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Canadian Comedy Awards 10th Anniversary Special Premieres May 15

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From a media release:

image003The Comedy Network Celebrates a Decade of Beavers with the Canadian Comedy Awards 10th Anniversary Special Premiering May 15

  • Jason Jones and Samantha Bee of THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART host
  • Special features stand-up performances and revisits memorable Beaver Award moments from the Canadian Comedy Awards & Festival

The Comedy Network celebrates 10 years of the Beaver Award with the CANADIAN COMEDY AWARDS 10th Anniversary SPECIAl. Premiering Saturday, May 15 at 10 p.m. ET/PT exclusively on The Comedy Network, ex-pats Jason Jones and Samantha Bee (pictured) host a one-hour special featuring performances from Beaver-worthy comedians and highlights of Canadian Comedy Awards & Festival past and present. To dive deeper into the Beavers, viewers can re-visit the special on demand at thecomedynetwork.ca.

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Family Restaurant: The Quans nominated for Realscreen Factual Entertainment Award

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Canadian show shares the spotlight with John & Kate plus 8

  • Family Restaurant: The Quons nominated for award

Anaïd Productions is honoured to announce that Family Restaurant: The Quons is nominated in the Reality / Docusoap category for a Realscreen Factual Entertainment Award.

The Canadian-produced series shares its nomination with two high-profile US shows: John & Kate plus 8 and Gene Simmons’ Family Jewels. Family Restaurant: The Quons was selected from hundreds of entries from around the world for this honour. The winners will be announced in California on June 3rd at an event designed to be the industry’s first truly global celebration of factual entertainment excellence.

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In the news: Alberta’s Rosie nominations announced

From Eric Volmers of the Calgary Herald:

  • Rosie nominations bloom
    “Olympic athletes, a horse-whispering teen and cowboy zombies were among the eclectic crew Rosie smiled on Wednesday morning as finalists for the Alberta Film & Television Awards were announced in Calgary and Edmonton.” Read more.

From Elizabeth Withey of the Edmonton Journal:

  • Edmonton scores big with Rosie nominations
    “Prairie Dog Film & Television’s Blackstone earned nine nominations, including best production reflecting cultural diversity, best director, best screenwriter and editor in a drama over 30 minutes and best dramatic production under 60 minutes. The one-hour series pilot, set on a fictional reserve and directed by Ron E. Scott, also earned best-actress nods for Calgary’s Michelle Thrush and Edmonton artist Roseanne Supernault, a graduate of Victoria School of the Performing Arts.” Read more.
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Durham County Season 2 nominated for Monte Carlo TV awards

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DURHAM COUNTY – Season Two Nominated for three Monte Carlo Television Awards

The second season of the award-winning Canadian drama series, Durham County, has been nominated for three Monte Carlo Television Awards. Winners will be announced June 10th, 2010 in Monaco at the Festival’s prestigious Golden Nymph Award ceremony.

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WGC Screenwriting Award winners announced

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From a media release:

Canada’s top screenwriters honoured at the 2010 WGC Screenwriting Awards

The Writers Guild of Canada celebrated the winning words of Canadian screenwriters tonight at the 14th annual WGC Screenwriting Awards. 148 scripts were nominated in the Awards’ 11 categories, and 43 finalist scripts vied for the winners’ circle.

Screenwriters Robert C. Cooper (Stargate Universe), Jacob Tierney (The Trotsky), Garry Campbell (Less Than Kind) and Kate Barris (Max and Ruby) were just of few of those recognized for outstanding scripts. A complete list of winners follows.

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