Global Receives 13 Nominations for its Premium
Programming Including Global Original Scripted Series
Robyn Hood with Five
Nominations and Family Law with Two Nominations, Plus
Beloved Reality Show Big Brother Canada with Two
Nominations and ET Canada with Four Nominations
Nelvana Receives 11 Nominations for its
Exceptional Animated and Live Action Kids Content, as Part of Corus
Kids Networks' Total of 21 Nominations
Corus' Lifestyle Networks Recognized for 13
Nominations Across Categories
Global News is Recognized with Seven Nominations
Including Best Anchor, Best National Reporter, and Best National
Newscast for the 12th Year in a Row
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TORONTO, March 6,
2024 /CNW/ - Corus Entertainment congratulates
its production partners on a total of 65 Canadian Screen
Awards nominations, as announced today by the Academy of
Canadian Cinema & Television. With recognition across numerous
key categories, Corus' enduring commitment to creating premium
original content with valued partners is a testament to the
Company's diverse and trusted storytelling across lifestyle, drama,
kids, scripted and non-scripted, and factual portfolios from Corus
Studios, Nelvana, Global News, and more.
"Corus is proud to celebrate our esteemed production partners on
the well-deserved recognition from the Academy of Canadian Cinema
& Television," said Troy
Reeb, Executive Vice President, Networks and Content,
Corus Entertainment. "Building on our longstanding relationships
with talented Canadian producers and creators, Corus continues to
create and deliver best-in-class content and share awe-inspiring
stories across our powerhouse hub of networks and brands, and we
remain steadfast in our promise to provide premium entertainment
and news that Canadians enjoy and rely on nation-wide."
See below for the full list of Corus' 2024 Canadian Screen
Awards nominations.
GLOBAL
– 13 Nominations
Global celebrates 13 nominations across its slate of
unscripted and scripted programming this year. Leading the way is
Global Original drama series Robyn
Hood with five nominations including Best Supporting
Performer and Best Guest Performance for Ksenia Daniela
Kharmalova and Manuel
Rodriguez respectively as well as Best Ensemble
Performance for the cast. Also in the drama categories, Global
Original Family Law racked up two nominations for
Best Supporting Performer and Best Guest Performance for
Victor Garber and
Lauren Holly
respectively.
ET Canada is up for four awards including
Best Entertainment News Program or Series and Best Host, Talk Show
or Entertainment News for the entire team of hosts and reporters.
Lastly, now in its astounding 12th season, Canadian
reality hit Big Brother Canada scored two
nominations this year, including Best Reality/Competition Program
or Series.
Robyn Hood – 5
Nominations
- Best Supporting Performer, Drama Series (Corus Entertainment,
Boat Rocker – Ksenia Daniela Kharmalova)
- Best Guest Performance, Drama Series – Robyn Hood - Lionheart (Corus
Entertainment, Boat Rocker – Manuel
Rodriguez)
- Best Ensemble Performance, Drama Series (Corus Entertainment,
Boat Rocker – Jessye Romeo, Nykeem
Provo, Idrissa Sanogo Bamba, Ksenia
Daniela Kharmalova, Jonathan
Langdon, Kira Guloien,
Ian Matthews, Matias Garrido, Nadeem
Phillip, Lisa Michelle
Cornelius, Sydney Kuhne,
Emily Piggford, Kayla Hutton)
- Best Visual Effects – Robyn
Hood – Outlaws (Corus Entertainment, Boat Rocker –
Aaron Wright, Minas Kotsopoulos,
Leila White, Michael Bitton, Joel
Chambers, Iyi Tubi,
Jeffrey King, Daniel Knight, Graham
Tucker)
- Best Stunt Coordination – Robyn
Hood – Outlaws (Corus Entertainment, Boat Rocker –
Angelica Lisk-Hann, Kirpa Budwal,
Victoria Goodman, Howard Green, Dillon
Jagersky, Daniel Lavigne,
Greg Leach, Yvette McKoy)
ET Canada – 4 Nominations
- Best Entertainment News Program or Series
– Entertainment Tonight Canada (Corus
Entertainment)
- Best Entertainment News Program or Series – Indigenous
Artists & Icons: Inspiring Change (Corus
Entertainment)
- Best Host, Talk Show or Entertainment News
– Entertainment Tonight Canada (Corus
