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Feb 20, 2023 · However, many of the show's new fans were not even alive when the original series ended, while even those of us who were fans at the time may need a refresher on what exactly happened. Let's...
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Jan 17, 2023 · Watch the Season 3 premiere of Night Court Tuesday, November 19 at 8:30/7:30c on NBC . For those who need a refresher, here's a breakdown of how the original Night Court ended.
Jan 26, 2023 · A whole 16 years after Night Court was canceled, 30 Rock aired the episode titled “The One With The Cast of Night Court,” featuring Markie Post and Harry Anderson themselves to put together a true ending for Night Court.
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.
YearCategory / EpisodeRecipient / NomineeResults1990Nominated1985Eileen Mack KnightNominated1986Gilda StrattonWon1987Harriet B. HelbergNominated- Markie Post Worked on Several Game Shows Before Becoming An Actress
- Michael Richards – Aka Kramer from Seinfeld – appeared Naked on One Episode
- Harry Anderson Was Cast Because of Saturday Night Live
- An Obscure Sci-Fi Movie Was Behind Richard Moll’s Bald Head
- 30 Rock Offered A Conclusion to The Series 16 Years After Its Cancellation
- Two Deaths Gave Rise to Talk of The “Bailiff Curse”
- It Took A Long Time to Settle on An Actress For The Female Lead
- A Throwaway Line Led to A Series of Mel Tormé Cameos
- A Former Gomez Addams Had A Regular Role on The Show
- There’S A Texas Chainsaw Massacre Easter Egg in One Episode
Before landing the role of Christine Sullivan on Night Court, Markie Post worked on several game shows. She started out working as part of the production crew on Tom Kennedy’s version of Split Second. She also worked as an associate producer on TV personality Alex Trebek’s show Double Dare. On top of that, she appeared as a card dealer on NBC’s ver...
Before Michael Richards shot to fame as Kramer from Seinfeld, he made a small appearance in a Night Court episode. In the episode Take My Wife, Please, Richards appears as a man who believes he’s invisible. He ends up going to court after being caught stealing in broad daylight, having thought that no one could see him. At the end of the episode Ri...
Harry Anderson starred as young judge and amateur magician Harry T Stone on Night Court. Anderson was actually a magician in real life. He even had his own show dedicated to magic called Harry Anderson’s Sideshow. He also made seven appearances on Saturday Night Live, where he caught the eye of Jeff Melman. TV producer Melman saw a shot Anderson po...
Richard Moll was cast as gentle giant Aristotle Nostradamus “Bull” Shannon in Night Court back in 1983. When he auditioned for the role, Moll had a shaved head as he’d come fresh from the set of a sci-fi film. The obscure film – called Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn – saw Moll star as ‘Hurok,’ the leader of a group of nomad warriors. Bull...
Night Court ended abruptly after it was cancelled in 1992, leaving many storylines completely unresolved. However, 16 years after the show’s cancellation, the show 30 Rock – set at the TV studios at 30 Rockefeller Plaza – addressed the lack of closure in one episode called The One With The Cast of Night Court. In the episode, cast members including...
Selma Diamond started off in the show as bailiff Selma Hacker before passing away after the show’s second season. She was replaced by Florence Halop who portrayed the character Florence Kleiner, another bailiff. She too died shortly after making her debut on the show. This led to talk of the “Bailiff Curse,” given the close succession of the tragic...
Before the show established itself, many other actresses played the female lead before the studio settled on Markie Post, according to IMDb. Gail Strickland featured as the female lead in the show’s pilot episode before being replaced by Paula Kelly. Kelly was then replaced in the show’s second season by actress and singer Ellen Foley who played Bi...
In the show’s first episode, young judge Harry Stone is revealed to be a massive fan of the jazz singer Mel Tormé. Tormé’s friends and family informed him of the reference, and he was so honoured that he agreed to appear on the show. Tormé went on to feature in the show as himself six times and believes that he found popularity with a younger audie...
Night Court and The Addams Family series don’t have much in common – apart from the fact that both feature John Astin. Astin starred as doting husband and father Gomez Addams, the Addams Familypatriarch in the 60s TV series. He later played Harry Stone’s ‘stepfather’ Buddy Ryan on Night Court. It later emerges that Buddy is actually Harry’s biologi...
In one episode, John Larroquette’s character Dan Fielding gets stuck in a motel room with a psychotic woman. Dan turns on the TV in order to distract the woman, but flips channels when he sees he Texas Chainsaw Massacre is on, claiming he’s already seen it. It might be more accurate to say he’s init, considering Larroquette provides the voice of th...
Jan 17, 2023 · Like any good sitcom series, Night Court is getting its own revival, which is set to debut on NBC on Jan. 17, 2023, at 8 p.m. EST. So how did the original Night Court series actually end anyway? It's been a while, after all.
Feb 23, 2023 · The ending of the original "Night Court" tied up loose ends and featured a very special guest spot from a jazz singer known as The Velvet Fog. Here's how the long-running sitcom left the...
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