Hot Shots was a short-lived Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 television drama series, which aired on CBS

CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

 in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 in 1986, and CTV

CTV television network

CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...

 in Canada in 1987.

The series, produced by CTV for the CBS Late Night block of crime drama series, starred Dorothy Parke

Dorothy Parke

Dorothy Parke was a composer from Ireland, noted for children's works. She was born in County Londonderry, Ireland, and studied piano with Ambrose Coviello and composition with Paul Corder at the Royal Academy of Music in London. After completing her studies, she settled in Belfast and married...

 and Booth Savage

Booth Savage

Booth Savage is a Canadian film, stage, and television actor. He graduated with an MFA from York University in 1992. He is in the Canadore College Theatre program faculty. He is best known to Canadian TV viewers for his role as Team Canada head coach Harry Sinden in the 2006 CBC miniseries...

 as Amanda Reed and Jake West, crime journalists for the tabloid magazine Crime World. The cast also included Paul Burke

Paul Burke (actor)

Paul Burke was an American actor best known for his lead roles in two 1960s ABC television series, Naked City and Twelve O'Clock High...

, Clark Johnson

Clark Johnson

Clark Johnson , sometimes credited as Clark 'Slappy' Jackson, Clarque Johnson, and J. Clark Johnson, is an American actor and director who has worked in both television and film.-Early years:...

, Heather Smith and Mung Ling.

Only twelve episodes of the show were produced. Its producers went on to create Diamonds

Diamonds (TV series)

Diamonds is a Canadian television series, which aired from 1987 to 1989. The show starred Nicholas Campbell as Mike Devitt and Peggy Smithhart as Christina Towne, a divorced couple who continued to work together as private investigators...

the following year.

Cast

• Dorothy Parke as Amanda Reed
• Booth Savage as Jason West
• Paul Burke as Nicholas West
• Clark Johnson as Al Pendleton
• Heather Smith as Cleo