In the Heat of the Night
In the Heat of the Night is an American television series adapted from the motion picture and the novel of the same name, featuring Carroll O'Connor as white police chief William Gillespie and Howard Rollins as African-American detective Virgil Tibbs. The series originally aired on NBC from 1988 to 1992 and then moved to CBS, where it continued through 1995. Its executive producers were Fred Silverman, Juanita Bartlett, and Carroll O'Connor. On August 28, 2012, TGG Direct released the first season on DVD.
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GenerationofSwine
I know, I know, it doesn't really hold a candle to the movie does it? They are sort of two entirely different beasts and this film... well, it has a lot more of a Hill Street Blues with minimal racial commentary in it than something you would expect from "In the heat of the Night." But Carroll O'Connor sort of kicked butt in this. And you can see the change. If they held on to the racial tension that made the movie so good.... that would have gotten old and as preachy as MASH. So they had to eventually form a bond, and when they did it just became a cop show, but a very good cop show. So don't expect the movie, expect Hill Street Blues with better acting.
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