From Merrill Barr of Forbes:
Link: 10 years ago, ‘Flashpoint’ opened the door For ‘Wynonna Earp,’ ‘Orphan Black’ and ‘Travelers’
In the summer of 2008, amidst the fallout of a damaging writers strike in the first half of the year, America broadcast networks were desperate for content. For CBS, one solution ended up coming from a strange place: Canada. What resulted from an unassuming find meant to just fill time was a series that would break the door down for shows such as Orphan Black and Wynonna Earp to thrive a decade later. That find? Flashpoint. Continue reading.
I’m glad Rookie Blue got a shout out. Loved that show and always it got cheated out of at least one more season.
Happy Sam and Andy were married in the finale though.
CBS was also showing Due South (okay, at least the first two seasons) in the mid-1990s. That and watching The Red Green Show on PBS were the first Canadian shows I remember watching.