The second round of virtual Canadian Screen Awards presentations were streamed Tuesday evening, recognizing excellence in Children’s and Youth and Lifestyle and Reality programming.
In the Children’s and Youth category, TVOKids and Spin Master led the wins with four for Paw Patrol, including Best Pre-School Program or Series. TVOKids also picked up two awards, with Sinking Ship Entertainment, for Dino Dana with star Saara Chaudry claiming the award for Best Performance.
The Comedy Network’s Corner Gas Animated won three awards, including Best Performance, Animation for Brent Butt; Best Writing Animation; and Best Animated Program or Series. Family Channel’s Holly Hobbie also picked up two awards, including Best Direction for Megan Follows and Best Fiction Series.
Across both of the evening’s categories, Bell Media claimed a leading 16 awards, including six for The Amazing Race Canada which won the Golden Screen Award for Reality Television and a Best Host, Reality/Competion nod for Jon Montgomery. Elsewhere in Lifestyle & Reality, Mary Berg’s Kitchen Crush picked up two awards, including Best Host, Lifestyle for Berg. Evan Solomon was named Best Host, Talk or Entertainment for CTV’s Question Period, while Melissa Grelo picked up Best Host, Web Program or Series for #BellLetsTalkLive.
BEST PERFORMANCE, CHILDREN’S OR YOUTH
Sponsored by Spin Master Ltd.
Dino Dana
TVOKids (TVO)
(Sinking Ship Entertainment)
Saara Chaudry
BEST PERFORMANCE, ANIMATION
Corner Gas Animated
The Comedy Network (Bell Media)
(Moving Mountoons II Inc.)
Brent Butt
BEST DIRECTION, CHILDREN’S OR YOUTH
Holly Hobbie – The Freckled Fugitive
Family Channel (DHX Media)
(Aircraft Pictures, Cloudco Entertainment, Wexworks Media)
Megan Follows
BEST DIRECTION, ANIMATION
PAW Patrol – Mighty Pups Super Paws: When Super Kitties Attack
TVOKids (TVO)
(Spin Master Paw Productions 6 Inc.)
Charles E. Bastien
Congratulations to Charles E. Bastien for winning Best Direction, Animation at the virtual #CdnScreenAwards tonight! Here’s a short acceptance speech moments after he won! Congrats @TedBastien, @SpinMaster and the entire @pawpatrol crew! 👏🐾 #CdnScreenAwardWinner @TheCdnAcademy pic.twitter.com/bs4tUswP79
— Guru Studio (@gurustudio) May 26, 2020
BEST WRITING, CHILDREN’S OR YOUTH
Dino Dana – Dino Prints
TVOKids (TVO)
(Sinking Ship Entertainment)
Christin Simms, Amish Patel, J.J. Johnson
BEST WRITING, ANIMATION
Corner Gas Animated – Hedge Your Debts
The Comedy Network (Bell Media)
(Moving Mountoons II Inc.)
Diana Frances
Congratulations to the entire @CornerGas team on taking home 3 #CdnScreenAwards tonight, including Best Animated Program or Series! #CornerGasAnimated pic.twitter.com/IYJVy5hzpY
— CTV Communications (@CTV_PR) May 26, 2020
BEST SOUND, ANIMATION
PAW Patrol – Mighty Pups Super Paws: When Super Kitties Attack
TVOKids (TVO)
(Spin Master Paw Productions 6 Inc.)
Richard Spence-Thomas, Kyle Peters, Patton Rodrigues, Ryan Ongaro, Tim Muirhead, Mitch Connors, Luke Dante
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC, ANIMATION
PAW Patrol – Mighty Pups Super Paws: When Super Kitties Attack
TVOKids (TVO)
(Spin Master Paw Productions 6 Inc.)
