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. 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.

Director

Harry Harris,Russ Mayberry,Winrich Kolbe,Vincent McEveety,Leo Penn,Reza Badiyi,Carroll O'Connor,Larry Hagman,Mario Azzopardi,Paul Lynch,David Hemmings,Gene Reynolds,Jeffrey Hayden,Chuck Bowman,Alexander Singer,David Soul,Vince Edwards,Lee H. Katzin,Ivan Dixon,Joe Gannon,Dick Martin

Writers

Joe Gannon,Nancy Bond,Robert Bielak,Mark Edward Edens