20 Years Ago Today: Night Court Adjourned - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 05-31-2012, 11:42 PM

May 31st, 1992 - The final episode of "Night Court" aired on NBC

Harry contemplates a variety of job offers, Dan anticipates life on easy street with a wealthy bride, Bull deals with some really out-of-town visitors, and Christine contemplates the agony of defeat.

OH Nuts! · 06-01-2012, 08:03 AM

Well, IMO, there's no hung verdict; it was a fun entertaining show and Harry's Mel Torme fetish was at hoot.

Nyan · 06-02-2012, 06:10 PM

Why wasn't it cancelled two years earlier? This show got more horrible as it went along.

hawkeye123 · 06-02-2012, 07:17 PM

I liked Night court.Very funny show.With lots of good charectors.

Dr. Thong · 06-03-2012, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Nyan

Why wasn't it cancelled two years earlier? This show got more horrible as it went along.

I agree -- it was a good show that ran out of steam and continued on past its' expiration date, creatively speaking.

McFly121 · 09-07-2012, 03:03 AM

This was about the time NBC was in serious panic mode. Around Spring '91, NC had announced they were done. Then Cosby and Cheers were talking about final seasons, and rumors were swirling about Johnny Carson. So in desperation mode, they made an offer to the producers to bring it back for one more year. The undoing of finale set-ups lead to a lot of jumbled characters and and directionless scripts.

Then they were offered a season 10 in syndication but finally said enough was enough.

704Hauser · 02-03-2013, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by McFly121

This was about the time NBC was in serious panic mode. Around Spring '91, NC had announced they were done. Then Cosby and Cheers were talking about final seasons, and rumors were swirling about Johnny Carson. So in desperation mode, they made an offer to the producers to bring it back for one more year. The undoing of finale set-ups lead to a lot of jumbled characters and and directionless scripts.

Then they were offered a season 10 in syndication but finally said enough was enough.

I'm glad they did call it a day then, I'm watching Season 9 on TV right now, and while it's still OK, it's nowhere near as good as Seasons 3-6. They should have stopped after Season 7 or 8, but I have yet to see the finale at the time of typing.

McFly121 · 02-05-2013, 01:15 PM

Prepare yourself, Hauser. You'll be throwing a gavel at the tv by the time you reach the finale.

704Hauser · 02-05-2013, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by McFly121

Prepare yourself, Hauser. You'll be throwing a gavel at the tv by the time you reach the finale.

Ohhh-kay, will post here again when I do watch the finale.

Dunkin Donuts · 02-10-2013, 10:32 AM

I do remember really not liking the finale of the series. So much so, I never watched the finale again.

704Hauser · 02-14-2013, 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by McFly121

Prepare yourself, Hauser. You'll be throwing a gavel at the tv by the time you reach the finale.

Well, I just watched the finale today, and while I enjoyed parts of it, such as

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Christine's election to Congress and Harry's decision to stay at the court

, other parts I found absurd, such as

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Bull's journey to Jupiter

, along with other bits of unwrapped storylines.

Overall, not as bad as you made it out to be, but Night Court's finale certainly wasn't of the calibre of the Cheers finale.

TMC · 02-01-2014, 06:11 AM

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Originally Posted by McFly121

This was about the time NBC was in serious panic mode. Around Spring '91, NC had announced they were done. Then Cosby and Cheers were talking about final seasons, and rumors were swirling about Johnny Carson. So in desperation mode, they made an offer to the producers to bring it back for one more year. The undoing of finale set-ups lead to a lot of jumbled characters and and directionless scripts.

Then they were offered a season 10 in syndication but finally said enough was enough.

I'm know reminded of the thread that I started about the biggest mess-ups/mistakes in NBC history (I don't know or remember if the stuff about Night Court had been mentioned).

king of comedy · 02-01-2014, 11:53 AM

I wished they had given Bull a better send off. Why was he abducted by aliens?

TMC · 08-29-2014, 02:52 AM

Encore Classic aired the second part of the series finale and now that I've had a chance like you to "relive it", I do get a sense of why most fans didn't like it. It seems like Christine was the only character who really got some sense of "closure". The rest was just a bunch of half-baked ideas (such as Harry's storyline), none of which were remotely funny. It's as if the writers and producers totally and completely didn't give a crap anymore.

