“Night Court”'s John Larroquette Admits It's Bittersweet to Film on the Show's Original Set: 'I See Ghosts'

The actor, 76, reflects on missing his costars while filming the revival of the '80s hit series

The set of Night Court is all too familiar to John Larroquette.

The 76-year-old actor, who starred in the original NBC sitcom from 1984 to 1992, has returned to the role of Dan Fielding in the revival series.

“There’s elation because there’s this new crop of people, and then there’s the sadness of remembering all those people that are no longer here,” he shared on set at Warner Bros. recently during this winter's Television Critics Association conference.

Larroquette admits he can get “very” sentimental filming the revival, particularly in light of the losses of many of his former costars, including Charlie Robinson and Markie Post in 2021 and Richard Moll last October.

“Because of the timing, Charlie Robinson died while we were doing the pilot. Markie died not that long after. Richard Moll died, what, three or four months ago now,” he recalls. “Harry [Anderson] died in 2017 or ‘18, so that was a little more removed. But as I said, it's like I see ghosts.”

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Larroquette also says that he made an effort to include some of the original players in the NBC revival, including behind-the-scenes players. “I actually asked, ‘If you need a script supervisor, I know a good one,’” he recalls of recommending Susie Gunther.

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During the original cast’s eight-year run, Larroquette says the stars forged a strong bond as they went through similar life experiences.

“We were all good friends. We spent time with each other and also because we were young, we were successful, everybody had babies,” he says, referring to both Post and Anderson. He and his wife Elizabeth also welcomed their youngest son, Benjamin, during the same time.

“We were just this family together, all of us. And we spent time off stage together a lot. So it was that — it was a family.”

In the revival, Larroquette is joined by Melissa Rauch as Judge Abby Stone, the daughter of Anderson's judge Harry T. Stone.

The Big Bang Theory alum told PEOPLE that one of her favorite things about starring on the series is that she’s surrounded by “nostalgia that the '90s kid version of me would've lost her mind over."

Rauch, 43, said that certain set pieces — such as the couch in the judge's chambers and the chairs in the cafeteria — "are from the original [set]. So every time I sit on them or walk into the courtroom — which was an exact recreation from the plans of the original — I get a little nostalgic heart zing."

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Season 2 of Night Court airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.

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