Link: Acclaimed CBC/BET drama ‘The Porter’ will not receive a second season The creative team behind the CBC and BET Plus series “The Porter” says there’s not going to be a Season 2 of the acclaimed historical drama. Executive producer Jennifer Kawaja commented on the state of “The Porter” shortly after the series scored a leading 19 nominations for the Canadian Screen Awards on Wednesday. Continue reading.
Today, the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (the Canadian Academy) announced the nominees for the 2023 Canadian Screen Awards in 145 television, film, and digital media categories, which also include the inaugural nominations in gender-neutral performance categories for lead and supporting performers in film and television.
The first season of CBC’s The Porter leads both television and overall 2023 Canadian Screen Award nominations with 19, including Best Drama Series and Best Lead Performer, Drama Series nominations for Aml Ameen, Ronnie Rowe Jr., and Mouna Traoré. Both CBC’s Sort Of and CBC Gem’s Detention Adventure received 15 nominations, followed by CBC’s Pretty Hard Cases with 11.
In film, Clement Virgo’s Brother tops nominations with 14, including Achievement in Direction and Performance in a Leading Role for Lamar Johnson. Stéphane Lafleur’s Viking follows with 13, while David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future boasts 11.
Revenge of the Black Best Friend leads digital media nominations with nine, including Best Web Program or Series, Fiction; followed by Avocado Toast The Series with seven and Tokens with four.
“From legendary directors like David Cronenberg to new voices like Bilal Baig, the 2023 Canadian Screen Award nominees reaffirm that our country has an immensely talented industry, and we are lucky to call them Canadian,” said Tammy Frick, CEO, Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. “Supporting these artists has never been more important, and we are proud to be at the centre of those efforts. I’m thrilled to share my heartfelt congratulations with all of the nominees, and look forward to raising a glass to them in person this April.”
The 2023 Canadian Screen Awards will be presented in a series of seven intimate genre-based awards presentations, with esteemed members of the Canadian screen-based industry who brought us the best work from the last year, gathering in person at Meridian Hall in Toronto from Tuesday, April 11, 2023 through to Friday, April 14, 2023, all culminating with TheCanadian Screen Awards with Samantha Bee, broadcasting on Sunday, April 16 at 8 PM (9 AT, 9:30 NT) on CBC and CBC Gem.
An intimate look at Canadian storytelling excellence on screen, TheCanadian Screen Awards with Samantha Bee is an hour-long, star-studded broadcast special featuring celebrity interviews, highlights from the awards presentations throughout Canadian Screen Week 2023, and the presentation of the Cogeco Fund Audience Choice Award. The special will also include exclusive access to this year’s Special Award recipients, including: Ryan Reynolds, recipient of the Humanitarian Award, presented by Paramount+; Catherine O’Hara, who will receive the Academy Icon Award, presented by CBC; and Simu Liu, the recipient of the Radius Award, presented by MADE | NOUS.
For the full list of 2023 Canadian Screen Award nominees, please visit academy.ca/nominees; view the full schedule for Canadian Screen Week 2023 at academy.ca/schedule.
This week, Greg and Amy go through debuts and returns on the Canadian TV calendar. Then, we cover a bunch of Canadian TV news, including production kicking off on Little Bird, The Kids in the Hallreturning with new episodes, Bell Media teaming up with all-Black executive production team to develop Canada’s first Black-focused bilingual anthology series Festivale, and the death of Paul Pope.
We close out by discussing the Canadian Screen Awards gala by reviewing the top TV categories.
Transplant and its lead actors, Laurence Leboeuf and Hamza Haq, Kim’s Convenience leads Jean Yoon and Paul Sun-Hyung Kim, Sort Of and Scarborough were given trophies during the Canadian Screen Awards gala.
Sunday’s online gala was hosted by Tallboyz, who captured four Canadian Screen Awards earlier in the week.
Wynonna Earp received the Cogeco Fund Audience Choice Award which was voted on by fans.
Here are the winners in Sunday’s television and film categories:
Best Lead Actor, Comedy Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Kim’s Convenience
Best Lead Actress, Comedy Jean Yoon, Kim’s Convenience
Best Comedy Series Sort Of, CBC
Radius Award Maitreyi Ramakrishnan
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Liam Diaz, Scarborough
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Night Raiders
Lifetime Achievement Award Bob Cole
Ted Rogers Best Feature-Length Documentary Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy
Changemaker Award Kayla Grey, Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Amanda Parris
Best Host or Presenter, Factual or Reality/Competition Brooke Lynn Hytes, Traci Melchor, Amanda Brugel, Brad Goreski, Canada’s Drag Race
Best Lead Actress, Drama Series Laurence Leboeuf, Transplant
Best Lead Actor, Drama Series Hamza Haq, Transplant
Best Drama Series Transplant
Achievement in Direction Shasha Nakhai, Rich Williamson, Scarborough
Gordon Sinclair Award for Broadcast Journalism Rassi Nashalik
Wynonna Earp‘s Tim Rozon, Transplant‘s Ayisha Issa, Letterkenny’s Kaniehtiio Horn and Tallboyz were among the individuals and projects to win during Night 4 of 2022 Canadian Screen Awards Online Presentations.
The first portion of the live streaming celebration focused on Drama & Comedy Crafts categories hosted by Akiel Julien, followed by the Scripted Programs & Performance categories hosted by Ennis Esmer.
Here are the winners in Thursday’s key categories:
Best Writing, Variety or Sketch Comedy Tallboyz, “You’re the Dads Now”
Best Writing, Comedy Bilal Baig, Fab Filippo, Sort Of, “Sort of Gone”
Best Writing, Drama Series Joseph Kay, Transplant, “Free For What”
Best Writing, TV Movie Barbara Nance, I Was Lorena Bobbit
Best Guest Performance, Drama Series Tamara Podemski, Coroner, “Spirits”
Ayisha Issa (left), Transplant
Best Supporting Actress, Drama Ayisha Issa, Transplant
Best Supporting Actor, Drama Tim Rozon, Wynonna Earp
Best Lead Actress, TV Movie Samora Smallwood, Death She Wrote
Best Lead Actor, TV Movie Luke Humphrey, I Was Lorena Bobbitt
Best TV Movie I Was Lorena Bobbitt
Best Guest Performance, Comedy Michael Bublé, Jann, “No Drama”
Best Supporting Actor, Comedy Andrew Phung, Kim’s Convenience
Best Supporting Actress, Comedy Kaniehtiio Horn, Letterkenny
Best Performance, Sketch Comedy (Individual or Ensemble) Guled Abdi, Vance Banzo, Tim Blair, Franco Nguyen, Tallboyz