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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Air Date: 1985-01-31
A robbery at a local fish market sees the use of automatic weapons. There are several people either hurt or killed d...
Air Date: 1985-02-07
Frank and Kevin try to capture the gangsters that knocked off two men. Their biggest lead being some professional ph...
Air Date: 1985-02-14
O'Brien and Giambone try to convince a politician's assistant to testify in order to prevent the release of a suspect...
Air Date: 1985-02-21
Kevin and Frank pursue two criminals to a back alley. The two thugs try to escape, one manages to get away - the oth...
Air Date: 1985-02-28
A woman on the way home is attacked and raped in her own house. Kevin and Frank quickly nab a suspect and are convin...
Air Date: 1985-03-07
Continuing from the previous episode, Kevin and Frank investigate a serial killer stalking females at night. A woman ...
Air Date: 1985-05-02
Frank and his date (a fellow cop) discover a hold-up in progress at a variety store. They nab the suspect and discove...
Air Date: 1985-05-09
Mid-South is assigned to protect an ""Irish Terrorist"". They take him to a residental dwelling. Kevin has issues wit...
Air Date: 1985-05-16
Velvet, the lead singer of the punk rock band ""Crud"" is found dead of an appearent drug overdose. Frank and Kevin d...
Air Date: 1985-05-23
A cleaning lady finds a man hanging over a doorway - it looks like an appearent suicide. Kevin suspects otherwise. Hi...
Air Date: 1985-09-26
O'Brien and Giambone work the city's seamy nightlife assisted by Stevie who poses as a hooker to catch a murderous pr...
Air Date: 1985-10-03
Giambone and O'Brien question overwhelming evidence against a man arrested for killing his father and sister.
Air Date: 1985-10-10
O'Brien (Scott Hylands) is critically wounded while attempting to prevent a drug transaction. Guest stars: Clark John...
Air Date: 1985-10-17
The detectives investigate a building owner who has been accused of arson even though he had no insurance and his son...
Air Date: 1985-10-24
O'Brien and Giambone search for the loser at a big-money poker game who has gone on a rampage, killing several of the...
Air Date: 1985-10-31
Kevin and Frank investigate the murders of elderly women at a senior citizen centre where the women were tricked into...
Air Date: 1985-11-07
Kirkwood suspects that a death occurring during a shipping-plant strike is actually a carefully planned assassination.
Air Date: 1985-11-14
O'Brien and Giambone's investigation of a killing depends on a mentally challenged teenager, the only witness to the ...
Air Date: 1985-11-21
Kirkwood and O'Brien (Allan Royal, Scott Hylands) investigate the murder of a celebrity's secretary. Guest star: Kate...
Air Date: 1985-11-28
Two thieves break into a jewel/rare artifacts store and steal a miniature bird statue. The value of the statue is $1 ...
Air Date: 1985-12-02
Kirkwood (Allan Royal) feels responsible when a young reporter is killed while pursuing a story. Guest star: Barbara ...
Air Date: 1985-12-26
Officials pressure Giambone and O'Brien to prove a troubled man caused the disappearance of two children.
Air Date: 1986-01-02
Colby concludes his brother was the sole survivor of the massacre of five people during a diamond heist.
Air Date: 1986-01-09
The longtime president of the cargo-handlers' union emerges as the prime suspect in his challenger's murder.