Night Court (1984)
TVPG
Sitcom
Judge Harry Stone presides over the night shift of a Manhattan courtroom.
Cast & Crew
Harry Anderson Harold T. "Harry" Stone
John Larroquette Dan Fielding
Richard Moll Nostradamus "Bull" Shannon
Markie Post Christine Sullivan
Charles Robinson MacIntosh "Mac" Robinson
Marsha Warfield Rosalind Jane "Roz" Russell
Selma Diamond Selma Hacker
Paula Kelly Liz Willi
Florence Halop Florence Kleiner
Karen Austin Lana Wagner
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Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Friday, September 13
Opportunity Knock Knocks
Season 9 • Episode 20
Dan meets the mother of his rich girlfriend; Harry has job offers.
Friday, September 13
Opportunity Knock Knocks
Season 9 • Episode 21
Christine is elected to Congress; Bull is kidnapped by aliens; Harry rejects a faculty job.
Sunday, September 15
Educating Rhoda
Season 6 • Episode 5
A bungling bailiff trainee lets a psychotic mental patient escape.
Sunday, September 15
The Last Temptation of Mac
Season 6 • Episode 6
Mac's amorous study partner gets him in trouble with Quon Le.
Sunday, September 15
The Law Club
Season 6 • Episode 7
Dan wants to join a law club, whose president covets Christine.
Sunday, September 15
Night Court of the Living Dead
Season 6 • Episode 8
Christine, declared dead by a computer, is relegated to assisting her replacement.
Monday, September 16
The Night Court Before Christmas
Season 6 • Episode 9
Roz faces Christmas in jail after defying a mean-spirited toy magnate.
Monday, September 16
Mental Giant
Season 6 • Episode 10
Bull's genius IQ score inspires him to take a think-tank job.
Monday, September 16
Rock-a-bye Baby
Season 6 • Episode 11
Motherhood loses its appeal when Christine baby-sits a friend's energetic infant.
Monday, September 16
Clip Show
Season 6 • Episode 12
Flashbacks recall how the court staff incurred expenses totaling $954,768.
Monday, September 16
Clip Show
Season 6 • Episode 13
A city auditor tries to investigate some of Harry's more bizarre expenses (via flashbacks).
Monday, September 16
The Trouble Is Not in Your Set
Season 6 • Episode 14
The staff mugs before courtroom TV cameras; guest Marion Ross.
Monday, September 16
The Game Show
Season 6 • Episode 15
Bull is on a game show; a cantankerous judge jails Dan for contempt.
Monday, September 16
This Old Man
Season 6 • Episode 16
The staff meets Christine's elderly suitor; an amorous dowager offers Dan a campaign contribution.
Monday, September 16
Strange Bedfellows
Season 6 • Episode 17
When Harry finally meets Mel Torme, he gives his idol the flu.
Monday, September 16
From Snoop to Nuts
Season 6 • Episode 18
Christine is suspicious when Harry secretly takes part in a government sting operation.
Monday, September 16
From Snoop to Nuts
Season 6 • Episode 19
Harry's sting operation is successful; potential killers run loose in the courthouse.
Monday, September 16
Pen Pal
Season 6 • Episode 20
Roz falls for Christine's convict pen pal, unaware that he escaped while on furlough.
Monday, September 16
Not My Type
Season 6 • Episode 21
Art enters reluctant date Christine in his lodge's beauty pageant.
Monday, September 16
Yet Another Day in the Life
Season 6 • Episode 22
Harry and the staff must try the overflow of cases by midnight.
Monday, September 16
All You Need Is Love
Season 1 • Episode 1
Eccentric Judge Harry Stone settles a marital dispute.
Monday, September 16
Santa Goes Downtown
Season 1 • Episode 2
Harry tries a man in a Santa Claus suit; guest Michael J. Fox.
Tuesday, September 17
Life With Buddy
Season 7 • Episode 1
Harry's life is thrown into turmoil when his eccentric father moves in with him.
Tuesday, September 17
If I Were a Rich Man
Season 7 • Episode 2
Bull saves a rich man's life, and Dan wants a piece of the action.
Tuesday, September 17
The Cop and the Lady
Season 7 • Episode 3
Christine falls for an undercover officer when they are locked in the court records vault together.
Tuesday, September 17
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Stephen King, Stephen King
Season 7 • Episode 4
Harry holds a seance to solve a 50-year-old case.
Tuesday, September 17
Blue Suede Bull
Season 7 • Episode 5
Dan returns a favor from Bull by agreeing to coach him in the arena of love.
Tuesday, September 17
For Love or Money
Season 7 • Episode 6
Buddy (John Astin) conceals his psychiatric history from his bride.
Tuesday, September 17
Auntie Maim
Season 7 • Episode 7
Harry must deal with a flamboyant former actress accused of beating a policeman.
Tuesday, September 17
Attack of the Mac Snacks
Season 7 • Episode 8
Junk-food marketers Harry and Mac face a recall.
