From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:
From a media release:
FLASHPOINT Mid-Season Premiere Wins the Night with 1.6 Million Viewers on CTV and Climbs with Key Demos
The mid-season premiere of FLASHPOINT was on target Tuesday night on CTV, garnering a massive increase with all key demos and winning the night as the most-watched program on Canadian television with 1.6 million viewers. Compared to the Season 3 premiere in 2010, Tuesday’s debut saw a whopping 90% increase with A18-34, 45% with A18-49 and 20% with A25-54. The multiple award-winning and critically acclaimed series was also #1 overall in Toronto with both A18-34 and A25-54.
FLASHPOINT delivered 55% more viewers than the simulcast of NCIS (Global/CBS; 1.03 million) from 10 to 11 p.m.
Tuesday’s FLASHPOINT episode is available now on demand on the CTV Video Player at CTV.ca.
In next week’s new FLASHPOINT episode “Thicker Than Blood†(Tuesday, Jan. 11 at 10 p.m. ET on CTV), a bank robbery leads the SRU to the abduction of an upstanding family man, who is forced to pay for the sins of his past. Erin Karpluk (BEING ERICA) guest stars.
From a media release:
CANADIANS’ HEARTS WARMED BY A HEARTLAND CHRISTMAS
The heartwarming story of a Christmas-time race to save starving horses trapped in a remote mountain area touched a huge television audience Sunday night, as more than 1.4 million Canadians tuned in for A HEARTLAND CHRISTMAS. Based on CBC-TV’s top rated dramatic series, the two-hour television holiday movie scored a resounding ratings success.
Audiences will have another opportunity to watch A HEARTLAND CHRISTMAS when it airs again on Christmas Day (Dec 25th) at 9:00 p.m. (9:30 NT).
Written by Heather Conkie and directed by Dean Bennett, A HEARTLAND CHRISTMAS stars Amber Marshall as Amy, Michelle Morgan as her sister Lou, Shaun Johnston as Jack – Amy’s and Lou’s grandfather – and Chris Potter as Tim. Also in the cast are series regulars Graham Wardle as Ty Borden, Jessica Amlee as Mallory, Kerry James as Caleb Odell and Cindy Busby as Ashley Stanton, as well as guest stars Nicholas Campbell (DA VINCI’S INQUEST, THE REPUBLIC OF DOYLE) and Hélène Joy (MURDOCH MYSTERIES, DURHAM COUNTY).
A HEARTLAND CHRISTMAS is produced by Dynamo Films of Toronto and SEVEN24 Films of Calgary. The executive producers are Michael Weinberg, Tom Cox (BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN) and Jordy Randall (TOM STONE). The series is produced by Tina Grewal (JEFF LTD.) with Heather Conkie (DARK ORACLE) serving as executive producer and writer.