{{Short description|American drama television series}} {{More citations needed|date=May 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = Hawaiian Heat Title Screen.jpg | caption = Title screenshot of ''Hawaiian Heat'' | genre = [[Drama (film and television)|Drama]] | creator = [[James D. Parriott]] | starring = {{Plainlist| * [[Robert Ginty]] * [[Jeff McCracken]] * [[Tracy Scoggins]] * [[Branscombe Richmond]] * [[Mako Iwamatsu]] }} | theme_music_composer = Tom Scott | opentheme = "Goodbye Blues" | country = United States | language = English | num_seasons = 1 | num_episodes = 10 + pilot movie | executive_producer = James D. Parriott | producer = {{Plain list| *Dean Zanetos *Gregory S. Dinallo *Bill Schwartz }} | location = | editor = | camera = | runtime = 60 minutes | company = James D. Parriott Productions<br>[[Universal Television]] | network = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] | first_aired = {{start date|1984|09|14}} | last_aired = {{end date|1984|12|21}} }}
'''''Hawaiian Heat''''' is an American drama television series. It starred [[Robert Ginty]] and [[Jeff McCracken]]. The series aired on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] from September 14 to December 21, 1984.
== Overview == [[Robert Ginty]] and [[Jeff McCracken]] played [[Chicago]] cops who grew weary of Midwestern winters and quit their jobs on the spur of the moment to become detectives in balmy [[Hawaii]]. Their boss at the [[Honolulu]] Police Department was played by veteran actor [[Mako Iwamatsu|Mako]]. Many of the episodes were directed by [[Ivan Dixon]]. The series was shot in Hawaii.<ref name="office">{{cite web |url=http://filmoffice.hawaii.gov/television-series-and-specials-shot-in-hawaii/ |title=Television Series and Specials Shot in Hawaii |publisher=[[Hawaii Film Office]] |accessdate=June 6, 2015}}</ref> Only eleven episodes aired on ABC, including the pilot movie. Its theme song, "Goodbye Blues," was used by online video producer [[Cinema Snob|Brad Jones]] as the theme for his show "80's Dan."
== Cast == * [[Robert Ginty]] as Mac Riley * [[Jeff McCracken]] as Andy Senkowski * [[Tracy Scoggins]] as Irene Gorley * [[Branscombe Richmond]] as Harker * [[Mako Iwamatsu]] as Maj. Taro Oshira
Guest stars included [[Shelley Winters]], [[Brianne Leary]], [[Lorna Patterson]], [[Donna Dixon]], [[Jennifer Holmes (actress)|Jennifer Holmes]], Marta Dubois, [[Cindy Morgan]], [[Moe Keale]], [[James Sloyan]], [[Fritz Weaver]], [[Tige Andrews]], [[Pat Corley]], [[Manu Tupou]], [[John Fujioka]], [[David Hemmings]], [[Peter Donat]], and [[Charles Rocket]].
== Episodes == {{Episode table |total_width= |background= |overall= |title= |director= |writer= |airdate= |episodes={{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=Film |Title = Pilot |DirectedBy = [[Mike Vejar|Michael Vejar]] |WrittenBy = [[James D. Parriott]] |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|9|14}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=1 |Title = Ice Cream Men |DirectedBy = [[David Hemmings]] |WrittenBy = James D. Parriott |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|9|21}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=2 |Title = Wave of Controversy |DirectedBy = David Hemmings |WrittenBy = Nick Thiel |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|9|28}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=3 |Title = Inherited Trait |DirectedBy = [[Kim Manners]] |WrittenBy = Gregory S. Dinallo |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|10|12}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=4 |Title = A Different Kind of Justice |DirectedBy = Mike Vejar |WrittenBy = Robert W. Gilmer |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|10|19}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=5 |Title = Missing in Hawaii |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|10|26}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=6 |Title = Yankees vs. the Cubs |DirectedBy = John Llewellyn Moxey |WrittenBy = Nick Thiel |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|11|2}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=7 |Title = Ancient Fires |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|11|9}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=8 |Title = Old Dues |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|11|16}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=9 |Title = Andy's Mom |DirectedBy = Roy Campanella II |WrittenBy = Gregory S. Dinallo |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|11|23}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=10 |Title = Picture Imperfect |DirectedBy = Ivan Dixon |WrittenBy = William Schwartz & Robert W. Gilmer |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|12|21}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} }}
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== External links == * {{IMDb title|0086724}} * [https://journeyphoto.blogspot.com/2007/12/hawaiian-heat.html ''Hawaiian Heat'' DVD Project] * [https://archive.org/details/HawaiianHeat Watch ''Hawaiian Heat'' episodes online]
[[Category:1984 American television series debuts]] [[Category:1984 American television series endings]] [[Category:1980s American crime drama television series]] [[Category:English-language American television shows]] [[Category:Television series by Universal Television]] [[Category:Television shows set in Hawaii]] [[Category:Television shows filmed in Hawaii]] [[Category:Fictional portrayals of the Honolulu Police Department]] [[Category:American Broadcasting Company crime dramas]]