In the Heat of the Night (1988)
In the Heat of the Night (1988)
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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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Cast & Crew.
Carroll O'Connor
Bill Gillespie / Producer / Director
Howard Rollins
Virgil Tibbs
Alan Autry
Bubba Skinner
Anne-Marie Johnson
Althea Tibbs
Lois Nettleton
Joanne St. John
David Hart
Parker Williams
Geoffrey Thorne
Wilson Sweet
Hugh O'Connor
Lonnie Jamison
James Lee Barrett
Creator
Crystal R. Fox
Luann Corbin
Fred Silverman
Producer
Hugh O'Connor
Lt. Lonnie Jamison
Denise Nicholas
Harriet DeLong
Christian LeBlanc
Junior Abernathy
Carl Weathers
Hampton Forbes
Nora de la Torre
Makeup Artist
Harry Harris
Director
Russ Mayberry
Director
Winrich Kolbe
Director
Vincent McEveety
Director
Leo Penn
Director
Reza Badiyi
Director
Larry Hagman
Director
Mario Philip Azzopardi
Director
David Hemmings
Director
Paul Lynch
Director
Alexander Singer
Director
Chuck Bowman
Director
Jeffrey Hayden
Director
Gene Reynolds
Director
Vince Edwards
Director
Lee H. Katzin
Director
Joe Gannon
Director
Ivan Dixon
Director
Dick Martin
Director
David Soul
Director
Joe Gannon
Writer
Nancy Bond
Writer
Kathy McCormick
Writer
David O'Connor
Writer
Elsye O'Connor
Writer
Mark Edward Edens
Writer
Robert Bielak
Writer
Lee Maddux
Writer
Richard Fielder
Writer
Frank Dandridge
Teleplay
Kim Friese
Writer
Jo William Phillip
Writer
Arthur Bernard Lewis
Writer
James Novack
Writer
Michael Edwards
Surveyor
Thedra Porter
Mary Bridges (as Reneé Porter)
Burgess Meredith
Judge Cully
Terry Hobbs
Laine Paxton / Boy #1
Hunter von Leer
Keen Philbrick
Heather Binion
Cynthia
Ronald Boone
Church Member (uncredited)
Will Bledsoe
Lester Sproles
Michael McClendon
Walt
Cynthia Windham
Council Member Walker
Steve Kanaly
Cowboy habersham
Mitchell Anderson
Bobby Skinner
Logan Ramsey
Attorney George Foley
Roberts Blossom
Dr. Harris Pendleton
Raymond Forchion
Wallace fannoy
John Diehl
John sevrance
Jerry Stiller
Rabbi Feldman
Earl Holliman
Dr. Lambert
Elizabeth Ashley
Maybelle Cheseboro
Sam Anderson
Drew Ward
Polly W. LePorte
Lindy
Melissa Young
Jessica Lund
Wallace Merck
E.H. 'Holley' Colmer
Dan Biggers
Dr. Frank Robb
Punky Leonard
Telephone Company Representative
Derek Pruitt
Kid #2
Johnta Austin
Kid #1
Linda Rozakis
Ward's Secretary
Thomas Merdis
Maybelle's Chauffeur
Dee Shaw
Dee Shepard
Harvey E. Lee Jr.
Ken Covey
Barbara Lee-Belmonte
Christine Surillo
LaRue Stanley
Large Lady
Amy Bush
Waitress
Joan Glover
Dora
Paige Trewhitt
Phone Lady #1
Joyce Forgoston
Phone Lady #2
Sharron Cain
Officer Brenda (uncredited)
C.C. Taylor
Officer Charlie Peake (uncredited)
Derek Smith
Eric Deavers
James Williamson
Rick (uncredited)
Stocker Fontelieu
Katherine Moffat
Christina Pickles
Franklin Cover
Afemo Omilami
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 6, 1988
StatusEnded
Seasons8
Episodes146
Running Time1h
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
police
police chief
racism
police detective
Scripted
Wiki.
In the Heat of the Night is an American police procedural crime drama television series loosely based on 1965 novel of the same title and the 1967 film that starred Carroll O'Connor as police chief Bill Gillespie and Howard Rollins as police detective Virgil Tibbs. The series was broadcast on NBC from March 6, 1988 to May 19, 1992 before moving to CBS, where it aired from October 28, 1992 to May 16, 1995. Its executive producers were O'Connor, Fred Silverman and Juanita Bartlett. This series marked O'Connor's return to a series for the first time since the All in the Family spinoff Archie Bunker's Place ended in 1983.
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