I don't at all understand the point of Dan's storyline, which was about his "nightmare" (w/ "Judge Roz"and Christine defending him) involving all of his past girlfriends/flings. Was it suppose to teach Dan once and for all that he has to be more "respectful" towards women? The producers had done so much to ruin Dan's character over final two seasons, that it seems rather "fitting" that the final shot of him is of Dan telling Harry that is going to follow Christine (even though it wasn't built up that way).

And I find it funny that Bull decides to go off to "Jupiter" w/ those to elderly "aliens", while conveniently forgetting his new wife. It's as if, they no longer knew what to do w/ his character so they had to absurdly pull something out of their rears that made absolutely no logical sense (even for a show like Night Court).

king of comedy · 08-29-2014, 06:21 AM

Bull taking off like that and forgetting his wife? Leaving her all alone? Worst finale ever.

05-31-2012, 11:42 PM	#1
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09-07-2012, 03:03 AM	#6
McFly121 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 18, 2004 Location: calif Posts: 812	This was about the time NBC was in serious panic mode. Around Spring '91, NC had announced they were done. Then Cosby and Cheers were talking about final seasons, and rumors were swirling about Johnny Carson. So in desperation mode, they made an offer to the producers to bring it back for one more year. The undoing of finale set-ups lead to a lot of jumbled characters and and directionless scripts. Then they were offered a season 10 in syndication but finally said enough was enough.
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08-29-2014, 02:52 AM	#14
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,676	Encore Classic aired the second part of the series finale and now that I've had a chance like you to "relive it", I do get a sense of why most fans didn't like it. It seems like Christine was the only character who really got some sense of "closure". The rest was just a bunch of half-baked ideas (such as Harry's storyline), none of which were remotely funny. It's as if the writers and producers totally and completely didn't give a crap anymore. I don't at all understand the point of Dan's storyline, which was about his "nightmare" (w/ "Judge Roz"and Christine defending him) involving all of his past girlfriends/flings. Was it suppose to teach Dan once and for all that he has to be more "respectful" towards women? The producers had done so much to ruin Dan's character over final two seasons, that it seems rather "fitting" that the final shot of him is of Dan telling Harry that is going to follow Christine (even though it wasn't built up that way). And I find it funny that Bull decides to go off to "Jupiter" w/ those to elderly "aliens", while conveniently forgetting his new wife. It's as if, they no longer knew what to do w/ his character so they had to absurdly pull something out of their rears that made absolutely no logical sense (even for a show like Night Court).
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06-01-2012, 08:03 AM	#2
OH Nuts! Member Forum King Join Date: Feb 15, 2005 Posts: 133,383	Well, IMO, there's no hung verdict; it was a fun entertaining show and Harry's Mel Torme fetish was at hoot.

06-02-2012, 06:10 PM	#3
Nyan Be The Rainbow! Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 29, 2011 Location: Land of Pop Tarts Posts: 141	Why wasn't it cancelled two years earlier? This show got more horrible as it went along.

06-02-2012, 07:17 PM	#4
hawkeye123 Member Senior Member Join Date: May 26, 2012 Posts: 1,390	I liked Night court.Very funny show.With lots of good charectors.

02-05-2013, 01:15 PM	#8
McFly121 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 18, 2004 Location: calif Posts: 812	Prepare yourself, Hauser. You'll be throwing a gavel at the tv by the time you reach the finale.

02-10-2013, 10:32 AM	#10
Dunkin Donuts Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Apr 02, 2009 Location: Kansas City Posts: 41	I do remember really not liking the finale of the series. So much so, I never watched the finale again.

02-01-2014, 11:53 AM	#13
king of comedy Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Aug 31, 2012 Location: New Jersey Posts: 5,140	I wished they had given Bull a better send off. Why was he abducted by aliens?

08-29-2014, 06:21 AM	#15
king of comedy Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Aug 31, 2012 Location: New Jersey Posts: 5,140	Bull taking off like that and forgetting his wife? Leaving her all alone? Worst finale ever.