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The growing pains of the Canadian Screen Awards

From Alex Strachan of Postmedia News:

  • Canadian Screen Awards: New, but not improved
    A’ for effort, ‘C’ for results. The Canadian Screen Awards nominations, revealed Tuesday in Toronto, are meant to reflect the best in Canadian film and TV, and mark the first time the Genie movie awards and Gemini TV awards have been brought under the same umbrella. Read more.

From Scott Stinson of the National Post:

  • Canadian Screen Awards: Canada’s Golden Globes, they are not — yet
    There is much to recommend about the decision to create the Canadian Screen Awards out of the marriage of the Genies (for film) and Geminis (for TV). No longer will two unloved awards ceremonies be stuck at opposite ends of the calendar, for one, and the combined heft of the two industries should lend the March 3 proceedings a dose of star power. But sifting through the nominations for the inaugural Screenies, as we’re calling them informally since, well, we can, there’s an unfortunate wake aspect to the television side of things. As in a funeral wake. Read more.

From Bill Brioux of TV Feeds My Family:

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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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Awards

My Babysitter’s a Vampire wins Shaw Rocket Prize

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From a media release:

My Babysitter’s a Vampire Takes A Bite Out Of The Competition
To Win Prestigious 2012 Shaw Rocket Prize

Fresh TV and TELETOON have proven that vampires and geeks are a winning combo in kids’ TV as My Babysitter’s a Vampire claimed the 2012 Shaw Rocket Prize at an industry gala held last evening in Ottawa.

Executive Producer Brian Irving was on hand to accept the $50,000 award on behalf of Fresh TV. The Toronto-based production company will be donating the entire cash award to the Canadian Film Centre (CFC) and the Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) to support their film and TV scholarship programs.

My Babysitter’s a Vampire took a bite out of four other competitors to claim the top prize. The TV series has previously won a GOLD Pixie Award while the companion interactive website, Humans VS Vampires, has won Kidscreen, Digi and Creativity Awards.

Produced by Fresh TV in association with TELETOON Canada and FremantleMedia Enterprises, My Babysitter’s a Vampire is a special effects enhanced live-action adventure comedy for tweens. Now in its second season, the series follows the heroics of three geeky, sci-fi loving best friends and their smoking hot vampire babysitter as they defend their town against an avalanche of scary supernatural phenomena.

A big hit with young fans in 26 countries, My Babysitter’s a Vampire was the No. 1 U.S. cable show among kids 2 – 11 in its time slot during its premiere season run on the Disney Channel. A second season recently concluded on the Disney Channel and is currently airing on TELETOON.

This is the eighth year for the prestigious Shaw Rocket Prize, which recognizes leaders in quality children’s television and digital media production in Canada.

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Awards, Rick Mercer Report, This Hour Has 22 Minutes

New tonight: Rick Mercer Report, 22 Minutes, Giller Prize, Highway Thru Hell

Rick Mercer Report, CBC
Rick is in Ontario’s Algonquin Park for a kayaking lesson from Olympic champ Adam van Koeverden and then he’s off to the Rockton World’s Fair for the small car roll-over competition.

22 Minutes, CBC
Mark Critch battles the REAL Barry Weiss (Storage Wars star) over a storage unit stuffed with Canadian content; 22 Minutes travels to Victoria to drill into the Northern Gateway Pipeline protest; the hit movie “Paranormal Activity” gets a Canadian-style remake perfect for the faint of heart with the release of “Normal Activity”; and a job posting for the new Ontario Premier is announced.

Giller Prize, CBC
Canada’s most distinguished literary prize awards $50,000 annually to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story collection published in English. The award was established in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in honour of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller.

Highway Thru Hell: After The Crash, Discovery
HIGHWAY THRU HELL: AFTER THE CRASH joins series producer and host of the one-hour special, Mark Miller, as he takes viewers to the legendary “Barn” in Hope, BC, to join Jamie Davis and his crew for a season wrap-up “Beer O’clock.” Here, no topic is off limits as Jamie, Adam, Kevin, Bruce, and Samy trade stories from this season of working on the mountain.

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