In the Heat of the Night - Season 1 - Eps 1: Pilot (1)

Name: Eps 1: Pilot (1)
Released: 1988-03-06
Rating: 3.8

1988-03-06 • 60 min • ⭐ 7.5/10

Virgil Tibbs returns to Sparta and joins the police force as chief of detectives.His arrival is met with resistance from police chief Bill Gillespie - who resents having an officer hired without his approval.Virgil has trouble adjusting to the small, antiquated police force.Tibbs' first case is a racially charged murder case that is soon complicated when the suspect is murdered in his cell.

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About In the Heat of the Night

Title: In the Heat of the Night

First Air Date: 1988-03-06

Last Air Date: 1995-05-16

Status: Ended

Rating: 7.5/10 (from 59 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 8

Total Episodes: 146

Network: NBC CBS

Genres: Crime, Drama

Production Companies: MGM Television, Fred Silverman Productions, JADDA Productions, Juanita Bartlett Production, Fred Silverman Company

Synopsis

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.