Night Court (1984)
TVPG
Sitcom
Judge Harry Stone presides over the night shift of a Manhattan courtroom.
Cast & Crew
Harry Anderson Harold T. "Harry" Stone
John Larroquette Dan Fielding
Richard Moll Nostradamus "Bull" Shannon
Markie Post Christine Sullivan
Charles Robinson MacIntosh "Mac" Robinson
Marsha Warfield Rosalind Jane "Roz" Russell
Selma Diamond Selma Hacker
Paula Kelly Liz Willi
Florence Halop Florence Kleiner
Karen Austin Lana Wagner
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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.
Friday, March 14
The New Judge
Season 4 • Episode 7
While Harry is away, the replacement judge offers Dan a bribe.
Friday, March 14
Contempt of Courting
Season 4 • Episode 8
A replacement judge (Ann Turkel) jails Christine on contempt charges.
Monday, March 17
Caught Red Handed
Season 4 • Episode 18
Christine's boss (Michael Gross) is accused of sexual harassment.
Monday, March 17
Paternity
Season 4 • Episode 19
A paternity suit names Dan as the father of a precocious 10-year-old.
Monday, March 17
Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson
Season 4 • Episode 20
Harry tries to administer the oath of citizenship to Quon Le before she gives birth.
Monday, March 17
Her Honor
Season 4 • Episode 21
Mac gets advance notice about the new judges list and discovers that Christine is one.
Monday, March 17
Her Honor
Season 4 • Episode 22
Harry plans a colossal stunt, not realizing that he has not been reappointed.
Monday, March 17
Her Honor
Season 5 • Episode 1
Christine assumes her new role as a judge; Harry prepares to launch his incredible stunt.
Monday, March 17
Her Honor
Season 5 • Episode 2
Harry ditches his stunt plans, opting instead to get his job back.
Monday, March 17
Death of a Bailiff
Season 5 • Episode 3
Bull has a near-death experience and insists God spoke to him.
Monday, March 17
Ladies Night
Season 5 • Episode 4
After Roz and her boyfriend break up Christine decides to help Roz recover, so they go out together.
Monday, March 17
Safe
Season 5 • Episode 5
On Halloween, Dan believes he has sold his soul to the devil, and Harry gets locked inside a safe.
Monday, March 17
Mac's Dilemma
Season 5 • Episode 6
Arrested for assault, Mac's war buddy asks a favor.
Monday, March 17
Who Was That Mashed Man?
Season 5 • Episode 7
Harry tries to prevent a childhood hero's suicide.
Monday, March 17
Constitution
Season 5 • Episode 9
A man threatens to destroy a Constitution draft.
Monday, March 17
Constitution
Season 5 • Episode 10
Harry deals with the madman; Roz ends up on the roof.
Monday, March 17
Earthquake
Season 4 • Episode 9
A minor earthquake leaves Dan, Roz and two sumo wrestlers trapped in an elevator.
Monday, March 17
Prince of a Guy
Season 4 • Episode 10
Harry jeopardizes international relations when he refuses to release an island princess.
Tuesday, March 18
Let It Snow
Season 5 • Episode 11
A Christmas Eve blizzard strands the staff in the courtroom with a group of defendants.
Tuesday, March 18
Dan, the Walking Time Bomb
Season 5 • Episode 12
Dan is handcuffed to a time bomb; Bull's blind girlfriend tries to heat up their relationship.
Tuesday, March 18
Hit the Road, Jack
Season 5 • Episode 13
Christine must tell her father, who moved in with her, that he has overstayed his welcome.
Tuesday, March 18
I'm Okay, You're Catatonic/Schizophrenic
Season 5 • Episode 14
Harry tries to keep his stepfather and another man out of a mental hospital. Mel Torme guest stars.
Tuesday, March 18
Chrizzi's Honor
Season 5 • Episode 15
Christine invites a stranger to her party, not realizing he's wanted by the mob.
Tuesday, March 18
Another Day in the Life
Season 5 • Episode 16
Panic grips the courtroom as the gang races to clear 207 cases in one session.
Tuesday, March 18
Heart of Stone
Season 5 • Episode 17
Dan, Harry and two women face embarrassment.
Tuesday, March 18
Russkie Business
Season 5 • Episode 18
A Soviet defector wants to visit his ailing mother.
Tuesday, March 18
Jung and the Restless
Season 5 • Episode 19
Roz is ordered to undergo therapy after she's found to be insensitive.
Tuesday, March 18
Top Judge
Season 5 • Episode 20
Harry's title of courtroom joker is threatened when a fun-loving judge arrives.
Tuesday, March 18
Mac's Millions
Season 5 • Episode 21
Mac quits his job after he inherits $2 million -- then he's sued for over $4 million.
Tuesday, March 18
Danny Got His Gun
Season 5 • Episode 22
Dan (John Larroquette) is called to active duty by his Army Reserve unit. With Harry Anderson.
