All episodes Season 7 S07E05 1989-11-01 30 min 1980s NBC

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Blue Suede Bull

TV Flash files “Blue Suede Bull” as hour 128 of 193 in the TV Flash guide — Night Court (1984–1992) on NBC, season 7, episode 5, aired 1989-11-01, 30 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S07E05: listed hour 128 of 193 in the Night Court guide, hour 5 of 24 in season 7. It aired 1989-11-01 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Come Back to the Five and Dime, Stephen King, Stephen King” (S07E04). Next is “For Love or Money” (S07E06).

Night Court — Blue Suede Bull (S07E05)

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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.

Harry embarrasses Christine in front of a very pro-feminist judge with his trick handcuffs while Dan repays a debt to Bull by taking him out on the town for a swinging evening.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Blue Suede Bull sit in the Night Court guide?

S07E05 is listed hour 128 of 193 — hour 5 of 24 in season 7, season 7 episode 5.

When did Night Court S07E05 air?

Blue Suede Bull aired 1989-11-01 and is listed at 30 minutes.

Is it a legal sitcom or vaudeville?

Vaudeville in a courtroom. Cases exist to parade eccentrics through Harry's night shift; the legal workplace is the carnival tent, not a civics lesson.

In the series

Why this series still plays

Larroquette's Fielding is a comic monsterpiece, and the ensemble farce still snaps. Harry Anderson's magic-loving judge runs Manhattan night court like a jazz set while Bull, Roz, and the after-hours weirdos process the city. Peak NBC multi-cam oddball energy on Must See's late slot. Court is adjourned; the Emmy streak remains.

Manhattan after hours, a judge who does magic, a prosecutor vacuuming Emmys like they were parking tickets. NBC's Night Court (1984–1992) put Harry Anderson's hanging-judge charm at the calm eye of a storm: John Larroquette's Dan Fielding, Richard Moll's Bull, Markie Post's Christine, later Marsha Warfield's Roz. Reinhold Weege's workplace as carnival, eccentric cases as the city's processor. **Larroquette's Fielding is a comic monsterpiece** — the heat-check, not a footnote. Nine seasons, 193 episodes, Must…

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