'Flashpoint' fires up Ion TV

Ion Television is buying more cases of "Flashpoint," the Canadian police drama it acquired a year ago. The series is produced by Pink Sky and Avamar in colaboration with Canuck broadcaster CTV. Ion will join this list of producers for your series' fifth season. "Flashpoint" began airing off-internet on Ion in October as well as the network acquired proper care of using the series' previous four seasons as production on season five begins in February. The network -- formerly Pax, i rapidly -- is strengthening its rerun-heavy selection with content audiences haven't seen before, and "Flashpoint" has created encouraging ratings throughout the past few several days. The series stars Hugh Dillon, Enrico Colantoni and Amy Jo Manley as people from the police Proper Response Unit. Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com