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In the Heat of the Night (1988)

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.

  • 8 seasons
  • 146 episodes
  • EN
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Directing
Harry Harris, Russ Mayberry, Winrich Kolbe and 18 more
Writing
John Ball (Characters), Joe Gannon (Writing), Nancy Bond (Writing) and 13 more

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Status
Ended
First air date
March 6, 1988
Episode runtime
60 minutes
Original language
English
Production countries
United States of America
Networks
NBC CBS