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Night Court

  • TV-PG
  • 1984–1992
  • 9 seasons
  • Comedy
  • 7.3

Chaos in the Courtroom!

An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.

Episodes

22 episodes
  1. 1Danny Got His Gun (2)

    24 minOct 26, 1988

    Meanwhile, in the arctic rescue scenario, Dan accidentally fires a flare-gun at a small plane signalling to him; the pilot in the plane is injured (both hands broken) and thus cannot perform a critical operation. Because of that, Dan becomes the only person available who can operate on a young Eskimo woman suffering from appendicitis.

  2. 2Danny Got His Gun (3)

    24 minOct 26, 1988

    Meanwhile, Dan is actually alive, stranded with an Eskimo family and pulled into performing surgery: when the only available doctor’s hands are broken, Dan has to step in and perform an appendectomy on one of his rescuers.

  3. 3Fire

    24 minNov 2, 1988

    A fire breaks out in the building so everyone is forced to retreat to the morgue for safety, but this doesn't stop Dan from watching the election results for his race for the state assembly.

  4. 4Harry and the Tramp

    24 minNov 9, 1988

    Harry learns in his courtroom that his date for a big social event is a porno movie star.

  5. 5Educating Rhoda

    24 minNov 16, 1988

    Bull falls for a sweet, but inept bailiff trainee who allows a psychotic prisoner to steal her gun, who promptly makes a date with Dan.

  6. 6The Last Temptation of Mac

    24 minNov 23, 1988

    Christine wears herself out planning a Thanksgiving feast for the courthouse regulars and Mac faces the seduction of an attractive classmate.

  7. 7The Law Club

    24 minNov 30, 1988

    Dan has to choose between Christine and membership in an exclusive law club when his sponsor demands his silence about his plans to seduce her to win a bet.

  8. 8Night Court of the Living Dead

    24 minDec 14, 1988

    An inventor runs away from court to avoid being committed to Bellevue, a man just out of a 20 year coma appears before the bench, and Christine fences with her replacement when a computer error declares her dead.

  9. 9The Night Court Before Christmas

    24 minDec 21, 1988

    Buddy comes to visit Harry for the holidays and Roz is arrested for appropriating a sled full of toys and distributing them to needy children.

  10. 10Mental Giant

    24 minJan 11, 1989

    Bull scores very high on an I.Q. test and is offered a cushy job at a think-tank trying to communicate mentally with test animals.

  11. 11Rock-a-Bye Baby

    24 minJan 18, 1989

    Christine wears herself to a frazzle watching a neighbor's baby while the others monopolize her television watching a lacrosse game.

  12. 12Clip Show (1)

    24 minJan 25, 1989

    A city auditor tries to investigate some of the more bizarre expenses attributed to Harry's court (via flashbacks) but he's interrupted by a clown wielding a gun and threatening to shoot everyone.

  13. 13Clip Show (2)

    24 minJan 25, 1989

    The staff of the night court are coping with a city audit of the court’s finances. The auditor is digging into the oddities of Judge Harry T. Stone’s (Harry Anderson) expense records, and the show uses flashbacks to highlight many of the bizarre, memorable moments from previous episodes.

  14. 14The Trouble is Not in Your Set

    24 minFeb 1, 1989

    A woman who can't tell where her life begins and television ends interrupts the proceedings brandishing a gun and demanding that her husband be released from prison and given a pardon.

  15. 15The Game Show

    24 minFeb 15, 1989

    With Judge Stone out of town, Judge Wilbur fills in.

  16. 16This Old Man

    24 minMar 1, 1989

    Harry and the gang refuse to take Christine and her new beau seriously: he's old enough to be her father.

  17. 17Strange Bedfellows

    24 minMar 8, 1989

    Dan finally meets his opponent for the state assembly seat on election day and sparks fly; Harry gives his cold to Mel Torme in exchange for two concert tickets.

  18. 18From Snoop to Nuts (1)

    24 minMar 15, 1989

    Harry works undercover to get the goods on a mobster and earns a contract on his life when Buddy spills the beans about it and about Harry's real father.

  19. 19From Snoop to Nuts (2)

    24 minMar 22, 1989

    Harry’s longtime friend/father-figure Buddy Ryan (John Astin) inadvertently reveals the sting operation to Cologne, thereby placing Harry and the courthouse staff — and their mission — in serious danger.

  20. 20Pen Pals

    24 minApr 12, 1989

    Roz falls in love with Christine's prison pen pal.

  21. 21Not My Type

    24 minApr 26, 1989

    Christine accepts a date with Art the handyman, then regrets it, meanwhile Mac's children's story is lost in the courthouse computer.

  22. 22Yet Another Day in the Life

    24 minMay 3, 1989

    The gang tries to set another record for cases adjudicated as the building slowly floods, causing prisoners to pile up in the hallways and Dan grinds his teeth to be off by midnight to catch a flight to anywhere.

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Series cast

Harry AndersonHarry T. Stone193 episodes
John LarroquetteDan Fielding193 episodes
Richard MollNostradamus 'Bull' Shannon193 episodes
Charles RobinsonMac Robinson180 episodes
Markie PostChristine Sullivan159 episodes
Marsha WarfieldRosalind 'Roz' Russell136 episodes
Dorothy AndrewsCashier (uncredited)51 episodes
Mike FinneranArt Fensterman37 episodes
William UtayIvan Brewster36 episodes
Selma DiamondSelma Hacker35 episodes
S. Marc JordanJack Griffin24 episodes
Joleen LutzLisette Hocheiser23 episodes
Ellen FoleyBillie Young22 episodes
Florence HalopFlorence Kleiner22 episodes
Denice KumagaiQuon Le Robinson18 episodes
Karen AustinLana Wagner13 episodes
Paula KellyLiz Williams13 episodes
John AstinBuddy Ryan11 episodes

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