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CTV Orders New Drama Series THE BRIDGE TORONTO, Nov. 3 /CNW/ - CTV announced today the order of a new one-hour original Canadian drama series, THE BRIDGE. Based on the insights of veteran insider and outspoken former Toronto police union head Craig Bromell, CTV has ordered 11, one-hour episodes, following the production of a two-hour pilot shot in Toronto last summer. THE BRIDGE provides an unflinching look at the struggle street cops face as they not only battle criminals - but also their own bosses - in order to protect society and, ultimately, themselves.
... Written by five-time Gemini Award winner and six-time nominee Alan Di
Fiore (DA VINCI'S INQUEST, THE LIFE, THE HANDLER), THE BRIDGE peels away the veneer of a big-city Canadian police force to reveal the political machinations underneath. After the rank and file unanimously vote street cop Frank Leo (
Aaron Douglas) into office as union head, he begins his quest to put street cops first and clean up the force from the ground up.
But the old boys' network running the police force and the city's
self-serving politicians are not about to sit idly by while a former street cop makes up his own rules. Frank walks a thin blue line as he battles wiretaps and a concerted campaign to bring him down, letting nothing stop him from fulfilling his unwavering vow that when cops are in trouble, the union will be there.
THE BRIDGE stars
Aaron Douglas (BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, SMALLVILLE [Stargate SG1's Maternal Instinct and Redemption Part 2]) as outspoken union head Frank Leo;
Paul Popowich (ANGELA'S EYES, I ME WED) as Frank's partner and confidante Tommy Dunn; Gemini-Award nominee Inga Cadranel
(RENT-A-GOALIE, MVP) as Jill, the free-spirited cop on the force;
Frank Cassini (Vice, INTELLIGENCE [Stargate SG1's Sentinel]) as Staff Sergeant Bernie Kantor;
Theresa Joy (ALL THE GOOD ONES ARE MARRIED, Sixty Days) as feisty tomboy Police Constable Billy;
Ona Grauer (STARGATE SG-1 and STARGATE ATLANTIS) as beautiful, passionate prosecutor Abby St. James;
Michael Murphy (Away from Her, X-Men: The Last Stand) as Chief of Police, and political animal, Ed Wycoff; and two-time Emmy Award winner
Stuart Margolin (THE ROCKFORD FILES, TOM STONE) as Frank's father, Vic Leo.
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