Another U.S. television network has made a deal to buy a Canadian-made drama.

Sources at NBC said Friday that the American broadcaster has bought 13 episodes of CTV's The Listener.

The show, being produced by Toronto's Shaftesbury Films, is about a young paramedic with the power to hear people's thoughts.

Earlier this week, CBS announced it had bought 13 episodes of Flashpoint, a cop drama also being produced for CTV.

With the screenwriters' strike in its third month, U.S. networks are watching their ratings fall because of a dearth of new TV dramas.

Production on long-running series has been halted by the strike, and networks from the U.S. are showing unusual interest in new Australian, British and Canadian shows.

Producers of The Border, which debuted this January on CBC, are negotiating with U.S. networks CBS and ABC.

Peter Raymont, executive producer of The Border, says the series about a group of special agents dealing with issues along the Canada-U.S. border drew interest at a recent international TV trade show.

"Frankly, whether or not there's a writers' strike, I think there's more interest in the United States in Canadian drama productions," he told CBC News.

Reportedly, there is also interest in Global's new series The Guard, about a search-and-rescue team off the Pacific coast, and CBC's new comedy series Sophie.

ABC Family is in talks to buy Sophie, about a young talent agent played by Natalie Brown, who is enduring the worst year of her life.

BBC has recently optioned rights to the CBC reality show The Next Great Prime Minister and plans a British version called The Next Great Leader.