Posts with tag Flashpoint
Posted Jun 30th 2008 11:02AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Programming, Interviews, Numb3rs, Casting, Reality-Free
Flashpoint premieres Friday, July 11, at 10 p.m. ET on
CBS, and yes, it's another cop show, but it sounds gritty enough to offer something interesting. The new summer drama stars
Enrico Colantoni as Sergeant Greg Parker,
Hugh Dillon as Ed Lane,
David Paetkau as Sam Braddock, and
Amy Jo Johnson as Jules Callahan.
The series follows the lives of a Toronto-based Strategic Response Unit (SRU), unique cops who go beyond the call of ordinary cops to rescue hostages, bust gangs, defuse bombs, handle state-of-the-art weaponry and, of course, risk their lives to save others.
I participated in a conference call this week with Colantoni, Dillon, Johnson, and executive producers
Bill Mustos and
Anne Marie La Traverse. Some highlights of the call:
Continue reading Stars of Flashpoint talk about Toronto taking center stage
Posted Apr 15th 2008 3:42PM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Reality Shows, Programming, Game Show, Reality-Free
Like many of its network companions, CBS is using the lazy days of summer to roll out a schedule light on original scripted fare and heavy on unscripted programming. Unlike many of its network companions, CBS is going a different route with some of its original material.
Out of the two original dramas Swingtown is probably the one readers of TV Squad will remember as it was introduced to us during the network's upfronts last year. The show will cover the social and sexual revolutions of the 1970s -- a time when gas was in short supply, inflation was skyrocketing, and the world was in political upheaval. You know, nothing like it is now in the 2000s. The other scripted show will be Flashpoint. This cop drama will follow the adventures of SRU, a task force that is sent out to diffuse emergency situations.
Continue reading Passwords, swingers and dogs mark CBS' summer schedule
Posted Jan 29th 2008 12:01PM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Industry, OpEd, WGA Strike
When the WGA Strike originally started, I recall someone presenting the solution to me that the networks could import shows from other countries. Well, it looks like
CBS is doing just that.
CBS has teamed with Canada's CTV to produce a police drama called
Flashpoint. Mind you, this is far from the first time an American company has partnered with a production company from another country. HBO and the BBC have several shows they have co-produced, including
Extras.
Continue reading CBS starts to outsource writing
Posted May 29th 2007 5:05PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight
At 8, FOX has a new On The Lot, then the season finale of House. - At 10, ABC has the season finale of Boston Legal.
- At 9, PBS has a new Independent Lens.
- Discovery has a new Deadliest Catch at 9, followed by a new After The Catch.
- Food Network has a new Challenge at 9.
- Also at 9: Travel Channel has a new John Ratzenberger's Made In America.
- At 9:30, Bravo has a new Real Housewives of Orange County special.
- CBS has the Kimberly Dozier news special Flashpoint at 10.
- FX has a new episode of The Shield at 10.
- There's a new ECW on Sci-Fi at 10.
- HBO has a First Look at Ocean's 13 at 10.
Check your local TV listings for more.
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