In the Heat of the Night (1988)
TVPG
Crime drama
Mystery
Based on the classic film, a police chief and his team tackle crime and social issues in the small town of Sparta, Mississippi, navigating racial tensions and personal dramas.
Cast & Crew
Carroll O'Connor William Gillespie
Howard E. Rollins Virgil Tibbs
Anne-Marie Johnson Althea Tibbs
Alan Autry Bubba Skinner
Denise Nicholas Harriet DeLong
David Hart Parker Williams
Hugh O'Connor Lonnie Jamison
Christian LeBlanc Junior Abernathy
Lois Nettleton Joanne St. John
Fred Silverman Executive Producer
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Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Monday, February 9
Homecoming
Season 4 • Episode 8
The investigation of a convict's murder is hindered by too many willing suspects.
Monday, February 9
A Problem Too Personal
Season 4 • Episode 9
Gillespie tries to remain aloof in the prosecution of Harriet DeLong's ex, for robbery and murder.
Monday, February 9
A Final Arrangement
Season 4 • Episode 10
All signs point to bookstore owner Carl Tibbitts as a suspect in his wife's murder.
Tuesday, February 10
Family Matters
Season 4 • Episode 11
Tibbs' attempts to reconcile family members stall when his cousin is implicated in a crime.
Tuesday, February 10
Bounty Hunter
Season 4 • Episode 12
Gillespie tries to stop a bounty hunter from killing a man wanted for a rich woman's murder.
Tuesday, February 10
Blessings
Season 4 • Episode 13
A reporter with questionable motives makes Gillespie the subject of an article.
Wednesday, February 11
Shine on Sparta Moon
Season 4 • Episode 14
An accident blinds a high school football star and kills his girlfriend.
Wednesday, February 11
Execution of Trust
Season 4 • Episode 15
Gillespie must pry a confessed killer's name from a psychiatrist.
Wednesday, February 11
Child of Promise
Season 4 • Episode 16
Virgil's arrest of a young pusher affects one of Althea's students.
Thursday, February 12
Paper Castles
Season 4 • Episode 17
Tibbs tries to protect a friend from a shady real-estate venture, but the man is killed.
Thursday, February 12
Laid to Waste
Season 4 • Episode 18
A blind woman hears an apparent murder in a neighboring duplex, and Parker uncovers a motive.
Thursday, February 12
First Deadly Sin
Season 4 • Episode 19
A man forbids his son to tell police he saw a rape, for fear of the youth's chances for seminary.
Friday, February 13
Just a Country Boy
Season 4 • Episode 20
Bubba searches Los Angeles for a Sparta fugitive who jumped bail.
Friday, February 13
No Other Road
Season 4 • Episode 21
Tibbs and Jamison urge Harriet DeLong's son to persevere after his father's death sentence.
Friday, February 13
A Turning
Season 4 • Episode 22
Gillespie and Tibbs pursue the killers of drug dealers; Althea worries about her husband's safety.
Sunday, February 15
Little Girl Lost
Season 7 • Episode 11
A woman with a history of drunken driving is involved in a girl's hit-and-run death.
Sunday, February 15
Your Own Kind
Season 7 • Episode 12
The sniper-shooting of a high-school track star may have been racially motivated.
Sunday, February 15
Good Cop, Bad Cop
Season 7 • Episode 13
Tibbs defends Parker against charges that he assaulted an ex-girlfriend's fiancé.
Sunday, February 15
Maybelle Returns
Season 7 • Episode 14
A former madam's (Elizabeth Ashley) phone-sex business creates an uproar.
Sunday, February 15
The Last Round
Season 7 • Episode 15
Forbes' fiancee delivers an ultimatum; a boxer Forbes has been grooming commits a burglary.
Sunday, February 15
Ches and the Grand Lady
Season 7 • Episode 16
Someone threatens the life of Sparta blues singer Ches Collins.
Monday, February 16
A Woman Much Admired
Season 5 • Episode 1
Gillespie leaves town to investigate an ex-lover's murder and must face the daughter he never knew.
Monday, February 16
Baby for Sale
Season 5 • Episode 2
Threatened with losing his adopted son, Bubba aids the natural father in a robbery.
Monday, February 16
Obsession
Season 5 • Episode 3
Gillespie and Tibbs face legal obstacles when protecting a woman.
Tuesday, February 17
Liar's Poker
Season 5 • Episode 4
Gillespie comes under scrutiny for trying to clear a prostitute charged with killing a wealthy man.