Tuesday, March 18
Danny Got His Gun
Season 6 • Episode 1
The court staff holds a memorial service for Dan (John Larroquette). With Harry Anderson.
Tuesday, March 18
Danny Got His Gun
Season 6 • Episode 2
Dan performs an appendectomy on one of his rescuers because of an injury to the doctor's hands.
Tuesday, March 18
New Year's Leave
Season 4 • Episode 11
New Year's Eve brings assorted crazies before Harry.
Tuesday, March 18
Murder
Season 4 • Episode 12
A woman disrupts the court proceedings to confess to murdering her husband.
Wednesday, March 19
The Apartment
Season 3 • Episode 15
Mac's in-laws arrive from Vietnam and move in with him and Quon Le.
Wednesday, March 19
Baby Talk
Season 4 • Episode 13
Financial woes cause Mac to flee from wife and job.
Wednesday, March 19
The Modest Proposal
Season 4 • Episode 14
Christine shocks her coworkers when she announces that she is getting married.
Thursday, March 20
A Day in the Life
Season 4 • Episode 15
Harry and the courtroom staff have until midnight to decide 200 cases.
Thursday, March 20
Rabid
Season 4 • Episode 16
Dan faces the possibility of undergoing a rabies test after a stray dog bites him.
Friday, March 21
Christine's Friend
Season 4 • Episode 17
Harry and Dan try to impress Christine's friend. Guest appearance by Mel Torme.
Friday, March 21
Caught Red Handed
Season 4 • Episode 18
Christine's boss (Michael Gross) is accused of sexual harassment.
Monday, March 24
Fire
Season 6 • Episode 3
A courthouse fire thwarts last-minute campaigning by would-be assemblyman Dan.
Monday, March 24
Harry and the Tramp
Season 6 • Episode 4
Man-of-the-Month Harry unknowingly brings an ex-porno star to the dinner.
Monday, March 24
Educating Rhoda
Season 6 • Episode 5
A bungling bailiff trainee lets a psychotic mental patient escape.
Monday, March 24
The Last Temptation of Mac
Season 6 • Episode 6
Mac's amorous study partner gets him in trouble with Quon Le.
Monday, March 24
The Law Club
Season 6 • Episode 7
Dan wants to join a law club, whose president covets Christine.
Monday, March 24
Night Court of the Living Dead
Season 6 • Episode 8
Christine, declared dead by a computer, is relegated to assisting her replacement.
Monday, March 24
The Night Court Before Christmas
Season 6 • Episode 9
Roz faces Christmas in jail after defying a mean-spirited toy magnate.
Monday, March 24
Mental Giant
Season 6 • Episode 10
Bull's genius IQ score inspires him to take a think-tank job.
Monday, March 24
Rock-a-bye Baby
Season 6 • Episode 11
Motherhood loses its appeal when Christine baby-sits a friend's energetic infant.
Monday, March 24
Clip Show
Season 6 • Episode 12
Flashbacks recall how the court staff incurred expenses totaling $954,768.
Monday, March 24
Clip Show
Season 6 • Episode 13
A city auditor tries to investigate some of Harry's more bizarre expenses (via flashbacks).
Monday, March 24
The Trouble Is Not in Your Set
Season 6 • Episode 14
The staff mugs before courtroom TV cameras; guest Marion Ross.
Monday, March 24
The Game Show
Season 6 • Episode 15
Bull is on a game show; a cantankerous judge jails Dan for contempt.
Monday, March 24
This Old Man
Season 6 • Episode 16
The staff meets Christine's elderly suitor; an amorous dowager offers Dan a campaign contribution.
Monday, March 24
Paternity
Season 4 • Episode 19
A paternity suit names Dan as the father of a precocious 10-year-old.
Monday, March 24
Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson
Season 4 • Episode 20
Harry tries to administer the oath of citizenship to Quon Le before she gives birth.
Tuesday, March 25
Strange Bedfellows
Season 6 • Episode 17
When Harry finally meets Mel Torme, he gives his idol the flu.
Tuesday, March 25
From Snoop to Nuts
Season 6 • Episode 18
Christine is suspicious when Harry secretly takes part in a government sting operation.
Tuesday, March 25
From Snoop to Nuts
Season 6 • Episode 19
Harry's sting operation is successful; potential killers run loose in the courthouse.
Tuesday, March 25
Pen Pal
Season 6 • Episode 20
Roz falls for Christine's convict pen pal, unaware that he escaped while on furlough.
Tuesday, March 25
Not My Type
Season 6 • Episode 21
Art enters reluctant date Christine in his lodge's beauty pageant.
Tuesday, March 25
Yet Another Day in the Life
Season 6 • Episode 22
Harry and the staff must try the overflow of cases by midnight.
Tuesday, March 25
Life With Buddy
Season 7 • Episode 1
Harry's life is thrown into turmoil when his eccentric father moves in with him.
