In the Heat of the Night

Release date : 1988-03-06

Production country :

United States of America

Production company :

MGM Television,

Fred Silverman Productions,

JADDA Productions,

Juanita Bartlett Production,

Fred Silverman Company

Network :

NBC,

CBS

Status : Ended

Total Season : 8

Total episode : 146

Popularity : 3.572

7.5 Total Vote : 59

Crime

Drama

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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.