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In the Heat of the Night

1988 · 8 seasons · 1h per episode · Crime, Drama

In the Heat of the Night is an American television series based on the motion picture and novel of the same name starring Carroll O'Connor as the white police chief William Gillespie, and Howard Rollins as the African-American police detective Virgil Tibbs. It was broadcast on NBC from 1988 until 1992, and then on CBS until 1995. Its executive producers were Fred Silverman, Juanita Bartlett and Carroll O'Connor. TGG Direct released the first season of the series to DVD on August 28, 2012.

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Seasons

• Season 1 — 8 episodes (March 6, 1988)
• Season 2 — 22 episodes (December 4, 1988)
• Season 3 — 22 episodes (October 24, 1989)
• Season 4 — 22 episodes (September 18, 1990)
• Season 5 — 22 episodes (October 1, 1991)
• Season 6 — 22 episodes (October 28, 1992)
• Season 7 — 24 episodes (September 16, 1993)
• Season 8 — 4 episodes (October 21, 1994)

Cast

• Carroll O'Connor as Bill Gillespie
• Alan Autry as Bubba Skinner
• David Hart as Parker Williams
• Hugh O'Connor as Lonnie Jamison
• Crystal R. Fox as Luann Corbin
• Denise Nicholas as Harriet DeLong
• Carl Weathers as Hampton Forbes

Details

Created by

James Lee Barrett

First aired

March 6, 1988

Episodes

146

Genres

Crime, Drama

Network

NBC and CBS

Status

Ended

TMDB score

7.6 / 10 from 69 votes