Tuesday, March 25
If I Were a Rich Man
Season 7 • Episode 2
Bull saves a rich man's life, and Dan wants a piece of the action.
Tuesday, March 25
The Cop and the Lady
Season 7 • Episode 3
Christine falls for an undercover officer when they are locked in the court records vault together.
Tuesday, March 25
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Stephen King, Stephen King
Season 7 • Episode 4
Harry holds a seance to solve a 50-year-old case.
Tuesday, March 25
Blue Suede Bull
Season 7 • Episode 5
Dan returns a favor from Bull by agreeing to coach him in the arena of love.
Tuesday, March 25
For Love or Money
Season 7 • Episode 6
Buddy (John Astin) conceals his psychiatric history from his bride.
Tuesday, March 25
Auntie Maim
Season 7 • Episode 7
Harry must deal with a flamboyant former actress accused of beating a policeman.
Tuesday, March 25
Attack of the Mac Snacks
Season 7 • Episode 8
Junk-food marketers Harry and Mac face a recall.
Tuesday, March 25
Her Honor
Season 4 • Episode 21
Mac gets advance notice about the new judges list and discovers that Christine is one.
Tuesday, March 25
Her Honor
Season 4 • Episode 22
Harry plans a colossal stunt, not realizing that he has not been reappointed.
Wednesday, March 26
Her Honor
Season 5 • Episode 1
Christine assumes her new role as a judge; Harry prepares to launch his incredible stunt.
Wednesday, March 26
Her Honor
Season 5 • Episode 2
Harry ditches his stunt plans, opting instead to get his job back.
Thursday, March 27
Death of a Bailiff
Season 5 • Episode 3
Bull has a near-death experience and insists God spoke to him.
Thursday, March 27
Ladies Night
Season 5 • Episode 4
After Roz and her boyfriend break up Christine decides to help Roz recover, so they go out together.
Friday, March 28
Safe
Season 5 • Episode 5
On Halloween, Dan believes he has sold his soul to the devil, and Harry gets locked inside a safe.
Friday, March 28
Mac's Dilemma
Season 5 • Episode 6
Arrested for assault, Mac's war buddy asks a favor.
Sunday, March 30
Branded
Season 7 • Episode 9
Dan's future hangs in the balance when he attempts to get a shady law firm chief disbarred.
Sunday, March 30
Branded
Season 7 • Episode 10
Dan, now waiting tables at a French restaurant, is convinced to attend his disbarment hearing.
Sunday, March 30
Passion Plundered
Season 7 • Episode 11
Harry is pleased to discover that a female journalist has taken an interest in him.
Monday, March 31
Amour or Less
Season 7 • Episode 12
Christine's detective beau keeps breaking dates.
Monday, March 31
Razing Bull
Season 7 • Episode 13
Bull chains himself to a condemned theater.
Monday, March 31
Futureman
Season 7 • Episode 14
A lunatic with a ray gun attempts to save Dan from a pair of punks with knives.
Monday, March 31
Wedding Bell Blues
Season 7 • Episode 15
Christine receives and accepts an unexpected marriage proposal from Officer Tony Giuliano.
Monday, March 31
Wedding Bell Blues
Season 7 • Episode 16
A pregnant Christine tries in vain to reach her new husband in South America.
Monday, March 31
The Talk Show
Season 7 • Episode 17
Talk-show host Dan must grill guest Christine.
Monday, March 31
Melvin and Harold
Season 7 • Episode 18
Harry's lousy day gets worse when he is forced to jail Mel Torme for contempt.
Monday, March 31
The Glasnost Menagerie
Season 7 • Episode 19
Old friend of the court Yakov asks for his father's visa to be extended.
Monday, March 31
I Said Dance!
Season 7 • Episode 20
Bull is persuaded to sue when he accidentally shoots himself in the foot with Roz's gun.
Monday, March 31
My Three Dads
Season 7 • Episode 21
Harry, Bull and Dan all pitch in to help at Christine's Lamaze class.
Monday, March 31
Still Another Day in the Life
Season 7 • Episode 22
The court tries to conduct business while loud construction work takes place upstairs.
Monday, March 31
A Closer Look
Season 7 • Episode 23
Television viewers get an eyeful when the cameras of "A Closer Look" invade Harry's courtroom.
Monday, March 31
A Family Affair
Season 8 • Episode 1
Dan's sister, who is cut from the same cloth, drops by for a visit and a "fling.".
Monday, March 31
A Family Affair
Season 8 • Episode 2
Bull proposes to Dan's amorous sister after being accused of seducing her.
Monday, March 31
Who Was That Mashed Man?
Season 5 • Episode 7
Harry tries to prevent a childhood hero's suicide.
Monday, March 31
No Hard Feelings
Season 5 • Episode 8
Dan's world has come crashing down: he's suffering from impotence.
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