Season 4 • Episode 24
LatestThe officers of Mid-South are reminiscing about their time together. After working together for years they now face the possibility of being sent to different precincts. Kirkwood proposes a feature article to raise awareness and prevent the closure.
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.
Production
Shot in Toronto but set in anonymous USA—budget magic.
Acting
Allan Royal's world-weary narration carries every episode.
Practical Effects
Real '80s cars, real streetlights, zero CGI smoke.
Creators
Sonny Grosso, Larry Jacobson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Creator Sonny Grosso was a real NYPD detective who helped bust the French Connection—then spent decades fictionalizing what he lived.
CBS aired Night Heat as cheap summer filler, but Canadians treated it as prestige television. The identity crisis was baked in.
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