CBS says it has joined forces with CTV, Canada's largest privately owned English-language broadcast network, for the new police drama "The Bridge."

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The deal inked by CTV, CBS Television Network and CBS Paramount Network Television was announced Thursday.

CBS said it has ordered 13 episodes of "The Bridge," which will be broadcast next season on the CBS Television Network in the United States and on CTV in Canada. CBS has licensed the series from E1 Entertainment, a Toronto-based independent production studio.

The broadcast of "The Bridge" marks the second recent collaboration between the U.S. media company and the Canadian broadcaster to present a prime time television series.

Last year, CBS and CTV worked together on the popular program "Flashpoint."

"'The Bridge' is inspired by the insights of veteran insider and outspoken former Toronto police union head, Craig Bromell," CBS said in a news release. "It's a procedural drama through the unique lens of a charismatic and dynamic union leader who is battling criminals on the street and fighting his own bosses, and sometimes corruption in the ranks, to protect his fellow officers."