Night Heat
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Night Heat is a Canadian police crime drama series that aired on both CTV in Canada and CBS in the United States. Original episodes were broadcast from 1985 to 1989.[1] Night Heat was the first Canadian original drama series that was also aired on a United States television network during its original broadcast.[2] It was also the first original, first-run drama series to be aired during a late night time slot on a television network in the United States.[3]
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Genre | Police procedural |
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Country of origin | Canada |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 96 |
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Production locations | Toronto, Ontario |
Running time | 45 minutes approx. |
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Release | January 31, 1985 (1985-01-31) – January 5, 1989 (1989-01-05) |
During its original run it was the highest-rated Canadian-produced original series in Canada.[4] The show won the Gemini Award for Best Drama Series in both 1986 and 1987.[2][5]
The show stars Scott Hylands and Jeff Wincott as police detectives Kevin O'Brien and Frank Giambone who work the graveyard shift in an unnamed northeastern North American metropolis.[6][7][8] The series follows their nightly police beat as it is chronicled by journalist Tom Kirkwood (Allan Royal) in his newspaper column titled "Night Heat".[3][9][10]