Entertainment – Cheryl Hickey,
Sangita Patel, Carlos Bustamante, Morgan Hoffman, Keshia Chanté, Brittnee Blair, Jed
Tavernier)
- Best Live Production, Social Media – ET Canada
Live (Corus Entertainment – John Kampilis, Laura Carroll, Bob
Pagrach, Fay Philavanh,
Katie Colley)
Big Brother Canada – 2 Nominations
- Best Reality/Competition Program or Series – Big Brother
Canada (Corus Entertainment, Insight Productions LTD –
Erin Brock, Eric Abboud, Arisa
Cox, John Brunton,
Jennifer Leek, Liam Colle, Jessica
Brunton, Lauren McCuaig,
Cory Bell, Nick Vasil, Victoria DeFillipis, Akhila Adige,
Mark Holland)
- Best Picture Editing, Reality/Competition – Big Brother
Canada – Episode 1 (Corus Entertainment, Insight
Productions LTD –Megan Day, Ellora Dela
Fuente, Ryan Monteith,
Ben O'Neil, Keith Ross, Jon
Wong, Jordon Wood,
Peter Antonakos, Micheal Emberley, Pat
Fairburn, Jessica Graore,
Alexandra Mastronardi, Heather Skeoch)
Family Law – 2 Nominations
- Best Lead Performer, Drama Series (Corus Entertainment, SEVEN24
Films Inc., Lark Productions – Victor
Garber)
- Best Guest Performance, Drama Series – Family Law -
Fifty Shades of Judginess (Corus Entertainment, SEVEN24
Films Inc., Lark Productions – Lauren
Holly)
GLOBAL NEWS – 7
Nominations
Global News was recognized with seven nominations
including Best National Newscast, Global National, Best
National News Anchor, Dawna Friesen,
Best National Reporter, Neetu
Garcha, Best Local Newscast, Global BC's Global News Hour
at 6, and Best Local Anchor, Global BC's Chris Gailus and Sophie
Lui.
Global National – 3 Nominations
- Best National Newscast – Global National
- Best News Anchor, National – Dawna
Friesen
- Best National Reporter – Neetu Garchu
Global News Hour at 6 – 2 Nominations
- Best Local Newscast – Global BC, Global News Hour at
6
- Best News Anchor, Local – Global BC's Chris Gailus and Sophie
Lui
Global News – 1 Nomination
- Best Live News Special – Decision Alberta 2023
The New Reality – 1 Nomination
- Best Photography – The New Reality, Missing
Children (David de la
Harpe)
FOOD NETWORK CANADA – 1 Nomination
Food Network Canada's larger-than-life baking showdown,
The Big Bake, is recognized for its Halloween
spectacular with a nomination for Best Picture Editing,
Reality/Competition.
The Big Bake
- Best Picture Editing, Reality/Competition, Creepy Carnival
(Nikki Ray Media Agency – Wesley
Finucan, Baun Mah)
HGTV CANADA – 6 Nominations
HGTV Canada's illustrious lifestyle programming is
celebrated with six nominations. The inspiring home reno series
Property Brothers: Forever Home is recognized for
Best Lifestyle Program or Series with hosts Drew and
Jonathan Scott nominated for Best
Host, Lifestyle. The British Colombia-based Sarah's Mountain
Escape gained three nominations across Best Lifestyle
Program or Series, Best Direction, Lifestyle or Information, and
Best Picture Editing, Factual. Rounding out the list, Scott's
Vacation House Rules receives a nomination for Best
Lifestyle Program or Series.
Property Brothers: Forever Home – 2
Nominations
- Best Lifestyle Program or Series (Scott Brothers Entertainment
– Drew Scott, Jonathan Scott, Josie
Crimi, Katherine Buck,
Glen Salzman)
- Best Host, Lifestyle (Scott Brothers Entertainment –
Drew Scott, Jonathan Scott)
Sarah's Mountain Escape – 3
Nominations
- Best Lifestyle Program or Series (Insight Productions LTD –
Erin Brock, Jessica Benchemam,
Jessica Brunton, Sarah Richardson, John
Brunton)
- Best Direction, Lifestyle or Information, Shrink Wrap Reno
(Insight Productions LTD – Erin
Redden)
- Best Picture Editing, Factual, Shrink Wrap Reno (Insight
Productions LTD – Radek Zurawiecki,
James Hebbard)
Scott's Vacation House Rules – 1
Nomination
- Best Lifestyle Program or Series, (House Rules 4 Productions
Inc. – Scott McGillivray, Angela
Jennings, Nanci MacLean,
Kelly Wray, Bernice Kim)
THE HISTORY® CHANNEL – 1
Nomination
The HISTORY® Channel celebrates a nomination in Best
Direction, Factual, for Lost Car Rescue, a docuseries
following classic car hunters in Canada's Northern wilderness in search of
abandoned and valuable vehicles.
