Plot
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.
Cast
as Bill Gillespie
as Bubba Skinner
as Parker Williams
as Lonnie Jamison
as Luann Corbin
as Harriet DeLong
as Hampton Forbes
Creator
Network
Status
Ended
First Aired Date
March 6, 1988
Last Aired Date
May 16, 1995
Production Companies
MGM Television
Fred Silverman Productions
JADDA Productions
Juanita Bartlett Production
Fred Silverman Company
MGM/UA Television
Type
Scripted
Number of Season
8
Number of Episodes
146
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Reviews
I know, I know, it doesn't really hold a candle to the movie does it? They are sort of two entirely different beasts and this film... well, it has a lot more of a Hill Street Blues with minimal racial commentary in it than something you would expect from "In the heat of the Night." But Carroll O'Connor sort of kicked butt in this. And you can see the change. If they held on to the racial tensi…