Tuesday, February 17
Ruda's Awakening
Season 5 • Episode 5
Virgil's aunt (Fran Bennett) lets anger cloud her recollection of a young black man's shooting.
Tuesday, February 17
Unfinished Business
Season 5 • Episode 6
In Los Angeles for a murder trial, Bubba encounters killers targeting the key witness.
Wednesday, February 18
The More Things Change
Season 5 • Episode 7
Gillespie and DeLong try romance; a blackmailer is charged with her father's murder.
Wednesday, February 18
Sweet, Sweet Blues
Season 5 • Episode 8
A blues singer claims he witnessed the 40-year-old race-motivated slaying of Sweet's grandfather.
Wednesday, February 18
Sparta Gold
Season 5 • Episode 9
Bubba can't get another county's authorities to cooperate after discovering marijuana-farming there.
Thursday, February 19
An Eye for an Eye
Season 5 • Episode 10
Despite FBI presence, Gillespie and Tibbs search for the kidnapper of a DA's daughter.
Thursday, February 19
The Littlest Victim
Season 5 • Episode 11
A robbery suspect threatens the lives of a boozing woman (Denise Miller) and her infant.
Thursday, February 19
The Landlord
Season 5 • Episode 12
Gillespie is leery of the evidence in the murder of an abusive landlord.
Friday, February 20
Fool for Love
Season 5 • Episode 13
Tibbs and Gillespie suspect a doctor who made his girlfriend the prime suspect in his wife's murder.
Friday, February 20
Love, Honor and Obey
Season 5 • Episode 14
A mugging investigation uncovers the plight of an abused wife.
Friday, February 20
Odessa
Season 5 • Episode 15
The honoring of Sparta's first black woman voter may touch off a racial incident.
Sunday, February 22
Conspiracy of One
Season 7 • Episode 17
Attorney Virgil Tibbs is caught between a client and the certainty that the man murdered his wife.
Sunday, February 22
The Rabbi
Season 7 • Episode 18
A rabbi returns to Sparta, his hometown, and faces anti-Semitism.
Sunday, February 22
Hard Choices
Season 7 • Episode 19
Harriet DeLong's son Eugene witnesses a robbery in which a store owner is wounded.
Sunday, February 22
Time's Long Shadow
Season 7 • Episode 20
Harriet tries to stop construction at a site where pre-Civil War artifacts have been found.
Sunday, February 22
Poor Relations
Season 7 • Episode 21
Parker's stepfather returns, pursued by murderous art thieves.
Sunday, February 22
Dangerous Engagement
Season 7 • Episode 22
Harriet and Bill become targets of a crazed gunman on the eve of their wedding.
Monday, February 23
A Time to Trust
Season 5 • Episode 16
Virgil tries to gather evidence on a drug dealer connected to a student of Althea's.
Monday, February 23
By Means Most Foul
Season 5 • Episode 17
A suspected revenge bombing may be a smoke screen for a restaurateur's insurance scam.
Monday, February 23
Trundel's Will Be Done
Season 5 • Episode 18
A wealthy widow claims Harriet DeLong's nephew, saying her husband fathered him.
Tuesday, February 24
Moseley's Lot
Season 5 • Episode 19
A man comes to his son's rescue when the lad is caught gambling with someone else's money.
Tuesday, February 24
Family Reunion
Season 5 • Episode 20
An ex-convict learns his wife has spent his cache of stolen cash.
Tuesday, February 24
Sanctuary
Season 5 • Episode 21
Gillespie and Tibbs try to prevent a political refugee's extradition.
Wednesday, February 25
The Law on Trial
Season 5 • Episode 22
The sheriff argues that Tibbs and Gillespie's obstruction of justice led to Salazar's death.
Wednesday, February 25
A Small War
Season 6 • Episode 1
Gillespie's affair with DeLong draws her son's wrath, which confirms her concerns.
Wednesday, February 25
A Small War
Season 6 • Episode 2
Eugene (Rugg Williams) agrees to identify the killers, over his mother's objections.
Thursday, February 26
Brother's Keeper
Season 6 • Episode 3
Corbin (Crystal Fox) pursues her brother (Meshach Taylor), an ex-con who robbed a bar in town.
Thursday, February 26
A Frenzied Affair
Season 6 •
Man accused of killing teen stepdaughter's married lover.
Thursday, February 26
Discovery
Season 6 • Episode 5
The suicide of an ex-boyfriend pushes Althea to the brink of a nervous breakdown; guest Allan Arbus.
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