

March 6, 1988
8
146
EN
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.

Carroll O'Connor
Bill Gillespie

Alan Autry
Bubba Skinner

David Hart
Parker Williams

Hugh O'Connor


James Lee Barrett
Fred Silverman
Lonnie Jamison

Crystal R. Fox
Luann Corbin

Denise Nicholas
Harriet DeLong

Carl Weathers
Hampton Forbes

Season 1
8 episodes
March 6, 1988

Season 2
22 episodes
December 4, 1988

Season 3
22 episodes
October 24, 1989

Season 4
22 episodes
September 18, 1990

Season 5
22 episodes
October 1, 1991

Season 6
22 episodes
October 28, 1992

Season 7
24 episodes
September 16, 1993

Season 8
4 episodes
October 21, 1994

MGM Television
US
Fred Silverman Productions
N/A
JADDA Productions
N/A
Juanita Bartlett Production
N/A

Fred Silverman Company
US
MGM/UA Television
US