Brian Pickett, Graeme Cornies, James Chapple, David Kelly
BEST CHILDREN’S OR YOUTH NON-FICTION PROGRAM OR SERIES
Just Like Mom and Dad
Yes TV (Crossroads Christian Communications)
(marblemedia)
Mark J.W. Bishop, Matt Hornburg, Steve Sloan, Stephen J. Turnbull, Andra Johnson Duke, Jim Bell, Lorna Dueck, Ajeeth Parkal, Adam Ivers, Mike Cosentino, Randy Lennox
BEST CHILDREN’S OR YOUTH FICTION PROGRAM OR SERIES
Holly Hobbie
Family Channel (DHX Media)
(Aircraft Pictures, Cloudco Entertainment, Wexworks Media)
Sarah Glinski, Anthony Leo, Andrew Rosen, Matthew Wexler, Ryan Wiesbrock, Sean Gorman, Karen Vermeulen
BEST ANIMATED PROGRAM OR SERIES
Corner Gas Animated
The Comedy Network (Bell Media)
(Moving Mountoons II Inc.)
Brent Butt, David Storey, Virginia Thompson, Leslie Thomas, Jonas Diamond
Corner Gas Animated picked up some hardware for BEST ANIMATED PROGRAM OR SERIES!!! #CdnScreenAwardWinner
Virtual acceptance speech… pic.twitter.com/hGpdB422te— Brent Butt (@BrentButt) May 26, 2020
BEST PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAM OR SERIES
PAW Patrol
TVOKids (TVO)
(Spin Master Paw Productions 6 Inc.)
Jennifer Dodge, Ronnen Harary, Keith Chapman, Ursula Ziegler-Sullivan, Laura Clunie, Toni Stevens, Jonah Stroh, Matt Beatty, David Sharples, Damian Temporale, Sarah Williams
🏆🏆🏆🏆 #CdnScreenAwardWinner @pawpatrol pic.twitter.com/FzP5XIB3Q9
— Spin Master (@SpinMaster) May 26, 2020
BEST TALK PROGRAM OR SERIES
The Social
CTV (Bell Media)
(Bell Media)
Michelle Crespi, Laura Scarfo, Kate Wright, Amber Buchanan, Kate McKenna
The entire @TheSocialCTV team is celebrating together! 🎉❤️ #CdnScreenAwards pic.twitter.com/LXTryCAeCq
— The Social (@TheSocialCTV) May 27, 2020
Yes!!!! So proud of our entire team @TheSocialCTV who put an unbelievable amount of work into getting a live show to air every single day and whose smarts, ingenuity and hustle have managed to keep the show going from home. A+ TV minds and A+ people. https://t.co/hmAxGc3AIU
— Kate McKenna (@_KateMcKenna) May 27, 2020
BEST VARIETY OR ENTERTAINMENT SPECIAL
Trevor Noah @ JFL – Volume II
The Comedy Network (Bell Media)
(Juste Pour Rire TV Inc.)
Bruce Hills, Brent Schiess, Blake Gregory
BEST LIVE ENTERTAINMENT SPECIAL
The JUNO Awards 2019
CBC (CBC)
(Insight Productions Ltd.)
John Brunton, Allan Reid, Mark Cohon, Lindsay Cox, Pam De Montmorency, Tracy Galvin, Kristine Pleau, Luciano Casimiri, Kristeen Von Hagen
BEST ENTERTAINMENT NEWS PROGRAM OR SERIES
etalk
CTV (Bell Media)
(Bell Media)
Michelle Crespi, Manny Groneveldt, Jennifer Morrison, Kate Frank, Ryan Thompson
BEST MORNING SHOW
Breakfast Television
Citytv (Rogers Media)
(Citytv)
Laura Reiter, Roshni Murthy
GOLDEN SCREEN AWARD FOR TV REALITY SHOW
The Amazing Race Canada
CTV (Bell Media)
(Insight Productions Ltd.)
