Flashpoint News

While our neighbors to the north were already on track to see cop drama Flashpoint return for a fifth season, with CTV already giving it a renewal, fans in the U.S. can rest assured that the series will also be back for Season 5 in the states as well.

Flashpoint don't get no respect. At least, not from CBS, its former American network home, which followed three seasons of tacit neglect by unceremoniously dumping the show in the middle of its fourth, to be picked up by ION Television, a sad little U.S. cable net that airs more infomercials than it does actual shows.

On TV this Thursday: All four NBC comedies get in the holiday spirit, a very interesting Person of Interest surfaces, Eliza Dushku tackles The League and more.

The mockumentary with a tur-war storyline from Canadian creators and screenwriters Michael Mabbot and David Eddie is being shopped by Entertainment One, which is near to inking an acquisition deal with the U.S. pay TV channel.

Paula Abdul of "The X Factor" on Fox Q: Is "The X Factor" fun to do? A: I'm having a blast, and it's a whole different experience altogether.