In the Heat of the Night(1988)
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First Air Date: 1988-03-06
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 7.6
Votes: 67
Seasons: 8
Episodes: 146
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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police chiefpoliceracismpolice detective
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 8E01
Pilot (1)
Air Date: 1988-03-06
Virgil Tibbs returns to Sparta and joins the police force as chief of detectives.His arrival is met with resistance ...
E02
Pilot (2)
Air Date: 1988-03-06
The investigation into the brutal murders of a young girl and the suspect in her death, leads Tibbs and Gillespie to ...
E03
Road Kill
Air Date: 1988-03-15
The affair between the husband of a wealthy woman and her distant cousin leads to her murder. Virgil immediately susp...
E04
Fate
Air Date: 1988-03-22
Racial tensions run high when a married white woman has an affair with a black businessman from New York.Meanwhile Vi...
E05
Blind Spot (1)
Air Date: 1988-03-29
Virgil refuses to let go of a grudge against a wealthy former classmate who cheated him out of a scholarship.The man ...
E06
Blind Spot (2)
Air Date: 1988-04-05
An angry Gillespie seeks answers when an old friend is shot.And Virgil narrowly escapes death after trying to ascerta...
E07
A Necessary Evil
Air Date: 1988-04-12
In this humorous episode Virgil and the Chief arrest a man for bigamy.It soon becomes a polygamy case after an endles...
E08
...And Then You Die
Air Date: 1988-05-03
The Sparta police search for a killer and his girlfriend.But the case becomes personal when they take Althea and the ...
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