Tuesday, September 17
Branded
Season 7 • Episode 9
Dan's future hangs in the balance when he attempts to get a shady law firm chief disbarred.
Tuesday, September 17
Branded
Season 7 • Episode 10
Dan, now waiting tables at a French restaurant, is convinced to attend his disbarment hearing.
Tuesday, September 17
Passion Plundered
Season 7 • Episode 11
Harry is pleased to discover that a female journalist has taken an interest in him.
Tuesday, September 17
Amour or Less
Season 7 • Episode 12
Christine's detective beau keeps breaking dates.
Tuesday, September 17
Razing Bull
Season 7 • Episode 13
Bull chains himself to a condemned theater.
Tuesday, September 17
Futureman
Season 7 • Episode 14
A lunatic with a ray gun attempts to save Dan from a pair of punks with knives.
Tuesday, September 17
The Former Harry Stone
Season 1 • Episode 3
Harry's career may be ruined if the contents of his criminal record are revealed.
Tuesday, September 17
Welcome Back, Mama
Season 1 • Episode 4
Harry gets the surprise of his life when an elderly woman announces she is his long-lost mother.
Wednesday, September 18
Eye of the Beholder
Season 1 • Episode 5
Bull's menacing appearance works against him when he applies for a position as a volunteer father.
Wednesday, September 18
Death Threat
Season 1 • Episode 6
Harry is shaken up when he receives a death threat then finds a bomb in his chair.
Thursday, September 19
Once in Love With Harry
Season 1 • Episode 7
A determined prostitute pursues Harry, much to Lana's disapproval.
Thursday, September 19
Quadrangle of Love
Season 1 • Episode 8
Dan's new assistant dates both Bull and Harry.
Friday, September 20
Wonder Drug
Season 1 • Episode 9
A prescription drug unleashes Lana's lust for Harry.
Friday, September 20
Some Like It Hot
Season 1 • Episode 10
A Soviet emigrant threatens to blow up the courtroom.
Sunday, September 22
The Talk Show
Season 7 • Episode 17
Talk-show host Dan must grill guest Christine.
Monday, September 23
Melvin and Harold
Season 7 • Episode 18
Harry's lousy day gets worse when he is forced to jail Mel Torme for contempt.
Monday, September 23
The Glasnost Menagerie
Season 7 • Episode 19
Old friend of the court Yakov asks for his father's visa to be extended.
Monday, September 23
I Said Dance!
Season 7 • Episode 20
Bull is persuaded to sue when he accidentally shoots himself in the foot with Roz's gun.
Monday, September 23
My Three Dads
Season 7 • Episode 21
Harry, Bull and Dan all pitch in to help at Christine's Lamaze class.
Monday, September 23
Still Another Day in the Life
Season 7 • Episode 22
The court tries to conduct business while loud construction work takes place upstairs.
Monday, September 23
A Closer Look
Season 7 • Episode 23
Television viewers get an eyeful when the cameras of "A Closer Look" invade Harry's courtroom.
Monday, September 23
The Blues of the Birth
Season 7 • Episode 24
Christine goes into labor while she's stuck in a courthouse elevator with Buddy and a stranger.
Monday, September 23
A Family Affair
Season 8 • Episode 1
Dan's sister, who is cut from the same cloth, drops by for a visit and a "fling.".
Monday, September 23
A Family Affair
Season 8 • Episode 2
Bull proposes to Dan's amorous sister after being accused of seducing her.
Monday, September 23
When Harry Met Margaret
Season 8 • Episode 3
Harry's first date with court reporter Margaret Turner is a flop when he follows Dan's advice.
Monday, September 23
Can't Buy Me Love
Season 8 • Episode 4
Dan is thrilled to be the prize at a women's club auction -- until he sees the highest bidder.
Monday, September 23
Death Takes a Halloween
Season 8 • Episode 5
Harry jails a self-proclaimed spirit of death; Dan's obituary appears.
Monday, September 23
Crossroads
Season 8 • Episode 6
In a series of flashbacks, each night court member recalls a particular turning point.
Monday, September 23
Crossroads
Season 8 • Episode 7
In a series of flashbacks, each night court member recalls a particular turning point.
Monday, September 23
Harry and the Rock Star
Season 1 • Episode 11
Harry falls for a rock star, but soon learns that the relationship won't work.
Monday, September 23
Bull's Baby
Season 1 • Episode 12
Bull takes care of a neighbor's baby, not realizing that the mother has abandoned the child.
Tuesday, September 24
Day Court
Season 8 • Episode 8
A temporary shift to the day session shows a different side of each staffer.
Tuesday, September 24
A Night Court at the Opera
Season 8 • Episode 9
Sexually insecure Dan tries to woo Margaret.
Tuesday, September 24
Nobody Says Rat Fink Anymore
Season 8 • Episode 10
A childhood bully confronts Harry again after the judge puts him behind bars.
