Q 01/05

On which network did the original Night Court air from 1984 to 1992?

A) NBC

B) CBS

C) ABC

D) Fox

Answer · why

A) NBC

It ran nine seasons and 193 episodes, starting as a mid-season replacement in January 1984.

Q 02/05

What was Judge Harry Stone's full first name?

A) Henry

B) Harold

C) Harrison

D) Harvey

Answer · why

B) Harold

Harold T. Stone was played by Harry Anderson, a real-life magician who worked the trade into the character.

Q 03/05

Night Court's creator had previously written for which police sitcom?

A) Car 54, Where Are You?

B) Police Squad!

C) Barney Miller

D) Hill Street Blues

Answer · why

C) Barney Miller

Creator Weege spent years on that show before setting up his own courtroom in Manhattan's night shift.

Q 04/05

What is prosecutor Dan Fielding's real first name?

A) Rutherford

B) Roland

C) Reginald

D) Reinhold

Answer · why

D) Reinhold

He shares it with the show's creator, a veteran of a 1970s police-station sitcom.

Q 05/05

What is bailiff Bull Shannon's real first name?

A) Nostradamus

B) Napoleon

C) Nicodemus

D) Norbert

Answer · why

A) Nostradamus

Richard Moll's 6-foot-9 bailiff appeared in every episode of the original series.

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