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{{Short description|2008 Canadian police procedural television series}}
{{Infobox Television
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| show_name = Flashpoint
{{Use Canadian English|date=March 2016}}
| image = [[Image:Flashpoint Intertitle.jpg]]
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2023}}
| caption = Flashpoint title screen
{{Infobox television
| show_name_2 =
| genre = [[Police drama]]
| image = Flashpoint Intertitle.jpg
| creator = [[Mark Ellis (actor)|Mark Ellis]]<br />[[Stephanie Morgenstern]]
| genre = [[Police procedural]]
| director = David Frazee, [[Clark Johnson]]
| creator = {{Unbulleted list|[[Mark Ellis (actor)|Mark Ellis]]|[[Stephanie Morgenstern]]}}
| director = {{Unbulleted list|[[David Frazee]]|[[Stephen Surjik]]|[[Holly Dale]]|[[Érik Canuel]]}}
| creative_director =
| starring = <!--Per infobox instructions, the original cast is to be listed first in credits order followed by additional cast in the order in which they joined the cast. Also, please do not delete former cast members. -->{{Plainlist|
| developer =
* [[Hugh Dillon]]
| presenter =
* [[Amy Jo Johnson]]
| starring = [[Enrico Colantoni]]<br />[[Hugh Dillon]]<br />[[Amy Jo Johnson]]<br />[[David Paetkau]]<br />[[Sergio Di Zio]]<br />[[Michael Cram]]<br />[[Mark Taylor (actor)|Mark Taylor]]<br />[[Ruth Marshall]]
* [[David Paetkau]]
| voices =
* [[Enrico Colantoni]]
| narrated =
* [[Sergio Di Zio]]
| theme_music_composer = [[Amin Bhatia]]<br />Ari Posner
* [[Michael Cram]]
| opentheme =
* [[Mark Taylor (Canadian actor)|Mark Taylor]]
| endtheme =
* [[Jessica Steen]]
| composer =
* [[Ruth Marshall]]
| country = {{Flagicon|Canada}} [[Canada]]
* [[Oluniké Adeliyi]]
* [[Clé Bennett]]
}}
| theme_music_composer = {{Unbulleted list|[[Amin Bhatia]]|[[Ari Posner]]}}
| open_theme = Theme from Flashpoint
| country = Canada
| language = English
| language = English
| num_seasons = 2
| num_seasons = 5
| num_episodes = 31 <!--(13 produced in 2008, 18 to be produced in 2009)-->
| num_episodes = 75
| list_episodes = List of Flashpoint episodes
| list_episodes = List of Flashpoint episodes
| executive_producer = [[Anne Marie La Traverse]]<br />[[Bill Mustos]]
| executive_producer = {{Unbulleted list|Anne Marie La Traverse|[[Bill Mustos]]}}
| co_exec = [[Tassie Cameron]]<br />[[Mark Ellis (actor)|Mark Ellis]]<br />[[Stephanie Morgenstern]]
| producer = Tracey Boulton
| producer = Tracey Boulton
| location = [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada
| supervising_producer =
| cinematography = {{Unbulleted list|David Perrault|Stephen Reizes}}
| asst_producer = Sharon Mustos
| runtime = 44 minutes
| consulting_producer = Tracey Forbes<br />John Calvert
| company = {{Plainlist|
| co-producer = [[Mark Ellis (actor)|Mark Ellis]]<br />[[Stephanie Morgenstern]]
* Pink Sky Entertainment
| editor =
* Avamar Entertainment
| story_editor = Adam Barken
* [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] (2008–2011)
| location =
* [[Bell Media]] (2011–2012)
| cinematography = David Perrault<br />Stephen Reizes
* [[CBS Paramount Television]] (2008–2009)
| camera =
* [[CBS Television Studios]] (2009–2011)
| runtime = 44 mins (excluding commercials)
* [[CBS Television Distribution]] (2012)
| network = [[CTV television network|CTV]] and [[CBS]]
* [[Ion Television]] (2012)
| picture_format = [[HDTV]] [[1080i]]
}}
| audio_format =
| first_run =
| network = {{Plainlist|
* [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] (Canada, 2008–2012)
| first_aired = July 11, 2008
* [[CBS]] (US, 2008–2011)
| last_aired = Present
* [[Ion Television]] (US, 2011–2013)
| status =
}}
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
| first_aired = {{Start date|2008|7|11}}
| related =
| last_aired = {{End date|2012|12|13}}
| website = http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/show/CTVShows/20071221/home-sniper/20071221/
| production_website =
| imdb_id = 1059475
| tv_com_id = 75209
}}
}}
'''''Flashpoint''''' is a [[Canadian]] [[police drama]] [[television series]] that debuted on July 11, 2008, on [[CTV television network|CTV]] in Canada and [[CBS]] in the U.S.<ref>{{cite news |work=Globe and Mail |url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080501.wflashpoint01/BNStory/Entertainment/home |first=Gayle |last=MacDonald |date=2008-05-01 |title=Are U.S. networks messing with our shows?}}</ref> ''Sniper''<ref>{{cite news |work=CTV |title=CTV adds two new Canadian dramas to lineup |url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/show/CTVShows/20071221/two_new_series_071221/20071221/ |date=2007-12-21 |accessdate=2008-07-13}}</ref> and ''Critical Incident''<ref name="Title">{{cite news |url=http://www.playbackonline.ca/articles/daily/20070720/critical.html |work=Playback |title=Cop action in the works for CTV |first=Tracy Nita |last=Pender |accessdate=2008-07-13 |date=2007-07-20}}</ref> were former working titles. The original 2007 pilot for the series was filmed using the ''Critical Incident'' title<ref name="Title"/> and ''Sniper'' was used when CTV originally announced the series in late December 2007.<ref>{{cite news |work=TV, eh? |url=http://www.tv-eh.com/2007/12/20/ctv-orders-two-new-one-hour-canadian-drama-series/ |title=CTV Orders Two, New One-Hour Canadian Drama Series |date=2007-12-20 |accessdate=2008-07-13}}</ref>


'''''Flashpoint''''' is a Canadian [[police procedural]] television series created by [[Mark Ellis (actor)|Mark Ellis]] and [[Stephanie Morgenstern]] for [[CTV Television Network|CTV]], [[CBS]] and [[Ion Television]]. The series starred [[Hugh Dillon]], [[Amy Jo Johnson]], [[David Paetkau]], [[Sergio Di Zio]], and [[Enrico Colantoni]]. The series premiered on [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] in Canada on July 11, 2008. In the United States, the first three seasons and part of the fourth were aired on [[CBS]] from July 11, 2008, until August 19, 2011. The show then aired on [[Ion Television]] starting on October 18, 2011, with the eighth episode of the fourth season. Internationally, the series was distributed by Alchemy Television and [[Tele München Group]].
== Plot ==
''Flashpoint'' is about the dramatic portrayal of an [[Emergency_Task_Force|elite tactical unit]], called the Strategic Response Unit (SRU), within a [[Canada|Canadian]] metropolitan [[police force]] (styled on the Toronto [[Emergency Task Force (TPS)|Emergency Task Force]], Toronto being where the series is filmed). The SRU are tasked to resolve extreme situations that regular officers cannot handle including [[hostage]]-taking, [[bomb]] threats and heavily armed criminals. Even though they're backed with high-tech equipment with an arsenal of [[explosive]]s, [[taser]]s, [[submachine gun]]s, [[assault rifle|assault]] and [[sniper rifle]]s, the SRU operators use [[intuition]] and judgement to resolve the situation.


On January 25, 2011, it was announced that [[Ion Television]] had acquired all rights to the show held by [[CBS]], including the option to continue production. On May 1, 2012, the producers announced that the fifth season would be the last of the series.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bibel |first=Sara |date=May 1, 2012 |title='Flashpoint' Final Season Announced |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/05/01/flashpoint-final-season-announced/131807/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507142504/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/05/01/flashpoint-final-season-announced/131807/ |archive-date=May 7, 2012 |website=TV By The Numbers}}</ref> The series finale aired on December 13, 2012.
== Production ==
''Flashpoint'' began filming 13 episodes on April 17, 2008. It is written and created by [[Mark Ellis (actor)|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 the [[CTV Television Network]] and [[CBS Paramount Network Television]].


==Premise==
Flashpoint began life as a part of a CTV project that encouraged actors to submit scripts to the network. The original Flashpoint script (when it was known as "Critical Incident") was for a two-hour TV movie. CTV's interest in the project led to Flashpoint being reworked as a regular CTV series which was approved in mid-December 2007. Although originally developed 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]],<ref>{{cite news |date=2008-01-30 |work=[[Reuters]] |url=http://www.reuters.com/article/televisionNews/idUSN2964677720080130 |title=CBS bypasses writers to import Canadian cop series}}</ref> making it the first Canadian TV series aired in prime time on a US broadcast network since ''[[Due South]]'', also a CTV show aired by CBS.<ref> {{cite news |url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/show/CTVShows/20080129/flashpoint_pickedup_080129/20080129/ |title=New CTV series 'Flashpoint' picked up by CBS |work=[[CTV News|CTV]] |date=2008-01-29}}</ref> In addition, ''Flashpoint'' is 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).
''Flashpoint'' is about Team One of the Metropolitan Police's Strategic Response Unit, a fictional [[police tactical unit]] in an unnamed North American metropolis (based on the [[Toronto Police Service]]'s [[Emergency Task Force (Toronto Police Service)|Emergency Task Force]];<ref name="Canada News">{{Cite web |last=Lambert |first=David |date=August 11, 2009 |title=Phase 4 Films Announce Acquisition of Flashpoint |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Flashpoint-Season-1/12456 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916014649/http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Flashpoint-Season-1/12456 |archive-date=September 16, 2009 |access-date=October 15, 2009 |website=TV Shows On DVD}}</ref> the metropolis itself is strongly implied to be [[Toronto]], Ontario).


== Cast ==
Some sources{{who}} suggest that CBS is using the [[Writers Guild of Canada]] (WGC) to do struck work shows in Canada to [[Effect of the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike on television|bypass]] the [[2007/2008 Writers Guild of America strike|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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/international/news/e3ifd053af8bbfcf736c55e329b37d3ad2d |title='Flashpoint' not struck work, WGC says |date=2008-02-01 |first=Etan |last=Vlessing |work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>
{{Main|List of Flashpoint characters{{!}}List of ''Flashpoint'' characters}}
[[File:Flashpoint cast.jpg|left|thumb|500px|Original main cast members (L–R) Dillon, Johnson, Taylor, Colantoni, Di Zio, Hogan, and Cram. Hogan was replaced by [[David Paetkau]], playing Sam Braddock (not pictured), after the first episode.]]
The majority of the cast of ''Flashpoint'' are Canadian, including [[Enrico Colantoni]], [[David Paetkau]], [[Hugh Dillon]], [[Sergio Di Zio]], [[Michael Cram]], [[Mark Taylor (Canadian actor)|Mark Taylor]], and [[Ruth Marshall]]. [[Amy Jo Johnson]] is the only American.<ref name="Actress">{{Cite web |last=Bobbin |first=Jay |title=Checking in with Amy Jo Johnson |url=http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=1121090 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613163348/http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=1121090 |archive-date=June 13, 2011 |access-date=November 19, 2009 |website=Brantford Expositor}}</ref> In an interview, the show's creators stated that they preferred to cast Canadians in ''Flashpoint'', in part because of the sizeable Canadian talent pool but also because American audiences are less likely to have preconceptions about the characters.<ref name="Barr">{{Cite web |last=Barr |first=Merrill |date=July 15, 2010 |title=Interview: The Creators of 'Flashpoint' |url=https://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/interview-the-creators-of-%E2%80%98flashpoint%E2%80%99.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100721053713/http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/interview-the-creators-of-‘flashpoint’.php/all/1 |archive-date=July 21, 2010 |access-date=August 29, 2010 |website=Film School Rejects}}</ref>


Johnson said she had no problems with the physical demands of the show despite being pregnant<ref name="Pregnancy">{{Cite web |last=Kinon |first=Cristina |date=June 25, 2008 |title=Amy Jo Johnson to deliver for Flashpoint |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2008/06/26/2008-06-26_amy_jo_johnson_to_deliver_for_flashpoint.html |access-date=November 19, 2009 |website=NY Daily News}}</ref> during initial production of the series.<ref name="Pregnancy" />
On March 5, 2008, CBS announced that ''Flashpoint'' would premiere on that network in July 2008.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117981887.html?categoryid=14&cs=1&query=Flashpoint |title=CBS Announces Thursday Plans |date=2008-05-03 |first=Michael |last=Schneider |work=Variety}}</ref> CTV announced on May 8, 2008 that it will simulcast the show in Canada beginning on July 11, 2008.


