Night Court
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Genre | Sitcom |
Created by | Reinhold Weege |
Starring | |
Opening theme | Jack Elliott |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 9 |
No. of episodes | 193 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers |
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Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 23–24 minutes |
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Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | January 4, 1984 May 31, 1992 | –
Related | |
Night Court (2023 TV series) |
Night Court is an American television
Cast
Main
- Harry Anderson as Judge Harold "Harry" T. Stone
- Karen Austin as Lana Wagner (season 1)
- Gail Strickland as public defender Sheila Gardner (pilot episode only)
- John Larroquette as Reinhold Daniel Fielding Elmore
- Paula Kelly as Liz Williams (season 1)
- Richard Moll as Nostradamus "Bull" Shannon
- Selma Diamond as Selma Hacker (seasons 1–2)
- Ellen Foley as Billie Young (season 2)
- Charles Robinsonas Macintosh "Mac" Robinson (seasons 2–9)
- Markie Post as Christine Sullivan (seasons 2–9)
- Florence Halop as Florence "Flo" Kleiner (née Nightingale) (season 3)
- Marsha Warfield as Rosalind "Roz" Russell (seasons 4–9)
Recurring
- Mike Finneran, as Art Fensterman
- Martin Garner, as Bernie (seasons 1–3)
- Terry Kiser, as Al Craven (seasons 1–2)
- Jason Bernard, as Judge Willard
- Rita Taggart, as Carla Bouvier (seasons 1–2)
- Denice Kumagai, as Quon Le Duc Robinson, Mac's shopaholic wife (seasons 2–9)
- John Astin, as Buddy Ryan (seasons 3–9)
- Mel Tormé, as himself
- William Utay, as Phil Sanders
- Brent Spiner and Annie O'Donnell as Bob and June Wheeler
- Leslie Bevis, as Sheila
- Yakov Smirnoff, as Russian immigrant Yakov Korolenko
- Eugene Roche, as Jack Sullivan
- Daniel Frishman as Vincent Daniels, Dan's tyrrannical dwarf boss
- Bumper Robinson, as Leon
- Ray Abruzzo, as Tony Giuliano (seasons 7-8)
- Mary Cadorette, as Margaret Turner
- S. Marc Jordan, as Jack Griffin (seasons 8–9)
- Joleen Lutz, as Lisette Hocheiser (seasons 8–9), the ditzy court stenographer
- Gilbert Gottfried, as Oscar Brown (season 9)
- Florence Stanley, as Judge Margaret Wilbur
Theme music
Every episode of Night Court opens (after a
Night Court's theme was used in the season-5 Family Guy episode "Bill & Peter's Bogus Journey", featuring animations of former US President Bill Clinton playing saxophone along with Secret Service musicians playing backup.
Night Court's theme was sampled for the remix to
Following the end credits theme music, a distinctive laugh can be heard dubbed over the vanity logo displaying producer Reinhold Weege's "Starry Night Productions".[1] This same laugh can be heard coming from the studio audience throughout numerous seasons of Night Court. At first it was thought to be the canned laugh of voice actor Mel Blanc or even star Harry Anderson; but in fact, it was the laugh of Chuck Weege, Reinhold's father, who attended nearly all of the tapings in person (until Reinhold left the show after the sixth season).[citation needed]
Episodes
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Rank | Rating | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||||
1 | 13 | January 4, 1984 | May 31, 1984 | 41 | 12.7 | |
2 | 22 | September 27, 1984 | May 9, 1985 | 20 | 17.6 | |
3 | 22 | September 26, 1985 | May 8, 1986 | 11 | 20.9 | |
4 | 22 | October 2, 1986 | May 6, 1987 | 7 | 23.2 | |
5 | 22 | September 17, 1987 | May 12, 1988 | 7 | 20.8 | |
6 | 22 | October 26, 1988 | May 3, 1989 | 21 | 16.9 | |
7 | 24 | September 27, 1989 | May 2, 1990 | 28 | 14.5[a] | |
8 | 24 | September 28, 1990 | May 8, 1991 | 50 | 11.5 | |
9 | 22 | September 18, 1991 | May 31, 1992 | 46 | 12.0 |
Awards and honors
Night Court received a number of awards and nominations. Both Selma Diamond (in 1985) and John Larroquette (in 1988) earned
American Comedy Awards | ||||
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Year | Category / Episode | Recipient / Nominee | Results | Ref |
1990 | Funniest Supporting Male Performer in a Television Series | John Larroquette | Nominated | [2] |
Casting Society of America | ||||
Year | Category / Episode | Recipient / Nominee | Results | Ref |
1985 | Best Casting for TV, Comedy Episodic | Eileen Mack Knight | Nominated | [3] |
1986 | Gilda Stratton | Won | [4] | |
1987 | Harriet B. Helberg | Nominated | [5] | |
Creative Arts Emmy Awards
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Year | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref |
1984 | Outstanding Costumes in a Series ("Welcome Back, Mam") | Barbara Murphy | Nominated | [6] |
Outstanding Light for a Series ("Bull's Baby") | John Appleroth | Nominated | ||
1985 | Outstanding Light for a Series ("Billie's Valentine") | John Appleroth | Nominated | |
Outstanding Light for a Series ("Bull Gets a Kid") | Mark Buxbaum | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Videotape Editing for a Series ("The Blizzard") | Jerry Davis | Nominated | ||
1986 | Outstanding Costumes in a Series ("Halloween, Too") | Dan Frank, Molly Harris Campbell |
Nominated | |
Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Series ("Hurricane")
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Jerry Davis | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Lighting for a Series ("Leon We Hardly Knew Ye") | George Spiro Dibie | Nominated | ||
1987 | Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Series ("Her Honor – Part 1")
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Jerry Davis | Won | |
Outstanding Costumes in a Series ("A Day in the Life") | Dan Frank, Molly Harris Campbell |
Nominated | ||
1988 | Outstanding Lighting for a Series ("Constitution – Part 2") | George Spiro Dibie | Nominated | |
1989 | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special ("The Last Temptation of Mac") | Klaus Landsberg, Allen Patapoff, Craig Porter | Won | |
