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Steven Spielberg is so completely associated with movies that it's easy to forget the two-time Oscar winner for Best Director has an equally lengthy and distinguished history in television.

Mike Fagan thinks the idea is worth discussing. The Spokane city councilman even raised the issue in a public safety meeting the other day.

While Peter Falk , John Nettles and David Suchet made for formidable TV detectives, times have changed and it is something writers are cognisant of when penning police dramas today.

If you've ever seen an episode of the classic American television series Columbo , you know how atypical its formula was. Whereas most murder mystery programs leave you guessing as to who the killer is until the end, Columbo showed you flat out whodunit from the very beginning - and we had to ride along with Peter Falk to see how he pieces it all together.

The only way to start a blog about TV detectives is with Columbo. He remains the iconic police detective of the 20th century, and that's because of several important things.