== Episodes ==
The pilot episode titled "Scorpio" was based on an actual event that occurred in Toronto in 2004 in which a gun-wielding hostage taker was shot and killed by an [[Emergency Task Force (TPS)|Emergency Task Force]] sniper.<ref>[http://www.macleans.ca/culture/entertainment/article.jsp?content=20080625_20530_20530 A series inspired by a T.O. sniper.] Retrieved on July 13, 2008.</ref> Ellis and Morgenstern wrote their teleplay for the episode after interviewing members of the ETF.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/07/11/001823.php |title=Cop Drama ''Flashpoint'' Explores Human Cost Of Heroism |date=2008-07-11 |first=Diane |last=Kristine}}</ref>
{{Main|List of Flashpoint episodes{{!}}List of ''Flashpoint'' episodes}}
{{:List of Flashpoint episodes}}


== Production ==
Director David Frazee carefully shoots the SRU as one unit in order to show their unity throughout the show.<ref>[http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=216527 HBO presents a pat war drama; CBS surprises with 'Flash point'.] Retrieved on July 13, 2008.</ref> Producer Anne Marie La Traverse said that the show would take people to their "own personal flash point."<ref>[http://hub.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080711/THINGS0206/807110305/1104/HUB 'Flashpoint' brings police drama to summer TV.] Retrieved on July 13, 2008.</ref> [[David Paetkau]], one of the show's regular cast members, said Flashpoint "tries to capture the human element involved in policing and discusses how some officers end up with emotional baggage and suffering with mental illnesses like post traumatic stress disorder."<ref>[http://www.coastreporter.net/madison%5CWQuestion.nsf/0/D74B9718503E1B7C88257483001146B6?OpenDocument David Paetkau shoots new series in Toronto.] Retrieved on July 13, 2008.</ref> Input and advice from various ETF personnel were used in the making of the series.<ref>[http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1109342 'Flashpoint' chronicles the price heroic cops must pay on the job.] Retrieved on July 13, 2008.</ref>


=== Development ===
On August 25, 2008, CTV announced it had renewed the show for a second season of 13 episodes to begin production in Toronto in early 2009.<ref>[http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/show/CTVShows/20080823/flashpoint_20080825/20080823 More Flashpoint In The Crosshairs] Retrieved August 25, 2008.</ref> Some months later, both CTV and CBS increased the renewal to 18 episodes. According to tvguide.com CBS announced that Flashpoint will return January 9, 2009 at 9pm for a midseason start. In the United States, the remaining 4 episodes that were originally produced for Season 1 will air as a part of Season 2.<ref>[http://www.tvguide.com/News/CBS-Midseason-Schedule-1000417.aspx CBS Midseason Plan Targets Flashpoint for Fridays.] Retrieved on December 11, 2008. </ref> <ref>[http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117992507.html?categoryId=14&cs=1 CBS orders more 'Flashpoint'.] Retrieved on November 6, 2008.</ref> However, CTV in Canada considers the held-over episodes to still be part of Season 1 and has indicated this on their Flashpoint website (i.e. CTV lists "Eagle Two" as episode 110). <ref> [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/show/CTVShows/20071221/home-sniper/20081222/ CTV's Flashpoint website.]</ref>
''Flashpoint'' was conceived in 2005 as part of a CTV project that encouraged actors to submit scripts to the network.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=CTV Series Flashpoint Picked Up by CBS for U.S. Broadcast |date=January 29, 2008 |publisher=Bell Media |url=http://bellmediapr.ca/ctv/releases/release.asp?id=10037&num=14&yyyy=2008 |access-date=May 4, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708021902/http://bellmediapr.ca/ctv/releases/release.asp?id=10037&num=14&yyyy=2008 |archive-date=July 8, 2012}}</ref> The original ''Flashpoint'' script (known earlier as ''Sniper'' and ''Critical Incident'')<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 29, 2008 |title=CBS buys new Canuck cop drama Flashpoint |work=The Canadian Press |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/cbs-buys-new-canuck-cop-drama-flashpoint-1.712588 |access-date=November 19, 2009}}</ref><ref name="Title">{{Cite web |last=Pender |first=Tracy Nita |date=July 20, 2007 |title=Cop action in the works for CTV |url=http://www.playbackonline.ca/articles/daily/20070720/critical.html |access-date=July 13, 2008 |website=Playback}}</ref> was for a two-hour [[television film]]. A pilot episode was produced for CTV in July 2007 under the ''Critical Incident'' title featuring most of the cast of what would become the series, but without the characters Jules Callaghan and Lewis Young; the characters in the pilot were Kate Travers and Robert "Shakes" Boneyman.<ref>Critical Incident pilot script July 2007, written by Mark Ellis & Stephanie Morgenstern.</ref> CTV's interest in the project led to ''Flashpoint'''s being reworked as a regular CTV series, which was approved in mid-December 2007. The show was [[Effect of the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike on television|unaffected by the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike]] because [[Writers Guild of Canada]] (WGC) rules allow any members of the WGC living in Canada, including writers with dual WGA/WGC membership, to write for Canadian productions.<ref name="wgcvar">{{Cite web |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=November 6, 2007 |title=AWGA strike could go into early 2008 |url=https://variety.com/2007/scene/markets-festivals/wga-strike-could-go-into-2008-1117975495/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130208235052/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117975495.html |archive-date=February 8, 2013 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=May 16, 2023 }}</ref> Writers living in the United States with dual WGA/WGC membership were required to get a waiver from the WGA to work on Canadian productions during the strike.<ref name="wgcvar" />{{dead link|date=January 2022}}


Although originally developed for a Canadian audience, it was announced on January 29, 2008, that American network [[CBS]] had purchased the rights to air the series in the United States,<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 30, 2008 |title=CBS bypasses writers to import Canadian cop series |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/televisionNews/idUSN2964677720080130 |access-date=November 19, 2009}}</ref> making it the second Canadian TV series aired in primetime on a US broadcast network after ''[[Due South]],'' also a CTV show aired by CBS.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 29, 2008 |title=CTV Series Flashpoint Picked Up by CBS for U.S. Broadcast |url=http://www.channelcanada.com/Article2089.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105071943/http://channelcanada.com/Article2089.html |archive-date=January 5, 2010 |access-date=November 19, 2009 |website=Channel Canada}}</ref> In addition, ''Flashpoint'' is the first Canadian series aired by a major US broadcast network set entirely in Canada (as ''Due South'' was primarily set in Chicago but filmed in Toronto). On March 5, 2008, CBS announced that ''Flashpoint'' would premiere in July.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schneider |first=Michael |date=March 5, 2008 |title=CBS unveils Thursday plans |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2008/scene/markets-festivals/cbs-unveils-thursday-plans-1117981887/ |access-date=November 19, 2009}}</ref> CTV announced on May 8, 2008, that it would simulcast the show in Canada beginning on July 11.
Flashpoint was first broadcast in the United Kingdom by ITV3, the pilot episode premiering on Thursday, January 15 2009.


''Flashpoint'' began filming 13 episodes on April 17, 2008. It was written and created by [[Mark Ellis (actor)|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 the [[CTV Television Network]] and [[CBS Television Studios]] (formerly CBS Paramount Network Television). The pilot episode, titled "Scorpio" was based on an actual event that occurred in Toronto in 2004, in which a gun-wielding hostage-taker was shot and killed by an Emergency Task Force sniper.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Treble |first=Patricia |date=June 25, 2008 |title=A series inspired by a T.O. sniper |url=http://www.macleans.ca/culture/entertainment/article.jsp?content=20080625_20530_20530 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502051011/http://www.macleans.ca/culture/entertainment/article.jsp?content=20080625_20530_20530 |archive-date=May 2, 2009 |access-date=November 19, 2009 |website=Macleans}}</ref> Ellis and Morgenstern wrote their teleplay for the episode after interviewing members of the ETF.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wild |first=Diane Kristine |date=July 11, 2008 |title=Cop Drama ''Flashpoint'' Explores Human Cost Of Heroism |url=http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/07/11/001823.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080718124735/http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/07/11/001823.php |archive-date=July 18, 2008 |access-date=November 19, 2009 |website=BC Blog Critics}}</ref> The majority of the episode reused substantial portions of the unaired ''Critical Incident'' pilot together with new footage featuring Amy Jo Johnson and Mark Taylor (who were not in the pilot).<ref>Comparison of the "Critical Incident" script to the Episode 101 "Scorpio" script.</ref> Director David Frazee carefully shot the SRU as one unit to demonstrate their unity.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cox |first=Ted |date=July 11, 2007 |title=HBO presents a pat war drama; CBS surprises with 'Flash point' |url=http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=216527 |access-date=July 13, 2008 |website=Daily Herald}}</ref> Producer Anne Marie La Traverse said the show would take people to their "own personal flash point."<ref>{{Cite web |title='Flashpoint' brings police drama to summer TV |url=http://hub.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080711/THINGS0206/807110305/1104/HUB |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713235112/http://hub.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20080711%2FTHINGS0206%2F807110305%2F1104%2FHUB |archive-date=July 13, 2011 |access-date=July 13, 2008 |website=The Hub}}</ref> [[David Paetkau]], one of the show's regular cast members, said ''Flashpoint'' "tries to capture the human element involved in policing, and discusses how some officers end up with [[emotional baggage]] and suffer with mental illnesses like [[PTSD|post traumatic stress disorder]]."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bond |first=Shannon |date=April 23, 2008 |title=David Paetkau shoots new series in Toronto |url=http://www.coastreporter.net/article/20080711/SECHELT0101/307119974/david-paetkau-shoots-new-series-in-toronto |access-date=July 13, 2008 |website=Coast Reporter |archive-date=July 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718134216/http://www.coastreporter.net/article/20080711/SECHELT0101/307119974/david-paetkau-shoots-new-series-in-toronto |url-status=dead }}</ref> Input and advice from various ETF personnel were used in making the series.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Crook |first=John |date=July 11, 2008 |title='Flashpoint' chronicles the price heroic cops must pay on the job |url=http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=1109342 |access-date=July 13, 2008 |website=Brantford Expositor}}</ref>
===Music===
[[Hugh Dillon]] and [[Amy Jo Johnson]] are both involved in the show's production with their music being used.<ref name="Music">[http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/show/CTVShows/20080813/flashpoint_songs_080813/20080814/ 'Flashpoint' stars feature musical side in upcoming episodes.] Retrieved on August 19, 2008.</ref> Johnson's ''Dancing In-between'' was used in the ending of episode 6 ''Attention Shoppers'' and Dillon's "''Lost at Sea''" was used to conclude the 8th episode, "Never Kissed a Girl".<ref name="Music"/><ref name="musicpage">[http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/show/CTVShows/20080717/flashpoint_music_080717/20080708 Music Page, CTV's Flashpoint site.] Retrieved on August 19, 2008.</ref> The show's short 30 seconds theme was created by Amin Bhatia and Ari Posner.<ref name="musicpage"/>


