In the Heat of the Night: Season 1 (Carroll O'Connor, Alan Autry) - Region 1 DVD

Won Seven Golden Globes and based on the critically acclaimed novel and award winning film, the series takes an honest look at life in the new South. Bill Gillespie (Carroll O'Connor), a southern white, small-town sheriff and a black detective put their racial animosity aside to solve crimes in a Mississippi hamlet. A tense drama about the navigation through tricky small-town politics where racial tensions run high.