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Night Court

{{short description|American television sitcom (1984–1992)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}}

{{about|the original 1984–1992 run|the 2023 revival|Night Court (2023 TV series){{!}}Night Court (2023 TV series)}}

{{Infobox television

| image = Night Court title screen.jpg

| genre = Sitcom

| creator = Reinhold Weege

| showrunner = {{Plainlist|

  • Reinhold Weege {{small|(seasons 1-6)}}
  • Gary Murphy
  • Larry Strawther {{small|(both; season 7)}}
  • Chris Cluess
  • Stu Kreisman {{small|(both; seasons 8-9)}}

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| starring =

{{Plain list|

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| opentheme = Jack Elliott

| country = United States

| language = English

| num_seasons = 9

| num_episodes = 193

| list_episodes = List of Night Court episodes

| executive_producer = {{Plain list|

  • Reinhold Weege
  • Larry Strawther
  • Gary Murphy
  • Chris Cluess
  • Stu Kreisman

}}

| producer = {{Plain list|

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| camera = Videotape; Multi-camera

| runtime = 23–24 minutes

| company = {{Plain list|

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| network = NBC

| first_aired = {{start date|1984|1|4}}

| last_aired = {{end date|1992|5|31}}

| related = Night Court (2023 TV series)

}}

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.

Cast

=Main=

=Recurring=

  • Mike Finneran, as building superintendent/repairman Art Fensterman
  • Martin Garner, as newsstand owner Bernie (seasons 1–3)
  • Terry Kiser, as tabloid courtroom reporter Al Craven (seasons 1–2)
  • Jason Bernard, as Judge Willard
  • Rita Taggart, as prostitute/frequent defendant Carla Bouvier (seasons 1–2)
  • Denice Kumagai, as Mac's wife Quon Le Duc Robinson (seasons 2–9)
  • John Astin, as Harry's step (later revealed to be birth) father Buddy Ryan (seasons 3–9)
  • Mel Tormé, as himself
  • William Utay, as vagrant/Dan's errand boy Phil Sanders (seasons 3–7), and Phil's corrupt twin brother Will (seasons 8–9 after the character of Phil was killed off)
  • Brent Spiner and Annie O'Donnell as frequent defendants Bob and June Wheeler
  • Leslie Bevis, as Dan's periodic lover Sheila
  • Yakov Smirnoff, as 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 Leon (season 5)
  • Ray Abruzzo, as NYPD detective/Christine's husband Tony Giuliano (seasons 7–8)
  • Mary Cadorette, as reporter/Harry's girlfriend Margaret Turner (season 8)
  • S. Marc Jordan, as newsstand owner Jack Griffin (seasons 8–9)
  • Joleen Lutz, as court stenographer Lisette Hocheiser (seasons 8–9)
  • Gilbert Gottfried, as prosecutor Oscar Brown (season 9)
  • Florence Stanley, as Judge Margaret Wilbur

Casting

Selma Diamond died from lung cancer after the second season. Florence Halop was hired to replace Diamond as the new bailiff, but she was also a heavy smoker and similarly developed lung cancer and died after she recorded season three. She was replaced by Marsha Warfield, who played bailiff Roz Russell until the series ended in 1992.{{cite book| last=Littleton| first=Darryl| title=Black Comedians on Black Comedy: How African-Americans Taught Us to Laugh| url=https://archive.org/details/blackcomedianson00litt/page/236/mode/2up?q=halop| publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation| year=2008| page=237| isbn=978-1-55783-680-9}}

In 1984, Shelley Hack from Charlie's Angels was hired to replace Paula Kelly and portray new public defender Christine Sullivan—who was going to be romantically involved with Judge Harry Stone (Harry Anderson). But during rehearsals, Hack and producer Reinhold Weege realized there was a problem. "What happened was the role was changed, Instead of being a funny lady, as she was in the reading, they had changed her into a straight woman. It wasn't working, The concept just didn't work and that's what I told them...What's the point if it's not working?" Hack and the producer mutually and amicably agreed she would not continue with the series.  Ellen Foley was brought in for season two as a new character, public defender Billie Young. For episode 2 of season 2 (as a guest, in what was meant to be the season 2 premiere)–and from season 3 onwards (as a regular cast member)—Markie Post was hired to portray Christine Sullivan.