On August 25, 2008, CTV announced it had renewed the show for a second season of 13 episodes to begin production in Toronto in early 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 25, 2008 |title=More Flashpoint In The Crosshairs: CTV Orders Second Season of Hit Original Series |url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVShows/20080823/flashpoint_20080825/20080823?hub=Corporate&subhub=PrintStory |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525015419/https://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVShows/20080823/flashpoint_20080825/20080823?hub=Corporate&subhub=PrintStory |archive-date=May 25, 2022 |access-date=November 19, 2009 |website=CTV}}</ref> Some months later, both CTV and CBS increased the renewal to 18 episodes. According to tvguide.com, CBS announced that ''Flashpoint'' would return January 9, 2009, at 9&nbsp;pm for a midseason start. In the United States and Canada, the remaining four episodes that were originally produced for season 1 aired as a part of season 2.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mitovich |first=Matt |date=December 2, 2008 |title=CBS Midseason Plan Targets ''Flashpoint'' for Fridays |url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/CBS-Midseason-Schedule-1000417.aspx |access-date=December 11, 2008 |website=TV Guide.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Schneider |first=Michael |date=September 19, 2008 |title=CBS orders more 'Flashpoint' |url=https://variety.com/2008/scene/markets-festivals/cbs-orders-more-flashpoint-1117992507/ |website=Variety Magazine |access-date=November 21, 2023 }}</ref> CTV in Canada originally considered these episodes as part of season 1; however, after the airing of the fourth episode (which was originally considered the final episode of season 1), CTV changed the labelling of these four episodes and, following CBS, began considering them part of season 2. CBS and CTV both ended season 2 on May 25, 2009, after airing only the first nine episodes produced. The second nine episodes, filmed from May to August 2009, were originally aired in Canada by CTV as season 3. CTV officially began to refer to the episodes as the second half of season 2 (and altered its ''Flashpoint'' website accordingly). These episodes began airing June 4, 2010, on CBS, where they are considered part of season 3.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 21, 2010 |title=Flashpoint: TV Show Returning for Season Three on CBS |url=http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/flashpoint-tv-show-season-three-15514/ |access-date=August 29, 2010 |website=TV Series Finale}}</ref>
===Setting===
The setting for the series is a large Canadian metropolitan city that is assumed to be [[Toronto]], the largest city in Canada. [[Enrico Colantoni]] has stated that attempts were made to downplay the city's importance and make it a seemingly indistinctive city. He also said in the same interview that "Toronto" is never identified as the city in which the series is set.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://watch.ctv.ca/etalk/tv/extended---flashpoint/#clip61512 |title=Enrico Colantoni's CTV ''Flashpoint'' interview}}&nbsp;— only viewable in Canada </ref> Nevertheless, shots do show the [[CN Tower]], countless Toronto landmarks, a fictional ''Toronto Interpreter'' newspaper (designed in the style of the ''[[Toronto Star]]''), Canadian mailboxes, Canada's flag on uniforms and actual [[Toronto Transit Commission]] subway stations and railcars, and the occasional [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] (RCMP) and [[Ontario Provincial Police]] patrol cars. Dialogue also references [[Tim Hortons]], and local streets such as [[Yonge Street|Yonge]] and [[Queen Street (Toronto)|Queen]] Streets, as well as communities within the Greater Toronto Area ([[Rosedale, Toronto|Rosedale]], [[Woodbridge, Ontario|Woodbridge]]). [[Bill Mustos]], founder of co-production company Avamar Entertainment, points out that "you’re not going to see a show that is screaming ‘Canada.’ It’s a show in a big sophisticated urban city where crises take place. The stories we’re trying to tell are universal stories."<ref name="NY">[http://tvdecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/11/canadians-sneak-across-border-hide-on-cbs/ Canadians Sneak Across Border, Hide on CBS.] Retrieved on July 13, 2008.</ref> CTV's press release regarding the series does identify Toronto, and notes that the SRU is based on Toronto's [[Emergency Task Force (TPS)|Emergency Task Force]].<ref>{{cite press release |work=CTV |date=2008-06-25 |url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/show/CTVShows/20080625/flash_release_080625/20080625/ |title=High-stakes Drama ''Flashpoint'' Targets CTV July 11}}</ref>


Season 3 was commissioned by CTV and CBS in October 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 6, 2009 |title=CBS Orders Another Cycle of ''Flashpoint'' |url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_entertainment/release?id=22956 |access-date=November 3, 2010 |publisher=CBS Press Express}}</ref> The first episode of the season began filming on January 13, 2010. This gave CBS 22 original episodes to broadcast while CTV had 13. CBS completed broadcasting season 2 on July 30, 2010. season 3 premiered on July 16, 2010, on both CTV and CBS.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 20, 2010 |title=CTV Takes Aim With All-New Episodes in the Season 3 Premiere of FLASHPOINT, August 6 |url=http://channelcanada.com/Article4831.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708134823/http://channelcanada.com/Article4831.html |archive-date=July 8, 2011 |access-date=November 3, 2010 |website=ChannelCanada.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release |title=E SRU TEAM ATTEMPTS TO RESCUE A CARJACKED BABY AND A YOUNG MAN HELD HOSTAGE, ON "FLASHPOINT", FRIDAY, JULY 16 |date=June 17, 2010 |publisher=CBS Press Express |url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_entertainment/release?id=25293 |access-date=November 3, 2010}}</ref> After entering a hiatus in mid-September after the broadcast of seven episodes from season 3, CTV resumed airing the remaining episodes on January 4, 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 16, 2010 |title=Flashpoint returns January 4 |url=http://www.tv-eh.com/2010/12/16/flashpoint-returns-january-4-the-listener-january-28/ |access-date=December 20, 2010 |website=TV, eh?}}</ref> CTV ordered production of season 4 of ''Flashpoint'' on June 3, 2010, before season 3 began to air.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=CTV Announces Industry-Leading 2010–2011 Canadian Television Package |date=June 3, 2010 |url=http://ctvmedia.ca/ctv/releases/release.asp?id=12616&yyyy=2010 |access-date=January 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124170348/http://www.ctvmedia.ca/ctv/releases/release.asp?id=12616&yyyy=2010 |archive-date=November 24, 2010 |website=CTV Media Site}}</ref> On January 21, 2011, it was announced that CBS would air 7 of the 18 episodes from season 4, as well as the remaining 6 episodes from season 3 not yet shown on CBS, during the summer of 2011. Due to the cancellation of ''[[CHAOS (TV series)|CHAOS]]'', the remaining episodes from season 3 of ''Flashpoint'' were shown on CBS starting May 6, 2011.<ref name="TVBTN20110418">{{Cite web |last=Seidman |first=Robert |date=April 18, 2011 |title="Chaos" canceled; New "Flashpoint" episodes coming soon – ratings |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/04/18/chaos-canceled-new-flashpoint-episodes-coming-soon/89864 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110420131420/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/04/18/chaos-canceled-new-flashpoint-episodes-coming-soon/89864 |archive-date=April 20, 2011 |access-date=April 18, 2011}}</ref> The remaining 11 episodes from season 4 began airing on [[ION Television]] in October of that year.<ref name="DL201101">{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=January 21, 2011 |title=Canadian 'Flashpoint' In U.S. Syndie Deal, Will Air Originals On CBS And ION |url=https://deadline.com/2011/01/canadian-drama-flashpoint-in-u-s-syndi-deal-will-air-originals-on-cbs-and-ion-98828/ |access-date=January 22, 2011 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>
The set of the SRU's headquarters is fully functional<ref name="Tour">[http://www.wivb.com/Global/story.asp?S=8797466 Tour of Flashpoint set in Toronto.] Retrieved on August 19, 2008.</ref> as they appear on the show and are not simply props, though some of the firearms used in the show are, while others are actual decommissioned formerly firing weapons.<ref name="Tour">[http://www.wivb.com/Global/story.asp?S=8797466 Tour of Flashpoint set in Toronto.] Retrieved on August 19, 2008.</ref>


Filming of season 4 took place between February 14 and September 15, 2011.<ref name="OMDC20110128">{{Cite press release |title=In Production |date=January 28, 2011 |publisher=Ontario Media Development Corporation |url=http://www.omdc.on.ca/Page3679.aspx |access-date=February 13, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218145916/http://omdc.on.ca/Page3679.aspx |archive-date=December 18, 2010}} The reference is archived because this website overwrites the content and the linked pdf every 2 weeks when the new list is released.</ref> On May 9, 2011, CTV announced that season 4 would begin airing on June 17, 2011, to be simulcast by CBS.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CTV cranks up the heat with new summer schedule |url=http://shows.ctv.ca/FlashPoint/article/CTV-cranks-up-the-heat-with-new-summer-schedule#c_0 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603094619/http://shows.ctv.ca/FlashPoint/article/CTV-cranks-up-the-heat-with-new-summer-schedule#c_0 |archive-date=June 3, 2011 |access-date=May 18, 2011 |website=[[CTV.ca]]}}</ref> On June 1, 2011, Bell Media announced that the network ordered a fifth season of ''Flashpoint,'' containing 18 new episodes,<ref>{{Cite web |title=New seasons ordered for 'Flashpoint,' 'The Listener' and 'The Borgias' |url=http://shows.ctv.ca/FlashPoint/article/New-seasons-ordered-for-Flashpoint-The-Listener-and-The-Borgias#c_0 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213070341/http://shows.ctv.ca/FlashPoint/article/New-seasons-ordered-for-Flashpoint-The-Listener-and-The-Borgias#c_0 |archive-date=December 13, 2011 |access-date=December 14, 2011 |website=CTV.ca}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=New seasons ordered for 'Flashpoint,' 'The Listener' and 'The Borgias' |url=http://shows.ctv.ca/FlashPoint/article/New-seasons-ordered-for-Flashpoint-The-Listener-and-The-Borgias#c_0 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603071413/http://shows.ctv.ca/FlashPoint/article/New-seasons-ordered-for-Flashpoint-The-Listener-and-The-Borgias#c_0 |archive-date=June 3, 2011 |access-date=June 1, 2011 |website=[[CTV.ca]]}}</ref> starting to air in Canada in September 2012. Filming of season 5 took place between February 9 and June 27, 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 4, 2012 |title=In Production |url=http://www.omdc.on.ca/page3679.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061208232821/http://www.omdc.on.ca/Page3679.aspx |archive-date=December 8, 2006 |access-date=June 17, 2014 |publisher=Ontario Media Development Corporation}}</ref> The show producers later revealed that the order had been shortened to 13 episodes. On May 1, 2012, the producers announced on their Facebook page that they had decided season 5 would be their last.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 1, 2012 |title=To the Flashpoint Family |url=http://www.facebook.com/FPTOne/posts/398405800190473 |access-date=May 4, 2012 |website=[[Facebook]]}}</ref> CTV confirmed the reduction in the episode order and the ending of the show on May 1.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=CTV's FLASHPOINT To Conclude With Upcoming Fifth Season |date=May 1, 2012 |publisher=Bell Media |url=http://bellmediapr.ca/ctv/releases/release.asp?id=15070&yyyy=2012 |access-date=May 4, 2012}}</ref> The two-part series finale aired on December 13, 2012.
=== Episodes ===


=== Setting ===
{{main|List of Flashpoint episodes}}
''Flashpoint'' is set in [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada. For much of the series' run, the setting was largely left vague. According to [[Enrico Colantoni]], the setting was officially left unidentified.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Enrico Colantoni's CTV ''Flashpoint'' interview |url=http://watch.ctv.ca/etalk/tv/extended---flashpoint/#clip61512 |access-date=June 24, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205170645/http://watch.ctv.ca/etalk/tv/extended---flashpoint/#clip61512 |archive-date=February 5, 2009}}</ref> [[Bill Mustos]], founder of co-production company Avamar Entertainment, stated this was intentional, commenting, "you're not going to see a show that is screaming 'Canada'. It's a show in a big sophisticated urban city where crises take place. The stories we're trying to tell are universal stories."<ref name="NY">{{Cite web |last=Stelter |first=Brian |date=July 11, 2008 |title=Canadians Sneak Across Border, Hide on CBS |url=http://tvdecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/11/canadians-sneak-across-border-hide-on-cbs/ |access-date=July 13, 2008 |website=Media Decoder}}</ref> CTV's press release regarding the series identified the setting as Toronto.<ref name="ctv0625">{{Cite press release |title=High-Stakes Drama Flashpoint Premieres July 11 on CTV |date=June 25, 2008 |url=http://www.cnw.ca/en/releases/archive/June2008/25/c7781.html?view=print |access-date=November 19, 2009 |work=CTV}}</ref>


==Cast and characters==
=== Music ===
The show's 30-second theme was written by [[Amin Bhatia]] and [[Ari Posner]].<ref name="musicpage">{{Cite web |title=Flashpoint – Music |url=http://shows.ctv.ca/Flashpoint/Music.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501002407/http://shows.ctv.ca/FlashPoint/Music.aspx |archive-date=May 1, 2012 |access-date=November 3, 2009 |website=CTV}}</ref> The music of [[Hugh Dillon]], [[Matthew Good]], [[Amy Jo Johnson]] and [[Kim Taylor (musician)|Kim Taylor]] have also been used in the show's soundtrack.<ref name="Music">{{Cite web |last=Warner |first=Tyrone |date=August 14, 2008 |title='Flashpoint' stars feature musical side in upcoming episodes |url=http://shows.ctv.ca/Flashpoint/article/Flashpoint-stars-feature-musical-side-in-upcoming-episodes |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110601173911/http://shows.ctv.ca/Flashpoint/article/Flashpoint-stars-feature-musical-side-in-upcoming-episodes |archive-date=June 1, 2011 |access-date=November 3, 2009 |website=CTV}}</ref> Johnson's song "Dancing In-between" was used in the ending of episode six of the first season, "Attention Shoppers" with Dillon's "Lost at Sea" used to conclude the eighth episode, "Never Kissed a Girl". The song "Open Your Eyes" by Tracenine was featured in the episode "Perfect Storm".<ref>{{Cite web |title=TRACENINE Electronic Press Kit |url=http://www.sonicbids.com/2/EPK/?epk_id=83431}}</ref> Songs from Hugh Dillon can also be heard in season 2 episode 12 "Just a Man" (song "Don't Be Fooled") and the episode that concluded season 3 episode 13, "Fault Lines" (song "My Mistakes"). "Goodbye," a song written and performed by Amy Jo Johnson, features in season 3 episode 10, "Terror."<ref name="musicpage" /><ref name="Music" />
[[Image:Flashpoint cast.jpg|right|thumb|500px|Main cast of Flashpoint. From left to right: Ed Lane ([[Hugh Dillon]]), Julianna 'Jules' Callaghan ([[Amy Jo Johnson]]), Lou 'Lewis' Young ([[Mark Taylor (actor)|Mark Taylor]]), Gregory 'Greg' Parker ([[Enrico Colantoni]]), Mike 'Spike' Scarlatti ([[Sergio Di Zio]]), Roland 'Rolie' Cray ([[Gabriel Hogan]]) and Kevin 'Wordy' Wordsworth ([[Michael Cram]]). Gabriel Hogan only appeared in the first episode ''Scorpio'' and was replaced by [[David Paetkau]], who plays Sam Braddock. He is not included in the photo.]]


