Checking in with MELISSA RAUCH

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The current “Night Court” boasts many new characters, but Melissa Rauch vows that the originals are being kept firmly in mind.

“That was our mission going into this,” says the alum of “The Big Bang Theory” who’s both a star and (along with her husband) an executive producer of NBC’S Tuesday “Court” revival. “So much of this is not only honoring the characters of the original show, but also the actors and what they created there, while also making this new for people who maybe haven’t seen that.”

At the same time, Rauch is grateful that multiple Emmy winner John Larroquette agreed to reprise his role as prosecutor turned public defender Dan Fielding ... who’s now both a foil and an inspiration to Rauch’s Judge Abby Stone, daughter of the first show’s Harry Stone (played by the late Harry Anderson). “Every take from him is something fresh and new,” Rauch notes in praise of Larroquette. “Even though I was on a show for over a decade, there are a lot of firsts for me in this experience.”

Rauch has fond childhood memories of devotedly watching the original “Night Court,” which ran from 1984 to 1992 and was shown recently on the cable network Laff.

“My parents knew that TV was my everything,” she reflects, “so they let me have a set in my bedroom. I remember watching (the show) in black-and-white and just being transfixed. I knew there were things that went over my head, but it was unlike anything else on TV at the time. As funny and irreverent as it was, there were moments where it hit real, and there was something exciting in that.” Birthdate: June 23, 1980

Birthplace: Marlboro Township, N.J. Current residence: Los Angeles

Marital status: Married to fellow “Night Court” executive producer Winston Rauch; they have two children

Other television credits include: “The Big Bang Theory,” “Firebuds” (voice only), “Kath and Kim,” “The Office,” “True Blood,” “Sofia the First” (voice only), “Jake and the Never Land Pirates” (voice only), “Scooby-doo! and the Beach Beastie” (voice only), “Star vs. the Forces of Evil” (voice only), “Marvel’s Antman” (voice only), “Blaze and the Monster Machine” (voice only), “Black Monday,” “Robot Chicken” (voice only), “Animaniacs” (voice only), “Jeopardy!”

Movie credits include: “Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite!” (voice only), “Delirious,” “I Love You, Man,” “Adventureland,” “In Lieu of Flowers,” “Are You Here,” “The Bronze,” “Ice Age: Collision Course” (voice only), “Flock of Dudes,” “Batman and Harley Quinn” (voice only), “Ode to Joy,” “The Laundromat”