In the Heat of the Night

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Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 6, 1988
Season #: 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
42

Mixed or average reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4
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  1. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Tom Shales
    Apr 22, 2014
    80
    Benefits incalculably from the presence of Carroll O'Connor and Howard Rollins in the lead roles -- a stubborn old Southern sheriff and the young black professional dispatched to assist him...[It is] pedestrian as murder mysteries go, but what sustains interest are the clashes and the growing camaraderie of the two men. [5 Mar 1988, p.B1]
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