Theme music

Every episode of Night Court opens (after a cold open) and closes with a jazz-influenced, bass-heavy theme tune composed by Jack Elliott, featuring Ernie Watts on saxophone while featuring video footage of prominent New York City landmarks such as the Brooklyn Bridge and the New York County Courthouse.

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 Cam'Ron's 1998 single "Horse & Carriage". It was produced by Darrell "Digga" Branch and featured Big Pun, Charli Baltimore, Wyclef Jean, and Silkk the Shocker.

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".[https://trshow.info/watch/OUIBfXaHBZM/starry-night-productions-warner-bros-television.html Night Court. End Credit Theme. TRshow. "Starry Night Productions".] 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|date=December 2022}}

Episodes

{{Main|List of Night Court episodes}}

{{:List of Night Court episodes}}

Awards and honors

Night Court received a number of awards and 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 an Emmy after the first season. Larroquette won four consecutive Emmys for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series from 1985 to 1988, before he withdrew his name from the ballot in 1989. Selma Diamond was nominated in 1985, and Anderson received three nominations in 1985, 1986, and 1987. The series received three nominations for Outstanding Comedy Series in 1985, 1987, and 1988. The series also received many awards and nominations in the areas of lighting, editing, sound mixing, and technical direction. The show was nominated for 31 Emmys, winning seven.

class="wikitable"

! colspan="5" |American Comedy Awards

Year

!Category / Episode

!Recipient / Nominee

!Results

!Ref

1990

|Funniest Supporting Male Performer in a Television Series

|John Larroquette

|{{Nominated}}

| align="center" |{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000019/1990/1/|title=American Comedy Awards, USA (1990)|website=IMDb|access-date=2018-04-05}}

colspan="5" |Casting Society of America
Year

!Category / Episode

!Recipient / Nominee

!Results

!Ref

1985

| rowspan="3" |Best Casting for TV, Comedy Episodic

|Eileen Mack Knight

|{{Nominated}}

| align="center" |{{Cite web|title=1985 Artios Awards|url=https://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/1985|access-date=2020-10-23|website=www.castingsociety.com|language=en}}

1986

|Gilda Stratton

|{{Won}}

| align="center" |{{Cite web|title=1986 Artios Awards|url=https://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/1986|access-date=2020-10-23|website=www.castingsociety.com|language=en}}

1987

|Harriet B. Helberg

|{{Nominated}}

| align="center" |{{Cite web|title=1987 Artios Awards|url=https://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/1987|access-date=2020-10-23|website=www.castingsociety.com|language=en}}

colspan="5" |Creative Arts Emmy Awards
Year

!Category

!Recipient

!Result

!Ref

rowspan="2" |1984

|Outstanding Costumes in a Series ("Welcome Back, Mam")

|Barbara Murphy

|{{Nominated}}

| rowspan="18" align="center" |{{Cite web|title=NIGHT COURT|url=https://www.emmys.com/shows/night-court|access-date=2020-10-23|website=Television Academy|language=en}}

Outstanding Lighting for a Series ("Bull's Baby")

|John Appleroth

|{{Nominated}}

rowspan="3" |1985

|Outstanding Lighting for a Series ("Billie's Valentine")

|John Appleroth

|{{Nominated}}

Outstanding Lighting for a Series ("Bull Gets a Kid")

|Mark Buxbaum

|{{Nominated}}

Outstanding Videotape Editing for a Series ("The Blizzard")

|Jerry Davis

|{{Nominated}}

rowspan="3" |1986

|Outstanding Costumes in a Series ("Halloween, Too")

|Dan Frank,
Molly Harris Campbell

|{{Nominated}}

Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Series ("Hurricane")

|Jerry Davis

|{{Nominated}}

Outstanding Lighting for a Series ("Leon We Hardly Knew Ye")

|George Spiro Dibie

|{{Nominated}}

rowspan="2" |1987

|Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Series ("Her Honor – Part 1")

|Jerry Davis

|{{Won}}

Outstanding Costumes in a Series ("A Day in the Life")

|Dan Frank,
Molly Harris Campbell

|{{Nominated}}

1988Outstanding Lighting for a Series ("Constitution – Part 2")

|George Spiro Dibie

|{{Nominated}}

rowspan="3" |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}}

rowspan="2" |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}}

colspan="5" |Golden Globe Awards
Year

!Category

!Recipient

!Result

!Ref

1985

|Best Supporting Actress — Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

|Selma Diamond

|{{Nominated}}

| rowspan="2" align="center" |{{Cite web|title=Night Court|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/tv-show/night-court|access-date=2020-10-23|website=www.goldenglobes.com|language=en}}

