In the Heat of the Night
*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. The series aired on NBC from 1988 to 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 on DVD on August 28, 2012.
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18 unique people credited
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Alan Autry
as Capt. V.L. 'Bubba' Skinner
Anne Marie Johnson
as Althea Tibbs
Carroll O Connor
as Chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie
Crystal Fox
as Officer LuAnn Corbin
Dee Shaw
as Cpl. Dee Shepard
Hugh O Connor
as Lt. Lonnie Jamison
Howard E Rollins Jr
as Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs
Geoffrey Thorne
as Sgt. Wilson Sweet
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