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

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Where to watch In the Heat of the Night

• United States: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Philo, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on The Roku Channel, Tubi TV; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
• United Kingdom: stream on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
• Canada: stream on MGM Amazon Channel; watch free on Tubi TV; buy on Apple TV Store
• Australia: stream on MGM Amazon Channel

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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.

• Released: 1988-03-06
• Genres: Crime, Drama
• Seasons: 8, 146 episodes
• Episode length: 1h 0m
• Network: NBC, CBS
• Status: Ended
• TMDB rating: 7.6/10 from 69 votes

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