Lost Car Rescue
- Best Direction, Factual, Slick Finds (Proper Television
– Bobbi Wilson)
LIFETIME CANADA – 5 Nominations
Lifetime Canada is
honoured with five nominations, including three for the premium
scripted drama The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson
Story in the categories of Best TV Movie, Best Direction,
TV Movie, and Best Lead Performer, TV Movie. Lifetime
Canada also celebrates two
additional nominations for Bad Behind Bars: Jodi Arias, with the thriller receiving
nominations for Best Direction, TV Movie and Best Supporting
Performer, Drama.
The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson
Story – 3 Nominations
- Best TV Movie (KR MB Films Inc. – Juliette Hagopian, Howard Braunstein)
- Best Direction, TV Movie (KR MB Films Inc. – Simone Stock)
- Best Lead Performer, TV Movie (KR MB Films Inc. – Katie Douglas)
Bad Behind Bars: Jodi
Arias – 2 Nominations
- Best Direction, TV Movie (Cineflix Productions – Rama Rau)
- Best Supporting Performer, Drama (Cineflix Productions –
Lynn Rafferty)
W NETWORK – 10
Nominations
W Network celebrates an incredible ten nominations across
key categories for TV movies, as W Network's romantic,
heartwarming, feel-good movies continue to resonate with Canadian
audiences. Holiday titles Christmas
Island and Take Me Back for Christmas
each received Best TV Movie nominations, while Well Suited
for Christmas and One Delicious Christmas
earned one nomination each. W Network is also celebrating two Best
Direction, TV Movie nominations for Heather
Hawthorn Doyle with Make Me a Match and
The More Love Grows, while Corus Studio's The
Love Club: Tara and The Jane Mysteries: Inheritance
Lost – Love is a Mystery each earned one nomination.
Additionally, Making Scents of Love earned a
nomination for Best Lead Performer, TV Movie, Katherine Barrell.
Christmas Island
– 1 Nomination
- Best TV Movie (Vortex Media – Jesse Ikeman, Christopher Giroux, Terry Greenlaw)
Take Me Back for Christmas – 2
Nominations
- • Best TV Movie (Vortex Media – Jesse
Ikeman, Evan Ottoni)
- • Best Writing, TV Movie (Vortex Media – Kate Pragnell)
Well Suited for Christmas – 1
Nomination
- Best Original Music, Comedy (Fireside Pictures – Catalin
Marin)
One Delicious Christmas – 1 Nomination
- Best Lead Performer, TV Movie (Neshama Entertainment, MarVista
Entertainment – Alex Mallari
Jr.)
Make Me a Match – 1 Nomination
- Best Direction, TV Movie (Timeless Pictures Inc. – Heather Hawthorn Doyle)
The More Love Grows – 1 Nomination
- Best Direction, TV Movie (Front Street Pictures –Heather
Hawthorn Doyle)
The Love Club: Tara – 1 Nomination
- Best Picture Editing, Drama (Nikki Ray Media Agency –
Wesley Finucan)
The Jane Mysteries: Inheritance Lost – Love is a
Mystery – 1 Nomination
- Best Original Music, Original Song (Brain Power Studios
– Steph Copeland)
Making Scents of Love – 1 Nomination
- Best Lead Performer, TV Movie (Vortex Media –
Katherine Barrell)
ADULT SWIM – 1
Nomination
Commissioned and greenlit by Corus' French
channel Télétoon la nuit, Red
Ketchup, the hit Adult Swim series based on the
Quebec comic-book series, earned a
nomination for Best Picture Editing, Animation, in the series'
debut year.
