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.
Wednesday, January 28
Anniversary
Season 3 • Episode 6
Gillespie investigates Dugan's murder and impedes the visit of an endangered civil rights leader.
Wednesday, January 28
Time of the Stranger
Season 3 • Episode 7
Parker has a crush on a dance teacher linked to an unsolved death.
Wednesday, January 28
Vengeance
Season 3 • Episode 8
The widow and brothers of a man Bubba killed during a holdup seek revenge.
Thursday, January 29
My Name Is Hank
Season 3 • Episode 9
A young Vietnamese robbery suspect may be the son of a former Sparta police officer.
Thursday, January 29
King's Ransom
Season 3 • Episode 10
A down-and-out boxer who witnessed a murder ignores Gillespie's advice to cooperate with the FBI.
Thursday, January 29
Epitaph for a Lady
Season 3 • Episode 11
A doctor is murdered after his misdiagnosis causes the death of the wife of Gillespie's friend.
Friday, January 30
Triangle
Season 3 • Episode 12
Gillespie tries to prevent a man who shot his wife and her lover from harming anyone else.
Friday, January 30
Hello in There
Season 3 • Episode 13
A councilwoman tries art therapy on a mute boy who may have witnessed his father's murder.
Friday, January 30
December Days
Season 3 • Episode 14
A retired detective assists Gillespie's probe of a murder at a rest home; guest Louise Fletcher.
Sunday, February 1
Lake Winahatchie
Season 6 • Episode 21
Lana's (Christine Elise) inherited home plays an important part in a mob-related real estate scam.
Sunday, February 1
A Correct Settling
Season 6 • Episode 22
Fearing loss of her son, Harriet agrees to help get her ex-husband's murder sentence reversed.
Sunday, February 1
Child's Play
Season 7 • Episode 1
The city council replaces Bill with an ex-FBI agent (Carl Weathers).
Sunday, February 1
Hatton's Turn
Season 7 • Episode 2
Gillespie becomes sheriff; the murders of two Spartans link to a mentally impaired youth.
Sunday, February 1
Hatton's Turn
Season 7 • Episode 3
Gillespie becomes sheriff; the murders of two Spartans link to a mentally impaired youth.
Sunday, February 1
A Depraved Heart
Season 7 • Episode 4
Bubba's friend (Lisa Rieffel) is accused of killing the man who infected her with HIV.
Monday, February 2
A Loss of Innocence
Season 3 • Episode 15
Problems arise when a teenage girl's father is found dead and her mother is reported missing.
Monday, February 2
Bubba's Baby
Season 3 • Episode 16
The search for the parents of an abandoned baby leads Gillespie on a trail of blackmail and murder.
Monday, February 2
Home Is Where the Heart Is
Season 3 • Episode 17
The madam (Diane Ladd) of a traveling bordello is suspected of murdering a preacher who opposed her.
Tuesday, February 3
An Angry Woman
Season 3 • Episode 18
Gillespie investigates the hit-and-run death of a young woman.
Tuesday, February 3
Indiscretions
Season 3 • Episode 19
Althea does not know that a visiting friend is a fugitive from justice.
Tuesday, February 3
Night of the Killing
Season 3 • Episode 20
Tibbs and Gillespie clash over a black murder suspect, whose arrest causes racial strife.
Wednesday, February 4
Citizen Trundel
Season 3 • Episode 21
Gillespie appears to know who killed Councilwoman DeLong's sister.
Wednesday, February 4
Citizen Trundel
Season 3 • Episode 22
Gillespie won't pursue a murder case against a prominent citizen.
Wednesday, February 4
Brotherly Love
Season 4 • Episode 1
Tibbs is jailed in Philadelphia for murdering a cop; Bubba acts as Althea's birthing coach.
Thursday, February 5
Brotherly Love
Season 4 • Episode 2
Tibbs is jailed in Philadelphia for murdering a cop; Bubba acts as Althea's birthing coach.
Thursday, February 5
Lessons Learned
Season 4 • Episode 3
A father's apathy toward the murder of his hooker daughter shocks Gillespie.
Thursday, February 5
Perversions of Justice
Season 4 • Episode 4
Gillespie must discreetly investigate a child-molestation claim against a fifth-grade teacher.
Friday, February 6
... And Justice for Some
Season 4 • Episode 5
Gillespie and Tibbs clash over turning a hit-and-run driver/drug dealer over to the FBI.
Friday, February 6
Hearts of Gold
Season 4 • Episode 6
The murder of a prominent attorney is linked to Bubba's new love interest, a wealthy widow.
Friday, February 6
Quick Fix
Season 4 • Episode 7
Evidence indicates a mentally impaired girl is the mother of an infant found in a shallow grave.
Sunday, February 8
Incident at Brewer's Pond
Season 7 • Episode 5
A mysterious caller leads police to a body at the bottom of a pond.
Sunday, February 8
A Love Lost
Season 7 • Episode 6
Gillespie's daughter suspects her boyfriend is smuggling guns.
Sunday, February 8
Singing the Blues
Season 7 • Episode 7
LuAnn learns her new boyfriend (Willie Gault) is involved with drug dealers.
Sunday, February 8
Virgil Tibbs, Attorney at Law
Season 7 • Episode 8
Tibbs returns with a law degree, news of his failed marriage, and a murder suspect to defend.
Sunday, February 8
Every Man's Family
Season 7 • Episode 9
Bubba races to Atlanta to care for his nephew (Chad Allen), who has overdosed on drugs.
Sunday, February 8
A Baby Called Rocket
Season 7 • Episode 10
LuAnn becomes attached to an undernourished 4-month-old baby found in a crack house.
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.
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