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
Corner Gas Animated, The Hardy Boys, Mary Berg and Canada’s Drag Race were among the individuals and programs to win during Night 3 of 2022 Canadian Screen Awards Online Presentations.
The first portion of the live streaming celebration focused on Children’s & Animation categories hosted by Deepa Prashad, followed by the Lifestyle & Reality categories hosted by Best Host, Lifestyle winnerMary Berg.
Here are the winners in Wednesday’s key categories:
Best Performance, Animation RuPaul, The Bravest Knight
Best Writing, Animation Ken Cuperus, Sandy Jobin-Bevans, Happy House of Frightenstein, “Hide and Go Eek”
Best Animated Short Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman’s Apprentice
Best Animated Program or Series Corner Gas Animated
Best Performance, Children’s or Youth Saara Chaudry, Lockdown
Best Writing, Children’s or Youth Mark De Angelis, Eric Toth, Odd Squad Mobile Unit, “Mission O Possible – Nature of the Sandbeast”
Shaw Rocket Fund Kids’ Choice Award Miss Persona
Best Pre-School Program or Series Paw Patrol
Best Children’s or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series All-Round Champion
The Hardy Boys
Best Children’s or Youth Fiction Program or Series The Hardy Boys
Best Talk Program or Series Artists & Icons: Indigenous Entertainers in Canada
Best Variety or Entertainment Special Canada’s Drag Race Anniversary Extravaganza
Best Entertainment News Program or Series Entertainment Tonight Canada
Best Morning Show Breakfast Television
Best Host, Talk Show or Entertainment News Amanda Parris, CBC Arts: Exhibitionists
Best Host, Lifestyle Mary Berg, Mary Makes It Easy
Best Writing, Lifestyle or Reality/Competition Brandon Ash Mohammed, Canada’s Drag Race, “Screech”
Best Lifestyle Program or Series Mary Makes It Easy
Best Reality/Competition Program or Series Canada’s Drag Race
CBC’s Andi Petrillo, The Communist’s Daughter‘s George Stroumboulopoulos, Farm Crimes and 21 Black Futures were among the individuals and programs to win during Night 2 of 2022 Canadian Screen Awards Online Presentations.
The first portion of the live streaming celebration focused on Sports Programming hosted by Jennifer Hedger, followed by the Digital & Immersive categories hosted bySupinder Wraich.
Here are the winners in Tuesday’s key categories:
Best Sports Host Andi Petrillo, Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on CBC
Best Sports Program or Series Nike’s Big Bet
Best Supporting Performance, Web Program or Series George Stroumboulopoulos, The Communist’s Daughter
Best Lead Performance, Web Program or Series Lovell Adams-Gray, 21 Black Futures
Best Host, Web Program or Series ET Canada Live
Best Video Game Narrative The Vale: Shadow of the Crown
Best Writing, Web Program or Series Amanda Parris, 21 Black Futures – The Death News
Best Web Program or Series, Non-Fiction Farm Crime
Best Web Program or Series, Fiction 21 Black Futures