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In the Heat of the Night

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TV Series

The Resume

    (March 6, 1988-May 16, 1995)
    Aired on NBC (seasons 1-5) and CBS (seasons 6 and 7)
    Premise: Based on the 1967 movie of the same name, a deep south Police department hires an African American detective.
    Carroll O'Connor as Chief Bill Gillespie
    Howard E. Rollins, Jr. as Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs
    Anne-Marie Johnson as Althea Tibbs
    Alan Autry as Cpt. Bubba Skinner
    David Hart as Sgt. Parker Williams
    Lois Nettleton as Joanne St. John
    Hugh O'Connor as Lt. Lonnie Jamison
    Christian LeBlanc as Patrolman Junior Abernathy
    Carl Weathers as Chief Hampton Forbes (1993-94)

Why In the Heat of the Night might be annoying:

    Hugh O'Connor was hired as a way for Carroll O'Connor to keep an eye on him.
    Howard E. Rollins was fired as a result of his many legal problems.
    Although there is a real Sparta, Mississippi, the show was filmed in Covington, Georgia.
    Throughout the run of the show they had to constantly find ways to explain the absence of the main characters due to their drug and health problems.
    Despite the town only having a few hundred people, there were murders or multiple homicides just about every week.

Why In the Heat of the Night might not be annoying:

    The episodes were very raw and emotional.
    They featured rape, suicide, drug abuse and incest.
    They attempted to show an honest portrayal of life in the south.
    They showed the real life struggles of African Americans in the Deep South due to the racism they face on a daily basis.

Credit: Tina


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 93 Votes: 43.01% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 20 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 24 Votes: 45.83% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 37 Votes: 54.05% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 78 Votes: 55.13% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 116 Votes: 46.55% Annoying