Outstanding Technical Direction/Camera/Video for a Series ("Yet Another Day in the Life") | Rocky Danielson, Robert G. Holmes, Leigh V. Nicholson, John Repczynski, Thomas G. Tcimpidis, Jeffrey Wheat | Won | ||
Outstanding Lighting for a Comedy Series ("Danny Got His Gun – Part 3") | Robert Berry | Nominated | ||
1990 | Outstanding Technical Direction/Camera/Video for a Series ("Come Back To the Five and Dime, Stephen King") | Rick Caswell, Rocky Danielson, Robert G. Holmes, Leigh V. Nicholson, Thomas G. Tcimpidis, Jeffrey Wheat | Nominated | |
1991 | Outstanding Lighting for a Comedy Series ("Hey Harry", "F' Cryin' Out Loud", "It's A Wonderful Like..Sorta") | Charles L. Barbee | Nominated | |
1992 | Outstanding Lighting for a Comedy Series ("A Guy Named Phantom – Part 1") | Charles L. Barbee | Nominated | |
Outstanding Technical Direction/Camera/Video for a Series ("A Guy Named Phantom – Part 2") | Robert Bonas, Rick Caswell, Rocky Danielson, Robert G. Holmes, Tom Tcimpidis, Jeffrey Wheat | Nominated | ||
Golden Globe Awards
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Year | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref |
1985 | Best Supporting Actress — Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Selma Diamond | Nominated | [7] |
1988 | Best Supporting Actor — Series, Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television | John Larroquette | Nominated | |
Online Film & Television Association | ||||
Year | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref |
2013 | Television Programs — Hall of Fame | Night Court | Won | [8] |
Primetime Emmy Awards
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Year | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref |
1984 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
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Paula Kelly | Nominated | [6] |
1985 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Night Court | Nominated | |
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
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Harry Anderson | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series ("Dan's Parents or Married Alive")
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John Larroquette | Won | ||
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
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Selma Diamond | Nominated | ||
1986 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
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Harry Anderson | Nominated | |
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series ("Best of Friends")
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John Larroquette | Won | ||
1987 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Night Court | Nominated | |
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
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Harry Anderson | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series ("Dan's Operation")
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John Larroquette | Won | ||
1988 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Night Court | Nominated | |
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series ("No Hard Feelings")
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John Larroquette | Won | ||
Television Critics Association Awards
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Year | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref |
1985 | Outstanding Achievement in Comedy
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Night Court | Nominated | |
Writers Guild of America Award
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Year | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref |
1985 | Episodic Comedy ("Once in Love with Harry") | Reinhold Weege | Nominated | [9] |
1987 | Episodic Comedy ("Best of Friends") | Howard Ostroff | Nominated | [10] |
1988 | Episodic Comedy ("Contempt of Courting") | Tom Straw | Nominated | [11] |
1989 | Episodic Comedy ("No Hard Feelings") | Tom Straw | Nominated | [12] |
Syndication
United States
After its primary run in broadcast syndication, the series aired on
As of March 2023, the series airs on the
Australia
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 Criminal Court) in 1988.[citation needed]
Italy
Italia 1 aired the show as Giudice di notte (Night Judge) from 1986 until 1988.[citation needed]
Spain
TVE aired the show as Juzgado de Guardia (Court on Duty/Call).[citation needed]
New Zealand
The show screened weekly on TVNZ 1 in the 1980s and 1990s, and was rerun in the late 1990s.[citation needed]
Home media
On June 13, 2023, Warner Bros. (through Studio Distribution Services) released Night Court: The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1.[16]
DVD Name | Ep. # | Release Date |
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The Complete First Season[17] | 13 | February 8, 2005 |
The Complete Second Season[18] | 22 | February 3, 2009 |
The Complete Third Season[19] | 22 | February 23, 2010 |
The Complete Fourth Season[20] | 22 | March 1, 2011 (Amazon.com) September 1, 2011 (WBShop.com) |
The Complete Fifth Season[21] | 22 | October 25, 2011 |
The Complete Sixth Season[22] | 22 | June 26, 2012 |
The Complete Seventh Season[23] | 24 | November 6, 2012 |
The Complete Eighth Season[24] | 24 | January 29, 2013 |
The Complete Ninth Season[25] | 22 | June 11, 2013 |
The Complete Series[26] | 193 | June 13, 2023 |
Special releases
DVD Name | Release Date | Ep. # |
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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 finale, "Her Honor"; the fifth-season episodes "Death of a Bailiff" and "Who Was That Mashed Man?"; and the sixth-season episode "Fire", which marked the beginning of Harry's relationship with Christine.
