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In the Heat of the Night on NBC

1992, TV Show

Episode Detail: Pilot Episode - In the Heat of the Night

In the series pilot, Det. Virgil Tibbs returns to Sparta, Miss., for his mother's funeral, and is drawn into a murder case underscored by racial tension. Gillespie: Carroll O'Connor. Harold LaPeer: Kevin McCarthy. Scott LaPeer: Doug Savant.

Episodes: Pilot Episode - In the Heat of the Night - 166 total Episodes

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Family Matters
Blind Spot
Loss of Innocence
In the Heat of the Night
Sanctuary
Don't Look Back
Don't Look Back
Give Me Your Life
Sweet, Sweet Blues
Give Me Your Life
Country Mouse, City Mouse
Don't Look Back
Pilot Episode
Citizen Trundel
Sworn Enemies; Blind Spot
Pilot Episode
Brotherly Love
Citizen Trundel
Child of Promise
A Necessary Evil
Fate
December Days
Maybelle Returns
By Means Most Foul
A Time to Trust
King's Ransom
Anniversary
A Dish Best Served Cold
Time of the Stranger
Paper Castles
Blessings
The Landlord
Road Kill
The Law on Trial
No Other Road
The Family Secret
Unfinished Business
Stranger in Town
Fifteen Forever
Deadly Affection
Random's Child
A Turning
Legacy
Accused
Blind Spot
Citizen Trundel
Brotherly Love
Judgment Day
Discovery
Hatton's Turn
A Small War
The Leftover Man
Homecoming
Hot Nights
A Baby Called Rocket
A Depraved Heart
A Problem Too Personal
Intruders
Indiscretions
Little Girl Lost
Perversions of Justice
Time's Long Shadow
The Last Round
The More Things Change
The Littlest Victim
Pilot Episode
Ladybug, Ladybug
Brotherly Love
Hatton's Turn
Execution of Trust
Shine On Sparta Moon
Heart of Gold
Last Rites
Triangle
Your Own Kind
Dangerous Engagement
An Eye for an Eye
Sparta Gold
A Small War
Pilot Episode
Hatton's Turn
Give Me Your Life
Vengeance
Good Cop, Bad Cop
The Leftover Man
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Murder Most Ancient
An Angry Woman
Family Reunion
Quick Fix
Private Sessions
A Frenzied Affair
The Pig Woman of Sparta
Fairest of Them All
Lessons Learned
And Justice for Some
Walkout
Bubba's Baby
In the Heat of the Night
Bounty Hunter
A Frenzied Affair
Blind Spot
Even Nice People
First Deadly Sin
Fool for Love
Every Man's Family
Gunshot
Moseley's Lot
A Love Lost
When the Music Stopped
A Step Removed
Incident at Brewer's Pond
Baby for Sale
Laid to Waste
Tear Down the Walls
Pilot Episode
Pilot Episode
Lake Winahatchie
Singing the Blues
The Leftover Man
Pilot Episode
A Woman Much Admired
A Trip Upstate
Hammer and the Glove
The Creek
First Girl
Ches and the Grand Lady
And Then You Die
Crackdown
Missing
Odessa
Poor Relations
Brother's Keeper
Obsession
Epitaph for a Lady
Child's Play
Conspiracy of One
Just a Country Boy
These Things Take Time
Flowers from a Lady
Hello in There
Home Is Where the Heart Is
Trundel's Will Be Done
An Occupational Hazard
Virgil Tibbs Attorney at Law
A Final Arrangement
Liar's Poker
Falsely Accused
A Correct Settling
Ruda's Awakening
Rape
Prisoners
Night of the Killing
Hard Choices
The Rabbi
My Name Is Hank
Love, Honor, Obey
Sister, Sister

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Premiered: October 28, 1992, on NBC

Rating: TV-PG

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Premise: A white Southern police chief and a black detective put aside racial animosity to solve crimes in a Mississippi hamlet. This tense drama was inspired by the Oscar-winning 1967 film, which was based on John Ball's 1965 novel. Despite the occasional health-related absences of star Carroll O'Connor (Joe Don Baker and Carl Weathers each briefly filled the chief's chair), the series had a hearty run, premiering on NBC in 1988 before moving to CBS in 1992 for its last two seasons.

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