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poker face
The show's secret weapon is Natasha Lyonne as the detective heroine Charlie Cale, a likable oddball do-gooder who's really an angel of death. "Poker Face" Image: Peacock Screencap Poker Face follows most closely the format of Columbo, not a whodunnit but a "how will the detective expose the killer?"  Charlie Cale's central quirk is her instinctive ability[...]
Rami Malek/Columbo, Kerry Washington/A-Team & More: New Old Show Takes
So from Columbo going Mr Robot with Rami Malek and The A-Team getting a whole lot more "scandalous" with Kerry Washington to WKRP in Cincinnati going online, Friday the 13th: The Series going the "pawn" route, and two takes on The X-Files that would definitely be "out of this world," here are five new ideas[...]
Bleeding Cool Picks Their Favorite Television Detectives
Some of our writers made their choices, let's see if you agree with them. Adi Tantimedh: My favourite TV detective is Columbo He usually already knew who the killer was and played a long game He would just keep asking them questions and slowly drove them crazy He acted dumb and shambolic to make them think[...]