Flashpoint (TV series)

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Flashpoint
Genre Police drama
Created by Mark Ellis
Stephanie Morgenstern
Starring Enrico Colantoni
Hugh Dillon
Amy Jo Johnson
David Paetkau
Gabriel Hogan
Country of origin Flag of Canada Toronto, Ontario
Production
Executive
producer(s)		 Anne Marie La Traverse
Bill Mustos
Mark Ellis
Stephanie Morgenstern
Running time 1 hour (including commercials)
Broadcast
Original channel CTV / CBS
Original airing July 11, 2008
External links
Official website
IMDb profile

Flashpoint is an upcoming Canadian police drama television series scheduled to debut on July 11, 2008 on CTV and CBS.[1] Flashpoint is the official title of the show [2] while Sniper and Critical Incident were former working titles. The original 2007 pilot for the series was filmed using the Critical Incident title and Sniper was used when CTV originally announced the series in late December 2007.

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[edit] Plot

Flashpoint is about the dramatic portrayal of an elite Toronto, Canada police force called the Strategic Response Unit (SRU). Flashpoint's SRU is inspired by the real Toronto police force's Emergency Task Force.

[edit] Production

Flashpoint began filming 13 episodes on April 17, 2008. It is written and created by Mark Ellis and Stephanie Morgenstern and executive produced by multiple Gemini Award-winner Anne Marie La Traverse for Pink Sky Entertainment and Bill Mustos for Avamar Entertainment in association with CTV and CBS Paramount Network Television.

Although originally developed by CTV for a Canadian audience only, it was announced on January 29, 2008 that American network CBS had purchased the rights to air the series in the United States.[3] This will be the first Canadian TV series aired in prime time on a US broadcast network since Due South, also a CTV show aired by CBS.[4] In addition, Flashpoint will become the first Canadian series aired by a major US broadcast network that is set entirely in Canada (as Due South was primarily set in Chicago).

Some sources suggest that CBS is using the Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) to do struck work shows in Canada to bypass the strike at the Writers Guild of America (WGA). The WGC vehemently denies this, and says that since the show was greenlit before CBS bought the show, and it was created for CTV, that it is a Canadian show and not American, thus not related to the strike. The WGC further pointed out that all of the writers working on Flashpoint are Canadian writers who are not members of the WGA.[5]

On March 5, 2008, CBS announced that Flashpoint would premiere on that network in July 2008 [6]. CTV announced on May 8, 2008 that it will simulcast the show in Canada beginning on July 11, 2008.

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[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Are U.S. networks messing with our shows?", globeandmail.com
  2. ^ Fresh and Hot: CTV Reveals Big-Buzz Summer Schedule
  3. ^ "CBS bypasses writers to import Canadian cop series", Reuters, January 29, 2008.
  4. ^ "New CTV series 'Flashpoint' picked up by CBS", CTV
  5. ^ 'Flashpoint' not struck work, WGC says 1 Feb 2008 Etan Vlessing The Hollywood Reporter
  6. ^ CBS Announces Thursday Plans 5 Mar 2008 Michael Schneider Variety news article

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