I can verify that in the case of "Columbo" this is *exactly* the case. All of the "Columbo" movies were shot protected for 1.66:1.
Curiously, there were a few one hour TV series shot this way as well, such as "Remington Steele". Perhaps we'll see a Widescreen HD release of that series some...
Actually, I hated "Naked Now" because I was looking forward to *finally* getting some regular "new" Star Trek episodes and instead was presented with a lame retread of a TOS show which I had already viewed at least a half-dozen times!! Having said that, I could have accepted this show perhaps 4...