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Flashpoint (2008)

Flashpoint poster
Directed by
David Frazee, Holly Dale
Genre
police television drama, adventure television series
Country
United States, Canada
Length
5 seasons, 75 episodes
Rated
TV-14
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 152 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Canadian police procedural focusing on a tactical team that handles high-risk situations. The series follows the officers as they negotiate tense standoffs and rescue operations, balancing their dangerous work with their personal lives.

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What happens

Flashpoint is a Canadian police procedural television series created by Mark Ellis and Stephanie Morgenstern and stars Hugh Dillon, Amy Jo Johnson, David Paetkau, Sergio Di Zio, and Enrico Colantoni. The series premiered on CTV in Canada on July 11, 2008. In the United States, the first three seasons and the first part of the fourth were aired on CBS from July 11, 2008, until August 19, 2011. The show then aired on Ion Television starting on October 18, 2011, with the eighth episode of the fourth season. The series was distributed worldwide by Alchemy Television and Tele München Group. On January 25, 2011, it was announced that Ion Television had acquired all rights to the show held by CBS, including the option to continue production. On May 1, 2012, the producers announced that the fifth season would be the last of the series. The series finale aired on December 13, 2012. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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