1988

|Best Supporting Actor — Series, Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television

|John Larroquette

|{{Nominated}}

colspan="5" |Online Film & Television Association
Year

!Category

!Recipient

!Result

!Ref

2013

|Television Programs — Hall of Fame

|Night Court

|{{Won}}

| align="center" |{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0002704/2013/1/|title=Online Film & Television Association (2013)|website=IMDb|access-date=2018-04-05}}

colspan="5" |Primetime Emmy Awards
Year

!Category

!Recipient

!Result

!Ref

1984

|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

|Paula Kelly

|{{Nominated}}

| rowspan="11" align="center" |

rowspan="4" |1985

|Outstanding Comedy Series

|Night Court

|{{Nominated}}

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

|Harry Anderson

|{{Nominated}}

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series ("Dan's Parents or Married Alive")

|John Larroquette

|{{Won}}

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

|Selma Diamond

|{{Nominated}}

rowspan="2" |1986

|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

|Harry Anderson

|{{Nominated}}

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series ("Best of Friends")

|John Larroquette

|{{Won}}

rowspan="3" |1987

|Outstanding Comedy Series

|Night Court

|{{Nominated}}

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

|Harry Anderson

|{{Nominated}}

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series ("Dan's Operation")

|John Larroquette

|{{Won}}

rowspan="2" |1988

|Outstanding Comedy Series

|Night Court

|{{Nominated}}

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series ("No Hard Feelings")

|John Larroquette

|{{Won}}

colspan="5" |Television Critics Association Awards
Year

!Category

!Recipient

!Result

!Ref

1985

|Outstanding Achievement in Comedy

|Night Court

|{{Nominated}}

|

colspan="5" |Writers Guild of America Award
Year

!Category

!Recipient

!Result

!Ref

1985

|Episodic Comedy ("Once in Love with Harry")

|Reinhold Weege

|{{Nominated}}

| align="center" |{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000710/1985/1/|title=Writers Guild of America, USA (1985)|website=IMDb|access-date=2018-04-05}}

1987

|Episodic Comedy ("Best of Friends")

|Howard Ostroff

|{{Nominated}}

| align="center" |{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000710/1987/1/|title=Writers Guild of America, USA (1987)|website=IMDb|access-date=2018-04-05}}

1988

|Episodic Comedy ("Contempt of Courting")

|Tom Straw

|{{Nominated}}

| align="center" |{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000710/1988/1/|title=Writers Guild of America, USA (1988)|website=IMDb|access-date=2018-04-05}}

1989

|Episodic Comedy ("No Hard Feelings")

|Tom Straw

|{{Nominated}}

| align="center" |{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000710/1989/1/|title=Writers Guild of America, USA (1989)|website=IMDb|access-date=2018-04-05}}

Syndication

=United States=

After its primary run in broadcast syndication, the series aired on A&E Network for many years. It then aired on TV Land from 2005 to 2008, then began airing on Encore Classic on December 2, 2013. From 2016 to 2022, the show aired on Laff.[https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/night-court-is-back-in-session-laff---the-nations-first-comedy-driven-broadcast-television-network---to-add-popular-series-on-jan-4-2016-300197878.html 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]

As of March 2023, the series airs on the Weigel Broadcasting owned Catchy Comedy network weeknights.[https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/decades-network-catchy-comedy-night-court-1235521267/ Weigel Broadcasting‘s Decades Network Will Flip to Sitcom-Centric ‘Catchy Comedy’ in March, Led by Original ‘Night Court’ - Variety.com] The series was also the subject of Catchy Comedy's inaugural weekend "Catchy Binge" on April 1–2, 2023. Since June 2024, it is now also broadcast on IFC,{{Cite web |title=TV Schedule Lineup {{!}} Listing of Shows & Movies for Today {{!}} IFC |url=https://www.ifc.com/schedule/ |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=www.ifc.com |language=en}} usually airing in marathons on Mondays and Tuesdays, and sometimes an episode or two is shown in the early mornings on weekends.

