In the Heat of the Night (1988) Series
Crime · Drama
Created by James Lee Barrett
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
Carroll O'Connor
Alan Autry
David Hart
Hugh O'Connor
Howard Rollins
Anne-Marie Johnson
Geoffrey Thorne
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