COLUMBO CONUNDRUM

Columbo
Will there be "just one more thing" for
Peter Falk's diligent detective, who last collared a killer in the 2003 TV-movie
Columbo Likes the Nightlife? It depends if Falk and ABC can get beyond their current impasse. "There's a bit of a problem," the actor tells TVGuide.com. "The script that
I like, the network doesn't like. The script that
they like, I don't like." But what's not to like about Falk's preferred follow-up? "That is a
good question. A good question," he says, nodding. ABC wants Columbo's next case to center around the world of lingerie models, "so you can see why they would prefer that one," says Falk, who will next be seen playing pop to
Paul Reiser in
The Thing About My Folks, in theaters Sept. 16.