In the Heat of the Night (TV series)
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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 and was broadcast on NBC from March 6, 1988-May 19, 1992 before moving to CBS, where it aired from October 28, 1992-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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Based on | Characters created by John Ball |
Developed by | James Lee Barrett |
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Opening theme | performed by Bill Champlin |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 7 |
No. of episodes | 147 + 4 TV movies (list of episodes) |
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Release | March 6, 1988 (1988-03-06) – May 16, 1995 (1995-05-16) |
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