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Aaron Douglas stars in The Bridge (Image: CTV)
According to New York’s Vulture blog, CBS has cancelled The Bridge after three episodes. The CTV cop drama is loosely based on a Toronto officer’s experience working both the Rosedale and Regent Park neighbourhoods. But not even Battlestar Galactica alum Aaron Douglas could entice viewers in the States to watch.
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Toronto cops haven’t exactly been in people’s good books since that whole G20 debacle, but TV viewers can’t get enough of them—especially the fickle couch potatoes south of the border. Rookie Blue, a show about a posse of newbie officers, has just been picked up for a second season by Global TV and ABC. Perhaps critics’ comparisons to Grey’s Anatomy worked in the show’s favour as opposed to knocking it. Toronto’s crime drama Flashpoint is now airing its third season on CTV and CBS and is dominating American ratings in its time slot (albeit the Friday night death slot, when only grandparents are watching). It’s a different story for CTV’s The Bridge, though. Relegated to Saturday night, the pilot drew a meagre 2.98 million viewers and was easily beaten out by Cops and America’s Funniest Home Videos. So it’s official: Americans like cheesy cops and intense cops, but definitely not ones that look like Aaron Douglas.
• Cop drama Rookie Blue graduates to 2nd season [CBC]
• The Bridge: New CBS Police Drama, Cancel or Keep it? [TV Series Finale.com]
• Ratings Race: ABC and CBS Split Victory with ‘Primetime’ and ‘Flashpoint’ [TV Squad.com]
Where there's a Will: Eric McCormack was spotted at the Canadian Filmmakers Party at The Spoke Club (Photo by Destiny Thing)
Last night, The Spoke Club held one of the official TIFF kickoff events—the annual Canadian Filmmakers Party—and it set a wonderful tone for the festival-to-come. Our inner nerd was hyperventilating and grasping for his inhaler at seeing Canadian Battlestar Galactica alums Aaron Douglas and Grace Park. Other guests included Eric McCormack, of Will and Grace fame, Jian Ghomeshi, Stephen Wong (from Project Runway Canada), Ainsley Kerr (of course), and Dan Woods (who we fondly remember as Degrassi’s irascible but lovable principal).
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