In the Heat of the Night 1988
Created by James Lee Barrett
- Crime, Drama
- 60 min episodes
- 8 seasons
- 146 episodes
- Ended
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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Classical in form, earnest, grave and resolved.
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- effortlessdemanding
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- GenerationofSwineon TMDB · Jan 20238/10
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 tension that made the movie so good.... that would have gotten old and as preachy as MASH. So they had to eventually form a bond, and when they did it just became a cop show, but a very good cop show. So don't expect the movie, expect Hill Street Blues with better acting.
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Cast
- Carroll O'ConnorBill Gillespie
- Alan AutryBubba Skinner
- David HartParker Williams
- Hugh O'ConnorLonnie Jamison
- Crystal R. FoxLuann Corbin
- Denise NicholasHarriet DeLong
- Carl WeathersHampton Forbes
Crew
- James Lee BarrettCreator
- Fred SilvermanProducer
- Carroll O'ConnorProducer
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Seasons
- Season 18 eps · 1988
- Season 222 eps · 1988
- Season 322 eps · 1989
- Season 422 eps · 1990
- Season 522 eps · 1991
- Season 622 eps · 1992
- Season 724 eps · 1993
- Season 84 eps · 1994
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