All episodes Season 9 S09E06 1991-10-30 30 min 1980s NBC

Night Court

Guess Who's Listening to Dinner?

TV Flash files “Guess Who's Listening to Dinner?” as hour 177 of 193 in the TV Flash guide — Night Court (1984–1992) on NBC, season 9, episode 6, aired 1991-10-30, 30 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S09E06: listed hour 177 of 193 in the Night Court guide, hour 6 of 22 in season 9. It aired 1991-10-30 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Pop Goes the Question” (S09E05). Next is “Looking for Mr. Shannon” (S09E07).

Night Court — Guess Who's Listening to Dinner? (S09E06)

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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.

Dan tries to break up with the daughter of a crime boss, who insists Dan reconsider over dinner — and that he bring along Christine. Note: This is the only episode where Harry Anderson does not appear.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Guess Who's Listening to Dinner? sit in the Night Court guide?

S09E06 is listed hour 177 of 193 — hour 6 of 22 in season 9, season 9 episode 6.

When did Night Court S09E06 air?

Guess Who's Listening to Dinner? aired 1991-10-30 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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