In the Heat of the Night (TV series)
| In the Heat of the Night | |
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Foreground: Carroll O'Connor; left middle: Howard Rollins; back row left to right: Hugh O'Connor; David Hart; Geoffrey Thorne; Alan Autry | |
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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 | 142 + 4 TV movies (list of episodes) |
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| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | March 6, 1988 – May 19, 1992 |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | October 28, 1992 – May 16, 1995 |
In the Heat of the Night is an American police procedural crime drama television series loosely based on the 1965 novel and the 1967 film. The TV series 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.