犯人角色的全为名演员与名人。另一特点是剧情采用固定的倒叙推理形式;先描述犯人作案的情形，而后描写可伦坡从与嫌疑犯的交谈及证据中确定其嫌疑，逼得犯人不得不自白。犯人原以为天衣无缝的杀人计划，都逃不过他的锐眼。他的一句名言是：‘世上没有完美犯罪’。　　倒叙推理，着重如howcatchem（如何抓住犯人），而不是常见的whodunit（谁是凶手）、howdunit（手法）或whydunit（动机）。因此在日本若出现倒叙推理的作品，往往会被叫成‘神探可伦坡或古畑任三郎风格’。日本著名编剧 三谷幸喜 从小就可伦坡迷，长大后更是创作了’日本版神探可伦坡’－《古畑任三郎》。

　　《神探可伦坡》《Columbo》是个著名美国经典电视电影系列，由彼得·福克（Peter Falk）主演。自1968年2月20日～2003年1月30日期间，包括2集试播片、本章以及之后陆续推出的特别篇，共69集。本片叙述一名总是穿着一件皱巴巴的棕色风衣，顶着一头乱发，嘴里叼雪茄，开着一辆老爷车的洛杉矶重案组的刑警主角可伦坡（Columbo） 。看似不修边幅的他，总是以敏锐的推理能力侦破各种案件，并让犯人无从抵赖。　　本片每集独立成篇，一大特点是每集中客串演出犯人角色的全为名演员与名人。另一特点是剧情采用固定的倒叙推理形式：先描述犯人作案的情形，而后描写可伦坡从与嫌疑犯的交谈及证据中确定其嫌疑，逼得犯人不得不自白。犯人原以为天衣无缝的杀人计划，都逃不过他的锐眼。他的一句名言是：‘世上没有完美犯罪’。　　本片特别之处就是使用较少见的倒叙推理形态，着重如何抓住犯人，而不是常见的查证谁是凶手，犯罪手法或动机。这种剧情铺陈手法，与三谷幸喜编剧的日剧《古畑任三郎》相似。

　　从前有个畅销罪案小说作家，遇到了一位干练美丽的高妹警探，从此便如跟屁虫一般穿着写有“作家”的防弹背心跟随着她。他们一起办过不少奇异的案子，建筑工地的冰冻女尸啦，万圣节被木桩钉死的吸血鬼啦，性虐俱乐部谜团啦，再就是跟“绝望主妇”一起抓连环杀手，跟“英雄”一起反恐神马的。他俩眉来眼去，情深意切，却总是点到为止。第三季结尾，贝克特中枪，大叔那句我爱你会不会说得太迟呢？当然不迟——第四季的结尾他们终于……

　　《摩斯探长前传》第四季于2017年1月回归ITV，本季共四集，标题分别为《游戏》、《圣歌》、《检疫》、《丰收》。剧情以1967年为背景，承接第三季结尾，由Shaun Evans和Roger Allam主演，Russell Lewis担任编剧，摩斯探长系列小说作者Colin Dexter担任顾问。

　　Murdoch and Inspector Brackenreid are aboard the SS Keewatin after the owner, Clarence MacFarlane, receives what he believes is a threat. The Keewatin is about to depart from Toronto on its maiden voyage destined for Rochester, N.Y. and Murdoch thinks they should stay on board, especially after he sees that Julia is one of the invited guests. Their presence proves useful after MacFarlane's daughter Amy, who is engaged to her father's chief financial officer Owen Mathers, falls overboard and is nowhere to be found. As Murdoch investigates he finds there is a real threat against the Keewatin and the true facts behind Amy's disappearance.

　　Murdoch is in Bristol, England, with no memory of who he is and two gunmen chasing him through the streets. With the help of a local pub Landlady he starts to piece together an assassination plot. In Toronto Detective Hamish Sloack is assigned to help find the missing Murdoch.

