NBC will also have a Canadian import this summer. I remember Due South, about a straight-laced Mountie who teamed up with a scruffy street-wise Chicago cop, which played for a couple of years in the 1990s and was a pretty good show."The Bridge," from E1 Entertainment and 990 Multi Media Entertainment, was created by former police officer Craig Bromell and written by Alan Di Fiore ("Da Vinci's Inquest).
"The Bridge" portrays cops battling criminals on the streets and their bosses and know-nothing politicians in the corridors of power. The series stars Aaron Douglas (Chief Tyrol on "Battlestar Galactica") as a police union head who locks horns with the police brass in an attempt to combat corruption.
Bromell said the Canadian series, a twist on the cops-and-cons procedural, takes viewers behind police lines to where ordinary officers are forced to combat corruption and skullduggery by their top brass and politicians when they're not patrolling the streets.
CBS launched "Flashpoint" as a summer series last year and its ratings' resilience proved impressive enough for the network to give the show at shot on Friday nights this season. It had a solid run, typically winning its time period.
The Canadian cast includes Paul Popowich as Frank's partner and confidante, Inga Cadranel, Frank Cassini, Michael Murphy ("Away From Her") and Stuart Margolin ("The Rockford Files").
I don't watch Flashpoint, but the cast from this one seems interesting. I always enjoy seeing Stuart Margolin and Chief Ty is my favorite character on Battlestar.
Frankly, considering the junk that the US networks are putting on the air, this will probably be an improvement.