Music: {allcanada} 'Flashpoint' coming to an end

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

{allcanada} 'Flashpoint' coming to an end

CTV announced Tuesday that Flashpoint will not be renewed beyond its fifth season, which will air in 2012-13.

The fifth season of the Canadian cop drama currently is in production.

Flashpoint, which stars Hugh Dillon, Enrico Colantoni, Amy Jo Johnson and David Paetkau, debuted back in 2008 on both CTV and CBS, and was an instant ratings success on both sides of the border.

The CTV-CBS simulcasts continued for a while, but when CBS' commitment became sporadic, CTV decided to go it alone, and the numbers held up just fine in Canada.

"Flashpoint has paved the way for other amazing Canadian productions, proving that if you make great television, Canadians will watch," said Phil King, CTV programming president, in a statement.