>>The bad new is that Peter Falk has died. Goodbye Columbo. The good news is that Jack Sheldon hasn't.
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>I really liked that show. My favorite scenes -- everyone's, I suppose -- were when Columbo would apparently be leaving, then say "Oh wait, there's one more thing...." A classic line. (Lifted from a Dostoyevsky character, for literary trivia buffs).
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>There really were some great TV series back then. (There are now, too, from what I read and am told). They weren't just cheap and profitable singing and dancing competitions or prime time game shows. They were real stories written by real storytellers about real characters. They took effort and imagination. It cost more that way but they took the time to make you care about the characters and how it came out. "The Rockford Files" and "Moonlighting" are firmly in that tradition.
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>If I am not mistaken Peter Falk's rumpled raincoat is in the Smithsonian.

I wouldn't be surprised.

Moonlighting jumped the shark around the third or fourth season for me. When they started getting too serious about each other, the writers didn't seem to know how to handle it. I hope the same doesn't happen to Castle.

Rockford files was great, but then, I'm pretty sure I've never seen anything with James Garner that I didn't enjoy. Even the throw-aways like Support Your Local Sheriff was immense fun.