=Australia=

Network Ten first broadcast the series in the 1980s and 1990s. 7TWO began showing reruns in June 2011. Reruns are currently being shown on Foxtel Comedy Channel. {{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}

=Canada=

Aired weekdays on both Comedy Gold and JoyTV.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}

=Germany=

Sat.1 aired the series as Harry's wundersames Strafgericht (Harry's Miraculous Criminal Court) in 1988.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023|reason=Possible circular reference via wikilink?}}

=Italy=

Italia 1 aired the show as Giudice di notte (Night Judge) from 1986 until 1988.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023|reason=Possible circular reference via wikilink?}}

=Spain=

TVE aired the show as Juzgado de Guardia (Court on Duty/Call).{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}

=New Zealand=

The show screened weekly on TVNZ 1 in the 1980s and 1990s, and was rerun in the late 1990s.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}

Home media

Warner Home Video released the first three seasons on DVD in Region 1. Seasons 4–9 were released as Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) DVDs as part of the Warner Archive Collection.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Night-Court-Season-9/18565|title=Night Court DVD news: Announcement for Night Court – The Complete 9th Season|website=TVShowsOnDVD.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613024212/http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Night-Court-Season-9/18565|archive-date=June 13, 2013|df=mdy-all}}

On June 13, 2023, Warner Bros. (through Studio Distribution Services) released Night Court: The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1.[https://www.amazon.com/Night-Court-Complete-Harry-Anderson/dp/B0C3HZ67YD Night Court: The Complete Series]

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DVD NameEp. #Release Date
The Complete First Season{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=644872|title=Night Court: The Complete First Season|work=DVDEmpire}}style="text-align:center;"|13February 8, 2005
The Complete Second Season{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=1431625|title=Night Court: The Complete Second Season|work=DVDEmpire}}style="text-align:Center;"|22February 3, 2009
The Complete Third Season{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=1504224|title=Night Court: The Complete Third Season|work=DVDEmpire}}style="text-align:Center;"|22February 23, 2010
The Complete Fourth Season{{cite web|url=http://www.wbshop.com/product/night+court+the+complete+fourth+season+1000180162.do|title=Night Court: The Complete Fourth Season|work=www.WBShop.com}}style="text-align:Center;"|22March 1, 2011 (Amazon.com)
September 1, 2011 (WBShop.com)
The Complete Fifth Season{{cite web|url=http://www.wbshop.com/product/night+court+the+complete+fifth+season+1000249050.do|title=Night Court: The Complete Fifth Season|work=www.WBShop.com}}style="text-align:Center;"|22October 25, 2011
The Complete Sixth Season{{cite web|url=http://www.wbshop.com/product/code/1000312598.do|title=Night Court: The Complete Sixth Season|work=www.WBShop.com}}style="text-align:Center;"|22June 26, 2012
The Complete Seventh Season{{cite web|url=http://www.wbshop.com/product/code/1000363855.do|title=Night Court: The Complete Seventh Season|work=www.WBShop.com}}style="text-align:Center;"|24November 6, 2012
The Complete Eighth Season{{Cite web|title = Night Court: The Complete Eighth Season (MOD) {{!}}|url = http://www.wbshop.com/product/night+court-+the+complete+eighth+season+%2528mod%2529+1000380233.do?sortby=ourPicks&refType=&from=Search|website = www.WBShop.com|access-date = 2015-09-02}}style="text-align:Center;"|24January 29, 2013
The Complete Ninth Season{{Cite web|title = Night Court: The Complete Ninth Season (MOD) {{!}}|url = http://www.wbshop.com/product/night+court-+the+complete+ninth+season+%2528mod%2529+1000402621.do?green=67353121-BB34-5B9B-AA77-703EC3454298|website = www.WBShop.com|access-date = 2015-09-02}}style="text-align:Center;"|22June 11, 2013
The Complete Series{{Cite web|title = Night Court: The Complete Ninth Season (MOD) {{!}}|url = https://www.amazon.com/Night-Court-Complete-Harry-Anderson/dp/B0C3HZ67YD|website = www.amazon.com|access-date = 2023-06-11}}style="text-align:Center;"|193June 13, 2023

