Night Heat (1985)
Night Heat was a Canadian police drama series. It starred Allan Royal as journalist Tom Kirkwood, who chronicled the nightly police beat of detectives Kevin O'Brien and Frank Giambone in an unnamed northeastern North American metropolis. The police crime drama series aired on both CTV in Canada and CBS in the United States from 1985 to 1989. Night Heat was conceived by Sonny Grosso, a former New York City Police Department detective. Grosso served as the show's executive producer along with his partner, Larry Jacobson.
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Episode 1 - Love You to Death
Release Date: 1987-02-05O'Brien, Giambone and Kirkwood investigate the murders of the trainer and jockey of a prize racehorse.
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Episode 2 - Vantage Point
Release Date: 1987-02-12Colby and Carson (Eugene Clark, Stephen Mendel) are the subject of a department investigation. Guest star: Leslie Toth. With Scott Hylands and Jeff Wincott.
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Episode 3 - Play the Game
Release Date: 1987-02-19O'Brien and Giambone investigate the death of a star college hockey player who had ties to a gambling ring.
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Episode 4 - Punk
Release Date: 1987-02-26An unbalanced woman from O'Brien's past makes an attempt on his life and injures Nicole in the process.
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Episode 5 - Beauty Is as Beauty Does
Release Date: 1987-04-30The death of a young model leads O'Brien, Giambone and Kirkwood to a top model embroiled in blackmail.
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Episode 6 - You're on the Air
Release Date: 1987-05-07During a radio interview, Hogan (Sean McCann) is challenged by a murderer he previously arrested. Guest stars: Alan Scarfe and Frank Moore. With Scott Hylands and Jeff Wincott.
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Episode 7 - And Baby Makes Grief
Release Date: 1987-05-21A woman's mysterious death sends O'Brien and Giambone to investigate her adopted child's birth mother.
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Episode 8 - All the King's Horses
Release Date: 1987-08-04O'Brien (Scott Hylands) believes that an off-duty police officer (Jason Miller) helped a drug-case suspect escape. Guest star: Cynthia Dale. With Jeff Wincott.
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Episode 9 - Grace
Release Date: 1987-08-11An abused wife (Carol Lynley) comes to Kirkwood for help; O'Brien and Giambone search for a pimp's killer.
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Episode 10 - The Kid
Release Date: 1987-08-16A member (Lee Montgomery) of a youth league basketball team is implicated in a street gang murder. Guest star: Hector Elizondo. With Jeff Wincott and Scott Hylands.
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Episode 11 - Flashback
Release Date: 1987-08-25The reappearance of his first partner's killer rekindles O'Brien's memories and renews his determination to capture the man.
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Episode 12 - Tell Me a Story
Release Date: 1987-09-01A neighbourhood's inhabitants are hesitant to reveal to the police what they know about a young girl's murder.
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Episode 13 - Comeback
Release Date: 1987-09-08A lounge singer is seen arguing with his cousin over money. The cousin is later found murdered. Does the lounge singer have ties to the mafia? O'Brien and Giambone seek the cooperation of a frightened singer (Danny Aiello) blackmailed by the mob.
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Episode 14 - The Pimp
Release Date: 1987-09-24The enraged father (John Winston Carroll) of a runaway (Lisa Schrage) who turned to prostitution is accused of murdering her pimp (Bruce Tubbe). With Scott Hylands and Jeff Wincott.
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Episode 15 - Limo
Release Date: 1987-10-01Whitey's cousin becomes a murder suspect when the limousine he drives appears to be connected with several deaths.
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Episode 16 - Mean Business
Release Date: 1987-10-08Sympathy for the man's family makes Giambone reject suicide as the cause of a failing industrialist's death.
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Episode 17 - Tonight's News
Release Date: 1987-10-15An eager TV newswoman (Cynthia Belleveau) puts her life in danger when she reports on a crime family's activities. With Scott Hylands and Jeff Wincott.
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Episode 18 - Simon Says
Release Date: 1987-10-22O'Brien and Giambone enter the world of child pornography while seeking a runaway whose father was killed searching for her.
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Episode 19 - The Victim
Release Date: 1987-10-29A rape victim learns that her assailant has been released from prison after serving only four years of his sentence.
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Episode 20 - The Cost of Doing Business
Release Date: 1987-11-05A young astronomer sees a homicide through her telescope, but her frightened mother will not let her testify.
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Episode 21 - These Happy Golden Years
Release Date: 1987-11-12O'Brien and Giambone (Scott Hylands, Jeff Wincott) uncover a drug-smuggling ring that uses innocent senior citizens as couriers. Guest stars: Kay Tremblay and Cec Linder.
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Episode 22 - The Wiseguy
Release Date: 1987-11-19When a mobster decides to testify against his boss, O'Brien and Giambone grudgingly agree to protect the informant.
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Episode 23 - Freedom Dead
Release Date: 1987-11-26Kirkwood's old friend, a presumed-dead rebel leader in South America, wants everyone to know he is alive.
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Episode 24 - Vengeance
Release Date: 1988-01-07Giambone and O'Brien (Jeff Wincott, Scott Hylands) are faced with a drug war after a narcotics dealer is slain. Guest star: Dean Richards.