Hitz is an American comedy

Comedy

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 television series that premiered August 26, 1997 on UPN

UPN

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. The series follows two record industry executives (Rick Gomez

Rick Gomez

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 and Claude Brooks) and their boss (Andrew Dice Clay

Andrew Dice Clay

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) at Hitower Records in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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.

Cast

• Andrew Dice Clay
  Andrew Dice Clay
  Andrew Dice Clay is an American comedian and actor who played the lead role in the film The Adventures of Ford Fairlane.Clay has been in several movies and has released a number of stand-up albums...
  
   as HiTower president Jimmy Esposito
• Rick Gomez
  Rick Gomez
  Richard Harper "Rick" Gomez is an American actor. He is known for portraying T-4. George Luz, in the HBO television miniseries Band of Brothers, and as "Endless Mike" Hellstrom in the cult hit Nickelodeon TV series The Adventures of Pete and Pete.-Movies:*Love Ranch - Tom Macy*Another Cinderella...
  
   as Robert Moore
• Claude Brooks as Busby Evans
• Rosa Blasi
  Rosa Blasi
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   as April Beane
• Kristin Dattilo as Angela
• Spencer Garrett
  Spencer Garrett
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   as Tommy Stans

Production

Although UPN

UPN

United Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...

 had initially ordered 13 episodes, by October the network had ordered nine more episodes for a total of 22. However, by December the series was canceled before production on the last six episodes was complete.

Reception

Caryn James of The New York Times

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called the series "relentlessly unfunny". Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly

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rated the series as one of the worst of the year.