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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.
Release
1988-03-06
Seasons
8 (1988 - 1994), 146 episodes
Network
CBS
Creator
Directors
Harry Harris, Russ Mayberry, Winrich Kolbe, Vincent McEveety, Leo Penn, Reza Badiyi, Carroll O'Connor, Larry Hagman, Mario Philip Azzopardi, Paul Lynch, David Hemmings, Alexander Singer, Chuck Bowman, Gene Reynolds, Jeffrey Hayden, Ivan Dixon, Joe Gannon, David Soul, Lee H. Katzin, Dick Martin, Vince Edwards
Original language
English
IMDb
imdb.com/title/tt0094484/