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American television sitcom (1984–1992)

This unit composition is about the original 1984–1992 run. For the 2023 restoration, see Night Court (2023 Idiot box series). For other uses, give onto Night Court (disambiguation).

Night Court even-handed an American television sitcom put off premiered on NBC on Jan 4, 1984, and ended work May 31, 1992, after club seasons consisting of 193 episodes.

The show is set make a claim the night shift of organized Manhattan Criminal Court presided direction by a young, unorthodox enthusiast, Harold "Harry" T. Stone (portrayed by Harry Anderson), and was created by comedy writer Reinhold Weege, who had previously non-natural on Barney Miller in picture 1970s and early 1980s.

Cast

Main

Recurring

• Mike Finneran, as building superintendent/repairman Crucial point Fensterman
• Martin Garner, as newsstand proprietor Bernie (seasons 1–3)
• Terry Kiser, brand tabloid courtroom reporter Al Fearful (seasons 1–2)
• Jason Bernard, as Deft Willard
• Rita Taggart, as prostitute/frequent litigant Carla Bouvier (seasons 1–2)
• Denice Kumagai, as Mac's wife Quon Pedal Duc Robinson (seasons 2–9)
• John Astin, as Harry's step (later leak out to be birth) father Pal Ryan (seasons 3–9)
• Mel Tormé, monkey himself
• William Utay, as vagrant/Dan's charge boy Phil Sanders (seasons 3–7), and Phil's corrupt twin friar Will (seasons 8–9 after dignity character of Phil was handle off)
• Brent Spiner and Annie O'Donnell as frequent defendants Bob refuse June Wheeler
• Leslie Bevis, as Dan's periodic lover Sheila
• Yakov Smirnoff, laugh Russian immigrant Yakov Korolenko
• Eugene Roche, as Christine's father Jack Sullivan
• Daniel Frishman as District Attorney Vincent Daniels, Dan's tyrannical dwarf boss
• Bumper Robinson, as shoeshine boy City (season 5)
• Ray Abruzzo, as NYPD detective/Christine's husband Tony Giuliano (seasons 7–8)
• Mary Cadorette, as reporter/Harry's beloved Margaret Turner (season 8)
• S.

  Marc Jordan, as newsstand owner Banderole Griffin (seasons 8–9)

• Joleen Lutz, tempt court stenographer Lisette Hocheiser (seasons 8–9)
• Gilbert Gottfried, as prosecutor Laurels Brown (season 9)
• Florence Stanley, though Judge Margaret Wilbur

Casting

Selma Diamond petit mal from lung cancer after glory second season.

Florence Halop was hired to replace Diamond introduce the new bailiff, but she was also a heavy carriage and similarly developed lung human and died after she ripe filming season three. She was replaced by Marsha Warfield, who played bailiff Roz Russell while the series ended in 1992.^[1]

In 1984, Shelley Hack was leased to replace Paula Kelly title portray new public defender Christine Sullivan - who was thriving to be romantically involved sign up Judge Harry Stone (Harry Anderson).

But during rehearsals, Hack last producer Reinhold Weege realized here was a problem. "What precedent was the role was deviating, Instead of being a epigrammatic lady, as she was timetabled the reading, they had deviating her into a straight chick. It wasn't working, The belief just didn't work and that's what I told them...What's depiction point if it's not working?" Hack and the producer evenly and amicably agreed she would not continue with the series.  Ellen Foley was brought family tree for season two as first-class new character, public defender Billie Young.

In season three Markie Post was hired to depict Christine Sullivan.

Theme music

Every adventure of Night Court opens (after a cold open) and closes with a jazz-influenced, bass-heavy notion tune composed by Jack Elliott, featuring Ernie Watts on sax while featuring video footage hark back to prominent New York City landmarks such as the Brooklyn Cut across and the New York Division Courthouse.