== Reception ==
{{main|Characters of Flashpoint}}


=== Ratings ===
The majority of the cast involved in the making of Flashpoint are Canadians including [[Enrico Colantoni]], [[David Paetkau]], [[Hugh Dillon]], [[Sergio Di Zio]], [[Michael Cram]], [[Mark Taylor (actor)|Mark Taylor]] and [[Ruth Marshall]]. [[Amy Jo Johnson]] is the only American actress starring in Canadian-made drama,<ref name="Actress">[http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1121090 Checking in with Amy Jo Johnson.] Retrieved on August 18, 2008.</ref> who said that she had no problems being in Flashpoint despite announcing to the press that she was already pregnant<ref name="Pregnancy">[http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2008/06/26/2008-06-26_amy_jo_johnson_to_deliver_for_flashpoint.html Amy Jo Johnson to deliver for 'Flashpoint'.] Retrieved on August 18, 2008.</ref> with her first child with her fiancée Oliver Giner<ref>[http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2008/06/amy-jo-johnson-oliver-giner-expecting/ Amy Jo Johnson & Oliver Giner: Expecting!.] Retrieved on August 18, 2008.</ref> during initial production of Flashpoint.<ref name="Pregnancy">[http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2008/06/26/2008-06-26_amy_jo_johnson_to_deliver_for_flashpoint.html Amy Jo Johnson to deliver for 'Flashpoint'.] Retrieved on August 18, 2008.</ref>
==== Canada ====
Note that each Canadian television season starts with the Monday of the week that includes the first day of September.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2005–06 National Top Program Reports Archive |url=http://www.bbm.ca/en/2005_06_national_archive.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204002111/http://www.bbm.ca/en/2005_06_national_archive.html |archive-date=February 4, 2007 |access-date=May 28, 2011 |publisher=[[BBM Canada]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2009–10 National Top Program Reports Archive |url=http://bbm.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=108&Itemid=108 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206222412/http://www.bbm.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=108&Itemid=108 |archive-date=December 6, 2011 |access-date=May 28, 2011 |publisher=[[BBM Canada]]}}</ref>


{{Television season ratings
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| link1 = List of Flashpoint episodes#Season 1 (2008–09)
The series uses non-lethal copies of the following equipment:
| timeslot1 = Friday 10:00{{nbsp}}pm <small>(1–2)</small><br />Thursday 10:00{{nbsp}}pm <small>(3–9)</small><br />Friday 10:00{{nbsp}}pm <small>(10–13)</small>
| episodes1 = 13
| start1 = July 11, 2008
| startrating1 = 1.110<ref name="debuts">{{Cite web |last=CTV |date=July 14, 2008 |title=CTV's 'Flashpoint' debuts #1 in Canada: #1 in the U.S. |url=http://shows.ctv.ca/Flashpoint/article/CTVs-Flashpoint-debuts-1-in-Canada-1-in-the-US |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091216113151/http://shows.ctv.ca/Flashpoint/article/CTVs-Flashpoint-debuts-1-in-Canada-1-in-the-US |archive-date=December 16, 2009 |access-date=November 19, 2009 |website=CTV}}</ref>
| end1 = February 13, 2009
| endrating1 = 1.292<ref name="CAN ep 13 finals">{{Cite web |date=February 20, 2009 |title=Top Programs – Total Canada (English) February 9–15, 2009 |url=http://www.bbm.ca/_documents/top_30_tv_programs_english/nat02092009.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706165117/http://www.bbm.ca/_documents/top_30_tv_programs_english/nat02092009.pdf |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |access-date=August 14, 2010 |publisher=BBM Canada}}</ref>
| season1 = 2008–09
| viewers1 = 1.255


| link2 = List of Flashpoint episodes#Season 2 (2009–2010)
* [[Heckler & Koch MP5]]
| timeslot2 = Friday 9:00{{nbsp}}pm
* [[C8 Rifle]]
| episodes2 = 18
* [[Remington 700]] sniper rifle
| start2 = February 27, 2009
* [[Glock pistol]]
| startrating2 = 1.339<ref name="CAN ep 14 finals">{{Cite web |date=March 6, 2009 |title=Top Programs – Total Canada (English) February 23 – March 1, 2009 |url=http://www.bbm.ca/_documents/top_30_tv_programs_english/nat02232009.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706165125/http://www.bbm.ca/_documents/top_30_tv_programs_english/nat02232009.pdf |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |access-date=August 14, 2010 |publisher=BBM Canada}}</ref>
* [[Taser]]
| end2 = November 20, 2009
| endrating2 = 1.589<ref name="CAN ep 31 finals">{{Cite web |date=November 27, 2009 |title=Top Programs – Total Canada (English) November 16–22, 2009 |url=http://www.bbm.ca/_documents/top_30_tv_programs_english/nat11162009.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706165304/http://www.bbm.ca/_documents/top_30_tv_programs_english/nat11162009.pdf |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |access-date=August 14, 2010 |publisher=BBM Canada}}</ref>
| season2 = 2009
| viewers2 = 1.489


| link3 = List of Flashpoint episodes#Season 3 (2010–2011)
==Locations==
| timeslot3 = Friday 10:00{{nbsp}}pm <small>(1–7)</small><br />Tuesday 10:00{{nbsp}}pm <small>(8–12)</small><br />Sunday 10:00{{nbsp}}pm <small>(13)</small>
| episodes3 = 13
| start3 = July 16, 2010
| startrating3 = 1.334<ref name="CAN ep 32 finals">{{Cite web |date=July 23, 2010 |title=Top Programs – Total Canada (English) July 12–18, 2010 |url=http://www.bbm.ca/_documents/top_30_tv_programs_english/2010/nat07122010.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706165308/http://www.bbm.ca/_documents/top_30_tv_programs_english/2010/nat07122010.pdf |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |access-date=July 26, 2010 |publisher=BBM Canada}}</ref>
| end3 = February 6, 2011
| endrating3 = 1.317<ref name="CAN ep 43 & 44 finals">{{Cite web |date=February 11, 2011 |title=Top Programs – Total Canada (English) January 31 – February 6, 2011 |url=http://bbm.ca/_documents/top_30_tv_programs_english/2011/nat01312011.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111215180042/http://www.bbm.ca/_documents/top_30_tv_programs_english/2011/nat01312011.pdf |archive-date=December 15, 2011 |access-date=February 11, 2011 |publisher=BBM Canada}}</ref>
| season3 = 2010–11
| viewers3 = 1.650<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wild |first=Diane |date=June 27, 2011 |title=Flashpoint premieres on CTV July 8 &#124; TV, eh? |url=http://www.tv-eh.com/2011/06/27/flashpoint-premieres-on-ctv-july-8/ |access-date=June 17, 2014 |website=Tv-eh.com}}</ref>


| link4 = List of Flashpoint episodes#Season 4 (2011)
* [[Commerce Court]] - as an office complex in "Scorpio"
| timeslot4 = Friday 8:00{{nbsp}}pm <small>(1–7)</small><br />Monday 8:00{{nbsp}}pm <small>(8)</small><br />Tuesday 8:00{{nbsp}}pm <small>(9–18)</small>
* [[Metro Hall]] - as a hospital in "First In Line"
| episodes4 = 18
* [[University College, University of Toronto]] - as a court house in "Never Kissed A Girl"
| start4 = July 8, 2011
* [[205 Yonge Street]] - as a bank in "Who's George"
| startrating4 = 1.369<ref name="CAN ep 45 finals">{{Cite web |date=July 17, 2011 |title=Top Programs – Total Canada (English) July 4–10, 2011 |url=http://www.bbm.ca/_documents/top_30_tv_programs_english/2011/nat07042011.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812235824/http://www.bbm.ca/_documents/top_30_tv_programs_english/2011/nat07042011.pdf |archive-date=August 12, 2011 |access-date=July 17, 2011 |publisher=BBM Canada}}</ref>
* [[Atrium on Bay]] (interior) and the [[Toronto Eaton Centre]] (interior, exterior) - as a shopping mall in "Attention Shoppers"
| end4 = December 13, 2011
* [[Fairmont Royal York|Fairmont Royal York Hotel]] - as a high luxury hotel (it's real life use) in "Eagle Two"
| endrating4 = 1.208<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 21, 2011 |title=The Brioux Report: the tribe has spoken as hockey tops Survivor finale as week's top show |url=http://www.toronto.com/blog/post/708076--the-brioux-report-the-tribe-has-spoken-as-hockey-tops-survivor-finale-as-week-s-top-show |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104235005/http://www.toronto.com/blog/post/708076--the-brioux-report-the-tribe-has-spoken-as-hockey-tops-survivor-finale-as-week-s-top-show |archive-date=January 4, 2012 |access-date=June 17, 2014 |website=Toronto.com}}</ref>
* [[MaRS Centre]] - A hostage situation will be depicted in the Auditorium made to look like a stock exchange named TXB, for Season 2.
| season4 = 2011
| viewers4 = 1.510<ref>[http://www.tv-eh.com/2012/09/04/flashpoints-final-season-now-premieres-sept-20-on-ctv/ Flashpoint's final season now premieres Sept 20 on CTV | TV, eh?<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329044915/http://www.tv-eh.com/2012/09/04/flashpoints-final-season-now-premieres-sept-20-on-ctv/ |date=March 29, 2013 }}</ref>


| link5 = List of Flashpoint episodes#Season 5 (2012)
== Reception ==
| timeslot5 = Thursday 10:00{{nbsp}}pm
=== Canada ===
| episodes5 = 13
Due to the original timeslot allotted for the show and the reception, ''Flashpoint'' was rebroadcast on July 13, 2008.<ref>[http://torontosun.com/Entertainment/Television/2008/07/12/6136361-sun.html Flashpoint debut gets a second chance.] Retrieved on July 13, 2008.</ref> Suzanne Boyce explained that the audience, especially the American audience, would be getting new content at a low price as the producers get to put more money on the screen.<ref name="NY">[http://tvdecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/11/canadians-sneak-across-border-hide-on-cbs/ Canadians Sneak Across Border, Hide on CBS.] Retrieved on July 13, 2008.</ref> The pilot episode was watched on CTV by 1.11 million viewers, earning the #1 spot in its timeslot.<ref>[http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/show/CTVShows/20080714/flashpoint_debut_080714/20080714/ CTV's Flashpoint debuts #1 in Canada: #1 in US.].</ref> CTV would show the second episode on July 20, 2008 due to the reception like the first episode.<ref name="Air">[http://torontosun.com/Entertainment/Television/2008/07/19/6205211-sun.html Flashpoint is getting second second-go-round.] Retrieved on July 19, 2008.</ref>
| start5 = September 20, 2012
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| end5 = December 13, 2012
| endrating5 = 2.077
| season5 = 2012
| viewers5 = 1.800<ref>[http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1089923/canada-says-goodbye-to-flashpoint-with-all-time-series-high-audience-of-2-1-million-viewers-on-ctv CTV | Canada Says Goodbye to FLASHPOINT With All-Time Series High Audience of 2.1{{nbsp}}Million Viewers on CTV<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605122720/http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1089923/canada-says-goodbye-to-flashpoint-with-all-time-series-high-audience-of-2-1-million-viewers-on-ctv |date=June 5, 2013 }}</ref>
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The pilot episode was watched on CTV by 1.11{{nbsp}}million viewers, earning the No. 1 spot in its timeslot.<ref name="debuts" /> ''Flashpoint'' drew in 1,216,000 viewers during the week of July 28, 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top Programs – Total Canada. July 28 – August 3, 2008. |url=http://www.bbm.ca/en/nat07282008.pdf |access-date=August 19, 2008 |website=BBM Canada}} {{dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> It gained a bit more audience when the show drew in 1,300,000 viewers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top Programs – Total Canada. August 4–10, 2008. |url=http://www.bbm.ca/en/nat08042008.pdf |access-date=August 19, 2008 |website=BBM Canada}} {{dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> In ratings for the week of February 23, 2009, ''Flashpoint'' has been watched by 1,339,000 viewers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top Programs – Total Canada. February 23 – March 1, 2009 |url=http://www.bbm.ca/en/nat02232009.pdf |access-date=March 9, 2009}}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> CTV announced that a new series of ''Flashpoint'' episodes would air in the fall of 2009 on Friday nights at 10:00{{nbsp}}pm ET.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 2, 2009 |title=CTV adds two new shows to fall lineup |url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/ctv-adds-two-new-shows-to-fall-lineup-1.404088 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605075042/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090602/CTV_lineup_090602/20090602?hub=Entertainment |archive-date=June 5, 2009 |access-date=November 19, 2009 |website=CTV}}</ref> These episodes would not be simulcast with CBS. After CBS delayed broadcasting the episodes from summer 2009 to mid-season 2010, CTV initially backed off its commitment to fall 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Haggar |first=Amy |date=July 9, 2009 |title=CTV Still Mum on ''Flashpoint'' |url=http://www.mediaincanada.com/articles/mic/20090709/flashpoint.html?word=Flashpoint |access-date=November 19, 2009 |website=Media in Canada}}</ref> Eventually in late August, CTV announced that the new episodes would premiere in Canada on September 25, 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 25, 2009 |title=CTV Unveils Fall 2009 Premiere Dates |url=http://www.channelcanada.com/Article3360.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105001219/http://channelcanada.com/Article3360.html |archive-date=January 5, 2010 |access-date=November 19, 2009 |website=Channel Canada}}</ref> It marked the first time CTV broadcast new ''Flashpoint'' episodes out of simulcast with CBS in the United States. The last original ''Flashpoint'' episode for the Canadian fall 2009 season was broadcast on November 20, 2009. Two ''Flashpoint'' episodes from the first season—"Attention Shoppers" and "Who's George?"—were nominated as finalists in the 2009 WGC Screenwriting Awards.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2009 WGC Screenwriting Awards Finalists |url=http://www.wgc.ca/images2/Finalists%202009.pdf |access-date=March 9, 2009 |website=[[Writers Guild of Canada]]}}</ref>
Flashpoint drew in 1,216,000 viewers from July 28 to August 3 of 2008.<ref>[http://www.bbm.ca/en/nat07282008.pdf Top Programs - Total Canada. July 28-August 3, 2008.] Retrieved on August 19, 2008.</ref> It gained a bit more audience when the show drew in 1,300,000 viewers.<ref>[http://www.bbm.ca/en/nat08042008.pdf Top Programs - Total Canada. August 4-10, 2008.] Retrieved on August 19, 2008.</ref>


