Everything about Flashpoint, eh?

CTV renews Flashpoint, The Bridge, Hiccups, Dan For Mayor, The Listener, So You Think You Can Dance Canada; Adds The Borgias, Todd & The Book of Pure Evil

CTV Announces Industry-Leading 2010-2011 Canadian Television Package

  • CTV renews entire scripted slate: more FLASHPOINT, more THE BRIDGE, more HICCUPS, more DAN FOR MAYOR, more THE LISTENER
  • CTV announces new daytime series THE MARILYN DENIS SHOW, debuting this fall
  • Season 3 of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA to premiere August 15
  • New international co-production drama THE BORGIAS joins CTV and Bravo! in 2011
  • COMEDY NOW! is back for Season 13, ETALK returns for Season and W5 marks Season 45
  • THE JUNO AWARDS, THE GILLER PRIZE and WE DAY all return

FlashpointFollowing one of its most successful seasons ever for original Canadian programming, CTV unveiled today its 2010-2011 Canadian television package. The network has renewed its entire scripted slate of five original series, ordered a new daytime series, and confirmed the premiere date for its award-winning Top 20 hit dance competition series. Delivering more viewers to Canadian programming than any other network, the roster of original programming totals nearly 100 hours of prime-time Canadian programming on CTV alone during the 2010-2011 season.

With the majority of the original productions due to go into production this summer, CTV’s original series will premiere throughout the network’s 52-week schedule in 2010/2011. However, CTV confirmed today THE MARILYN DENIS SHOW, a new daytime series starring Gemini Award-winner and CHUM FM personality Marilyn Denis, premieres this fall. The series airs daily at 10 a.m. following LIVE! WITH REGIS AND KELLY and prior to THE VIEW, providing an uninterrupted flow of live programming on CTV each day from 6 a.m. – 1 p.m.

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DVDs prove quality in Canadian content

From Bruce Kirkland of QMI Agency:

  • Quality Canadian shows exist
    “But the constant complaining about problems with government funding, government regulations and the private sector’s penchant for buying American has had one unfortunate side effect. It makes it appear that there is nothing Canadian to celebrate. Wrong. And the new release of two box sets, Heartland: The Complete First Season and Heartland: The Complete Second Season is a poignant reminder.” Read more.
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Interview: Enrico Colantoni of Flashpoint

By Anne Brodie of Monsters and Critics:

  • Flashpoint’s Enrico Colantoni interview
    “So many levels bring home to Toronto. My brother’s been a cop 30 years and I was always in contact with friends of his on the Emergency Task Force (ETF). It’s just a wonderful reconnect to the city and to the past and to my family. I always wanted to be a cop because I idolised my brothers, and the uniforms were cool.” Read more.
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