Night Heat (1985)

Crime · Drama

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.

IMDb rating: 7.5 (458 votes)
Seasons: 3
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1985)

7.55 avg 24 episodes 8.1 → 8.0

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Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Crossfire	8.1	37
2	Necessary Force	6.9	26
3	Deadline	8.0	12
4	The Stranger	7.8	12
5	Obie's Law	7.6	10
6	The Witness	7.5	13
7	Deadlock	8.0	11
8	Ancient Madness	7.3	11
9	Velvet	8.4	12
10	The Fifth Man	6.6	10
11	Jane the Ripper	7.3	10
12	Dead to Rights	7.7	9
13	The Quest	7.1	9
14	Power Play	7.1	9
15	The Game	7.4	11
16	Mother's Day	8.6	11
17	Poison	7.2	10
18	Snow White	7.4	10
19	Secrets	6.9	10
20	Songbird	7.0	9
21	The Source	7.6	11
22	Innocents	8.0	10
23	Fire and Ice	7.6	9
24	Brotherhood	8.0	11

Season 2 (1986)

7.43 avg 18 episodes 8.0 → 7.3

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Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Hero	8.0	8
2	Dead Ringer	7.3	9
3	Neighbors	7.7	9
4	Pay Day	7.8	8
5	The Legendary Eddie Shore	7.1	9
6	The Passenger	7.3	8
7	Moonlight	7.2	8
8	The Fighter	6.4	7
9	Showdown	8.6	10
11	Wages of Sin	7.7	8
12	The Hit	8.0	7
13	Trapped	7.4	7
14	Children of the Night	7.4	7
15	Pride and Prejudice	8.2	11
18	Fighting Back	6.8	8
19	Bad Timing	6.3	8
20	The Movement	7.2	7
21	Body Conscious	7.3	8

Season 3 (1987)

7.43 avg 4 episodes 7.8 → 8.3

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
7	And Baby Makes Grief	7.8	8
8	All the King's Horses	8.3	9
9	Grace	5.3	8
10	The Kid	8.3	9

Night Heat (1985)

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