COLUMBO
Cozi, 8:00 p.m. ET
Next weekend, Matthew Rhys, charismatic and chameleonic co-star of FX’s The Americans, will star in a new miniseries adaptation of Perry Mason, playing TV’s most famous lawyer in a prequel “origin story” drama before he was a lawyer. But tonight, you can see Rhys in a role that is not only pre-Mason, and pre-Americans, but culturally significant for a surprising reason. In 2003, which I remind you is now 17 years ago, young Rhys had a meaty guest role in this episode of Columbo, “Columbo Likes the Nightlife.” Rhys plays a young promoter who stages “rave” events – and who, in this episode, turns out to be the last killer Peter Falk’s Columbo every faced.