Overview
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.
Cast
Carroll O'Connor
Bill Gillespie
Alan Autry
Bubba Skinner
David Hart
Parker Williams
Hugh O'Connor
Lonnie Jamison
Howard Rollins
Virgil Tibbs
Anne-Marie Johnson
Althea Tibbs
Geoffrey Thorne
Wilson Sweet
Crystal R. Fox
Luann Corbin
Denise Nicholas
Harriet DeLong
Carl Weathers
Hampton Forbes
Lois Nettleton
Joanne St. John
Afemo Omilami
Jimmy Dawes
Christian LeBlanc
Junior Abernathy
Burgess Meredith
Judge Cully
Franklin Cover
Bruce Kirby
Terry Hobbs
Laine Paxton / Boy #1
James Williamson
Jennifer Bassey
Kevin McCarthy
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