Red Ketchup
- Best Picture Editing, Animation – Red Ketchup – Dope
and The Red Rope (Sphere Media – Carolina Tran-Yong)
CORUS KIDS & NELVANA – 21
Nominations
Corus continues to be recognized as a leader in kids'
programming in Canada, with 21
nominations across iconic kids' networks YTV and
Treehouse, and Corus' Nelvana, a world-leading
international producer, distributor and licensor of children's
animated and live-action content, securing a noteworthy 11
nominations. Dominating categories such as Best Writing, Children's
or Youth, Best Picture Editing, Children's or Youth, and Best
Original Music, Animation, Corus is the clear top choice for
premium entertainment for children of all ages.
YTV – 15 Nominations
Based on the best-selling books of the same name and adapted by
Corus Entertainment's Aircraft Pictures and WexWorks Media,
Popularity Papers secured a notable six nominations
for its first season, with its talent going to the top of the class
with multiple nominations across Best Lead Performer, Children's or
Youth, Best Supporting Performer, Children's or Youth and Best
Writing, Children's or Youth. The final season of Nelvana's Daytime
Emmy® nominated series The Hardy Boys, produced
together with Lambur Productions, earned five nominations, the
most nominations than any previous season. Recognized in key
categories such as Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or
Series, Best Direction, Children's or Youth and Best Writing,
Children's or Youth, the live-action, mystery-drama series went out
with a bang. Then, the party doesn't stop for Super
Wish, an animated series from redknot, a joint
venture between Nelvana and Warner Bros. Discovery, with four
nominations including Best Performance, Animation.
Popularity Papers – 6 Nominations
- Best Writing, Children's or Youth, New School, New Start
(Aircraft Pictures, Wexworks Media – Vivian
Lin, Amanda Brooke
Perrin)
- Best Writing, Children's or Youth, Teamwork Makes the Scene
Work (Aircraft Pictures, Wexworks Media – Vivian Lin, Maryan
Haye)
- Best Picture Editing, Children's or Youth, New School, New
Start (Aircraft Pictures, Wexworks Media – Mike Reisacher)
- Best Lead Performer, Children's or Youth, Mia Bella (Aircraft Pictures, Wexworks
Media)
- Best Lead Performer, Children's or Youth, Glee Dango (Aircraft
Pictures, Wexworks Media)
- Best Supporting Performer, Children's or Youth, Millie Davis (Aircraft Pictures, Wexworks
Media)
The Hardy Boys – 5 Nominations
- Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series (Nelvana and
Lambur Productions Inc. – Joan
Lambur, Suzanne Wilson,
Madeleine Lambur, Jason Stone, Chris
Pozzebon, Susan Alexander,
Athena Georgaklis, Pam Westman, Doug
Murphy, Robbie David,
Ramona Barckert)
- Best Direction, Children's or Youth, The Crash (Nelvana and
Lambur Productions Inc. – Felipe
Rodriguez)
- Best Writing, Children's or Youth, At The Old House (Nelvana
and Lambur Productions Inc. –
- Chris Pozzebon)
- Best Picture Editing, Children's or Youth, At The Old House
(Nelvana and Lambur Productions Inc. – Shelley Therrien)
- Best Picture Editing, Children's or Youth, A Vanishing Act
(Nelvana and Lambur Productions Inc. – Thomas Lieu)
Super Wish – 4 Nominations
- Best Picture Editing, Animation, The Ballooniverse Pageant /
The Way Back Home (redknot, a joint venture between Nelvana and
Warner Bros. Discovery – Jamie
Ebata, Kirk Hudson)
- Best Sound, Animation, The Ballooniverse Pageant / The Way Back
Home (redknot, a joint venture between Nelvana and Warner Bros.
Discovery – Ryan Araki, Evan Turner, Neil
Parfitt, Andrew McDonnell,
Richard Spence-Thomas)
- Best Original Music, Animation, The Ballooniverse Pageant / The
Way Back Home (redknot, a joint venture between Nelvana and Warner
Bros. Discovery – Neil Parfitt)
- Best Performance, Animation, Cory
Doran (redknot, a joint venture between Nelvana and Warner
Bros. Discovery)
TREEHOUSE – 6
Nominations
With Treehouse as the commissioning broadcaster and
Nelvana as the international distributor, Corus celebrates
three nominations for Builder Brothers Dream
Factory, including Best Pre-School Program or Series
and significant recognition for Best Original Music. redknot's
Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe (a joint venture
between Nelvana and Warner Bros. Discovery) and Nelvana's
Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go, produced
together with Mattel Television, both garner one nomination each
and the new hit series Rubble & Crew lands one
nomination for Best Direction, Animation.
