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Canadian Screen Award nominations announced

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From CBC:

See all television Canadian Screen Award nominations here. Selected nominations:

Best animated TV show:

Almost Naked Animals
Jack
Producing Parker
Rated A for Awesome

Best comedy:

Good God
Kenny Hotz: Triumph of the Will
Less Than Kind
Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays
Mr. D

Best dramatic miniseries:

Cyberbully
Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Wrath of Grapes: The Don Cherry Story 2

Best drama:

Arctic Air
Bomb Girls
Continuum
Flashpoint
King

Best international drama:

The Borgias
The Crimson Petal and the White
Titanic

Best music, variety or sketch comedy:

2012 MuchMusic Video Awards
Battle of the Blades
Canada Sings
The JUNO Awards 2012
Rick Mercer Report

Best Children’s or Youth Fiction Program or Series:

Degrassi
The Haunting Hour
Mudpit
That’s So Weird
What’s Up Warthogs

Best Reality/Competition Program or Series:

Canada’s Greatest Know-It-All
Canada’s Handyman Challenge
Dragons’ Den
The Real Housewives of Vancouver
Redemption Inc.

Best Writing in a Comedy Program or Series:

Less Than Kind, “Reparations and Renewal” – Jenn Engels
Less Than Kind, “March Fourth” – Mark McKinney, Garry Campbell
Less Than Kind, “Play it Again, Sam” – Mark McKinney
Todd and the Book of Pure Evil, “Two Girls, One Tongue” – Charles Picco
Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays, “Bridges” – Matt Watts

Best Writing in a Dramatic Series:

Lost Girl, “Into the Dark” – Emily Andras
Continuum, “A Stitch in Time” – Simon Barry
Flashpoint, “Day Game” – Aubrey Nealon
Rookie Blue, “A Good Shoot” – Greg Nelson
Being Erica, “Dr. Erica” – Jana Sinyor, Aaron Martin

Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Comedic Role:

Almost Heroes – “Terry and Peter vs. Season Finale” – Ryan Belleville
Mr. D, “The Basketball Diaries” – Gerry Dee
This Hour Has 22 Minutes, “X mas Special” – Shaun Majumder
Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays, “Sleeping with People” – Bob Martin
I, Martin Short, Goes Home – Martin Short

Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Comedic Role:

Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays, “Heights” – Jennifer Irwin
This Hour Has 22 Minutes, “X mas Special” – Cathy Jones
InSecurity, “Agent Ex” – Natalie Lisinska
Less Than Kind, “The Fwomp” – Wendel Meldrum
Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays, “Endings” – Tommie-Amber Pirie

Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role:

Flashpoint, “Day Game” – Enrico Colantoni
The L.A. Complex 2, “Don’t Say Goodbye” – Andra Fuller
Combat Hospital, “Triage” – Elias Koteas
Combat Hospital, “Reason to Believe” – Luke Mably
Blackstone, “Hitchin” – Steven Cree Molison

Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role:

Saving Hope, “Heartsick” – Erica Durance
Being Erica, “Please, Please Tell Me How” – Erin Karpluk
King, “Lori Gilbert” – Amy Price-Francis
Haven, “Audrey Parker’s Day Off” – Emily Rose
Bomb Girls, “Armistice” – Meg Tilly

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Monday: Mr. D, Ron James, Murdoch, Being Human, Know-It-All, Match Game, J4L

BeingHuman

Mr. D, CBC – “Late Shift”
Gerry takes a second job but struggles to juggle both. When the school is pressed to cut costs, Robert is forced to cut from Leung’s library. When Trudy learns Bobbi can’t flirt, she calls her on it.

The Ron James Show, CBC – “Home”
Ron proves that when it comes to funny, there’s no place like Home. A young couple’s search for their dream home turns ugly when the wife becomes possessed – literally – with getting into the right neighbourhood; when a man realizes the storage unit he’s renting is roomier than his downtown condo, he starts to think inside the box; L’il Ronnie attempts a daredevil bike jump to impress a girl; and in this week’s Ode to the Road, Ron finds the “magnetism” in Moncton, New Brunswick. Special guests: Lauren Ash, Raoul Bhaneja & Allana Harkin.

Murdoch Mysteries, CBC – “Winston’s Lost Night”
After a veteran of a brutal North African battle is slain by a sword, Detective Murdoch’s prime suspect is the victim’s fellow soldier, who is none other than Winston Churchill.

Being Human, Space – Season 3 premiere
Season 3 picks up 15 months after the events of last season’s riveting finale which ended with Aidan (Sam Witwer, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA) being buried alive as punishment from vampire leader Mother (Deena Azziz, The Moth Diaries), Sally (Meaghan Rath, 18 TO LIFE) lost in a state of limbo, and Josh’s (Sam Huntington, Not Another Teen Movie) plot to kill Ray (Andreas Apergis, 18 TO LIFE), his werewolf “maker” — which instead endangered Nora (Kristen Hager, Wanted).