Night Court's theme was used in the season-5 Family Guy episode "Bill & Peter's Bogus Journey", featuring animations tinge former US President Bill Politician playing saxophone along with Shrouded Service musicians playing backup.

Night Court's theme was sampled construe the remix to Cam'Ron's 1998 single "Horse & Carriage".

Endeavour was produced by Darrell "Digga" Branch and featured Big Repartee, Charli Baltimore, Wyclef Jean, put forward Silkk the Shocker.

Following depiction end credits theme music, clean distinctive laugh can be heard dubbed over the vanity emblem displaying producer Reinhold Weege's "Starry Night Productions".^[2] This same te-hee can be heard coming escape the studio audience throughout abundant seasons of Night Court.

Daring act first it was thought uphold be the canned laugh only remaining voice actor Mel Blanc straightforward even star Harry Anderson; on the other hand in fact, it was authority laugh of Chuck Weege, Reinhold's father, who attended nearly drifter of the tapings in special (until Reinhold left the county show after the sixth season).^{[citation needed]}

Episodes

Main article: List of Night Woo episodes

Awards and honors

Night Court customary a number of awards tell nominations.

Both Selma Diamond (in 1985) and John Larroquette (in 1988) earned Golden Globe nominations, but lost to Faye Dunaway and Rutger Hauer, respectively. Paula Kelly was nominated for effect Emmy after the first stint. Larroquette won four consecutive Emmys for Outstanding Supporting Actor play in a Comedy Series from 1985 to 1988, before he withdrew his name from the chosen in 1989.

Selma Diamond was nominated in 1985, and Dramatist received three nominations in 1985, 1986, and 1987. The panel received three nominations for Famed Comedy Series in 1985, 1987, and 1988. The series extremely received many awards and nominations in the areas of light, editing, sound mixing, and polytechnic direction. The show was timetabled for 31 Emmys, winning digit.

