Flashpoint: Number One with a Bullet

CTV just released its ratings numbers and Flashpoint was the #1 show at home in Canada, as well as in the United States. So that's more good news for its entire creative team: executive producers Bill Mustos, Anne Marie La Traverse, actors Enrico Colantoni, Amy Jo Johnson, Hugh Dillon and Dave Paetkau and writers Mark Ellis and Stephanie Morgenstern and director David Frazee (pictured), who helmed the pilot episode Scorpio.

Frazee, a native of West Vancouver, directs Flashpoint's first three episodes. The second - First In Line - airs this Friday (July 19), and his trademark aesthetic is particularly visible in it. Frazee has a great eye for detail in movement and a real gift for painting a scene with light and shades of gray.

Frazee served as director of photography on Haddock Entertainment's groundbreaking series Da Vinci's Inquest, Da Vinci's City Hall, Intelligence and the company's MOWs The Life and the recent Da Vinci movie, The Quality of Life. (He also directed episodes of each for Haddock.)

Frazee also earned a Gemini award for his work on the documentary Tokyo Girls, (with director Penelope Buitenuis) and worked on the beautiful dance doc True Prince: Vladimir Malakhov (with director Tony Papa). He'll direct five episodes of Flashpoint this season, including the season finale, bookending it with his camera.

The bumpf from a CTV media release: "Flashpoint debuted #1 in both Canada and the U.S. on Friday night. Across Canada, the series delivered 1.11 million total viewers, 140% more than the next closest 10 p.m. competitor, winning both its time-slot and the night. The series premiere also finished #1 in Adults 18-34, Adults 18-49 and Adults 25-54 demos. The episode was #1 in each of Canada’s three metered markets; Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary. In all cases, the audience grew in its second half-hour, peaking at 1.26 million viewers.

In the U.S. Flashpoint finished #1 for CBS – #1 in its time-slot, #1 in every adult demographic and was the most-watched program of the night. It also grew audiences in its second half hour and in all, counted 8.13 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research."

(Photo: Haddock Entertainment)