Special releases

class="wikitable"
DVD NameRelease DateEp. #
Television FavoritesFebruary 28, 2006style="text-align:center;"|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

{{Main|Night Court (2023 TV series)}}

In December 2020, NBC announced it was working on a sequel series to Night Court. The show is executive produced by Melissa Rauch and Winston Rauch, with Dan Rubin writing. Larroquette returned as Fielding, while the show's central character—played by Melissa Rauch—is Abby Stone, a judge and the daughter of Harry Stone. The show is produced by Warner Bros. Television Studios for NBC.{{cite web | url = https://deadline.com/2020/12/night-court-sequel-john-larraquette-dan-fielding-harry-stone-daughter-melissa-rauch-nbc-reboot-1234657152/ | title = 'Night Court' Sequel In Works At NBC With John Larroquette As Dan Fielding, Harry Stone's Daughter As Focus & Melissa Rauch As EP | first= Nellie | last = Andreeva | date =December 16, 2020 | access-date = December 16, 2020 | work = Deadline Hollywood }} In April 2021, it was reported that Rauch would also star in the series as Abby Stone.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/04/night-court-melissa-rauch-set-star-john-larroquette-sequel-nbc-pilot-1234748000/|title='Night Court': EP Melissa Rauch Set To Star With John Larroquette In Sequel At NBC|last1=Andreeva|first1=Nellie|date=April 30, 2021|work=Deadline Hollywood|language=en|access-date=April 30, 2021}} In May 2021, it was announced that NBC had given a pilot order to a sequel series.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/05/night-court-reboot-melissa-rauch-john-larroquette-star-nbc-pilot-order-harrys-daughter-dan-1234749310/|title='Night Court' Sequel Starring Melissa Rauch & John Larroquette Gets NBC Pilot Order|last1=Andreeva|first1=Nellie|date=May 3, 2021|work=Deadline Hollywood|language=en|access-date=May 3, 2021}} In June 2021, Ana Villafañe joined the cast for the pilot, portraying an Assistant District Attorney and Lacretta plays a bailiff Donna "Gurgs" Gurganous.{{cite web |title='Night Court': Ana Villafañe Joins NBC Sequel Pilot|url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/night-court-ana-villafane-nbc-sequel-pilot-1234771650/|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=June 8, 2021}}{{cite web |title='Night Court': Lacretta Joins NBC Sequel Pilot|url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/night-court-lacretta-cast-nbc-sequel-pilot-1234776659/|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=June 16, 2021|access-date=June 16, 2021}} In July 2021, Kapil Talwalkar joined the cast for the pilot, playing a court's clerk Neil.{{cite web|title='Night Court': Kapil Talwalkar Joins NBC Sequel Pilot|url=https://deadline.com/2021/07/night-court-kapil-talwalkar-nbc-sequel-pilot-zoeys-extraordinary-playlist-1234787801/|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=July 7, 2021|access-date=July 7, 2021}} In September 2021, it was announced that NBC had given the production a series order.{{cite web|title='Night Court' Sequel Starring Melissa Rauch & John Larroquette Lands Series Order At NBC|url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/night-court-sequel-melissa-rauch-john-larroquette-series-order-nbc-1234843950/|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Peter|last=White|date=September 24, 2021|access-date=September 24, 2021}} In February 2023, it was announced that following the strong reception of the first four episodes, NBC had ordered a full second season of the show.{{cite web|title='Night Court' Renewed For Season 2 At NBC|url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/night-court-renewal-season-2-nbc-1235248275/amp/|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Rosy|last=Cordero|date=February 2, 2023|access-date=February 9, 2023}} A third season of the revival series would then premiere on November 19, 2024.{{cite news|url=https://collider.com/night-court-wendie-malick-season-3-juliannes-background/|title='Night Court's Wendie Malick Teases Season 3 Will Explore Julianne's Background|first=Lade|last=Omotade|publisher=Collider|date=November 20, 2024|accessdate=November 20, 2024}}

Notes

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References

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External links

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