=== United States ===
==== United States ====
{| style="text-align:center;" class="wikitable"
BC TV Review had said ''Flashpoint'' is a different kind of cop show, since it portrays human emotions and how their actions would make the audience empathize with them.<ref>[http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/07/11/205128.php TV Review: Flashpoint - A Different Kind Of Cop Show, Eh?] Retrieved on July 13, 2008.</ref> The ''Boston Globe'' praised the show for using emotions that "lingers on the psychic toll that such high-tension work can take."<ref> [http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2008/07/11/flashpoint_resorts_to_usual_suspects/ 'Flashpoint' resorts to usual suspects.] Retrieved on July 13, 2008.</ref> As an example, a recent episode has the team shoot a bank robber who is stealing money for the Alzheimer's treatment of his eldery ill wife, which is presented as sad but necessary. Shooting the bereft senior citizen whose wife is going to be evicted from the senior citizen's home for lack of funds is troublesome for the team. The pilot episode was watched on CBS by 8.23 million people, earning the #1 ranking for the hour.<ref>[http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/07/12/nielsen-ratings-friday-july-11-flashpoint-eh/4401 Overnight Nielsen TV Ratings Friday, July 11, 2008: Flashpoint, Eh?] Retrieved on July 14, 2008.</ref> CBS aired the second episode on July 20, 2008 due to a positive reception.<ref name="Air"> [http://torontosun.com/Entertainment/Television/2008/07/19/6205211-sun.html Flashpoint is getting second second-go-round.] Retrieved on July 19, 2008.</ref> In addition, CBS is also considering expanding the show beyond 13 episodes.<ref>[http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/2008/07/18/6199881-cp.html CBS considers more 'Flashpoint'.] Retrieved on July 19, 2008.</ref>
|-
! rowspan="2"|Season
! rowspan="2"|Episodes
! rowspan="2"|Timeslot (ET)
! colspan="3"|Original airing
! rowspan="2"|Rank<br />(viewers)
! rowspan="2"|Viewers<br />(in millions)<br />
! rowspan="2"|Network
|-
! Season premiere
! Season finale
! TV season
|-
| 1
| 13
| style="text-align:center" | Friday 10:00{{nbsp}}pm <small>{{nowrap|(July 11–18)}}</small><br />Thursday 10:00{{nbsp}}pm <small>{{nowrap|(July 25 – September 18)}}</small><br />Friday 9:00{{nbsp}}pm <small>{{nowrap|(January 9 – February 13)}}</small>
| {{Start date|2008|7|11}}<br />{{Start date|2009|1|9}} <small>{{nowrap|(2nd half)}}</small>
| {{End date|2008|9|18}} <small>{{nowrap|(1st half)}}</small><br />{{End date|2009|2|13}}
| [[2007–08 United States network television schedule|2007–08]]
| style="text-align:center" | N/A
| style="text-align:center" | 7.61
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="3"| [[CBS]]
|-
| 2
| 18
| style="text-align:center" | Friday 9:00{{nbsp}}pm
| {{Start date|2009|2|27}} <br />{{Start date|2010|6|4}} <small>{{nowrap|(2nd half)}}</small>
| {{End date|2009|5|15}} <small>{{nowrap|(1st half)}}</small> <br /> {{End date|2010|7|9}}
| [[2008–09 United States network television schedule|2008–09]]
| style="text-align:center" | 48
| style="text-align:center" | 9.48<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 19, 2009 |title=ABC Medianet |url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=051909_05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131044226/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=051909_05 |archive-date=January 31, 2010 |access-date=August 10, 2012 |website=ABC Medianet}}</ref>
|-
| 3
| 13
| style="text-align:center" | Friday 10:00{{nbsp}}pm
| {{Start date|2010|7|16}} <br />{{Start date|2011|5|6}} <small>{{nowrap|(2nd half)}}</small>
| {{End date|2010|9|17}} <small>{{nowrap|(1st half)}}</small> <br />{{End date|2011|6|17}}
| [[2009–10 United States network television schedule|2009–10]]
| style="text-align:center" | N/A
| style="text-align:center" | 7.13<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 19, 2011 |title=CBS Police Drama, "Flashpoint" Returns Friday, May 6 – Ratings &#124; TVbytheNumbers |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/04/19/cbs-police-drama-flashpoint-returns-friday-may-6/89935/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429165025/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/04/19/cbs-police-drama-flashpoint-returns-friday-may-6/89935 |archive-date=April 29, 2011 |access-date=August 10, 2012 |website=TV by the Numbers}}</ref>
|-
| 4
| 18
| style="text-align:center" | Friday 8:00{{nbsp}}pm <small>{{nowrap|(July 8 – August 19)}}</small><br />Tuesday 10:00{{nbsp}}pm <small>{{nowrap|(October 18 – January 24)}}</small>
| {{Start date|2011|7|8}} <small>{{nowrap|(CBS)}}</small><br />{{Start date|2011|10|18}} <small>{{nowrap|(ION)}}</small>
| {{End date|2011|8|19}} <small>{{nowrap|(CBS)}}</small><br />{{End date|2012|1|24}} <small>{{nowrap|(ION)}}</small>
| [[2010–11 United States network television schedule|2010–11]]
| style="text-align:center" | N/A
| style="text-align:center" | 6.25
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="1"| [[CBS]]/[[Ion Television|ION]]
|-
| 5
| 13
| style="text-align:center" | Tuesday 11:00{{nbsp}}pm
| {{Start date|2012|10|16}}
| {{End date|2013|1|22}}
| [[2012–13 United States network television schedule|2012–13]]
| style="text-align:center" | TBA
| style="text-align:center" | TBA
| style="text-align:center"| [[Ion Television|ION]]
|}


''The Boston Globe'' praised ''Flashpoint'' for using emotion that "lingers on the psychic toll that such high-tension work can take."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gilbert |first=Matthew |date=July 11, 2008 |title='Flashpoint' resorts to usual suspects |url=https://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2008/07/11/flashpoint_resorts_to_usual_suspects/ |access-date=July 13, 2008 |website=The Boston Globe}}</ref> The pilot episode was watched on CBS by 8.23{{nbsp}}million people, earning the No. 1 ranking for the hour.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gorman |first=Bill |date=July 12, 2008 |title=Nielsen Ratings Friday, July 11, 2008: Flashpoint, Eh? |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/07/12/nielsen-ratings-friday-july-11-flashpoint-eh/4401 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080730171759/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/07/12/nielsen-ratings-friday-july-11-flashpoint-eh/4401 |archive-date=July 30, 2008 |access-date=July 14, 2008 |publisher=[[TV by the Numbers]]}}</ref> According to ''Flashpoint'' executive Bill Mustos in August 2008, the success of the show in the US was not due to the Writer's Guild strikes, but mainly because of the need of having a new kind of show on television.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kelly |first=Brendan |date=August 8, 2008 |title=Canadian TV sizzles in U.S. |url=https://variety.com/2008/tv/features/canadian-tv-sizzles-in-u-s-1117990286/ |access-date=August 19, 2008 |website=Variety Magazine}}</ref> ''Flashpoint'' did well in its initial airings on Friday nights (in the time slot normally given to ''[[Numb3rs]]''), building on the lead-in from that show, to the point that it drew more viewers on Friday nights than ''[[Swingtown]],'' another new drama, did on the normally busier Thursday nights, which prompted CBS to move ''Flashpoint'' to Thursday nights in an attempt to further build its audience.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 22, 2008 |title=CBS Moves Flashpoint to Thursday |url=http://www.orglex.com/permalink/396ec5b3303d406/cbs-moves-flashpoint-to-thursday/ |access-date=November 19, 2009 |website=Orglex}} {{dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> On December 2, 2008, CBS announced that they would begin airing the second season of ''Flashpoint'' on January 9, 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schneider |first=Michael |date=December 2, 2008 |title=CBS, ABC fill midseason |url=https://variety.com/2008/scene/markets-festivals/cbs-abc-fill-midseason-1117996691/ |access-date=November 19, 2009 |website=Variety Magazine}}</ref> A third season of ''Flashpoint'' was to have aired as a [[midseason replacement]] during CBS's [[2009–2010 United States network television schedule|2009–2010 schedule]];<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rice |first=Lynette |date=May 20, 2009 |title=CBS announces fall schedule: 'The Mentalist' jumps to Thursdays |url=http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/05/cbs-announces-f.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703140825/http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/05/cbs-announces-f.html |archive-date=July 3, 2009 |access-date=November 19, 2009 |website=Hollywood Insider}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Schneider |first=Michael |date=May 20, 2009 |title=CBS unveils fall schedule |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2009/scene/features/cbs-unveils-fall-schedule-1118003988/ |access-date=May 23, 2009}}</ref> however, CBS announced it would air these episodes during the summer of 2009 beginning on July 17, 2009, instead of its previously announced 2010 timetable. On July 7, 2009, CBS rescinded its decision and the show aired midseason after all.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 7, 2009 |title=CBS TO HOLD "FLASHPOINT" UNTIL 2010 |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=8189 |access-date=November 19, 2009 |website=The Futon Critic}}</ref> These were the same episodes that CTV broadcast in Canada during the fall 2009 season. CBS began airing these episodes on June 4, 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khoi |first=Anh |date=May 25, 2010 |title=[News&#93; Season 2 of 'Flashpoint' Resumes June 4 on CBS |url=http://anhkhoi.blogspot.com/2010/05/news-season-2-of-flashpoint-resumes.html |access-date=August 29, 2010 |website=Anhkhoi.blogspot.com}}</ref> The remainder of the third season was broadcast on CBS beginning May 6, 2011.<ref name="TVBTN20110418" /> On [[Metacritic]], ''Flashpoint'' has a score of 51 out of 100, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Flashpoint reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/shows/flashpoint |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=November 19, 2009 }}</ref>
According to Flashpoint executive Bill Mustos, the success of the show in the US is not due to the Writer's Guild strikes, but mainly because of the need of having a new kind of show on television.<ref>[http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117990286.html?categoryId=2522&cs=1 Canadian TV sizzles in U.S..] Retrieved on August 19, 2008.</ref>


