Hot Shots (Canadian TV series)

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Hot Shots
Genre Drama
StarringDorothy Parke
Booth Savage
Paul Burke
Clark Johnson
Heather Smith
Country of originUnited States
Canada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Release
Original network CBS (U.S.)
CTV (Canada)
Original release1986 (1986) 
1987 (1987)

Hot Shots is a Canadian television drama series, which aired on CBS in the United States in 1986, and CTV in Canada in 1987. [1]

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The series, produced by CTV for the CBS Late Night block of crime drama series, starred Dorothy Parke and Booth Savage as Amanda Reed and Jake West, crime journalists for the tabloid magazine Crime World. The cast also included Paul Burke, Clark Johnson, Heather Smith, and Mung Ling.

Only thirteen episodes of the show were produced. Its producers went on to create Diamonds the following year.

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References

  1. Tim Brooks; Earle March (2003). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present. Ballantine Books. p. 553. ISBN   0-345-45542-8.