John Brunton, Mark Lysakowski, Sarah James, Mark Peacock, Jesse Storey, Michael Tersigni, Jeff Thrasher, Robyn Bigue, Ann Camilleri, Guy Clarkson, Catherine Petersen, Marc Poirier, Mike Yerxa
BEST DIRECTION, LIFESTYLE OR INFORMATION
2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize
CBC (CBC)
(Frank Content)
Shelagh O’Brien
BEST DIRECTION, REALITY/COMPETITION
Blown Away – Clash of the Robots
Makeful (Blue Ant Media)
(marblemedia)
Mike Bickerton
BEST WRITING, LIFESTYLE OR REALITY/COMPETITION
The Amazing Race Canada – Canada Get More Maps
CTV (Bell Media)
(Insight Productions Ltd.)
Mark Lysakowski, Mark Peacock, Rob Brunner
BEST PHOTOGRAPHY, LIFESTYLE OR REALITY/COMPETITION
The Amazing Race Canada – Clamageddon Continues
CTV (Bell Media)
(Insight Productions Ltd.)
Ryan Shaw
BEST PICTURE EDITING, REALITY/COMPETITION
The Amazing Race Canada – Canada Get More Maps
CTV (Bell Media)
(Insight Productions Ltd.)
Michael Tersigni, Mike Scott, Matthew Walsh, Clare Elson, Lisa Barley
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN OR ART DIRECTION, NON-FICTION
The Great Canadian Baking Show – Cake Week
CBC (CBC)
(Proper Television)
Michael “Spike” Parks
BEST LIVE PRODUCTION, SOCIAL MEDIA
Presented with the participation of the Independent Production Fund
CBC News: Power & Politics – Power & Politics Digital Special: Jagmeet Singh wins seat in B.C. byelection
(CBC News)
Vassy Kapelos, Amy Castle, Sara Brunetti, Natasha Ramnarine, Tyler Buist, Eric Grenier, Nicole Riva
BEST LIFESTYLE PROGRAM OR SERIES
Sponsored by Corus Entertainment
Mary’s Kitchen Crush
CTV (Bell Media)
(Proper Television)
Cathie James, Lesia Capone, Allison Grace, Garrett Wintrip
Congratulations to @mary_berg3 and the entire #MarysKitchenCrush team on taking home 2 #CdnScreenAwards tonight, including Best Lifestyle Program or Series! 🎉 @ProperTVPR pic.twitter.com/MCoMcigVyY
— CTV Communications (@CTV_PR) May 27, 2020
BEST REALITY/COMPETITION PROGRAM OR SERIES
Sponsored by Sheridan College
The Amazing Race Canada
CTV (Bell Media)
(Insight Productions Ltd.)
John Brunton, Mark Lysakowski, Sarah James, Mark Peacock, Jesse Storey, Michael Tersigni, Jeff Thrasher, Robyn Bigue, Ann Camilleri, Guy Clarkson, Catherine Petersen, Marc Poirier, Mike Yerxa
BEST HOST, WEB PROGRAM OR SERIES
Presented with the participation of the Independent Production Fund
#BellLetsTalk Live
(Bell Media)
Melissa Grelo
BEST HOST, TALK SHOW OR ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Question Period
CTV (Bell Media)
(Bell Media)
Evan Solomon
Wow! So grateful to work with the remarkable @ctvqp team. Kiran/Noah/Derek/Robyn/Scott/Dave E/Geoff/Joyce/Annie/Mac. The great Craig O. Special thanks to Wendy F. Randy. Micheal L. My parents. My beautiful kids. And my best friend and inspiration, my wife Tammy #cdnscreenawards https://t.co/ZAf0eV00vL
— Evan Solomon (@EvanLSolomon) May 27, 2020
BEST HOST OR PRESENTER, FACTUAL OR REALITY/COMPETITION
The Amazing Race Canada
CTV (Bell Media)
(Insight Productions Ltd.)
Jon Montgomery
BEST HOST, LIVE ENTERTAINMENT SPECIAL
Presented by Corus Entertainment
2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize
CBC (CBC)
(Frank Content)
Rick Mercer
BEST HOST, LIFESTYLE
Mary’s Kitchen Crush
CTV (Bell Media)
(Proper Television)
Mary Berg
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