=== Accolades ===
''Flashpoint'' did well in its initial airings on Friday nights (in the time slot normally given to ''[[NUMB3RS]]''), building on the leadin from that show. In fact, it drew more viewers on Friday nights than ''[[Swingtown]]'', another new drama, did on the normally busier Thursday nights, which prompted CBS to move ''Flashpoint'' to Thursday nights in an attempt to further build its audience.<ref>[http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/news/national-broadcast/e3i9d791163c345384d4d493f0e5ef0e741 CBS Moves Flashpoint to Thursday]</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Recipient
! scope="col" | Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
| rowspan="12" |2009
|[[ACTRA Award]]s
|Outstanding Performance – Female
|[[Sarah Gadon]]
|{{nom}}
| style="text-align: center;" | <ref>"ACTRA unveils nominees for performance awards" by Gayle MacDonald, ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'' (28 Jan, 2009) Retrieved from {{ProQuest|382666275}}</ref><ref>[https://www.actratoronto.com/award-galas/2009/02/2009-actra-awards-in-toronto-winners/ "2009 ACTRA Awards in Toronto Winners"] at [[ACTRA Award|www.actratoronto.com]]</ref>
|-
| rowspan="11" |[[24th Gemini Awards|Gemini Awards]]
| scope="row" | Best Direction in a Dramatic Series
| [[Kelly Makin]]
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="TheStar2009" />
|-
| [[Gemini Award for Best Dramatic Series|Best Dramatic Series]]
| ''Flashpoint''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="TheStar2009">{{Cite news |date=November 14, 2009 |title=Flashpoint is big Gemini winner |work=[[Toronto Star]] |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/2009/11/14/flashpoint_is_big_gemini_winner.html}}</ref>
|-
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
| Enrico Colantoni
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="CTV2009">{{Cite news |date=November 16, 2009 |title='Flashpoint' takes top honours at 2009 Gemini Awards |work=[[CTV Television Network|CTV]] |url=http://www.ctv.ca/FlashPoint/article/Flashpoint-takes-top-honours-at-2009-Gemini-Awards-celebrating-top-Canadian-TV |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001134232/http://www.ctv.ca/FlashPoint/article/Flashpoint-takes-top-honours-at-2009-Gemini-Awards-celebrating-top-Canadian-TV |archive-date=October 1, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| Hugh Dillon
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| scope="row" | Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
| Amy Jo Johnson
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| scope="row" rowspan="4" | Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role, Dramatic Series
| [[Nicholas Campbell]]
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="CBC2009">{{Cite news |date=October 20, 2009 |title=Tudors, Flashpoint lead Gemini winners |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/tudors-flashpoint-lead-gemini-winners-1.826482}}</ref>
|-
| [[Henry Czerny]]
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="CBC2009" />
|-
| [[Mpho Koaho]]
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="CBC2009" />
|-
| [[Ron Lea]]
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="CBC2009" />
|-
| scope="row" | Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role, Dramatic Series
| [[Tatiana Maslany]]
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="CBC2009" />
|-
|Best Writing in a Dramatic Series
|Mark Ellis, Stephanie Morgenstern
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| rowspan="11" |2010
| rowspan="11" |[[25th Gemini Awards|Gemini Awards]]
| rowspan="2" scope="row" | Best Direction in a Dramatic Series
| [[David Frazee]]
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="25thGeminiAwards">[http://geminiawards.tribute.ca/2010winners.asp 25th Annual Gemini Awards] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525183750/http://geminiawards.tribute.ca/2010winners.asp |date=May 25, 2012 }}</ref>
|-
| Stephen Surjik
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="25thGeminiAwards" />
|-
|Best Dramatic Series
|''Flashpoint''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series
| [[Sergio Di Zio]]
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| [[Mark Taylor (Canadian actor)|Mark Taylor]]
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series
| [[Jessica Steen]]
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role, Dramatic Series
| [[Michael Riley]]
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="25thGeminiAwards" />
|-
| Hugh Thompson<!--do not link. no wiki.-->
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="25thGeminiAwards" />
|-
| scope="row" rowspan="2"| Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role, Dramatic Series
| [[Ona Grauer]]
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="25thGeminiAwards" />
|-
| [[Laurence Leboeuf]]
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="25thGeminiAwards" />
|-
|Best Writing in a Dramatic Series
|Ian Weir
| {{won}}
|
|-
| scope="row" rowspan="10" style="text-align:center;"| 2011
| rowspan="10"| [[26th Gemini Awards|Gemini Awards]]
| Best Dramatic Series
| ''Flashpoint''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| Best Direction in a Dramatic Series
| David Frazee
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="26thGeminiAwards">[http://geminiawards.tribute.ca/ 26th Annual Gemini Awards] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160219221420/http://geminiawards.tribute.ca/ |date=February 19, 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| Best Writing in a Dramatic Series
| Mark Ellis, Stephanie Morgenstern
| {{won}}
|
|-
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
| Enrico Colantoni
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series
| Sergio Di Zio
| {{won}}
|
|-
| scope="row" rowspan="3" | Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role, Dramatic Series
| [[Colin Cunningham]]
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="26thGeminiAwards" />
|-
| [[Tim Rozon]]
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="26thGeminiAwards" />
|-
| [[Jonathan Scarfe]]
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="26thGeminiAwards" />
|-
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role, Dramatic Series
| [[Liisa Repo-Martell]]
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="26thGeminiAwards" />
|-
| [[Kristen Thomson]]
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="26thGeminiAwards" />
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2012
| [[Writers Guild of Canada|WGC]] [[Canadian Screenwriting Awards]]
| Best Television Drama
| Larry Bambrick
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite news |title=Canada's Top Screenwriters Honoured at 2012 WGC Screenwriting Awards |publisher=[[Writers Guild of Canada]] |url=http://www.wgc.ca/files/WGC%20Awards%20Winners%20Release.pdf |url-status=dead |access-date=September 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140805210026/http://www.wgc.ca/files/WGC%20Awards%20Winners%20Release.pdf |archive-date=August 5, 2014}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="6" |2013<!--awards ceremony honours the previous year's work-->
| rowspan="6" |[[1st Canadian Screen Awards|Canadian Screen Awards]]
|Best Direction in a Dramatic Series
|Jim Donovan<!--do not link. no wiki.-->
| {{won}}
| style="text-align: center;" | <ref name="CSA2013">{{Cite news |title=Canadian Screen Awards 2013 |url=http://www.academy.ca/getmedia/f0155a7d-759c-431e-a2f2-862408d61679/2013-CSA-Winners-FULL.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021080251/http://www.academy.ca/getmedia/f0155a7d-759c-431e-a2f2-862408d61679/2013-CSA-Winners-FULL.aspx |archive-date=October 21, 2020 |publisher=[[Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television]]}}</ref>
|-
| Best Dramatic Series
| ''Flashpoint''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="ctv2013">{{Cite news |date=March 4, 2013 |title='Flashpoint' takes Best Drama and Best Actor at the inaugural Canadian Screen Awards |work=[[CTV Television Network|CTV]] |url=http://www.ctv.ca/FlashPoint/article/Flashpoint-takes-Best-Drama-and-Best-Actor-at-the-inaugural-Canadian-Screen-Awards |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001105939/http://www.ctv.ca/FlashPoint/article/Flashpoint-takes-Best-Drama-and-Best-Actor-at-the-inaugural-Canadian-Screen-Awards |archive-date=October 1, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
| Enrico Colantoni
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="ctv2013" />
|-
| rowspan="2"| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series
| Michael Cram
| {{nom}}
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|-
| Sergio Di Zio
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| Best Writing in a Dramatic Series
| [[Aubrey Nealon]]
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="CSA2013" />
|-
| scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| 2014<!--awards ceremony honours the previous year's work-->
| rowspan="3"| [[2nd Canadian Screen Awards|Canadian Screen Awards]]
| Best Dramatic Series
| ''Flashpoint''
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
| Hugh Dillon
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite news |date=March 9, 2014 |title=Canadian Screen Awards 2014: Orphan Black, Gabrielle win |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/canadian-screen-awards-2014-orphan-black-gabrielle-win-1.2566059}}</ref>
|-
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series
| Sergio Di Zio
| {{nom}}
|
|}


== Home media ==
On December 2, 2008, CBS announced that they would begin airing the second season of ''Flashpoint'' on Friday, January 9, 2009 at 9pm. <ref>http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117996691.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 CBS, ABC fill midseason</ref>
In [[DVD region 1]], [[Phase 4 Films]] has released all five seasons on DVD in Canada, while in the US, [[CBS DVD]] (distributed by [[Paramount Home Entertainment]]) has released the first four seasons. The final season was released in the United States on March 18, 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lambert |first=David |date=July 24, 2008 |title=Flashpoint – Final, High-Res 3D Package Art for the 1st Season DVDs |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Flashpoint-Season-1-Box-Art/12361 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090928010038/http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Flashpoint-Season-1-Box-Art/12361 |archive-date=September 28, 2009 |access-date=November 19, 2009 |website=TV Shows on DVD}}</ref> On November 5, 2013, [[Phase 4 Films]] released ''Flashpoint: The Complete Series'' on DVD in Canada.<ref>[http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Flashpoint-The-Complete-Series/18983 'The Complete Series' DVD Set is Coming to Canada] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102193542/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Flashpoint-The-Complete-Series/18983 |date=January 2, 2014 }}</ref> The 19-disc set features all 75 episodes of the series as well as bonus features. In Region 2, the complete first season was released on DVD in the UK on April 13, 2009 by [[ITV DVD]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Flashpoint – The Complete First Season [DVD&#93;: Amazon.co.uk: Film & TV |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Flashpoint-The-Complete-First-Season/dp/B001RNXYZC |access-date=August 10, 2012 |website=Amazon.co.uk|date=April 13, 2009 }}</ref> In France, the first three seasons were released on DVD by Koba Films. In Region 3, [[STG Multimedia]] released the complete first season on DVD in Thailand on April 9, 2011. The complete second season was released on May 20, 2011. In Region 4, [[Hopscotch Entertainment]] has released the first three seasons on DVD in Australia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Film Catalogue |url=http://www.hopscotchfilms.com.au/catalogue/page-f/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706235221/http://www.hopscotchfilms.com.au/catalogue/page-f/ |archive-date=July 6, 2010 |access-date=August 29, 2010 |website=Hopscotch Films}}</ref>


{| class="wikitable"
==International distribution==
|-
Flashpoint is being distributed by Alchemy Television and Tele München Group to all international markets outside of North America. Flashpoint is available in nScreen VOD on [[N (Poland)|n satellite service]] in [[Poland]].<ref>[http://n.pl/vod/nscreen/film/flashpoint.html nScreen VOD - "Flashpoint"]</ref> The show will air on the [[Nine Network]] in Australia,<ref>[http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/07/nine-acquires-flashpoint.html Nine acquires Flashpoint] Retrieved on July 30, 2008</ref> [[TVNZ]] in New Zealand and [[ITV3]] in the UK.<ref>[http://www.playbackonline.ca/articles/daily/20080724/flashpoint.html Brits, Kiwis buy Flashpoint] Retrieved on August 26, 2008.</ref> The series has also been picked up by television networks in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Scandinavia and Latin America.<ref>[http://www.tv-eh.com/2008/07/25/flashpoint-canadian-ratings-foreign-sales/#more-2744 Flashpoint Canadian ratings, foreign sales.] Retrieved on July 27, 2008.</ref> In the [[Netherlands]] the show will premiere on February 3, on the [[SBS 6]] channel.
! Release name
! Ep #
! Region 1 (US)
! Region 1 (Canada)
! Region 2 (UK)
! Region 4 (Australia)
! DVD Special Features
|-
| Season One
| 13
| October 13, 2009
| October 13, 2009
| August 25, 2010
| April 16, 2009
|
* Commentary: pilot episode
* Behind the scenes
* The Human Cost of Heroism
Note: Special features available in Region 1.
|-
| Season Two
|18
| November 19, 2010
| May 25, 2010
| N/A
| March 4, 2010 (Part 1)
April 15, 2010 (Part 2)
|
* Stunts
* Weapons
* Photo gallery
* Music video
Note: Special features available in Region 1.
|-
| Season Three
|13
| May 22, 2012
| May 17, 2011
| January 19, 2011
| May 19, 2011
|
* Set tour with Enrico Colantoni
* Profile: Hugh Dillon
* Behind the scenes
Note: Special features available in Region 1.
|-
| Season Four
| 18
| October 16, 2012
| May 15, 2012
| December 14, 2012
| August 1, 2018
|
* The Music for Flashpoint
* A day in the life on set of ''Flashpoint''
* Enrico Colantoni: Profile of Sgt. Greg Parker
|-
| Season Five
|13
| August 27, 2013
| May 7, 2013
| N/A
| September 5, 2018
|
* ''The Final Salute'': Cast interview with Ben Mulroney
|-
|''Flashpoint: The Complete Series''
|
| N/A
| November 5, 2013
| N/A
| November 1, 2018 (as ''Flashpoint Complete Collection'')
|
|}


