CTV’s trailblazing hit Original DramaFLASHPOINT came to a conclusion with its biggest audience ever last night: a series-high 2.1 million viewers. Closing out the final season with an average audience of 1.8 million viewers, last night’s emotional and historic finale propelled the Canadian series to a final 10 p.m. timeslot win in total viewers and all key demos over its simulcast American competition, and making it the most-watched broadcast of a Canadian series in 18 months.* Overall, 12.5 million Canadians watched FLASHPOINT in its fifth and final season. Read More

Thursday’s explosive all-new episode of FLASHPOINT hit the target with a season-high overnight audience of 1.7 million viewers on CTV, expanding its lead over a simulcast episode of ELEMENTARY (1.5 million, Global/CBS) to 12%, its largest margin to date. Up 11% versus last week, FLASHPOINT won its 10 p.m. timeslot nationally and with the key A18-49 demo. In the key Toronto market, FLASHPOINT won its hour with total viewers and all key demos. The series is averaging 1.7 million viewers in its final season.

Once again, an all-new episode of THE BIG BANG THEORY at 8 p.m. on CTV won the night with 4.4 million viewers. At 8:30 p.m., CTV’s TWO AND A HALF MEN was the #2 program of the day with 2.9 million viewers. At 9 p.m., GREY’S ANATOMY delivered 2.1 million viewers, making it the #3 program of the night. Overall, CTV won every hour of prime-time Thursday with the Top 4 programs of the night with total viewers and A18-49.

In next week’s all-new FLASHPOINT episode “Forget Oblivion” on Thursday, Nov. 1 at 10 p.m. on CTV, a young man (Sebastian Pigott, Saw 3D), cursed with a perfect memory, is abducted and forced to penetrate a high-tech research facility and memorize the design of a new ‘smart gun.’ Ed (Hugh Dillon) risks his life to save him as the Team faces off against a weapon they’ve never seen before – and a criminal desperate enough to use it.

Three weeks into the fall television season, CTV is once again the #1 network in the country, powered by Canada’s favourite hit series. Up from last season and on top of the charts for the third consecutive season is THE BIG BANG THEORY with 4.5 million viewers, holding firm to its claim as Canada’s most-watched program, while GREY’S ANATOMY and TWO AND A HALF MEN also show significant growth over last fall season with 2.9 million viewers each. Read More

CTV’s home grown hit FLASHPOINT becomes the first stand alone Canadian series in 16 years to win the prestigious Thursday at 10 p.m. timeslot in the fall season. With 1.45 million viewers,FLASHPOINT surged past Global/CBS’s ELEMENTARY, which dropped 30% to 1.38 million viewers. FLASHPOINT won the hour with total viewers and the key A18-49 demo as well. The lead over ELEMENTARY was even stronger in Canada’s largest TV market as FLASHPOINT won its timeslot with total viewers and the key demo A18-49 in Toronto. Read More

Television’s biggest night is back with both a flash and a bang. An astronomical 4.2 million viewers watched the season premiere of THE BIG BANG THEORY last night on CTV, making it the #1 program of the day and delivering the most-watched overnight audience in series history. Meanwhile, the mystery of the Thursday at 10 p.m. timeslot is not so elementary after all. While ELEMENTARY shed viewers in its series debut (down 5% in its second half hour, A25-54), CTV’s FLASHPOINT grew (up 4% in its second half hour, A25-54), posting incredible double-digit, week-over-week gains with total viewers, A18-34, and A18-49 against its Premiere Week competition and ending the night with a solid 1.6 million viewers. Read More

The final scene has been shot. Episode #75 is in the can. And the set for the SRU – Strategic Response Unit – Headquarters has officially closed up shop. Now, it’s time to celebrate the final season of Canada’s trailblazing series, FLASHPOINT. With production wrapped this summer on 13 action-packed episodes, the fifth and final season will premiere Thursday, Sept. 20 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CTV. The drama reaches a fevered pitch in the shocking series finale – one that changes Team One forever and will go down as the most action-packed Canadian television episode in recent memory (broadcast info TBD).  Read More