Where to watch In the Heat of the Night(1988)

Name: In the Heat of the Night
Genre: Crime, Drama
Cast: Carroll O'Connor, Alan Autry, David Hart, Hugh O'Connor, Crystal R. Fox

TV series · 1988 · 8 seasons · Crime, Drama

In the United States, In the Heat of the Night is available to stream on Prime Video and Philo. It's also free on The Roku Channel and Tubi TV. You can also buy it on Amazon Video and Apple TV.

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In the Heat of the Night plot summary

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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First aired: March 6, 1988
Episode runtime: 1h
Genres: Crime, Drama
Created by: James Lee Barrett
Seasons: 8
Episodes: 146
Network: NBC, CBS
Status: Ended
Country: United States
TMDB rating: 7.6 / 10 · 70 votes

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Cast

Carroll O'ConnorBill Gillespie
Alan AutryBubba Skinner
David HartParker Williams
Hugh O'ConnorLonnie Jamison
Crystal R. FoxLuann Corbin
Denise NicholasHarriet DeLong
Carl WeathersHampton Forbes

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Where can I watch In the Heat of the Night?

In the United States, In the Heat of the Night is available to stream on Prime Video and Philo. It's also free on The Roku Channel and Tubi TV. You can also buy it on Amazon Video and Apple TV.