{
  "id": 17068098,
  "title": "How A Susan Saint James '70s TV Movie Gave Peter Falk's Columbo Its Big Break",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/how-a-susan-saint-james-70s-tv-movie-gave-peter-falks-columbo-its-big",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-29T13:25:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TVLine",
    "slug": "tvline",
    "url": "https://www.tvline.com/2300814/susan-saint-james-70s-tv-movie-peter-falk-columbo-break/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Peter Falk's long-running hit series \"Columbo\" only exists because of a Susan Saint James and Rock Hudson project called \"McMillan & Wife.\"",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}