== International distribution ==
The Australian premiere occurred on January 11 when Nine took the unusual step of screening the [[First In Line (Flashpoint episode)|second episode]] in isolation ahead of the season after a major [[Cricket]] telecast, in a relatively late Sunday night timeslot.<ref>[http://www.yourtv.com.au/guide/?action=session_info&event_id=25526614 yourTV.com.au]</ref>
''Flashpoint'' was distributed by Alchemy Television and [[Tele München Group]] to all international markets outside of North America.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Flashpoint |url=http://www.alchemy.tv/main/production_details.php?production_id=22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080623015523/http://www.alchemy.tv/main/production_details.php?production_id=22 |archive-date=June 23, 2008 |access-date=November 19, 2009}}</ref> In July 2008, it was announced that the two distributors had sold the series to TV networks in 50 countries outside Canada and the United States, including New Zealand ([[TVNZ 2|TV2]]), the United Kingdom ([[ITV3]] and [[Universal TV (British and Irish TV channel)|Universal Channel]]), France, Austria ([[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]]), Germany, Switzerland, Italy ([[Rai Italia|RAI]]), Spain, Finland, Iceland, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, Croatia, Australia ([[Nine Network]]), and several countries in [[Latin America]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vlessing |first=Etan |date=July 24, 2008 |title=Brits, Kiwis buy Flashpoint |url=http://www.playbackonline.ca/articles/daily/20080724/flashpoint.html |access-date=August 26, 2009 |website=Playback}}</ref>

The series was broadcast in Quebec on the Canadian [[French-Canadian|French-language]] network [[V (TV network)|V]], having launched on March 9, 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-soleil/arts-et-spectacles/television-et-radio/200901/05/01-815035-les-nouveautes-a-tqs-du-bon-du-passable-et-du-tres-mauvais.php |title=Les nouveautés à TQS: du bon, du passable et du très mauvais |first=Marie-Andrée |last=Lemay |work=Le Soleil |language=French |date=January 6, 2009 |accessdate=November 19, 2009 }}</ref>

By December 2008, only 9 of the 13 episodes produced during the series' first season had been aired in North America, although all 13 episodes had been aired by New Zealand's TV2 as of December 10, 2008. The Australian premiere occurred on January 11, 2009, when Nine Network took the unusual step of airing the [[First In Line (Flashpoint episode)|second episode]] in isolation ahead of the season. This followed a [[cricket]] telecast in a relatively late Sunday night timeslot.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Knox |first=David |date=July 30, 2008 |title=Nine acquires Flashpoint |url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/07/nine-acquires-flashpoint.html |access-date=July 30, 2008 |website=TV Tonight}}</ref> Nine aired the show on Wednesday nights, its regular time slot, where episodes were erratically shown out of their intended order. Nine took the show off air soon after. However, it returned to air during summer non-ratings on Monday November 30, 2009, at 9.30&nbsp;pm, and was taken off air again only two weeks later. {{citation needed|date=August 2012}} Starting with the third season, the series later premiered on [[13th Street (Australian TV channel)|13th Street]] in Australia in 2011 to 2012, but was then moved over to [[Universal TV (Australian TV channel)|Universal Channel]] after that.

Further foreign debuts of ''Flashpoint'' occurred well after the series had ended. In Latin America, the series debuted in Mexico in TV Azteca in 2012. In Thailand, the series aired on [[Channel 5 (Thailand)|Channel 5]] on February 25, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 9, 2016 |title=หน่วยสวาทสาดกระสุน ตอนแรก |url=http://app.tv5.co.th/vod/%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%99-%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%97/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601105538/http://app.tv5.co.th/vod/%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%99-%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%97/ |archive-date=June 1, 2016 |access-date=February 25, 2016 |website=Channel 5 |language=th}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[S.W.A.T. (1975 TV series)|''S.W.A.T.'' (1975 TV series)]] – A similar series following an American [[SWAT]] team, also set in an unidentified city strongly based on its [[Los Angeles]] filming location
** [[S.W.A.T. (2017 TV series)|''S.W.A.T.'' (2017 TV series)]] – A remake of the 1975 series, following a [[LAPD Metropolitan Division|Los Angeles Police Department SWAT]] team


== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/show/CTVShows/20071221/home-sniper/20080624/ CTV ''Flashpoint'' official website]
* [http://www.cbs.com/primetime/flashpoint/ CBS ''Flashpoint'' official website]
* {{Official website|https://www.ctv.ca/shows/flashpoint|CTV ''Flashpoint'' official website}}
* {{Official website|https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/flashpoint|Paramount+ ''Flashpoint'' official website}}{{dead link|date=July 2021}}
* {{Official website|http://www.iontelevision.com/about/flashpoint|ION ''Flashpoint'' official website}}{{dead link|date=July 2021}}
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Latest revision as of 07:40, 31 December 2024

This article is about the television series. For the DC Comics crossover event, see Flashpoint (comics).

Flashpoint
GenrePolice procedural
Created by
Directed by
Starring
Theme music composer
Opening themeTheme from Flashpoint
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes75 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
ProducerTracey Boulton
Production locationsToronto, Ontario, Canada
Cinematography
  • David Perrault
  • Stephen Reizes
Running time44 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseJuly 11, 2008 (2008-07-11) –
December 13, 2012 (2012-12-13)

Flashpoint is a Canadian police procedural television series created by Mark Ellis and Stephanie Morgenstern for CTV, CBS and Ion Television. The series starred Hugh Dillon, Amy Jo Johnson, David Paetkau, Sergio Di Zio, and Enrico Colantoni. The series premiered on CTV in Canada on July 11, 2008. In the United States, the first three seasons and part of the fourth were aired on CBS from July 11, 2008, until August 19, 2011. The show then aired on Ion Television starting on October 18, 2011, with the eighth episode of the fourth season. Internationally, the series was distributed by Alchemy Television and Tele München Group.

On January 25, 2011, it was announced that Ion Television had acquired all rights to the show held by CBS, including the option to continue production. On May 1, 2012, the producers announced that the fifth season would be the last of the series.[1] The series finale aired on December 13, 2012.

Premise

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Flashpoint is about Team One of the Metropolitan Police's Strategic Response Unit, a fictional police tactical unit in an unnamed North American metropolis (based on the Toronto Police Service's Emergency Task Force;[2] the metropolis itself is strongly implied to be Toronto, Ontario).

Cast

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Main article: List of Flashpoint characters
Original main cast members (L–R) Dillon, Johnson, Taylor, Colantoni, Di Zio, Hogan, and Cram. Hogan was replaced by David Paetkau, playing Sam Braddock (not pictured), after the first episode.

The majority of the cast of Flashpoint are Canadian, including Enrico Colantoni, David Paetkau, Hugh Dillon, Sergio Di Zio, Michael Cram, Mark Taylor, and Ruth Marshall. Amy Jo Johnson is the only American.[3] In an interview, the show's creators stated that they preferred to cast Canadians in Flashpoint, in part because of the sizeable Canadian talent pool but also because American audiences are less likely to have preconceptions about the characters.[4]

Johnson said she had no problems with the physical demands of the show despite being pregnant[5] during initial production of the series.[5]

Episodes

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Main article: List of Flashpoint episodes
SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
113July 11, 2008 (2008-07-11)February 13, 2009 (2009-02-13)
218February 27, 2009 (2009-02-27)November 20, 2009 (2009-11-20)
313July 16, 2010 (2010-07-16)February 6, 2011 (2011-02-06)
418July 8, 2011 (2011-07-08)December 13, 2011 (2011-12-13)
513September 20, 2012 (2012-09-20)December 13, 2012 (2012-12-13)

Production

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Development

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Flashpoint was conceived in 2005 as part of a CTV project that encouraged actors to submit scripts to the network.[6] The original Flashpoint script (known earlier as Sniper and Critical Incident)[7][8] was for a two-hour television film. A pilot episode was produced for CTV in July 2007 under the Critical Incident title featuring most of the cast of what would become the series, but without the characters Jules Callaghan and Lewis Young; the characters in the pilot were Kate Travers and Robert "Shakes" Boneyman.[9] CTV's interest in the project led to Flashpoint's being reworked as a regular CTV series, which was approved in mid-December 2007. The show was unaffected by the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike because Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) rules allow any members of the WGC living in Canada, including writers with dual WGA/WGC membership, to write for Canadian productions.[10] Writers living in the United States with dual WGA/WGC membership were required to get a waiver from the WGA to work on Canadian productions during the strike.[10][dead link‍]

Although originally developed for a Canadian audience, it was announced on January 29, 2008, that American network CBS had purchased the rights to air the series in the United States,[11] making it the second Canadian TV series aired in primetime on a US broadcast network after Due South, also a CTV show aired by CBS.[12] In addition, Flashpoint is the first Canadian series aired by a major US broadcast network set entirely in Canada (as Due South was primarily set in Chicago but filmed in Toronto). On March 5, 2008, CBS announced that Flashpoint would premiere in July.[13] CTV announced on May 8, 2008, that it would simulcast the show in Canada beginning on July 11.

Flashpoint began filming 13 episodes on April 17, 2008. It was 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 the CTV Television Network and CBS Television Studios (formerly CBS Paramount Network Television). The pilot episode, titled "Scorpio" was based on an actual event that occurred in Toronto in 2004, in which a gun-wielding hostage-taker was shot and killed by an Emergency Task Force sniper.[14] Ellis and Morgenstern wrote their teleplay for the episode after interviewing members of the ETF.[15] The majority of the episode reused substantial portions of the unaired Critical Incident pilot together with new footage featuring Amy Jo Johnson and Mark Taylor (who were not in the pilot).[16] Director David Frazee carefully shot the SRU as one unit to demonstrate their unity.[17] Producer Anne Marie La Traverse said the show would take people to their "own personal flash point."[18] David Paetkau, one of the show's regular cast members, said Flashpoint "tries to capture the human element involved in policing, and discusses how some officers end up with emotional baggage and suffer with mental illnesses like post traumatic stress disorder."[19] Input and advice from various ETF personnel were used in making the series.[20]

On August 25, 2008, CTV announced it had renewed the show for a second season of 13 episodes to begin production in Toronto in early 2009.[21] Some months later, both CTV and CBS increased the renewal to 18 episodes. According to tvguide.com, CBS announced that Flashpoint would return January 9, 2009, at 9 pm for a midseason start. In the United States and Canada, the remaining four episodes that were originally produced for season 1 aired as a part of season 2.[22][23] CTV in Canada originally considered these episodes as part of season 1; however, after the airing of the fourth episode (which was originally considered the final episode of season 1), CTV changed the labelling of these four episodes and, following CBS, began considering them part of season 2. CBS and CTV both ended season 2 on May 25, 2009, after airing only the first nine episodes produced. The second nine episodes, filmed from May to August 2009, were originally aired in Canada by CTV as season 3. CTV officially began to refer to the episodes as the second half of season 2 (and altered its Flashpoint website accordingly). These episodes began airing June 4, 2010, on CBS, where they are considered part of season 3.[24]

Season 3 was commissioned by CTV and CBS in October 2009.[25] The first episode of the season began filming on January 13, 2010. This gave CBS 22 original episodes to broadcast while CTV had 13. CBS completed broadcasting season 2 on July 30, 2010. season 3 premiered on July 16, 2010, on both CTV and CBS.[26][27] After entering a hiatus in mid-September after the broadcast of seven episodes from season 3, CTV resumed airing the remaining episodes on January 4, 2011.[28] CTV ordered production of season 4 of Flashpoint on June 3, 2010, before season 3 began to air.[29] On January 21, 2011, it was announced that CBS would air 7 of the 18 episodes from season 4, as well as the remaining 6 episodes from season 3 not yet shown on CBS, during the summer of 2011. Due to the cancellation of CHAOS, the remaining episodes from season 3 of Flashpoint were shown on CBS starting May 6, 2011.[30] The remaining 11 episodes from season 4 began airing on ION Television in October of that year.[31]

Filming of season 4 took place between February 14 and September 15, 2011.[32] On May 9, 2011, CTV announced that season 4 would begin airing on June 17, 2011, to be simulcast by CBS.[33] On June 1, 2011, Bell Media announced that the network ordered a fifth season of Flashpoint, containing 18 new episodes,[34][35] starting to air in Canada in September 2012. Filming of season 5 took place between February 9 and June 27, 2012.[36] The show producers later revealed that the order had been shortened to 13 episodes. On May 1, 2012, the producers announced on their Facebook page that they had decided season 5 would be their last.[37] CTV confirmed the reduction in the episode order and the ending of the show on May 1.[38] The two-part series finale aired on December 13, 2012.

