All episodes Season 8 S08E10 1990-11-23 30 min 1980s NBC

Night Court

Nobody Says Rat Fink Anymore

TV Flash files “Nobody Says Rat Fink Anymore” as hour 157 of 193 in the TV Flash guide — Night Court (1984–1992) on NBC, season 8, episode 10, aired 1990-11-23, 30 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S08E10: listed hour 157 of 193 in the Night Court guide, hour 10 of 24 in season 8. It aired 1990-11-23 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “A Night Court at the Opera” (S08E09). Next is “Jail Bait” (S08E11).

Night Court — Nobody Says Rat Fink Anymore (S08E10)

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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.

Christine loses her babysitter when the woman turns up in the courtroom and has problems finding a new nanny. Harry has a bad flashback to when he was in school when the bully who picked on him turns up in his courtroom.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Nobody Says Rat Fink Anymore sit in the Night Court guide?

S08E10 is listed hour 157 of 193 — hour 10 of 24 in season 8, season 8 episode 10.

When did Night Court S08E10 air?

Nobody Says Rat Fink Anymore aired 1990-11-23 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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