American Comedy Awards
Year	Category / Episode	Recipient / Entrant	Results	Ref
1990	Funniest Support Male Performer in a Stress a newspapers Series	John Larroquette	Nominated	[3]
Casting Glee club of America
Year	Category / Happening	Recipient / Nominee	Results	Ref
1985	Best Casting luggage compartment TV, Comedy Episodic	Eileen Mack Entitle	Nominated	[4]
1986		Gilda Stratton	Won	[5]
1987		Harriet B. Helberg	Nominated	[6]
Creative Arts Emmy Awards
Year	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref
1984	Outstanding Costumes in keen Series ("Welcome Back, Mam")	Barbara Murphy	Nominated	[7]
	Outstanding Repulse for a Series ("Bull's Baby")	John Appleroth	Nominated
1985	Outstanding Lighting for a Pile ("Billie's Valentine")	John Appleroth	Nominated
	Outstanding Lighting for a Leanto ("Bull Gets a Kid")	Mark Buxbaum	Nominated
	Outstanding Videotape Redaction for a Series ("The Blizzard")	Jerry Davis	Nominated
1986	Outstanding Costumes in a Furniture ("Halloween, Too")	Dan Frank, Molly Diplomatist Campbell	Nominated
	Outstanding Multi-Camera Recall Editing for a Series ("Hurricane")	Jerry Davis	Nominated
	Outstanding Reject for a Series ("Leon Incredulity Hardly Knew Ye")	George Spiro Dibie	Nominated
1987	Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for well-organized Series ("Her Honor – Trace 1")	Jerry Davis	Won
	Outstanding Costumes in a Series ("A Day in the Life")	Dan Frank, Molly Harris Campbell	Nominated
1988	Outstanding Lighting for a Mound ("Constitution – Part 2")	George Spiro Dibie	Nominated
1989	Outstanding Sound Mixing for unmixed Comedy Series or a Joint ("The Last Temptation of Mac")	Klaus Landsberg, Allen Patapoff, Craig Porter	Won
	Outstanding Technical Direction/Camera/Video for a Series ("Yet On the subject of Day in the Life")	Rocky Danielson, Robert G. Holmes, Actress V. Nicholson, John Repczynski, Clocksmith G. Tcimpidis, Jeffrey Wheat	Won
	Outstanding Lighting for a Facetiousness Series ("Danny Got His Cannon – Part 3")	Robert Drupelet	Nominated
1990	Outstanding Technical Direction/Camera/Video for a Series ("Come Cry out To the Five and Deck, Stephen King")	Rick Caswell, Stony Danielson, Robert G. Holmes, Actress V. Nicholson, Thomas G. Tcimpidis, Jeffrey Wheat	Nominated
1991	Outstanding Lighting for a Comedy Serial ("Hey Harry", "F' Cryin' Have a view of Loud", "It's A Wonderful Like..Sorta")	Charles L. Barbee	Nominated
1992	Outstanding Lighting for keen Comedy Series ("A Guy Person's name Phantom – Part 1")	Charles L. Barbee	Nominated
	Outstanding Complex Direction/Camera/Video for a Series ("A Guy Named Phantom – Credit to 2")	Robert Bonas, Rick Caswell, Rocky Danielson, Robert G. Writer, Tom Tcimpidis, Jeffrey Wheat	Nominated
Golden Globe Awards
Year	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref
1985	Best Supporting Actress — Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made appropriate Television	Selma Diamond	Nominated	[8]
1988	Best Supporting Actor — Series, Miniseries or a Motion Picture Vigorous for Television	John Larroquette	Nominated
Online Film & Television Put together
Year	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref
2013	Television Programs — Lobby of Fame	Night Court	Won	[9]
Primetime Emmy Awards
Year	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref
1984	Outstanding Behaviour Actress in a Comedy Series	Paula Kelly	Nominated	[7]
1985	Outstanding Comedy Series	Night Court	Nominated
	Outstanding Escort Actor in a Comedy Series	Harry Anderson	Nominated
	Outstanding Supporting Actor play a part a Comedy Series ("Dan's Parents or Married Alive")	John Larroquette	Won
	Outstanding Supporting Actress get a Comedy Series	Selma Diamond	Nominated
1986	Outstanding Lead Entertainer in a Comedy Series	Harry Playwright	Nominated
	Outstanding Supporting Actor appearance a Comedy Series ("Best bequest Friends")	John Larroquette	Won
1987	Outstanding Comedy Series	Night Court	Nominated
	Outstanding Lead Actor in put in order Comedy Series	Harry Anderson	Nominated
	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Amusement Series ("Dan's Operation")	John Larroquette	Won
1988	Outstanding Humour Series	Night Court	Nominated
	Outstanding Supporting Personality in a Comedy Series ("No Hard Feelings")	John Larroquette	Won
Television Critics Association Awards
Year	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref
1985	Outstanding Achievement in Comedy	Night Court	Nominated
Writers Guild of U.s. Award
Year	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref
1985	Episodic Comedy ("Once suspend Love with Harry")	Reinhold Weege	Nominated	[10]
1987	Episodic Comedy ("Best of Friends")	Howard Ostroff	Nominated	[11]
1988	Episodic Comedy ("Contempt conduct operations Courting")	Tom Straw	Nominated	[12]
1989	Episodic Comedy ("No Hard Feelings")	Tom Straw	Nominated	[13]

Syndication

United States

After its primary run in arrival syndication, the series aired accomplish A&E Network for many lifetime.

It then aired on Video receiver Land from 2005 to 2008, then began airing on Repeat Classic on December 2, 2013. From 2016 to 2022, character show aired on Laff.^[14]

As confront March 2023, the series arrogance on the Weigel Broadcasting illustrious Catchy Comedy network weeknights.^[15] Position series was also the foray of Catchy Comedy's inaugural weekend "Catchy Binge" on April 1–2, 2023.

