Tropical Heat / Nick Slaughter
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Network:
cbs
Season:
1991-1993
Genre:
kemp
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Tropical Heat / Nick Slaughter

 

Basic Info
 

Network:
cbs
Season:
1991-1993
Genre:
kemp

Detailed Info
 

Starring:
Rob Stewart ..... Nick Slaughter, Carolyn Dunn ..... Silvie Girard, John David Bland ..... Ian Stewart (1991–92), Ian Tracey ..... Spider Garvin (1992–93), Eugene Clark ..... Ollie Porter (1991)...
Awards:
The series was broadcast on Serbian television stations TV Politika (ТВ Политика), 3K and TV Pink (ТВ Пинк) during the '90s and re-run numerous times. It was the reruns in the then isolated country that made the show, initially perceived as terrible, extremely popular, although still terrible. An epitome of a bad show over-aired on TV, its badness turned to a type of cult and a cultural phenomenon which is no surprise having in mind Serbian dry sense of humor. Atheist Rap, a Serbian punk band, paid a "tribute" to the show's protagonist by recording a song titled "Nick Slaughter, Serbia hails you" [in Serbian: "Sloteru Niče, Srbija ti kliče"]. During the massive, several months long anti-government protests in 1996 and 1997, the slogan "Slaughter Nick for President" (Slotera Nika za predsednika) was often seen on banners and badges of the protesters. Even today there is a great number of the same graffiti on the streets of Belgrade.
Plot Outline:
Tropical Heat, also known as Sweating Bullets, was a Canadian TV series, made in cooperation with Mexico and Israel and released between 1991 and 1993 (eventually as part of the CBS umbrella series, Crimetime After Primetime). It was about two private investigators, ex-police officer Nick Slaughter and ex-tourist agent Silvie Girard, solving a variety of different cases.
The series ran for three seasons, totalling 66 episodes. Season One was filmed in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Season Two was... (read more)