CBS has renewed a second season of Flashpoint, which had previously been renewed, by CTV. Flashpoint scored extremely high ratings for both CTV and CBS and was the first successful Canadian produced primetime series, in Canada and the US, in more than ten years.
CBS announced they have picked up 13 episodes of Season 2 for broadcast next season. Flashpoint has been CBS' top original scripted series, averaging 7.73 million viewers, and winning its time period against non-Olympic competition.