Here is a list of episodes from the first season of the American television detective series ''

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''.

Prior history and broadcast

Prior to the broadcast of "Murder by the Book", NBC aired two pilots of the show, both with Falk as Columbo and writing by

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. As a regular series for the first season, it originally aired Wednesdays at 8:30-10:00 pm ( EST) as part of '' The NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie''.

DVD release

The season was released on DVD by

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. The DVD includes the two pilot movies: ''Prescription: Murder'' and ''Ransom for a Dead Man''.

Episodes

References

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