CBS has been having a great season. Several of their new shows have been successful and many of their established series are still doing well. Unfortunately, that could be bad news for fans of a little show called Flashpoint.
Flashpoint follows the work of a group of highly trained police officers called the Strategic Response Unit (SRU). The series stars Enrico Colantoni, David Paetkau, Hugh Dillon, Sergio Di Zio, Michael Cram, Mark Taylor, Ruth Marshall, and Amy Jo Johnson.
The show was initially produced for Canada’s CTV and CBS picked up the rights to air season one during the writers strike. It ended up performing well for the network and that led CBS to join CTV in renewing it for seasons two and three.
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Season three of Flashpoint was supposed to begin airing early this year but the network has so much successful programming that the show still hasn’t been put back on the schedule.
Nina Tassler, President of CBS Entertainment, recently told critics at the TCA press tour that Flashpoint was now being pushed outside the regular season. That means that the cop series won’t be back until late-Spring or Summer 2010 at the earliest.
While the show has performed well during the summer months in the past, there’s no guarantee that will continue. The show will have been off the air for almost a year by the time it returns. The longer that the show is off the air, the more likely that viewers — and TV executives — will forget about it.
What do you think? Do you think that CBS will air all 22 episodes of Flashpoint? Do you think that being off the air for so long hurts the show’s chance for a fourth season?
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Love the show. Started with Season 3 but now have watched both 1 and 2 on DVD. It is a great show, the best I watch. I also like Criminal Minds and House. I hope cable picks it up if CSB dumps it. The nine episodes that CSB has “on the shelf” could be the 4th season? Are they still making new episodes? If so, maybe we should move to Canada!
We always planned our Friday evenings around Flashpoint. Now there is NOTHING
on Friday nights to watch – Nothing. Please do not take this great show off the air.
My husband and I just found this program this summer. We really enjoy it. As well as being filmed in Toronto, it is very entertaining. We hope that you will bring it back.
Bring Flashpoint back!! We look forward to Friday night TV again. Put something on that families can watch together, apparently from the comments, they are. Bring Flashpoint back!!
What a great show,acting is first rate,my friends and I love to discuss what happened ,please put this show back on the air,,,,this is a winner
What the heck?? All those nominations and now you take the show off?? Its awesome, I’ve been ticked off that its off the air for now…bring it back!!
Flashpoint is a great show. It keeps your attention and the stories are great. PLEASE don’t cancel another great show.
Please don’t take Flashpoint off. It’s way too good.
Bring this show back…I enjoy my Friday night watching this. I won’t forget this show….don’t wait…just bring it back.
Love this show. Would rather see Flashpoint than any other show on any other network.
Please keep this show on -it is one of the best shows on tv Why would you put t in on a Friday night -take off CSI Miami -its been around too long and its getting oold
I agree with you….Too many CSI shows. Flashpoint was a first-rate show with amazing actors , heart -warming and or wrenching stories. A decent show showing true heroes in a real world of evil and hurt and pain. I fell in love with the actors most of who were unknown. Why CSI again? Flashpoint is a unique show beautifully acted and exceptionally produced and directed. CSI is not always family friendly where FP always is. I don’t think the CBS lineup is all that but Flashpoint really stands out as a class-act show. My favorite show was 24, my second… Read more »
Please bring Flashpoint back. It is a smartly written, well acted show that my husband and I have come to look forward to each week. If we have to wait until spring or summer of next year, we will tune in then. But we would love to have Flashpoint return now.
Bring it back! Excellent story lines, acting superb! There are plenty of other shows that could go.
Please keep flashpoint on the air for the regular season of 2010……….
This is a very good series. I am 60 and our grown children also wait for Friday evenings to enjoy this show. It really does pull in a wide age range. Keep it coming!!