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 19...
First Air Date: 1988-03-06
Last Air Date: 1995-05-16
Status: Ended
Number of Seasons: 8
Number of Episodes: 146