- HD 1080
- Runtime: 60m.
- Status: Ended
- 1
- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Alan Autry, David Hart, Hugh O'Connor, Crystal R. Fox
- keywords: police chief, police, racism, police detective
- Production_studio: MGM Television, Fred Silverman Productions, JADDA Productions, Juanita Bartlett Production, Fred Silverman Company
- Seasons: 8
- Episodes: 146
- First air date: 1988-03-06
- Last air date: 1995-05-16
- providers: fuboTV, Epix Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus, Spectrum On Demand
- The In the Heat of the Night is featured in the top rankings of 1988
- #6 in Top Drama Series of 1988
- #3 in Top Crime Series of 1988
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.