Builder Brothers Dream Factory – 3
Nominations
- Best Pre-School Program or Series (Sinking Ship Entertainment,
Scott Brothers Entertainment – Carla de
Jong, Amory Millard,
Drew Scott, Jonathan Scott, Josie
Crimi, Matthew J.R. Bishop,
Blair Powers, J.J. Johnson,
Scott Kraft, Megan Laughton)
- Best Original Music, Animation, Dancing Shoes (Sinking Ship
Entertainment, Scott Brothers Entertainment – Ian LeFeuvre, Earl
Torno)
- Best Original Music – Original Song, Groom-ba – "Builder
Brothers Dream Factory Theme" (Sinking Ship Entertainment, Scott
Brothers Entertainment - Brian Chan,
Caleb Chan)
Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe – 1
Nomination
- Best Writing, Pre-School, A Guide To Being the WURST (redknot,
a joint venture between Nelvana and Warner Bros. Discovery –
Ashley Spires)
Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go – 1
Nomination
- Best Original Music, Animation, The Mystery of Lookout Mountain
(Nelvana and Mattel Television – Erica
Procunier)
Rubble & Crew – 1 Nomination
- Best Direction, Animation, The Crew & Chase are on the Case
(Spin Master Entertainment – Diana Basso, Joey So)
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About Corus Entertainment Inc. Corus
Entertainment Inc. (TSX: CJR.B) is a leading media and content
company that develops and delivers high quality brands and content
across platforms for audiences around the world. Engaging audiences
since 1999, the company's portfolio of multimedia
offerings encompass 33 specialty television
services, 39 radio stations, 15 conventional television stations,
digital and streaming services, animation software, technology and
media services. Corus is
an internationally-renowned content creator and
distributor through Nelvana, a world
class animation studio expert in all formats and Corus
Studios, a globally recognized producer of hit scripted and
unscripted content. The company also owns full-service social
digital agency so.da, lifestyle entertainment company Kin
Canada, leading 2D animation software supplier Toon Boom and
children's book publishing house, Kids Can Press. Corus'
roster of premium brands includes Global Television, W Network,
HGTV Canada, Food Network Canada, Magnolia Network Canada, The
HISTORY® Channel, Showcase, Adult Swim, National Geographic, Disney
Channel Canada, YTV, Global News, Globalnews.ca, Q107, Country
105, and CFOX, along with streaming platforms STACKTV, TELETOON+,
the Global TV App and Curiouscast. Corus is the domestic
advertising representative and an original content partner for
Pluto TV, a Paramount Company, which is the leading free
ad-supported streaming television (FAST) service. For more
information visit www.corusent.com.
About Nelvana Entertaining kids for over 50 years,
Nelvana is a world-leading international producer and distributor
of children's animated and live-action content. Nelvana produces a
stable of award-winning and globally renowned brands that focus on
comedies, preschool and action series, and ancillary consumer
products programs. Nelvana's content airs on Corus Entertainment's
kids channels in Canada and in
over 180 countries around the world. The Nelvana library has over
5,000 episodes of programming and has received over 70 major
international program awards including Emmys® and Canadian Screen
Awards. Visit the Nelvana website at nelvana.com.
Follow Nelvana Enterprises on Twitter @NelvanaEnt
About STACKTV
STACKTV is Corus Entertainment's premium
multi-channel television streaming service that offers thousands of
hours of exclusive hit content from 16 of Canada's top TV networks, all on one platform.
All series, movies and specials that air on Global Television, Food
Network Canada, HGTV Canada, W Network, The HISTORY® Channel, Adult
Swim, Slice, Showcase, National Geographic, Lifetime, Cartoon
Network, Treehouse, YTV, Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney
XD are available to stream on STACKTV live and on demand with new
content added daily. STACKTV is available via Amazon Prime Video
Channels, Bell Fibe TV app, Fubo, Rogers Ignite TV and Ignite
Streaming. For more information, visit stacktv.ca.
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