David Martin-Jones is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Glasgow

• IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Fifty Years of Columbo1. Blueprint for Murder2. Pay Strict Attention3. Performing: Falk Acts/Columbo Pays Attention4. Learning: Columbo vs Modernity 5. Policing: Not Class, History 6. Locating: Bare Life in L.A.Conclusion: Paying Attention 24/7BibliographyIndex

Columbo: Paying Attention 24/7 is peppered with insightful facts and original analyses. The aesthetic and ideological comparisons drawn between other Cop Dramas of the same era means anyone with a critical interest in the development of American detective series will need this book as an essential point of reference. Additionally, the regular comparisons made with contemporary popular series including shows as leftfield as Game of Thrones in what Martin-Jones terms "flash forwards" will prove a useful tool when demonstrating to undergraduates how Columbo continues to maintain a strong presence in popular culture. … [It] offers something sufficiently original, significant and rigorous to all readers with varying levels of interest in the series. "Oh, and one more thing", Chapter One’s analyses of Columbo’s unique relationship with its fans is a hidden treat.

David Martin-Jones is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Glasgow

• IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Fifty Years of Columbo1. Blueprint for Murder2. Pay Strict Attention3. Performing: Falk Acts/Columbo Pays Attention4. Learning: Columbo vs Modernity 5. Policing: Not Class, History 6. Locating: Bare Life in L.A.Conclusion: Paying Attention 24/7BibliographyIndex

Columbo: Paying Attention 24/7 is peppered with insightful facts and original analyses. The aesthetic and ideological comparisons drawn between other Cop Dramas of the same era means anyone with a critical interest in the development of American detective series will need this book as an essential point of reference. Additionally, the regular comparisons made with contemporary popular series including shows as leftfield as Game of Thrones in what Martin-Jones terms "flash forwards" will prove a useful tool when demonstrating to undergraduates how Columbo continues to maintain a strong presence in popular culture. … [It] offers something sufficiently original, significant and rigorous to all readers with varying levels of interest in the series. "Oh, and one more thing", Chapter One’s analyses of Columbo’s unique relationship with its fans is a hidden treat.

David Martin-Jones is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Glasgow

• IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Fifty Years of Columbo1. Blueprint for Murder2. Pay Strict Attention3. Performing: Falk Acts/Columbo Pays Attention4. Learning: Columbo vs Modernity 5. Policing: Not Class, History 6. Locating: Bare Life in L.A.Conclusion: Paying Attention 24/7BibliographyIndex

Columbo: Paying Attention 24/7 is peppered with insightful facts and original analyses. The aesthetic and ideological comparisons drawn between other Cop Dramas of the same era means anyone with a critical interest in the development of American detective series will need this book as an essential point of reference. Additionally, the regular comparisons made with contemporary popular series including shows as leftfield as Game of Thrones in what Martin-Jones terms "flash forwards" will prove a useful tool when demonstrating to undergraduates how Columbo continues to maintain a strong presence in popular culture. … [It] offers something sufficiently original, significant and rigorous to all readers with varying levels of interest in the series. "Oh, and one more thing", Chapter One’s analyses of Columbo’s unique relationship with its fans is a hidden treat.