In the Heat of the Night (a Titles & Air Dates Guide)

In the Heat of the Night

(a Titles & Air Dates Guide)

Last updated: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:00

Show Details:

Start date: Mar 1988
End date: May 1995
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): CBS (US) / NBC (US)
Run time: 60 min
Episodes: 142 eps & movies
Genre(s): Drama

Credits:

Carroll O'Connor as Chief/Sheriff Bill Gillespie
Howard E. Rollins Jr. as Det. Virgil Tibbs [ 1-6 ]
Alan Autry as Sgt./Capt. Bubba Skinner
Anne-Marie Johnson as Althea Tibbs [ 1-6 ]
Lois Nettleton as Joann St. John [ 1-2 ]
Joe Don Baker as Tom Dugan [ 2 ]
Denise Nicholas as Harriet DeLong [ 2-7 ]
David Hart as Dep./Sgt. Parker Williams
Hugh O'Connor as Dep./Lt. Lonnie Jamison
Geoffrey Thorne as Dep./Sgt. Willson Sweet [ 2-7 ]
Randall Franks as Off. Randy Goode [ 2-6 ]
Crystal R. Fox as Sgt. Luanne Corbin [ 3-7 ]
Carl Weathers as Chief Hampton Forbes [ 7 ]

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Episode list & details from: TVmaze • TV.com

Episode #		Original Air Date	Titles

Season 1

1.	1-1	06 Mar 88	Pilot (1)
2.	1-2	06 Mar 88	Pilot (2)
3.	1-3	15 Mar 88	Road Kill
4.	1-4	22 Mar 88	Fate
5.	1-5	29 Mar 88	Blind Spot (1)
6.	1-6	05 Apr 88	Blind Spot (2)
7.	1-7	12 Apr 88	A Necessary Evil
8.	1-8	03 May 88	...And Then You Die

Season 2

9.	2-1	04 Dec 88	Don't Look Back (1)
10.	2-2	04 Dec 88	Don't Look Back (2)
11.	2-3	06 Dec 88	Family Secret
12.	2-4	13 Dec 88	The Hammer and the Glove
13.	2-5	20 Dec 88	Prisoners
14.	2-6	27 Dec 88	Hot Nights
15.	2-7	03 Jan 89	Gunshots
16.	2-8	10 Jan 89	Country Mouse, City Mouse
17.	2-9	17 Jan 89	Stranger in Town
18.	2-10	31 Jan 89	Tear Down the Walls
19.	2-11	07 Feb 89	A Trip Upstate
20.	2-12	14 Feb 89	A.k.a. Kelly Kay
21.	2-13	21 Feb 89	These Things Take Time
22.	2-14	07 Mar 89	Intruders
23.	2-15	14 Mar 89	The Creek
24.	2-16	21 Mar 89	Sister, Sister
25.	2-17	28 Mar 89	Walkout
26.	2-18	04 Apr 89	Accused
27.	2-19	25 Apr 89	Fifteen, Forever
28.	2-20	02 May 89	Ladybug, Ladybug
29.	2-21	09 May 89	The Pig Woman of Sparta
30.	2-22	16 May 89	Missing

Season 3

31.	3-1	24 Oct 89	Rape
32.	3-2	31 Oct 89	Fairest of Them All
33.	3-3	07 Nov 89	Murder Most Ancient
34.	3-4	14 Nov 89	First Girl
35.	3-5	21 Nov 89	Crackdown
36.	3-6	28 Nov 89	Anniversary
37.	3-7	05 Dec 89	Time of the Stranger
38.	3-8	12 Dec 89	Vengeance
39.	3-9	19 Dec 89	My Name Is Hank
40.	3-10	02 Jan 90	King's Ransom
41.	3-11	16 Jan 90	Epitaph for a Lady
42.	3-12	23 Jan 90	Triangle
43.	3-13	30 Jan 90	Hello in There
44.	3-14	13 Feb 90	December Days
45.	3-15	20 Feb 90	A Loss of Innocence
46.	3-16	27 Feb 90	Bubba's Baby
47.	3-17	06 Mar 90	Home Is Where the Heart Is
48.	3-18	13 Mar 90	An Angry Woman
49.	3-19	20 Mar 90	Indiscretions
50.	3-20	27 Mar 90	Night of the Killing
51.	3-21	01 May 90	Citizen Trundel (1)
52.	3-22	08 May 90	Citizen Trundel (2)

