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Night Court (1984)

Night Court poster
Genre
sitcom
Country
United States
Length
9 seasons, 193 episodes
Rated
TV-PG
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 142 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young and eccentric judge runs the night shift of a Manhattan criminal court. He presides over a rotating cast of quirky defendants and works with a small team of equally unusual court staff.

lightheartedwittyquirkyupbeatcomicoffbeatwarmfast-paced

What happens

Night Court is an American television sitcom that premiered on NBC on January 4, 1984, and ended on May 31, 1992, after nine seasons consisting of 193 episodes. The show is set in the night shift of a Manhattan Criminal Court presided over by a young, unorthodox judge, Harold "Harry" T. Stone (portrayed by Harry Anderson), and was created by comedy writer Reinhold Weege, who had previously worked on Barney Miller in the 1970s and early 1980s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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