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Detective shows lead Gemini nominations
Wednesday August 27th 2008A pair of detective shows – one set in the 19th century and another that takes place in present-day suburbia – are this year’s leading Gemini Award nominees.
Murdoch Mysteries, which airs on Citytv and stars Yannick Bisson as a sleuth who solves crimes in 1895 Toronto, is up for 14 of the prizes, which recognize excellence in Canadian television.
The show received nods for best dramatic series, writing, visual effects, photography, score and make-up. A host of guest stars are also vying for awards.
Durham County, in which Hugh Dillon plays a homicide detective who moves his family from Toronto to the suburbs only to discover that his neighbour may be a serial killer, nabbed 13 Gemini nominations.
Dillon is up for an acting prize, as are co-stars Helene Joy and Justin Louis. The program, which airs on The Movie Network and Movie Central, was also recognized for writing, direction, editing, sound and photography.
“This was a banner year for Canadian television,” Sara Morton, CEO of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, said in a statement after the Gemini nominations were announced Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the sexy Henry VIII drama The Tudors and The Englishman’s Boy, a miniseries based on a Guy Vanderhaeghe novel, each received 12 nominations.
The Fifth Estate picked up 11 nods, while The Border and CBC News: The National tied with nine apiece.
The TV miniseries Would Be Kings picked up eight nominations and Across the River to Motor City and Mayerthorpe each collected seven.
Marketplace, ReGenesis, Rent-A-Goalie and Cowboy Junkies Trinity Revisited each amassed six.
Three nights of Gemini galas will be held on October 20, 21 and 22 to hand out hardware for various categories including news, sports, documentaries and children’s shows.
Competing for best comedy will be: Cock’d Gunns; Corner Gas; Kenny vs. Spenny; Odd Job Jack; Rent-A-Goalie; and This Hour Has 22 Minutes.
And, the reality show contenders are: Canada’s Next Top Model; Dragons’ Den; Project Runway Canada; Triple Sensation; and The Week the Women Went.
The main Gemini Awards show will take place in Toronto on November 28.
Source: The Canadian Press
Front Page, Industry News
Detective shows lead Gemini nominations
Wednesday August 27th 2008A pair of detective shows – one set in the 19th century and another that takes place in present-day suburbia – are this year’s leading Gemini Award nominees.
Murdoch Mysteries, which airs on Citytv and stars Yannick Bisson as a sleuth who solves crimes in 1895 Toronto, is up for 14 of the prizes, which recognize excellence in Canadian television.
The show received nods for best dramatic series, writing, visual effects, photography, score and make-up. A host of guest stars are also vying for awards.
Durham County, in which Hugh Dillon plays a homicide detective who moves his family from Toronto to the suburbs only to discover that his neighbour may be a serial killer, nabbed 13 Gemini nominations.
Dillon is up for an acting prize, as are co-stars Helene Joy and Justin Louis. The program, which airs on The Movie Network and Movie Central, was also recognized for writing, direction, editing, sound and photography.
“This was a banner year for Canadian television,” Sara Morton, CEO of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, said in a statement after the Gemini nominations were announced Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the sexy Henry VIII drama The Tudors and The Englishman’s Boy, a miniseries based on a Guy Vanderhaeghe novel, each received 12 nominations.
The Fifth Estate picked up 11 nods, while The Border and CBC News: The National tied with nine apiece.
The TV miniseries Would Be Kings picked up eight nominations and Across the River to Motor City and Mayerthorpe each collected seven.
Marketplace, ReGenesis, Rent-A-Goalie and Cowboy Junkies Trinity Revisited each amassed six.
Three nights of Gemini galas will be held on October 20, 21 and 22 to hand out hardware for various categories including news, sports, documentaries and children’s shows.
Competing for best comedy will be: Cock’d Gunns; Corner Gas; Kenny vs. Spenny; Odd Job Jack; Rent-A-Goalie; and This Hour Has 22 Minutes.
And, the reality show contenders are: Canada’s Next Top Model; Dragons’ Den; Project Runway Canada; Triple Sensation; and The Week the Women Went.
The main Gemini Awards show will take place in Toronto on November 28.
Source: The Canadian Press
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Front Page, Industry News
Detective shows lead Gemini nominations
Wednesday August 27th 2008A pair of detective shows – one set in the 19th century and another that takes place in present-day suburbia – are this year’s leading Gemini Award nominees.
Murdoch Mysteries, which airs on Citytv and stars Yannick Bisson as a sleuth who solves crimes in 1895 Toronto, is up for 14 of the prizes, which recognize excellence in Canadian television.
The show received nods for best dramatic series, writing, visual effects, photography, score and make-up. A host of guest stars are also vying for awards.
Durham County, in which Hugh Dillon plays a homicide detective who moves his family from Toronto to the suburbs only to discover that his neighbour may be a serial killer, nabbed 13 Gemini nominations.
Dillon is up for an acting prize, as are co-stars Helene Joy and Justin Louis. The program, which airs on The Movie Network and Movie Central, was also recognized for writing, direction, editing, sound and photography.
“This was a banner year for Canadian television,” Sara Morton, CEO of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, said in a statement after the Gemini nominations were announced Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the sexy Henry VIII drama The Tudors and The Englishman’s Boy, a miniseries based on a Guy Vanderhaeghe novel, each received 12 nominations.
The Fifth Estate picked up 11 nods, while The Border and CBC News: The National tied with nine apiece.
The TV miniseries Would Be Kings picked up eight nominations and Across the River to Motor City and Mayerthorpe each collected seven.
Marketplace, ReGenesis, Rent-A-Goalie and Cowboy Junkies Trinity Revisited each amassed six.
Three nights of Gemini galas will be held on October 20, 21 and 22 to hand out hardware for various categories including news, sports, documentaries and children’s shows.
Competing for best comedy will be: Cock’d Gunns; Corner Gas; Kenny vs. Spenny; Odd Job Jack; Rent-A-Goalie; and This Hour Has 22 Minutes.
And, the reality show contenders are: Canada’s Next Top Model; Dragons’ Den; Project Runway Canada; Triple Sensation; and The Week the Women Went.
The main Gemini Awards show will take place in Toronto on November 28.
Source: The Canadian Press
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