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Rick Du Brow | Los Angeles Times - December 13, 1989
Howard Rollins, co-star of the NBC police series "In the Heat of the Night," has missed three episodes of the show because of health problems and MGM-TV is allowing him to decide his future with the show, according to studio representatives.
Rollins, who stars with Carroll O'Connor in the one-hour series, is back home in Covington, Ga., where the show is filmed, after admitting himself to a rehabilitation center, said David Gerber, president of MGM-TV, which produces the show for NBC.
One month ago, Rollins was hospitalized after suffering chest pains on the set of the series, but was released in good condition three days later.
"The decision about whether he comes back is up to him," Gerber said. "If he feels he can come back under the schedule, which is six days a week and sometimes more than 12 hours a day, he'll always be welcome. Or he may want more time out.