In the Heat of the Night (TV series)

*In the Heat of the Night*
In the Heat of the Night
	Foreground: Carroll O'Connor; left middle: Howard Rollins; back row left to right: Hugh O'Connor; David Hart; Geoffrey Thorne; Alan Autry
Genre	Police procedural; Crime drama; Mystery;
Based on	Characters created by John Ball
Developed by	James Lee Barrett
Starring	Carroll O'Connor; Howard Rollins; Alan Autry; Anne-Marie Johnson; David Hart; Christian LeBlanc; Lois Nettleton; Geoffrey Thorne; Hugh O'Connor; Carl Weathers; Crystal R. Fox; Denise Nicholas; Randall Franks;
Theme music composer	Quincy Jones (music), Alan and Marilyn Bergman (lyrics); Christopher Page (arranger);
Opening theme	"In the Heat of the Night" performed by Bill Champlin
Ending theme	"In the Heat of the Night" (instrumental; excluding the pilot)
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	7
No. of episodes	142 + 4 TV movies (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Fred Silverman; Juanita Bartlett; David Moessinger; Carroll O'Connor;
Running time	44–48 minutes (without commercials)
Production companies	The Fred Silverman Company; Juanita Bartlett Productions; MGM/UA Television Productions; MGM Television;
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	March 6, 1988 –; May 19, 1992
Network	CBS
Release	October 28, 1992 –; May 16, 1995
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In the Heat of the Night is an American police procedural crime drama television series loosely based on the 1965 novel by John Ball and the 1967 film directed by Norman Jewison. The TV series starred Carroll O'Connor as police chief William "Bill" Gillespie and Howard Rollins as police detective Virgil Tibbs. The series was broadcast on NBC from March 6, 1988 to May 19, 1992, before moving to CBS, where it aired from October 28, 1992 to May 16, 1995. Its executive producers were O'Connor, Fred Silverman and Juanita Bartlett. This series marked O'Connor's return to a series for the first time since the All in the Family spinoff Archie Bunker's Place ended in 1983.