CBS has renewed "Flashpoint" for a third cycle, ordering 13 episodes of the Canadian-produced drama to air later this season.
"Flashpoint" has already been picked up for a third season by Canadian CTV, which originally developed the cop series and has been airing it concurrently with CBS.
"Flashpoint," starring Enrico Colantoni, has been the most successful among the slew of recent scripted imports on the U.S. broadcast networks, which have been looking for lower-cost drama programming.
Hmmm…a Sunday replacement perhaps?
Woohoo! Been waiting for this for weeks!
new episodes are already airing in Canada
THEY’RE SO GOOD BTW!!
ps it’s been airing in the friday 10:00pm slot here
but my bet is that CBS will air it in the 10:00 sunday slot
happy to see it back
How timely is the renewal news, eh. CBS was really fast
With Three Rivers likely to be axed, CBS is in preparation.
With 13 new episodes combined with 9 left over episodes, CBS has a total of 22 episodes to air throughout the season.
Dear CBS
November 1
7:00 60 Minutes
8:00 The Amazing Race
9:00 Cold Case
10:00 Flashpoint
Your welcome
Though I definitely DO believe in coincidences, I’m pretty sure the timing of this announcement was not purely coincidental to last night’s ratings.
Doesn’t CBS have like a few episodes episodes of Season 2 left in the can, will be interesting if they show them as part of Season 3. Is it an import from CTV or does CBS fund it in any way?
Jon – CBS has 9 leftover second season episodes that were originally gonna air this summer. 9 plus 13 third season eps, equals a full 22 episode season for 09-10.
Robert – I agree, though I would think CBS would sample some new Flashpoint in the sunday slot before ordering new eps. The series is cheap and was reliable last season.
Flashpoint raked in 1 882 000 viewers last week in Canada
more than double what the Listener was pulling in when it was still airing
it’s definitely a hit here
So, I guess the question now is, will it air at 9 or will CBS move CC and put it at 10?
With a full Flashpoint season likely to air sundays at 10 until May, that only leaves 1 slot available for Miami Trauma or the bridge. My guess is that The Good Wife will finish early, and the get replaced by Miami Trauma (like how Harper’s Island replaced Eleventh Hour) another CBS drama The Bridge could be held until summer.
Fantastic news!! Very underrated procedural drama. 22 new episodes over the course of the year is awesome.
So I’m a little confused. The story says CTV already ordered a 3rd season, so does this mean CBS has decided they want the episodes and are chipping in paying part of the bill?
Holly – Id move Cold Case back to 9 and air Flashpoint at 10. Though Cold Case’s numbers have been down, its done better at 9 than Flashpoint would likely do.
Tdot – The remaining 9 episodes began airing on CTV September 25, so with it doing well in Canada, I believe that CBS would start airing the remaining 9 episodes by November and then continue with Season 3. CBS will have done for Flashpoint to begin production on the new episodes while the leftovers begin airing.
Don J – I think CTV has started airing the remaining 9 Season 2 production episodes, which havent even aired in the US yet and is the first time that the series is not airing concurrently in both countries. I think both CTV and CBS reached a deal of 13 more episodes.
The Good Wife isn’t doing badly at the moment but I agree that they probably give it 16-18 episodes and give Miami Trauma or The Bridge the post NCIS LA slot. I think Miami Trauma will get the midseason slot and The Bridge will push to Summer.
I’ve heard that they reworked the pilot and made changes to the leads, the original trailer which is on Youtube is not great but it has potential.
Well that news made my wife happy.
She enjoyed Flashpoint previously (Though she was glad CBS picked up Medium also) I hope it does well wherever they decide to place it.
Jon – Thats exactly what I said. Wife will get 18 eps, then replaced by Miami Trauma, while The Bridge will get the Flashpoint treatment and premiere in the summer.
Id say Flashpoint should air 10 on sundays. The Unit aired there and it did pretty good after Case.