In the Heat of the Night
In the Heat of the Night is an American police procedural crime drama television series loosely based on the 1967 film and 1965 novel of the same title that starred Carroll O'Connor as police chief Bill Gillespie and Howard Rollins as police detective Virgil Tibbs. The series was broadcast on NBC from March 6, 1988 to May 19, 1992 before moving to CBS, where it aired from October 28, 1992 to May 16, 1995. Its executive producers were O'Connor, Fred Silverman and Juanita Bartlett. This series marked O'Connor's return to a series for the first time since the All in the Family spinoff Archie Bunker's Place ended in 1983.
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| Opening theme | performed by Bill Champlin
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| Country of origin | United States
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| Original language | English
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| No. of seasons | 7
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| No. of episodes | 142 + 4 TV movies (list of episodes)
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| Running time | 60 minutes
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| Production company | The Fred Silverman Company
Jadda Productions (1988) (season 1) Juanita Bartlett Productions (1988-1995) (seasons 2-8) MGM/UA Television Productions (1988–1993) (seasons 1-6) MGM Television (1993–1995) (seasons 7-8) |
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| Original release | March 6, 1988 –
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Bill Gillespie: Tell him we're closed.
Parker: It's about a murder.
Bill Gillespie: Did he commit it?
Parker: I don't think so. I forgot to ask.
Bill Gillespie: Well, that might have been an important question.
- Before working together on "ITHOTN", both Alan Autry & Anne-Marie Johnson made guest appearances on the Tv Show "Hunter".
- After the series ended, the house which served as Virgil Tibbs' home became a real estate agency. It has now sat abandoned and for sale for years.
- The beautiful, white house Bill Gillespie bought at the start of season 7 was an actual residence in Covington, GA. Since the series ended, it now sits abandoned and in very dilapidated condition.
- Dan Biggers, who played Dr. Frank Robb on the show, had a great grandfather who was once sheriff of Newton County, GA, the actual county where In The Heat Of The Night was filmed.
- The season after Howard E. Rollins Jr. left the cast, he did return for several guest appearances. However, Anne-Marie Johnson, who played Althea, didn't. Her absence was explained by having Althea leave Virgil because of her having emotional problems stemming not only from her rape, but the stress of her being married to a policeman.
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