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Updated · Deadline · Jul 8

Floyd Kane Takes Over Sullivan's Crossing Season 5 as Roma Roth Steps Back After 4 Seasons

Updated

Updated · Deadline · Jul 8

Floyd Kane Takes Over Sullivan's Crossing Season 5 as Roma Roth Steps Back After 4 Seasons

Q: Is a new creative team building a Canadian-made Robyn Carr television universe with another hit series?

Yes. Bell Media, Reel World Management and Fremantle are clearly trying to extend Robyn Carr’s screen footprint in Canada beyond “Sullivan’s Crossing” with “Thunder Point,” a new 10-episode CTV adaptation of Carr’s nine-book saga. The shift at “Sullivan’s Crossing” supports that reading. Roma Roth, who created the series, has stepped down as head writer and showrunner for Season 5, with Floyd Kane taking over day-to-day creative leadership. Roth remains an executive producer, but her main focus is now “Thunder Point,” which uses the same Canadian production partnership that turned “Sullivan’s Crossing” into CTV’s top original drama and The CW’s most-watched series. That makes “Thunder Point” more than a one-off pickup. It is the latest Carr adaptation from a team already tied to “Virgin River” and “Sullivan’s Crossing,” effectively giving Canada a growing Robyn Carr television pipeline. Bell Media has framed it as building on the success of “Sullivan’s Crossing,” while Fremantle has pointed to the global momentum behind Canadian drama. Whether “Thunder Point” becomes another hit is not yet proven, but the ingredients are strong: proven source material, an established producing team, and a market already responding to Carr-based romance dramas. “Sullivan’s Crossing” has sold in more than 180 territories and continues to perform well on both The CW and Netflix, giving the new series a strong commercial template and a ready-made audience.

3 articles · Updated · Deadline · Jul 8

Floyd Kane will run day-to-day writing on Sullivan’s Crossing Season 5, replacing creator Roma Roth as head writer/showrunner while Roth stays on as an executive producer.
Season 5 was renewed by CTV a month ago, with filming set to start later this summer in Nova Scotia; the CW’s pickup for a fifth season is still being finalized.
Scott Patterson, absent since Season 3, has no current plans to return after saying in March that creative differences made it impossible for him to continue.
The leadership change comes despite strong momentum: Sullivan’s Crossing remains the CW’s most-watched series, and Season 4 hit Netflix’s U.S. daily Top 3 and drew 3 million global views in its opening week.