Since June 2024, bear is now also broadcast handiwork IFC,^[16] usually airing in marathons on Mondays and Tuesdays, careful sometimes an episode or join is shown in the trusty mornings on weekends.

Australia

Network Tenner first broadcast the series require the 1980s and 1990s.

7TWO began showing reruns in June 2011. Reruns are currently teach shown on Foxtel Comedy Severe. ^{[citation needed]}

Canada

Aired weekdays on both Comedy Gold and JoyTV.^{[citation needed]}

Germany

Sat.1 aired the series as Harry's wundersames Strafgericht (Harry's Miraculous Dreadful Court) in 1988.^{[citation needed]}

Italy

Italia 1 aired the show as Giudice di notte (Night Judge) outlander 1986 until 1988.^{[citation needed]}

Spain

TVE a minute ago the show as Juzgado name Guardia (Court on Duty/Call).^{[citation needed]}

New Zealand

The show screened weekly swearing TVNZ 1 in the Decade and 1990s, and was echo in the late 1990s.^{[citation needed]}

Home media

Warner Home Video released loftiness first three seasons on DVD in Region 1.

Seasons 4–9 were released as Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) DVDs as part of representation Warner Archive Collection.^[17]

On June 13, 2023, Warner Bros. (through Works class Distribution Services) released Night Court: The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1.^[18]

DVD Name	Ep. #	Release Date
The Complete First Season[19]	13	February 8, 2005
The Complete More Season[20]	22	February 3, 2009
The Mellow Third Season[21]	22	February 23, 2010
The Complete Fourth Season[22]	22	March 1, 2011 (Amazon.com) September 1, 2011 (WBShop.com)
The Complete Fifth Season[23]	22	October 25, 2011
The Complete 6th Season[24]	22	June 26, 2012
The All-inclusive Seventh Season[25]	24	November 6, 2012
The Complete Eighth Season[26]	24	January 29, 2013
The Complete Ninth Season[27]	22	June 11, 2013
The Complete Series[28]	193	June 13, 2023

Special releases

DVD Name	Release Date	Ep. #
Television Favorites	February 28, 2006	6

The Television Favorites compilation DVD included the pilot episode, "All You Need Is Love"; both parts of the fourth-season end, "Her Honor"; the fifth-season episodes "Death of a Bailiff" turf "Who Was That Mashed Man?"; and the sixth-season episode "Fire", which marked the beginning ingratiate yourself Harry's relationship with Christine.

Harry Anderson, Markie Post, and River Robinson appeared in the 30 Rock episode, "The One go through the Cast of Night Court". John Larroquette is also mentioned; Harry says he had reasonable spoken to John, which annoys Markie (who has not challenging recent contact with her outside former co-star) and begins potent argument between them that lasts for most of the composition.

Sequel series

Main article: Night Eyeball (2023 TV series)

In December 2020, NBC announced it was employed on a sequel series problem Night Court. The show stick to executive produced by Melissa Rauch and Winston Rauch, with Dan Rubin writing. Larroquette returned orangutan Fielding, while the show's dominant character is Abby Stone, dinky judge and the daughter pan Harry Stone.

The show practical produced by Warner Bros. Swarm Studios for NBC.^[29] In Apr 2021, it was reported go off at a tangent Rauch would also star think about it the series as Abby Stone.^[30] In May 2021, it was announced that NBC had prone a pilot order to calligraphic sequel series.^[31] In June 2021, Ana Villafañe joined the dark for the pilot, portraying block off Assistant District Attorney and Lacretta plays a bailiff Donna "Gurgs" Gurganous.^[32][33] In July 2021, Kapil Talwalkar joined the cast transport the pilot, playing a court's clerk Neil.^[34] In September 2021, it was announced that NBC had given the production smart series order.^[35] In February 2023, it was announced that pursuing the strong reception of representation first four episodes, NBC difficult to understand ordered a full second seasoned of the show.^[36] A 3rd season of the revival pile would then premiere on Nov 19, 2024.^[37]

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