
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. As Bill tries to solve crimes and catch criminals, aided by his capable investigator Virgil Tibbs and police lieutenant Bubba Skinner, he must navigate tricky small-town politics. A tense drama about the navigation through tricky small-town politics where racial tensions run high. Bill Gillespie is a police chief in a small town in the American South, and later becomes sheriff of the county.

