Canada’s Greatest Know-It-All, Discovery – “Dive Deep, Shoot Straight…To Survive”
The 10 Know-It-Alls arrive for the competition and are instantly thrown into the deep end – literally! First, they must SCUBA dive and defuse an underwater bomb; then battle it out in a know-it-all knowledge gun duel; and finally try to avoid elimination by winning the “name that thing” challenge. For one Know-It-All, the game ends here.

Match Game, Comedy
Tonight’s guest judges Andy Kindler (CONAN), DeAnne Smith (LAST COMIC STANDING), Nile Seguin (VIDEO ON TRIAL), and Lainey Lui (ETALK) gift audiences with their ludicrousness.

Just For Laughs: All Access, Comedy
Straight from Montréal, comics Joel McHale (COMMUNITY), Jack McBrayer (30 ROCK), Mario Cantone (SEX IN THE CITY), Ryan Hamilton (CAROLINE RHEA AND FRIENDS), podcast icon Pete Holmes (UGLY AMERICANS), Britain’s Gina Yashere (MARRIED SINGLE MOTHER), and home-grown hero Dave Hemstad (LITTLE MOSQUE) steal the stage at the Just For Laughs Festival.

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Ratings: Winter premiere week numbers

From Bill Brioux of TV Feeds My Family:

  • Murdoch Mysteries lifts CBC’s premiere week
    Premiere week is over. How did CBC do? The first week of January is a big one for CBC as the public broadcaster tries to take advantage of a more-or-less down week in network television to sneak on its 2013 series premieres. The network headed into the beginning of the year behind the 8 Ball with Hockey Night in Canada off its schedule due to the prolonged lockout, although the good news is the CBC’s most-watched broadcast returns Jan. 19. Add in budget cuts, the loss of popular supper hour driver Jeopardy! and other slings and arrows and its a wonder CBC managed to keep the lights on at all last fall. Read more.
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Doofus Mr. D played by multi-tasking Gerry Dee

From Bill Brioux of the Toronto Star:

  • CBC’s Mr. D returns Jan. 7
    He plays the kind of doofus you really don’t want teaching your kids. Somebody not even Bill 115 should force back to the classroom. In real life, however, Gerry Dee could teach a master class on focus and multi-tasking. The comedian, whose CBC comedy series Mr. D returns for a second season Monday at 8 p.m., is involved in just about every aspect of the show. Read more.
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Monday: Murdoch Mysteries, Mr. D, Ron James, Just For Laughs, Majumder Manor, Love It Or List It Vancouver, Match Game

Murdoch

Murdoch Mysteries, CBC – “Murdoch Air”
When a flying machine crashes, killing a man on the ground, Murdoch’s investigation uncovers high-level conspiracy and sabotage in the race to achieve the first human-controlled flight.

Mr. D, CBC – “Gerry’s Evaluation”
Gerry goes out of his way to prove he is great at his job to a member of the board. Robert is principal for a day but Trudy thinks he doesn’t have what it takes.

The Ron James Show, CBC – “Happiness”
Ron cuts to the chase when examining our relentless pursuit of Happiness. Special guests: Lauren Ash & Christian Potenza.

Just For Laughs: All Access, The Comedy Network – Series premiere
It’s the exclusive access everyone craves, all from the comfort of home when The Comedy Network invites viewers to Montréal for the Just For Laughs Festival in the new Original Series JUST FOR LAUGHS: ALL ACCESS, premiering Monday, Jan. 7 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. From the hustle and bustle backstage, to the uproarious stand-up onstage, Comedy delivers every hysterical moment of the star-studded galas through 13, brand-new, one-hour episodes, featuring the fine-tuned antics of hosts Bill Hader, Joel McHale, Jeremy Hotz, Jack McBrayer, Jason Jones, and John Pinette, as well as The Muppets.

Majumder Manor, W Network

Shaun Majumder, one of Canada’s most beloved comedic talents and three-time Gemini Award winner has a dream to give something truly special back to his modest hometown of Burlington, NL. From his beginnings in the tiny community of 350 people, to travelling the world as a standup comic and television star, Shaun has returned with the plan to build a 5-Star eco-friendly lodge with a transcendent modern design and a spectacular restaurant. The high-end destination he dreams of is a far cry from the rustic camper trailer that he once lived in as a child in Burlington.

Love It or List It Vancouver, W Network
Love It or List It Vancouver showcases families in B.C.’s largest metropolitan city who are struggling with homes that no longer suit their needs. It’s up to designer Jillian Harris (The Bachelorette Season V, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition) to put a stop to the wandering eyes of our homeowners, armed with their list of “must-haves to love it” and a design she hopes will persuade them to stay. Meanwhile, realtor Todd Talbot is determined to get homeowners to relocate by taking their list of “must-haves to list it” and finding them new digs.

Match Game, Comedy
Samantha Bee (THE DAILY SHOW), Jonny Harris (MURDOCH MYSTERIES), Pat Thornton (WAREHOUSE 13), and Anna Hopkins (Barney’s Version) fill-in-the-blanks on the Season 1B premiere of the hit comedy game show, MATCH GAME.

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