Night Court (2023 TV series)
Night Court is an American sitcom, a revival of the 1980s series that originally aired from 1984 to 1992. It premiered on NBC on January 17, 2023. It received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised Melissa Rauch's performance. In February 2023, the series was renewed for a second season. However, its premiere date has been indefinitely delayed due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike and 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Premise Judge Abby Stone (Melissa Rauch) comes to New York City to take a job as magistrate for Manhattan Criminal Court's night shift – a position held by her late father Harry Stone. Also part of the night shift are ambitious prosecutor Olivia (India de Beaufort), insecure clerk Neil (Kapil Talwalkar), cheerful and eccentric bailiff Donna "Gurgs" Gurganous (Lacretta), and public defender Dan Fielding (John Larroquette) – who had served as prosecutor in Harry's court, and was convinced by Abby to join her court when the assigned public defender quit on Abby's first day, eventually leaving to become a judge in his home state of Louisiana. Cast Main Melissa Rauch as Abby Stone, the daughter of the late Harry Stone, who fills her father's former position as judge on the night shift at the Manhattan Criminal Court. In "Blood Moon Binga", she learns her full name is Abracadabra Stone, though she believed it was Abigail, the name she uses. India de Beaufort as Olivia, the assistant district attorney assigned to Abby's court Kapil Talwalkar as Neil, Abby's clerk Lacretta as Donna "Gurgs" Gurganous, the bailiff for Abby's court John Larroquette as Daniel R. "Dan" Fielding, the former assistant district attorney for Harry's court and his best friend, who comes back to serve as the public defender in Abby's court, reprising his role from the original series. Formerly a sex-obsessed "lady's man", Dan settled down in the mid 1990s marrying a woman named Sarah, who passed away shortly before the revival series began. Though giving up his skirt chasing ways, he does retain his sarcastic wit. At the end of the first season, Dan leaves Abby's court to become a judge in his home state of Louisiana. Recurring Pete Holmes as Rand, Abby's fiancé Guest stars Wendie Malick as Julianne, Dan's date who reveals herself as a career criminal intent on ruining his life as revenge for prosecuting her years ago Gary Anthony Williams as Judge Flobert, an eccentric judge who substitutes for Abby in her absence Dimiter Marinov as Nikolai Brian Scolaro as Arnold Antonio Raul Corbo as Carlos Pam Murphy as Pam Stephnie Weir as Remecca Betsy Sodaro as Bert Frances Callier as Ernie Lyric Lewis as Cynthia Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir as themselves Faith Ford as Gina, Abby's mother and Harry's widow Kurt Fuller as Jeff DeWitt, New York District Attorney Melissa Villaseñor as Gabby Marsha Warfield as Rosalind "Roz" Russell, a former bailiff in Harry's court and among the first defendants to appear in front of Dan's court in Louisiana. Production Development On December 16,