In the Heat of the Night (TV series)

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In the Heat of the Night is an American television drama series, based on the 1967 film and novel of the same name, that follows a small-town police department confronting crime and racial tensions in the Deep South.

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instanceOf American television series
basedOn In the Heat of the Night (1967 film) NERFINISHED
In the Heat of the Night (novel) NERFINISHED
character Althea Tibbs NERFINISHED
Bill Gillespie NERFINISHED
Bubba Skinner NERFINISHED
Harriet DeLong NERFINISHED
Lonnie Jamison NERFINISHED
Parker Williams NERFINISHED
Virgil Tibbs NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator James Lee Barrett NERFINISHED
developer James Lee Barrett NERFINISHED
distributor MGM/UA Television NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Covington, Georgia NERFINISHED
firstAired 1988
genre Southern drama
crime drama
police procedural
lastAired 1995
mainLocationType small-town police department
numberOfEpisodes 140+
numberOfSeasons 8
originalChannelRun CBS (1992–1995)
NBC (1988–1992)
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork CBS
NBC
pictureFormat color
productionCompany MGM/UA Television NERFINISHED
relatedWork In the Heat of the Night (1967 film) NERFINISHED
In the Heat of the Night (novel) NERFINISHED
runtimePerEpisode approximately 45 minutes
setInPeriod late 20th century
setting fictional town of Sparta, Mississippi
starring Alan Autry NERFINISHED
Anne-Marie Johnson NERFINISHED
Carroll O’Connor NERFINISHED
Crystal Fox NERFINISHED
David Hart NERFINISHED
Denise Nicholas NERFINISHED
Geoffrey Thorne NERFINISHED
Howard Rollins NERFINISHED
Hugh O’Connor NERFINISHED
theme racial tensions in the American South
racism
small-town policing

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Sparta, Mississippi (fictional town) settingFor In the Heat of the Night (TV series)
subject surface form: Sparta, Mississippi
Sparta, Mississippi (fictional town) settingFor In the Heat of the Night (TV series)
subject surface form: Sparta, Mississippi
this entity surface form: In the Heat of the Night (franchise)
Bill Gillespie appearsIn In the Heat of the Night (TV series)
this entity surface form: In the Heat of the Night (television series)
Howard E. Rollins Jr. notableWork In the Heat of the Night (TV series)
Police Chief Bill Gillespie appearsIn In the Heat of the Night (TV series)
this entity surface form: In the Heat of the Night (film series context)
Police Chief Bill Gillespie fictionalUniverse In the Heat of the Night (TV series)
this entity surface form: In the Heat of the Night franchise
Covington, Georgia isFilmingLocationOf In the Heat of the Night (TV series)
Georg Stanford Brown directed In the Heat of the Night (TV series)
Hugh O’Connor notableWork In the Heat of the Night (TV series)
Hugh O’Connor partOfCastOf In the Heat of the Night (TV series)
John Carroll O’Connor notableWork In the Heat of the Night (TV series)