Harry Anderson, Markie Post, and Charles Robinson appeared in the 30 Rock episode, "The One with the Cast of Night Court". John Larroquette is also mentioned; Harry says he had just spoken to John, which annoys Markie (who has not had recent contact with her absent former co-star) and begins an argument between them that lasts for most of the story.
Sequel series
In December 2020, NBC announced it was working on a sequel series to Night Court. The show will be executive produced by
Notes
- ^ Tied with The Simpsons and Doogie Howser, M.D..
References
- ^ Night Court. End Credit Theme. TRshow. "Starry Night Productions".
- ^ "American Comedy Awards, USA (1990)". IMDb. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
- ^ "1985 Artios Awards". www.castingsociety.com. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
- ^ "1986 Artios Awards". www.castingsociety.com. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
- ^ "1987 Artios Awards". www.castingsociety.com. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
- ^ a b "NIGHT COURT". Television Academy. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
- ^ "Night Court". www.goldenglobes.com. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
- ^ "Online Film & Television Association (2013)". IMDb. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1985)". IMDb. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1987)". IMDb. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1988)". IMDb. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1989)". IMDb. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
- ^ Night Court is Back in Session: LAFF - The Nation's First Comedy-Driven Broadcast Television Network - To Add Popular Series on Jan 4, 2016 - PR Newswire.com
- ^ Weigel Broadcasting‘s Decades Network Will Flip to Sitcom-Centric ‘Catchy Comedy’ in March, Led by Original ‘Night Court’ - Variety.com
- ^ "Night Court DVD news: Announcement for Night Court – The Complete 9th Season". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on June 13, 2013.
- ^ Night Court: The Complete Series
- ^ "Night Court: The Complete First Season". DVDEmpire.
- ^ "Night Court: The Complete Second Season". DVDEmpire.
- ^ "Night Court: The Complete Third Season". DVDEmpire.
- ^ "Night Court: The Complete Fourth Season". www.WBShop.com.
- ^ "Night Court: The Complete Fifth Season". www.WBShop.com.
- ^ "Night Court: The Complete Sixth Season". www.WBShop.com.
- ^ "Night Court: The Complete Seventh Season". www.WBShop.com.
- ^ "Night Court: The Complete Eighth Season (MOD) |". www.WBShop.com. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
- ^ "Night Court: The Complete Ninth Season (MOD) |". www.WBShop.com. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
- ^ "Night Court: The Complete Ninth Season (MOD) |". www.amazon.com. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (December 16, 2020). "'Night Court' Sequel In Works At NBC With John Larroquette As Dan Fielding, Harry Stone's Daughter As Focus & Melissa Rauch As EP". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (April 30, 2021). "'Night Court': EP Melissa Rauch Set To Star With John Larroquette In Sequel At NBC". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (May 3, 2021). "'Night Court' Sequel Starring Melissa Rauch & John Larroquette Gets NBC Pilot Order". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (June 8, 2021). "'Night Court': Ana Villafañe Joins NBC Sequel Pilot". Deadline Hollywood.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (June 16, 2021). "'Night Court': Lacretta Joins NBC Sequel Pilot". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (July 7, 2021). "'Night Court': Kapil Talwalkar Joins NBC Sequel Pilot". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
- ^ White, Peter (September 24, 2021). "'Night Court' Sequel Starring Melissa Rauch & John Larroquette Lands Series Order At NBC". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
- ^ Cordero, Rosy (February 2, 2023). "'Night Court' Renewed For Season 2 At NBC". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
External links
- Night Court at AllMovie
- Night Court at IMDb