The Bridge (Canadian TV series)
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Bridge |
| Original title | The Bridge |
| Country of production | Canada |
| original language | English |
| year | 2010 |
| length | about 40 minutes |
| Episodes | 13 in 1 season |
| genre |
Drama crime thriller |
| Theme music |
The Black Keys - I Gote Mine |
| idea | Craig Bromell |
| production | Alan Di Fiore |
| First broadcast | March 5, 2010 (Canada) on CTV |
| German-language first broadcast |
September 3, 2012 on 13th Street |
| occupation | |
The Bridge was a Canadian television series commissioned by CTV and CBS .
content
Frank Leo, as a simple patrolman in a large North American city with great contrasts between rich and poor, separated by a bridge, rebels against grievances and problems within the police and the police administration. After being unanimously elected as the new chief of the police union, he is there when police officers are in trouble.
occupation
The synchronization of the series was done at EuroSync under the dialogue direction of Mario von Jascheroff .
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Frank Leo | Aaron Douglas | Florian Halm |
| Tommy Dunn | Paul Popowich | Robin Kahnmeyer |
| Abby St. James | Ona Grauer | Andrea Aust |
| Ed Wycoff | Michael Murphy | Reinhard Kuhnert |
| Bernie Cantor | Frank Cassini | Thomas Schmuckert |
| Jill | Inga Cadranel | Sabine Falkenberg |
| Billy | Theresa Joy | Britta Steffenhagen |
| Alex | Genadijs Dolganovs | Bodo Wolf |
production
The Bridge was a production by EOne Entertainment , 990 Multi Media Entertainment Company and Jonsworth Productions for the Canadian broadcaster CTV and the US broadcaster CBS . The two-hour pilot, episodes 1 and 2, was ordered by CTV in 2008 , and CBS joined in, as with Flashpoint . The film was shot in Toronto . The production was sponsored by the Canadian Television Fund .
The Bridge was inspired by the controversial former Toronto Police Union chief Craig Bromell, who also served as one of the executive producers. As an alienation effect, The Bridge takes place in an unspecified city.
Initially, CTV ordered a second season before the US broadcast, but later the series was discontinued without further consequences due to production problems and the exit of the US partner CBS .
Charisma
The broadcast in Canada on CTV took place from March 5 to May 21, 2010. The first broadcast of the first double episode won both time slots with a million viewers.
It premiered on July 10, 2010 on CBS . The US premiere flopped despite good US reviews, which is attributed, among other things, to the programming on Saturday evening. A press release from the Canadian TV Foreign Ministry, faked by TV by the Numbers , said that the broadcast on Saturday violated international TV etiquette . This press release was reproduced in part without comment. Due to the poor ratings, CBS stopped broadcasting The Bridge after the third episode.
The German-language first broadcast took place from September 3 to 12, 2012 on the pay-TV channel 13th Street .
Episode list
| Number (total) |
Number (season) |
Original title | German title | First broadcast (CTV) |
First broadcast (CBS) |
First Aired (13th Street) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 01 | Red Door | Frontier workers | March 5, 2010 | July 10, 2010 | 3rd September 2012 |
| 02 | 02 | Paint it black | Released for launch | March 5, 2010 | July 10, 2010 | 3rd September 2012 |
| 03 | 03 | Fat Lady Sings the Blues | Pact with the devil | March 12, 2010 | July 17, 2010 | 3rd September 2012 |
| 04 | 04 | The Unguarded Moment | Delivered | March 19, 2010 | 4th September 2012 | |
| 05 | 05 | Vexation of Spirit | Out of control | March 26, 2010 | 4th September 2012 | |
| 06 | 06 | Damned If You Do | A question of conscience | April 2, 2010 | 5th September 2012 | |
| 07 | 07 | God Bless the Child | The protector | April 9, 2010 | 5th September 2012 | |
| 08 | 08 | Brown sugar | Undercover | April 16, 2010 | September 10, 2012 | |
| 09 | 09 | Painted ladies | Russian final | April 23, 2010 | September 10, 2012 | |
| 10 | 10 | Never Let Me Down Again | Without backing | April 30, 2010 | September 11, 2012 | |
| 11 | 11 | The Blame Game | Licence to kill | May 7, 2010 | September 11, 2012 | |
| 12 | 12 | Voice carry | Among wolves | May 14, 2010 | September 12, 2012 | |
| 13 | 13 | Chain of Fools | The last battle | May 21, 2010 | September 12, 2012 |
reception
The pilot episode received good reviews for the actors and the production, but the plot is described as overloaded, especially for the length of two (television) hours.
In US reviews, The Bridge and Flashpoint are praised for the non-Canadian look and the Canadian production method.
Individual evidence
- ↑ German synchronous index | Series | The Bridge. Retrieved March 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Robert Seidman: CBS Announces 2009-2010 Schedule ( English ) TV by the Numbers. May 20, 2009. Retrieved May 16, 2010.
- ^ Daniel Fienberg: 'Flashpoint' pipeline brings 'The Bridge' to CBS ( English ) HitFix.com. February 20, 2009. Archived from the original on August 11, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 16, 2010.
- ^ First TV Venture from MultiMedia Entertainment in Production ( English ) Mediacaster Magazine. April 27, 2009. Retrieved May 16, 2010.
- ↑ New CTV series 'The Bridge' looks at inner workings of police force (CTV, February 11, 2009) ( Memento from April 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b Amber Dowling: CBS hates Canadian TV - The Bridge flops on American television ( English ) TV Guide . July 12, 2010. Accessed on July 20, 2010. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Mariano Glas: The Bridge: Crime series finally discontinued . Serienjunkies.de . January 17, 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
- ↑ Etan Vlessing: CTV leaves CBS behind on 'The Bridge' ( English ) The Hollywood Reporter . February 3, 2010. Retrieved May 16, 2010.
- ↑ The Bridge premieres to 1 million viewers ( English ) TV, eh ?. March 8, 2010. Retrieved May 16, 2010.
- ↑ Rainer Idesheim: CBS sets start date for The Bridge on . Serienjunkies.de. May 26, 2010. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
- ↑ Bill Gorman: 'The Bridge' Premiere Flops, Straining US / Canadian TV Relations ( English ) TV by the Numbers. July 11, 2010. Retrieved July 20, 2010.
- ↑ CBS Premieres 'The Bridge' And Nobody Notices ( English ) NoControl TV Blog. July 11, 2010. Accessed on July 20, 2010. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Rainer Idesheim: The Bridge: CBS throws series out of the program, CTV extended . Serienjunkies.de. July 23, 2010. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
- ↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: The Bridge: 13TH STREET shows Canadian cop series from September . In: Serienjunkies.de . July 26, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
- ↑ Bill Harris: Cdn 'Bridge' has American feel ( English ) Toronto Sun . March 4, 2010. Retrieved May 16, 2010.
- ↑ Katrina Onstad: Funny, You Don't Look Canadian ( English ) The New York Times . June 5, 2009. Retrieved July 20, 2010.
Web links
- The Bridge in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website at CTV.ca (English)
- Official website at CBS.com (English)
- Episode guide at fernsehserien.de