Hawaiian Heat: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Hawaiian Heat followed two Chicago cops who quit their jobs in the Windy City to become detectives in Hawaii. With little chance for promotion and fed up with the conditions that exist in Chicago, Metro Police Officers Mac Riley and Andy Senkowski decide to reconstruct their lives and head for Hawaii. Shortly after, when they help the police solve a complex case, they are offered jobs as detectives. The series relates their exploits as undercover detectives with the Criminal Investigative Unit of the Hawaiian Police Department.

Series details

• Title: Hawaiian Heat
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 1984-09-14
• Final broadcast date listed: 1984-12-21
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 23976
• IMDb ID: tt0086724
• TVDB ID: 76038

Cast and credited roles

• Robert Ginty — Mac Riley
• Jeff McCracken — Andy Senkowski
• Tracy Scoggins — Irene Gorley
• Branscombe Richmond — Harker
• Mako — Maj. Taro Oshira

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1984-09-14; final listed air date 1984-12-21; episode order: 11.

Source and licence

Adapted from Hawaiian Heat on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.