Night Court is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from January 4, 1984, to May 31, 1992. The series is set in the night shift of a Manhattan Criminal Court presided over by a young, unorthodox judge, Harold "Harry" T. Stone (portrayed by Harry Anderson). The series was created by comedy writer Reinhold Weege, who had previously worked on Barney Miller in the 1970s and early 1980s. Cast Main The judge Harry Anderson, as Judge Harold "Harry" T. Stone, is a young, good-humored jurist and amateur magician whose parents are former patients of a mental health institution. He is 34 years old as of his swearing-in, making him the youngest serving judge at the time. The outgoing mayor had made appointments to fill a large number of judicial vacancies on his last day in office, a Sunday, and Harry was the only appointee of the entire group who was at home that day to answer a telephone call from the mayor's office and accept the position. He loves old movies, is vocal in his disdain for modern music (especially Barry Manilow), and idolizes actress Jean Harlow and crooner Mel Tormé, both of whose photographs he displays in his chambers. The public defenders Gail Strickland as public defender Sheila Gardner (pilot episode only). Paula Kelly as Liz Williams (season 1). Ellen Foley as Billie Young (season 2), a public defender and potential romantic interest for Stone during season 2. Markie Post as Christine Sullivan (seasons 3–9): Her first appearance on the show was an early second-season episode ("Daddy for the Defense", originally aired October 4, 1984); she did not become a regular until the third season. (Post was a regular in a supporting role in The Fall Guy at the time.) Honest to a fault and somewhat naïve, she is the primary romantic interest for Stone and a regular target for Dan Fielding's lechery. She has various Princess Diana memorabilia collections such as a set of porcelain thimbles, as she is a huge fan of the British royal family. The prosecutor John Larroquette, as Reinhold Daniel Fielding Elmore, using the name Daniel R. "Dan" Fielding (although in the season 2 episode "Harry on Trial", he is referred to as Daniel K. Fielding), is a sex-obsessed narcissistic prosecutor, who would do almost anything to get a woman to sleep with him. It is hinted that he frequents dominatrixes. He is