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Flashpoint

Flashpoint at CBS

From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

  • Flashpoint Snipers Crash CBS TCA Bash
    “NINA TASSLER: ‘Well, we have nine more original episodes that we’re going to air in season. It just does better for us. So it was a great experience. We certainly look forward to doing more, have more arrangements like that. The Bridge, as you know, is coming on. We haven’t decided when yet, but that also is a similar model, but it’s been great for us.’ This will be parsed by interested parties from here to Agincourt. She didn’t say it was toast, she didn’t say it would be picked up, she didn’t really say anything.” Read more.
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Flashpoint, The Listener

In the news: US partnerships a mixed blessing

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thelistener2From Gayle MacDonald of the Globe and Mail:

  • TV partnerships are great – until they’re not
    “The pullout of NBC now leaves CTV to decide if it will fly solo and order a second season of The Listener , sans the U.S. broadcast-licence fee, which ranges from $300,000 to $500,000 an episode (with the remainder of the per-show cost funded by CTV, the Canadian Television Fund and tax credits). So far, Canada’s largest conventional broadcaster has remained mum on the subject.” Read more.
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Flashpoint

Interview with Flashpoint co-creators

From Alex Epstein at Complications Ensue:

  • Morgenstern and Ellis on FLASHPOINT
    “”We didn’t set out with the goal of making a border-crossing product. It was about the story. We were just curious: what is life like behind the ballistic shield? What is the messy, complicated, human thing that breaks your heart when you have to take someone’s life? This was our point of departure. This is what was keeping us up at night.” Read more.
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