''Hot Shots'' is a Canadian television drama series, which aired on

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in the

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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,

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, Heather Smith, and Mung Ling. Only thirteen episodes of the show were produced. Its producers went on to create ''

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'' the following year.

Cast

*Dorothy Parke as Amanda Reed * Booth Savage as Jason West * Paul Burke as Nicholas Broderick *

as Al Pendleton *Heather Smith as Cleo *

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as Goldsmith

References

External links

* CTV Television Network original programming CBS original programming 1980s Canadian crime drama television series 1986 Canadian television series debuts 1987 Canadian television series endings {{Canada-drama-tv-prog-stub