So what’s next for CBS and CTV’s police drama Flashpoint?
Amid all the amazing season finales last Friday, some of us probably needed two DVRs just to keep up. Flashpoint, the riveting police drama that’s full of tense scenarios with an emotional backdrop, had some modest ratings for its Season 2 finale, Exit Wounds (8.4 million…just behind Numb3rs’ 9.6 million).
The success of CBS and CTV’s Flashpoint, the cop drama that depicts the lives of a highly-skilled police team, is leading to more possible cop dramas from Canada. From big-city police to an empathic paramedic, there’s new crime drama blood in the air!
John Morayniss, the president of Canadian producer E1 Television has three new cop dramas that could very well make the grade with American viewers:
The Bridge – a project ordered by CTV, and follows the stories of a big-city police force and street cops who must catch criminals, yet struggle with their own bosses to protect the …read more
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Get ready for more hostage rescues, gang busts and suicide calls on Fridays. Flashpoint has returned for its second season on CBS on January 9. It airs on Fridays at 9:00 PM. This very short video features the series theme song.
It seems this cop drama series is extremely popular for CTV, bringing in 1.74 million viewers with its episode that aired last Friday.
This weeks new episode which airs Friday is called Haunting The Barn. It features the team investigating a suspicious piece of luggage they suspect may be an explosive device. Also, a former SRU agent barricades himself …read more
CBS’s police crime drama Flashpoint, the story of an elite tactical task force, has been making some good news! First, it placed on top with viewers 25-54 and has it’s new time slot of Thursdays, at 10:00 PM on CBS.
It has 4 consecutive time period wins. This sounds like a great start for a series that crossed the border to us from Canada. This is also a good omen for other quality shows to cross over. So what’s the appeal of this show, and how does it compare to other crime drama fare?
Flashpoint is coming to CBS this summer, bringing us, among other things, tense hostage negotiation scenes, and Canadian police antics. Check out the trailer and details below:
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First there was the BAU, and now we have the SRU! CBS’s new police drama, called Flashpoint (a working title for now) follows a group of highly skilled police officers, trained in negotiation, profiling and diffusing situations to save lives.
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