Columbo (character) he is visiting them. "Étude in Black" (1972) marked the first appearance of the lieutenant's basset hound, named "Dog". "Dog" came to be an occasional regular character in the films. Columbo considered names like "Fido", "Munch" and "Beethoven" but ultimately settled on "Dog". In "Sex and the Married Detective", Columbo is put on the spot when he is asked to play the tuba. Reluctantly he agrees, only to demonstrate great proficiency. He subsequently claimed that at school, the tuba was the only instrument left. In several episodes, Columbo is seen eating a breakfast of a boiled egg, usually while investigating
Mrs. Columbo from the television series "Columbo". Kate is a news reporter who solves crimes while raising her daughter. Shortly after the "Columbo" series ended its original run on NBC in 1978, despite objections from "Columbo" producers Richard Levinson and William Link, NBC executive Fred Silverman went forward in producing "Mrs. Columbo" as a spin-off to the original series. The information NBC released about the show was unambiguous about the fact that Mrs. Columbo in the new series was in fact the previously unseen wife frequently mentioned on "Columbo". The show received poor ratings, however, and as part of efforts to revamp