The Carroll O'Connor starring television series based off the John Ball novel, and 1967 film - lasted for five seasons on NBC, before spending its last two on CBS. Co-lead Howard Rollins - Virgil Tibbs - was replaced in the seventh season due to his health, drug, and legal problems by Carl Weathers. Weathers is always awesome - but only had a season to develop his character before CBS ted to turn their eighth season into four TV movies. All…
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In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance 1994
"My God! Tom was investigating the preparations for his own murder!"
In the Line of Duty is a series of true crime tv movies for NBC by journeyman director Dick Lowry. They usually feature plots ripped from the headlines - the sleaziest of which is the Waco siege, which went into production before the event had come to its tragic conclusion (awkward). Price of Vengeance is based on the 1985 ambush murder of LAPD Detective Tom Williams to keep him…