Tuesday, September 24
Jail Bait
Season 8 • Episode 11
Christine defends a young artist and later falls victim to his charms.
Tuesday, September 24
It's Just a Joke
Season 8 • Episode 12
An offensive comic is hauled into Harry's court by a show-stopping conservative minister.
Tuesday, September 24
Bringing Down Baby
Season 8 • Episode 13
An obnoxious child who portrays a TV lawyer wreaks havoc while observing in Harry's court.
Tuesday, September 24
Presumed Insolvent
Season 8 • Episode 14
A man who had his money in a failed bank makes a "withdrawal" from a bank officer's home.
Tuesday, September 24
Mama Was a Rolling Stone
Season 8 • Episode 15
Harry and the gang celebrate the return of Bull's seafaring mother with a whale of a party.
Tuesday, September 24
Attachments Included
Season 8 • Episode 16
Bull visits a matchmaker; Christine's nerves are shot after she is served with divorce papers.
Tuesday, September 24
Alone Again, Naturally
Season 8 • Episode 17
Harry decides to propose to Margaret at Christine's post-divorce party.
Tuesday, September 24
Hey Harry, F'Crying Out Loud -- It's a Wonderful Life ... Sorta
Season 8 • Episode 18
An angel (Mel Torme) shows Harry a judicial system without him.
Tuesday, September 24
To Sleep, No More
Season 8 • Episode 19
Dan suffers from insomnia caused by a guilty conscience; Bull wins a cereal sweepstakes.
Tuesday, September 24
With a Little Help From My Friends
Season 8 • Episode 20
Roz unwillingly joins Christine at her singles support group and regrets every minute of it.
Tuesday, September 24
Mac Takes a Vocation
Season 8 • Episode 21
Mac gets his college degree and a job offer from another judge; Dan hires a butler.
Tuesday, September 24
Hi Honey, I'm Home
Season 1 • Episode 13
A remarried woman's Vietnam veteran husband returns.
Tuesday, September 24
The Nun
Season 2 • Episode 1
An attractive witness falls for Harry -- the only problem is that she's a nun.
Wednesday, September 25
Daddy for the Defense
Season 2 • Episode 2
Her father's presence unnerves a defense attorney (Markie Post).
Wednesday, September 25
Billie and the Cat
Season 2 • Episode 3
A new defense attorney is jailed for protecting a client accused of kidnapping a cat.
Thursday, September 26
Pick a Number
Season 2 • Episode 4
A winning lottery ticket makes Harry a target.
Thursday, September 26
The Computer Kid
Season 2 • Episode 5
A young computer hacker gains access to his school's computer system.
Friday, September 27
Bull Gets a Kid
Season 2 • Episode 6
Bull mentors a boy, but soon discovers that things are not what they seem with the young boy.
Friday, September 27
Harry on Trial
Season 2 • Episode 7
Harry must appear before a judicial review board.
Monday, September 30
Harry's Fifteen Minutes
Season 8 • Episode 22
A magazine votes Harry one of New York's 10 most interesting men.
Monday, September 30
Fools Rush In
Season 8 • Episode 23
Christine's ex-husband Tony disrupts her blossoming romance with Harry.
Monday, September 30
Fools Rush In
Season 8 • Episode 24
Harry spies on Christine's rendezvous with Tony.
Monday, September 30
A Guy Named Phantom
Season 9 • Episode 1
The replacement for Dan is even more objectionable; Harry and Christine face breaking up.
Monday, September 30
A Guy Named Phantom
Season 9 • Episode 2
Christine is held captive in the basement.
Monday, September 30
My Life as a Dog Lawyer
Season 9 • Episode 3
Dan must spend time in dog court; Harry jails an obnoxious diplomat.
Monday, September 30
Puppy Love
Season 9 • Episode 4
Roz's long-lost husband (Roger E. Mosley) returns with a fiancee.
Monday, September 30
Pop Goes the Question
Season 9 • Episode 5
Over a candlelit dinner in the cafeteria, Bull and Wanda make romantic plans.
Monday, September 30
Guess Who's Listening to Dinner?
Season 9 • Episode 6
Wired for sound by the FBI, Dan dines with his girlfriend's gangster father.
Monday, September 30
Looking for Mr. Shannon
Season 9 • Episode 7
Dan throws a bachelor party for Bull and the celebrants wind up at a seedy motel.
Monday, September 30
Teacher's Pet
Season 9 • Episode 8
Christine's former law professor makes her doubt her abilities.
Monday, September 30
The System Works
Season 9 • Episode 9
Harry moonlights as a law teacher; Dan commissions dirty sketches of Christine.
Monday, September 30
Get Me to the Roof on Time
Season 9 • Episode 10
Bull climbs to the roof when family and friends take over his wedding plans.
Monday, September 30
Santa on the Lam
Season 9 • Episode 11
An embittered department-store Santa holds Dan hostage on Christmas Eve.
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