Setting

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Flashpoint is set in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. For much of the series' run, the setting was largely left vague. According to Enrico Colantoni, the setting was officially left unidentified.[39] Bill Mustos, founder of co-production company Avamar Entertainment, stated this was intentional, commenting, "you're not going to see a show that is screaming 'Canada'. It's a show in a big sophisticated urban city where crises take place. The stories we're trying to tell are universal stories."[40] CTV's press release regarding the series identified the setting as Toronto.[41]

Music

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The show's 30-second theme was written by Amin Bhatia and Ari Posner.[42] The music of Hugh Dillon, Matthew Good, Amy Jo Johnson and Kim Taylor have also been used in the show's soundtrack.[43] Johnson's song "Dancing In-between" was used in the ending of episode six of the first season, "Attention Shoppers" with Dillon's "Lost at Sea" used to conclude the eighth episode, "Never Kissed a Girl". The song "Open Your Eyes" by Tracenine was featured in the episode "Perfect Storm".[44] Songs from Hugh Dillon can also be heard in season 2 episode 12 "Just a Man" (song "Don't Be Fooled") and the episode that concluded season 3 episode 13, "Fault Lines" (song "My Mistakes"). "Goodbye," a song written and performed by Amy Jo Johnson, features in season 3 episode 10, "Terror."[42][43]

Reception

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Ratings

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Canada

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Note that each Canadian television season starts with the Monday of the week that includes the first day of September.[45][46]

Viewership and ratings per season of Flashpoint
Season Timeslot (ET) Episodes First aired Last aired TV season Avg. viewers
(millions)
Date Viewers
(millions) 		Date Viewers
(millions)
1 Friday 10:00 pm (1–2)
Thursday 10:00 pm (3–9)
Friday 10:00 pm (10–13)		 13 July 11, 2008 1.110[47] February 13, 2009 1.292[48] 2008–09 1.255
2 Friday 9:00 pm 18 February 27, 2009 1.339[49] November 20, 2009 1.589[50] 2009 1.489
3 Friday 10:00 pm (1–7)
Tuesday 10:00 pm (8–12)
Sunday 10:00 pm (13)		 13 July 16, 2010 1.334[51] February 6, 2011 1.317[52] 2010–11 1.650[53]
4 Friday 8:00 pm (1–7)
Monday 8:00 pm (8)
Tuesday 8:00 pm (9–18)		 18 July 8, 2011 1.369[54] December 13, 2011 1.208[55] 2011 1.510[56]
5 Thursday 10:00 pm 13 September 20, 2012 1.412[57] December 13, 2012 2.077 2012 1.800[58]

The pilot episode was watched on CTV by 1.11 million viewers, earning the No. 1 spot in its timeslot.[47] Flashpoint drew in 1,216,000 viewers during the week of July 28, 2008.[59] It gained a bit more audience when the show drew in 1,300,000 viewers.[60] In ratings for the week of February 23, 2009, Flashpoint has been watched by 1,339,000 viewers.[61] CTV announced that a new series of Flashpoint episodes would air in the fall of 2009 on Friday nights at 10:00 pm ET.[62] These episodes would not be simulcast with CBS. After CBS delayed broadcasting the episodes from summer 2009 to mid-season 2010, CTV initially backed off its commitment to fall 2009.[63] Eventually in late August, CTV announced that the new episodes would premiere in Canada on September 25, 2009.[64] It marked the first time CTV broadcast new Flashpoint episodes out of simulcast with CBS in the United States. The last original Flashpoint episode for the Canadian fall 2009 season was broadcast on November 20, 2009. Two Flashpoint episodes from the first season—"Attention Shoppers" and "Who's George?"—were nominated as finalists in the 2009 WGC Screenwriting Awards.[65]

United States

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Season Episodes Timeslot (ET) Original airing Rank
(viewers) 		Viewers
(in millions)
 Network
Season premiere Season finale TV season
1 13 Friday 10:00 pm (July 11–18)
Thursday 10:00 pm (July 25 – September 18)
Friday 9:00 pm (January 9 – February 13) 		July 11, 2008 (2008-07-11)
January 9, 2009 (2009-01-09) (2nd half) 		September 18, 2008 (2008-09-18) (1st half)
February 13, 2009 (2009-02-13) 		2007–08 N/A 7.61 CBS
2 18 Friday 9:00 pm February 27, 2009 (2009-02-27)
June 4, 2010 (2010-06-04) (2nd half) 		May 15, 2009 (2009-05-15) (1st half)
July 9, 2010 (2010-07-09) 		2008–09 48 9.48[66]
3 13 Friday 10:00 pm July 16, 2010 (2010-07-16)
May 6, 2011 (2011-05-06) (2nd half) 		September 17, 2010 (2010-09-17) (1st half)
June 17, 2011 (2011-06-17) 		2009–10 N/A 7.13[67]
4 18 Friday 8:00 pm (July 8 – August 19)
Tuesday 10:00 pm (October 18 – January 24) 		July 8, 2011 (2011-07-08) (CBS)
October 18, 2011 (2011-10-18) (ION) 		August 19, 2011 (2011-08-19) (CBS)
January 24, 2012 (2012-01-24) (ION) 		2010–11 N/A 6.25 CBS/ION
5 13 Tuesday 11:00 pm October 16, 2012 (2012-10-16) January 22, 2013 (2013-01-22) 2012–13 TBA TBA ION

The Boston Globe praised Flashpoint for using emotion that "lingers on the psychic toll that such high-tension work can take."[68] The pilot episode was watched on CBS by 8.23 million people, earning the No. 1 ranking for the hour.[69] According to Flashpoint executive Bill Mustos in August 2008, the success of the show in the US was not due to the Writer's Guild strikes, but mainly because of the need of having a new kind of show on television.[70] Flashpoint did well in its initial airings on Friday nights (in the time slot normally given to Numb3rs), building on the lead-in from that show, to the point that it drew more viewers on Friday nights than Swingtown, another new drama, did on the normally busier Thursday nights, which prompted CBS to move Flashpoint to Thursday nights in an attempt to further build its audience.[71] On December 2, 2008, CBS announced that they would begin airing the second season of Flashpoint on January 9, 2009.[72] A third season of Flashpoint was to have aired as a midseason replacement during CBS's 2009–2010 schedule;[73][74] however, CBS announced it would air these episodes during the summer of 2009 beginning on July 17, 2009, instead of its previously announced 2010 timetable. On July 7, 2009, CBS rescinded its decision and the show aired midseason after all.[75] These were the same episodes that CTV broadcast in Canada during the fall 2009 season. CBS began airing these episodes on June 4, 2010.[76] The remainder of the third season was broadcast on CBS beginning May 6, 2011.[30] On Metacritic, Flashpoint has a score of 51 out of 100, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[77]

Accolades

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Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
2009 ACTRA Awards Outstanding Performance – Female Sarah Gadon Nominated [78][79]
Gemini Awards Best Direction in a Dramatic Series Kelly Makin Won [80]
Best Dramatic Series Flashpoint Won [80]
Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role Enrico Colantoni Won [81]
Hugh Dillon Nominated
Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role Amy Jo Johnson Nominated
Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role, Dramatic Series Nicholas Campbell Nominated [82]
Henry Czerny Won [82]
Mpho Koaho Nominated [82]
Ron Lea Nominated [82]
Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role, Dramatic Series Tatiana Maslany Won [82]
Best Writing in a Dramatic Series Mark Ellis, Stephanie Morgenstern Nominated
2010 Gemini Awards Best Direction in a Dramatic Series David Frazee Won [83]
Stephen Surjik Nominated [83]
Best Dramatic Series Flashpoint Nominated
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series Sergio Di Zio Nominated
Mark Taylor Nominated
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series Jessica Steen Nominated
Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role, Dramatic Series Michael Riley Won [83]
Hugh Thompson Nominated [83]
Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role, Dramatic Series Ona Grauer Nominated [83]
Laurence Leboeuf Nominated [83]
Best Writing in a Dramatic Series Ian Weir Won
2011 Gemini Awards Best Dramatic Series Flashpoint Nominated
Best Direction in a Dramatic Series David Frazee Nominated [84]
Best Writing in a Dramatic Series Mark Ellis, Stephanie Morgenstern Won
Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role Enrico Colantoni Nominated
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series Sergio Di Zio Won
Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role, Dramatic Series Colin Cunningham Nominated [84]
Tim Rozon Won [84]
Jonathan Scarfe Nominated [84]
Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role, Dramatic Series Liisa Repo-Martell Nominated [84]
Kristen Thomson Nominated [84]
2012 WGC Canadian Screenwriting Awards Best Television Drama Larry Bambrick Won [85]
2013 Canadian Screen Awards Best Direction in a Dramatic Series Jim Donovan Won [86]
Best Dramatic Series Flashpoint Won [87]
Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role Enrico Colantoni Won [87]
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series Michael Cram Nominated
Sergio Di Zio Nominated
Best Writing in a Dramatic Series Aubrey Nealon Won [86]
2014 Canadian Screen Awards Best Dramatic Series Flashpoint Nominated
Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role Hugh Dillon Won [88]
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series Sergio Di Zio Nominated

Home media

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In DVD region 1, Phase 4 Films has released all five seasons on DVD in Canada, while in the US, CBS DVD (distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment) has released the first four seasons. The final season was released in the United States on March 18, 2014.[89] On November 5, 2013, Phase 4 Films released Flashpoint: The Complete Series on DVD in Canada.[90] The 19-disc set features all 75 episodes of the series as well as bonus features. In Region 2, the complete first season was released on DVD in the UK on April 13, 2009 by ITV DVD.[91] In France, the first three seasons were released on DVD by Koba Films. In Region 3, STG Multimedia released the complete first season on DVD in Thailand on April 9, 2011. The complete second season was released on May 20, 2011. In Region 4, Hopscotch Entertainment has released the first three seasons on DVD in Australia.[92]

Release name Ep # Region 1 (US) Region 1 (Canada) Region 2 (UK) Region 4 (Australia) DVD Special Features
Season One 13 October 13, 2009 October 13, 2009 August 25, 2010 April 16, 2009
  • Commentary: pilot episode
  • Behind the scenes
  • The Human Cost of Heroism

Note: Special features available in Region 1.

Season Two 18 November 19, 2010 May 25, 2010 N/A March 4, 2010 (Part 1)

April 15, 2010 (Part 2)

  • Stunts
  • Weapons
  • Photo gallery
  • Music video

Note: Special features available in Region 1.

Season Three 13 May 22, 2012 May 17, 2011 January 19, 2011 May 19, 2011
  • Set tour with Enrico Colantoni
  • Profile: Hugh Dillon
  • Behind the scenes

Note: Special features available in Region 1.

Season Four 18 October 16, 2012 May 15, 2012 December 14, 2012 August 1, 2018
  • The Music for Flashpoint
  • A day in the life on set of Flashpoint
  • Enrico Colantoni: Profile of Sgt. Greg Parker
Season Five 13 August 27, 2013 May 7, 2013 N/A September 5, 2018
  • The Final Salute: Cast interview with Ben Mulroney
Flashpoint: The Complete Series N/A November 5, 2013 N/A November 1, 2018 (as Flashpoint Complete Collection)

International distribution

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Flashpoint was distributed by Alchemy Television and Tele München Group to all international markets outside of North America.[93] In July 2008, it was announced that the two distributors had sold the series to TV networks in 50 countries outside Canada and the United States, including New Zealand (TV2), the United Kingdom (ITV3 and Universal Channel), France, Austria (ORF), Germany, Switzerland, Italy (RAI), Spain, Finland, Iceland, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, Croatia, Australia (Nine Network), and several countries in Latin America.[94]

The series was broadcast in Quebec on the Canadian French-language network V, having launched on March 9, 2009.[95]

By December 2008, only 9 of the 13 episodes produced during the series' first season had been aired in North America, although all 13 episodes had been aired by New Zealand's TV2 as of December 10, 2008. The Australian premiere occurred on January 11, 2009, when Nine Network took the unusual step of airing the second episode in isolation ahead of the season. This followed a cricket telecast in a relatively late Sunday night timeslot.[96] Nine aired the show on Wednesday nights, its regular time slot, where episodes were erratically shown out of their intended order. Nine took the show off air soon after. However, it returned to air during summer non-ratings on Monday November 30, 2009, at 9.30 pm, and was taken off air again only two weeks later. [citation needed] Starting with the third season, the series later premiered on 13th Street in Australia in 2011 to 2012, but was then moved over to Universal Channel after that.

Further foreign debuts of Flashpoint occurred well after the series had ended. In Latin America, the series debuted in Mexico in TV Azteca in 2012. In Thailand, the series aired on Channel 5 on February 25, 2016.[97]

See also

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