Season 4

53.	4-1	18 Sep 90	Brotherly Love (1)
54.	4-2	18 Sep 90	Brotherly Love (2)
55.	4-3	25 Sep 90	Lessons Learned
56.	4-4	02 Oct 90	Perversions of Justice
57.	4-5	23 Oct 90	And Justice for Some
58.	4-6	30 Oct 90	Hearts of Gold
59.	4-7	06 Nov 90	Quick Fix
60.	4-8	13 Nov 90	Homecoming
61.	4-9	20 Nov 90	A Problem Too Personal
62.	4-10	27 Nov 90	A Final Arrangement
63.	4-11	04 Dec 90	Family Matters
64.	4-12	11 Dec 90	Bounty Hunter
65.	4-13	18 Dec 90	Blessings
66.	4-14	08 Jan 91	Shine on Sparta Moon
67.	4-15	15 Jan 91	Execution of Trust
68.	4-16	05 Feb 91	Child of Promise
69.	4-17	12 Feb 91	Paper Castles
70.	4-18	19 Feb 91	Laid to Waste
71.	4-19	26 Feb 91	First Deadly Sin
72.	4-20	19 Mar 91	Just a Country Boy
73.	4-21	26 Mar 91	No Other Road
74.	4-22	30 Apr 91	A Turning

Season 5

75.	5-1	01 Oct 91	A Woman Much Admired
76.	5-2	08 Oct 91	Baby for Sale
77.	5-3	22 Oct 91	Obsession
78.	5-4	29 Oct 91	Liar's Poker
79.	5-5	05 Nov 91	Ruda's Awakening
80.	5-6	12 Nov 91	Unfinished Business
81.	5-7	19 Nov 91	The More Things Change
82.	5-8	26 Nov 91	Sweet, Sweet Blues
83.	5-9	03 Dec 91	Sparta Gold
84.	5-10	10 Dec 91	An Eye for an Eye
85.	5-11	17 Dec 91	The Littlest Victim
86.	5-12	07 Jan 92	The Landlord
87.	5-13	14 Jan 92	Fool for Love
88.	5-14	04 Feb 92	Love, Honor and Obey
89.	5-15	11 Feb 92	Odessa
90.	5-16	18 Feb 92	A Time to Trust
91.	5-17	25 Feb 92	By Means Most Foul
92.	5-18	03 Mar 92	Trundel's Will Be Done
93.	5-19	31 Mar 92	Moseley's Lot
94.	5-20	07 Apr 92	Family Reunion
95.	5-21	12 May 92	Sanctuary
96.	5-22	19 May 92	The Law on Trial

Season 6

97.	6-1	28 Oct 92	A Small War (1)
98.	6-2	04 Nov 92	A Small War (2)
99.	6-3	11 Nov 92	Brother's Keeper
100.	6-4	18 Nov 92	A Frenzied Affair
101.	6-5	18 Nov 92	Discovery
102.	6-6	25 Nov 92	Random's Child
103.	6-7	02 Dec 92	An Occupational Hazard
104.	6-8	09 Dec 92	Last Rights
105.	6-9	16 Dec 92	When the Music Stopped
106.	6-10	06 Jan 93	Flowers from a Lady
107.	6-11	13 Jan 93	Private Sessions
108.	6-12	20 Jan 93	Judgement Day
109.	6-13	03 Feb 93	Falsely Accused
110.	6-14	10 Feb 93	A Step Removed
111.	6-15	17 Feb 93	A Deadly Affection
112.	6-16	03 Mar 93	The Leftover Man (1)
113.	6-17	03 Mar 93	The Leftover Man (2)
114.	6-18	17 Mar 93	A Dish Best Served Cold
115.	6-19	24 Mar 93	Legacy
116.	6-20	28 Apr 93	Even Nice People
117.	6-21	05 May 93	Lake Winahatchie
118.	6-22	12 May 93	A Correct Settling

Season 7

119.	7-1	16 Sep 93	Child's Play
120.	7-2	18 Sep 93	Hatton's Turn (1)
121.	7-3	18 Sep 93	Hatton's Turn (2)
122.	7-4	23 Sep 93	A Depraved Heart
123.	7-5	30 Sep 93	Incident at Brewer's Pond
124.	7-6	14 Oct 93	A Love Lost
125.	7-7	28 Oct 93	Singin' the Blues
126.	7-8	04 Nov 93	Virgil Tibbs, Attorney at Law
127.	7-9	10 Nov 93	Every Man's Family
128.	7-10	25 Nov 93	A Baby Called Rocket
129.	7-11	09 Dec 93	Little Girl Lost
130.	7-12	16 Dec 93	Your Own Kind
131.	7-13	06 Jan 94	Good Cop, Bad Cop
132.	7-14	12 Jan 94	Maybelle Returns
133.	7-15	19 Jan 94	The Last Round
134.	7-16	26 Jan 94	Ches and the Grand Lady
135.	7-17	02 Feb 94	Conspiracy of One
136.	7-18	09 Feb 94	The Rabbi
137.	7-19	09 Mar 94	Hard Choices
138.	7-20	16 Mar 94	Time's Long Shadow
139.	7-21	30 Mar 94	Poor Relations
140.	7-22	04 May 94	Dangerous Engagement
141.	7-23	11 May 94	Give Me Your Life (1)
142.	7-24	11 May 94	Give Me Your Life (2)

Season 8

143.	8-1	21 Oct 94	A Matter of Justice
144.	8-2	09 Dec 94	Who Was Geli Bendl ?
145.	8-3	17 Feb 95	By Duty Bound
146.	8-4	16 May 95	Grow Old Along with Me

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