Flashpoint

Flashpoint: Preview of Season 2 Finale "Exit Wounds"

editor@buddytv.com — Fri, 15 May 2009 05:00:11 GMT

Flashpoint wraps up its sophomore season tonight with the episode "Exit Wounds" - a title fitting for the show's temporary departure and for what's going to happen. The police drama series finds the Strategic Response Unit in the midst of trouble once again, this time in a place where safety is necessary but uncertain.

On the previous episode of Flashpoint, titled "Last Dance," the SRU team dealt with a young couple who unexpectedly immersed themselves in crime. At first, no one knew what their motives were. It was even believed that drugs had something to do with it, since the disoriented female suspect was plagued by delusions.

CBS Praises 'Flashpoint' Plus Enrico Colantoni Teases Upcoming Plot

editor@buddytv.com — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Flashpoint, the drama that features a team that responds to hostage situation's and gang busts while exploring the criminal's mind to try and save lives, has returned for its second season after debuting with strong Friday-night ratings. And due to the success of the CBS-CTV co-production, CBS entertainment president Nina Tassler is now looking at partnering with other “foreign countries” on future TV projects.

"Flashpoint has been such a positive experience," Tassler said during the TV Critics Tour. "It's a terrific business model for us."

CBS Announces Mid-Season Schedule

editor@buddytv.com — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:57:59 GMT

While some of the big networks have struggled to find viewers throughout the fall season, CBS has been able to brag about their numerous successes. NCIS is hitting all-time ratings highs, The Mentalist is one of the most popular new shows of the year, and of course the network still has heavy hitters like Survivor, The Amazing Race and the CSI franchise. While NBC and ABC are canceling shows left and right, CBS is enjoying a string of good luck.

Will that good luck continue in 2009? CBS recently announced their mid-season programming plans, which includes new seasons of Survivor, Flashpoint and The Amazing Race, and the long-awaited premieres of two new shows.

CTV Picks Up Second Season of 'Flashpoint'

editor@buddytv.com — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:00:00 GMT

Canada's CTV has just announced that it has renewed the police drama Flashpoint for yet another season. The series, for those who are not familiar, is about an elite Canadian metropolitan police force called the Strategic Response Unit (SRU), who are tasked to resolve extreme situations that regular officers cannot handle including hostage taking, bomb threats and heavily armed criminals.

According to the press release, the network has ordered 13 episodes of Flashpoint, which stars Enrico Colantoni, Hugh Dillon and Amy Jo Johnson, to begin production in Toronto in early 2009.

'Flashpoint' to Premiere on CBS

editor@buddytv.com — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:30:00 GMT

Canadian police drama Flashpoint is set to premiere on CBS on July 11, simultaneously with its opening on its parent network CTV, Canada's largest privately owned English language broadcast network. It was picked up for U.S. broadcast during the writers' strike.

Flashpoint stars Amy Jo Johnson (Felicity) and Enrico Colontoni (Veronica Mars, Just Shoot Me). It centers around the elite Canadian metropolitan police force called the Strategic Response Unit, patterned after Toronto's SWAT-like Emergency Task Force. The unit is tasked to perform highly sensitive scenarios, such as hostage crises, gangs, bomb threats, and, on more than one occasion reportedly, talking down suicidal teens. As such, members of the highly-skilled technical team are also trained in negotiating, profiling, and getting inside the suspect or victims' head to ultimately save lives.

Flashpoint

editor@buddytv.com — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:55:27 GMT

Flashpoint is CBS' newest police drama launching this summer. The series, which consist of 13 episodes, is about an elite big city Strategic Response Unit (SRU) that is inspired by Toronto's Emergency Task Force.

Originally developed by CTV, Canada's largest privately owned English language broadcast network, and Toronto-based Pink Sky Entertainment, Flashpoint follows the dangerous lives of a group of cops that rescues hostages, busts gangs, defuses bombs, climbs the sides of buildings and talks down suicidal teens. As they race against time to find out what brought these people to their respective breaking points, members of this highly skilled team use their expertise in negotiating, profiling and getting inside the suspect's head to diffuse the situation in attempt to save lives.