In the Heat of the Night

1988–1995 · 8 seasons · 146 episodes · Crime, Drama, Mystery

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.

7.6IMDb · 7.4k votes

Best season: 8.3; Season 4. Weakest is season 8, at 7.6
Top episode: 9.1; S3 E1 · Rape
Lowest episode: 7.3; S3 E10 · King's Ransom
Finale: 7.8; −0.4 against the show's 8.2 average

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IMDb rating of every In the Heat of the Night episode, by season and episode number
	Episode 1	Episode 2	Episode 3	Episode 4	Episode 5	Episode 6	Episode 7	Episode 8	Episode 9	Episode 10	Episode 11	Episode 12	Episode 13	Episode 14	Episode 15	Episode 16	Episode 17	Episode 18

Season 1	8.5	8.5	8.1	8.0	8.1	8.6	8.0	8.4
Season 2	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.2	8.8	7.8	8.3	8.1
Season 3	9.1	7.7	7.9	8.5	8.6	8.6	7.8	8.5
Season 4	8.7	8.7	8.3	8.9	8.9	8.3	8.4	8.3
Season 5	8.6	8.1	8.1	8.0	8.6	8.2	8.9	8.8
Season 6	8.6	8.6	8.3	8.2	8.2	8.6	8.0	8.1
Season 7	8.5	8.4	8.7	9.0	7.8	8.3	8.7	8.5
Season 8	7.8	7.4	7.4	7.8

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