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In the Heat of the Night is an American television series based on the motion picture and novel of the same name starring Carroll O´Connor as the white police chief William Gillespie, and Howard Rollins as the African-American police detective Virgil Tibbs. It was broadcast on NBC from 1988 until 1992, and then on CBS until 1995. Its executive producers were Fred Silverman, Juanita Bartlett and Carroll O´Connor. TGG Direct released the first season of the series to DVD on August 28, 2012.