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Hot Shots

Hot Shots

★ 6.0/10•1986•1h 0m•Crime•Drama
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Hot Shots was a short-lived Canadian television drama series, which aired on CBS in the United States in 1986, and CTV in Canada in 1987. 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 twelve episodes of the show were produced. Its producers went on to create Diamonds the following year.

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 0m
LanguageEN
First Air DateSep 23, 1986

Episodes

E160m

The Star

Amanda and Jake find themselves involved with politics and the entertainment world after the death of a colleague.

Sep 23, 1986

E260m

Bluebeard's Inn

Jake and Amanda find themselves in a frightening ghost story after a world-famous hotelier dies on the eve of buying a supposedly haunted inn.

Sep 30, 1986

E360m

Warriors

Jake and Amanda investigate the disappearance of Broderick's old Army buddy, although all clues point to a soldier who had been killed years earlier.

Oct 7, 1986

E460m

All in the Game

A game show contestant, all set to become the biggest cash prize winner in game show history, is electrocuted on stage. Jake and Amanda investigate.

Oct 14, 1986

E560m

To Bee or Not to Bee

Bees sting their keeper, a writer, and his lover to death. Jake and Amanda investigate.

Oct 21, 1986

E660m

Accidental Victims

Jason and Amanda face a series of ups and downs when they investigate a double murder in an elevator car. They investigate the death of an innocent victim of a drug-related slaying.

Oct 28, 1986

E760m

Cut Off in His Prime

Amanda and Jason investigate the death of a rock star's band member.

Nov 11, 1986

E860m

Absent Minded

Jake and Amanda find that the cold-blooded murder of a shoe magnate is not the open-and-shut case it appears to be.

Nov 18, 1986

E960m

Tails You Lose

Dorothy Parke, as Jake and Amanda, encounters an internationally renowned master thief while collecting a set of bearer bond engraving plates—and a CrimeWorld cover story.

Nov 25, 1986

E1060m

Writ of Habeas Corpse

Jake and Amanda aim to find out if a famous lawyer's death plunge was a suicide.

Dec 2, 1986

E1160m

The Family Jules

Broderick, Jake, Amanda, and Pendleton are sent to look into acquiring the property when Facade, a distinguished literary magazine, is put on the market. But they become involved in family intrigue, blackmail and homicide.

Dec 9, 1986

E1260m

Roll Over, Agatha Christie

Amanda and Jake spend a fun-filled weekend at a murder mystery resort.

Dec 16, 1986

E1360m

Riot

Amanda is taken hostage during a prison riot at a women's detention facility.

Dec 23, 1986

Actors

Paul Burke

Paul Burke

Nicholas Broderick

Booth Savage

Booth Savage

Jason 'Jake' West

Dorothy Parke

Amanda Reed

Clark Johnson

Clark Johnson

Al Pendleton

Heather Smith

Cleo

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