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Networks Battle Over 'Heat of the Night'

Television: CBS says it will present the show next season as six two-hour movies and has an option to renew it as a weekly series. Maybe not, says NBC, which airs the series.

Rick Du Brow | Los Angeles Times - February 20, 1992

The best plot of the season for NBC's "In the Heat of the Night" is suddenly developing--behind the scenes.

In a bizarre twist, CBS made it official late Tuesday that it is swiping the successful police show, starring Carroll O'Connor and Howard Rollins, from NBC starting next season.

No question about it, CBS made clear in its formal announcement, saying it would present the show as six two-hour movies--and that it has an option to renew it as a weekly series.

David Gerber, chairman of the MGM Worldwide Television Group, which produces the series, chimes in that it's a done deal--no question.

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