　　Season five of Murdoch Mysteries opens in unfamiliar territory, as Detective William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson) leaves Toronto to try his luck while the Klondike Gold Rush in the Yukon winds down. Suspended for interfering in an investigation, on the run for surreptitiously freeing a murderer to make amends, and nursing a broken heart after Dr. Ogden's marriage to another man, he tries to escape his past, and his passion for detective work. Back in the city, newly promoted Chief Constable Giles (Nigel Bennett) makes it clear to Inspector Thomas Brackenreid (Thomas Craig), that he'll be keeping a very close eye on police matters. Meanwhile, Murdoch's beloved former associate, Dr. Julia Ogden (Hélène Joy), is now working alongside Acting Detective George Crabtree (Jonny Harris) and Dr. Emily Grace (Georgina Reilly), a feisty young protégé. In the remote north, Murdoch is pleased to discover that his fledgling prospecting career may garner great success, a small comfort after Julia's marriage to another man. But as he tries to rebuild his life, he finds himself drawn into the case of Mrs. Elizabeth Bryant (Jill Halfpenny), an innkeeper charged with murder. The plot thickens when writer Jack London (Aaron Ashmore) lends his insights, and Murdoch soon realizes that while he had hoped to leave his shattered heart and tattered career back in Toronto, his days as a detective are not behind him.

　　混混出身的楚天阔遭人设计参加赌王大赛夺取黄金面具。比赛中遭人陷害被异族部落公主救下并意外拿到黄金面具线索，谁料寻找面具的各路人马得到消息伺机而动，一场尖峰对决在边境随即拉开帷幕。对决之中，楚天阔也意外知晓了当年父亲的遭遇。为了父亲为了自己身上的使命，楚天阔毅然决然投入到战局之中。

它跟随斯泰西弗里德曼，因为她准备她的成人礼，但她的计划喜剧瓦解，并威胁要毁了这个事件。

　　在他的六年教练生涯中，泰勒从未在赛季中获胜。当球队中最优秀的队员Shiloh决定转学后，他们连在新赛季中获胜的希望都随之而去了。赛季一开始便输了三场比赛之后，泰勒发现那些爸爸们决定解雇他，随之而来的一系列压力令他完全失去了希望。他将如何重拾勇气与信心，用信仰击败恐惧呢？　　◇花絮：美国电影<面对巨人> 涉及宗教信仰问题引争议　　一部针对学生观众，讲述高中足球教练以对上帝的信仰来影响球员的影片在议会却找到了观众，不是因为影片的宗教信息，而是因为影片的分级。议员罗伊·布伦特和很多律师听说电影《面对巨人》因为宗教内容而被定位PG级而非G级后感到十分不满，上书美国电影协会(MPAA)，要求讨个说法。　　PG意味着建议影片由家长陪同观看，G则表示影片老少咸宜。罗伊·布伦特在信中质问美国电影协会为什么会因为影片有宗教内容而将其定为限制级，他甚至还拿出最近哈佛公共卫生学院刚做出的一份调查说MPAA对电影的性和暴力的管理能力越来越弱。言下之意，颇有责怪MPAA“该管的不管，不该管的瞎管”之意。MPAA官员并未回应罗伊·布伦特等议员及律师的质问，但是在回复给布伦特的信中，MPAA的克里克曼坚持影片如此定级决非仅是因为宗教内容，他表示影片中若有任何比较强烈涉及成熟的一些话题都有可能导致定级为PG级别，　　《面对巨人》很成熟地讨论了怀孕，还有其他很成熟的话题，“定级为PG是因为希望父母在孩子看这部影片之前心里有数，知道孩子们会从影片中得到什么信息。”对于这种解释，议员马莎表示并不满意，她表示他们会继续研究电影分级程序和标准，希望在今年能举行听证会。克里克曼说影片制作人对如此分级并没有意见。制作人、市场部副主席克里斯则表示在有争论后，电影协会官员更改了他们的故事，克里斯说：“我们第一次交流时他们就告诉我们宗教内容是分几级的一个原因。