- Original title: Columbo: la lutte des classe à la télé ce soir - © Éditions Textuel, 2013 - 13 Quai de Conti – 75006 Paris - www.editionstextuel.com

Lilian Mathieu shows that the TV series Columbo owes its success to its implicit but formidable political dimension, as each episode is a class struggle between a rich, famous, cultured or powerful criminal and a humble and blunderer police officer.