From Jim Slotek of QMI Agency:

• Cdn Comedy Award noms unveiled
  The just-released Jay Baruchel comedy Good Neighbours, TV’s Less Than Kind and Call Me Fitz, and CBC’s The Debaters were among multiple nominees for the 2011 Canadian Comedy Awards, announced Wednesday. Read more.

From a media release:

MORE TO COME FROM AWARD-WINNING SERIES

• Blackstone ‘Green Lit’ for Season 2

Prairie Dog Film + Television is thrilled to announce a second season of Blackstone has been ‘green lit’ and is now in full development. Producers received the news on the eve of Blackstone winning three Rosies at the Alberta Film & Television Awards on May 28.

Following the first season’s cliffhanger finale, Season 2 of Blackstone will commence after the strip club shooting, and continue to delve into the tumultuous lives of the residents on the Blackstone Indian Reserve. Production of the new series will commence this summer, on location in Edmonton and rural Alberta.

THE ROSIES

The 37th annual Alberta Film & Television Awards (aka The Rosies) were handed out during a sold-out gala in Edmonton over the weekend. Celebrating excellence and outstanding achievement in Albertan film, television and new media, The Rosies honoured Blackstone with three awards:

• Best Production Reflecting Cultural Diversity
• Best Alberta Actress (Roseanne Supernault)
• Best Screenwriter Drama Over 30 (Ron E. Scott)

Blackstone was nominated in a total of nine categories at The Rosies. It has also been nominated in five categories at the 2011 Leo Awards, which take place June 11 in Vancouver.

From LeoAwards.com, TV nominees include Sanctuary, Blackstone, Shattered, Todd and the Book of Pure Evil, Being Erica, Heartland, Living in Your Car, Rookie Blue, Stargate Universe:

• 2011 Nominees by Program

From a media release:

A WORLD OF WONDERS NOMINATED FOR AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

Genuine Pictures Inc. of Ottawa is pleased to announce that its globetrotting, Gemini Award winning television series A WORLD OF WONDERS has been nominated for a 2011 Award of Excellence. Youth Media Alliance awards honour Canada’s top English-language children’s and youth programs.

In the nominated episode, “Rock, Paper and Scissors”, intern Cari travels to Laos. The episode is particularly poignant because it gives our young viewers a glimpse into non-profit organizations that are doing remarkable things to preserve the culture of this peaceful nation. Cari visits Ock Pop Tok, a cooperative that brings together weavers from Lao communities to share this art. Cari also makes mulberry paper, another tradition that would be lost without the effort of a family of artisans. Finally, she pays a visit to Big Brother Mouse, a place where children gather to read aloud. Books are rare in Laos; many children don’t have books outside of school. Their families can’t afford them.

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