CORUS ENTERTAINMENT CONGRATULATES ITS ESTEEMED PRODUCTION PARTNERS ON 74 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS NOMINATIONS

International Receives 20 Nominations for its Premium Programming Together with Leisure Tonight Canada Lauded with 12 Nominations, Hit Scripted Drama Departure with 5 Nominations, and Beloved Actuality Present Massive Brother Canada with Three Nominations 

Corus’ Life-style Networks Choose Up 26 Nominations Throughout Classes Together with

Greatest Documentary Sequence, Greatest Factual Sequence, Greatest Life-style Program, and Greatest Host, Life-style

Nelvana Garners 13 of the 19 Nominations Throughout Corus Youngsters Networks’ Lineup of Animated and Reside-Motion Sequence

International Information is Acknowledged with 9 Nominations Together with Greatest Anchor, Greatest Nationwide Reporter, and Greatest Nationwide Newscast for the eleventh Yr in a Row

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TORONTO, Feb. 22, 2023 /CNW/ – Corus Leisure applauds its manufacturing companions and celebrates a complete of 74 Canadian Display screen Awards nominations throughout key classes, as introduced at present by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Tv. These nominations signify Corus’ continued dedication to creating and delivering premium authentic content material throughout genres and platforms – from Corus Studios’ unimaginable array of authentic content material, Nelvana’s famend youngsters’s animated and reside motion programming, International Information’ trusted reporting, and extra.

“On behalf of Corus, I’m proud to congratulate our esteemed manufacturing companions on at present’s well-deserved 2023 Canadian Display screen Awards nominations,” mentioned Colin Bohm, Government Vice President, Content material and Company Technique, Corus Leisure. “This recognition from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Tv is a testomony to the exceptionally gifted producers and creators that we work with throughout our lineup of powerhouse manufacturers and networks. Corus is proud to create and ship unparalleled authentic content material from Corus Studios, International Information and Nelvana, that captivates, educates, entertains, and informs audiences throughout our nation.”

See beneath for the total record of Corus’ 2023 Canadian Display screen Awards nominations.

GLOBAL – 20 Nominations

International celebrates 20 nominations throughout its slate of unscripted and scripted programming. Final yr’s winner for Greatest Leisure Information Program or Sequence, ET Canada, is nominated for the highest honour once more this yr. ET Canada host Cheryl Hickey is as soon as once more nominated for Greatest Host, Discuss Present or Leisure Information, and a variety of ET Canada’s specials spherical out the present’s 12 complete nominations.

Within the Drama classes, International Unique Departure racked up 5 nominations together with Greatest Drama Sequence and Greatest Supporting Performer nominations for Christopher Plummer, Wendy Crewson and Karen LeBlanc.

Lastly, venerable Canadian actuality hit Massive Brother Canada scored three nominations this yr, together with Greatest Host or Presenter, Factual or Actuality/Competitors for Arisa Cox.

ET Canada – 12 Nominations

• Greatest Leisure Information Program or Sequence – Leisure Tonight Canada (Corus Leisure)
• Greatest Leisure Information Program or Sequence – ET Canada Presents Icons: Oprah Celebrates Sidney (Corus Leisure)
• Greatest Host, Discuss Present or Leisure Information – Leisure Tonight Canada (Corus Leisure – Cheryl Hickey)
• Greatest Discuss Program or Sequence – ET Canada Presents Ahead: The Way forward for Black Leisure (Corus Leisure – John Kampilis, Laura Carroll, Jodie Davis, Toni Francis, Bob Pagrach, Warren Credo, Sajae Elder)
• Greatest Discuss Program or Sequence – ET Canada Presents Indigenous Artists & Icons: Celebrating the Future (Corus Leisure – John Kampilis, Laura Carroll, Jodie Davis, Bob Pagrach, Julia Lennox, Katie Scott)
• Greatest Selection or Leisure Particular – ET Canada Presents One on One with Trevor Noah (Corus Leisure – John Kampilis, Laura Carroll, Jodie Davis, Bob Pagrach, Fay Philavanh, Shreya Khanna)
• Greatest Historical past Documentary Program or Sequence – ET Canada Presents Remembering Queen Elizabeth II (Corus Leisure – John Kampilis, Laura Carroll, Jodie Davis, Bob Pagrach, Nadine Parker, Jamie Samhan)
• Greatest Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Sequence – ET Canada Presents Remembering Betty White (Corus Leisure – John Kampilis, Laura Carroll, Jodie Davis, Bob Pagrach, Melissa Lariviere)
• Greatest Internet Program or Sequence, Non-Fiction – ET Canada Pleasure (Leisure Tonight Canada –  John Kampilis, Jodie Davis, Laura Carroll, Bob Pagrach, Fay Philavanh, Dallas Dixon, Mikael Melo)
• Greatest Internet Program or Sequence, Non-Fiction – ET Canada Royal Rewind (Leisure Tonight Canada – John Kampilis, Jodie Davis, Laura Carroll, Bob Pagrach, Fay Philavanh, Nadine Parker, Alyssa Croezen)
• Greatest Host, Internet Program or Sequence – ET Canada Reside (Leisure Tonight Canada – Cheryl Hickey, Roz Weston, Sangita Patel, Carlos Bustamante, Keshia Chante, Morgan Hoffman)
• Greatest Reside Manufacturing, Social Media – ET Canada Reside (Leisure Tonight Canada – John Kampilis, Jodie Davis, Laura Carroll, Bob Pagrach, Fay Philavanh, Kate Morawetz, Katie Colley)

Departure – 5 Nominations

• Greatest Drama Sequence – Departure (Corus Leisure, Shaftesbury, Deadpan Footage – Christina Jennings, Scott Garvie, Malcolm MacRury, Jackie Could, T.J. Scott, Paul Donovan, Chris Philip, Karine Martin, Vincent Shiao, Nikolijne Troubetzkoy, Marsha Greene, Chris Moreton, Patrick Cassavetti, Teresa M. Ho, Julie Lacey)
• Greatest Supporting Performer, Drama – Departure (Corus Leisure, Shaftesbury, Deadpan Footage – Christopher Plummer)
• Greatest Supporting Performer, Drama – Departure (Corus Leisure, Shaftesbury, Deadpan Footage – Wendy Crewson)
• Greatest Supporting Performer, Drama – Departure (Corus Leisure, Shaftesbury, Deadpan Footage – Karen LeBlanc)
• Greatest Unique Music, Drama – Departure – Runaway (Corus Leisure, Shaftesbury, Deadpan Footage – Keith Energy)

Massive Brother Canada – 3 Nominations

• Greatest Host or Presenter, Factual or Actuality/Competitors – Massive Brother Canada (Corus Leisure, Perception Productions – Arisa Cox)
• Greatest Manufacturing Design or Artwork Path, Non-Fiction – Massive Brother Canada – Premier (Corus Leisure, Perception Manufacturing – Peter Faragher, Andy Roskaft, Kevin Halliday, Aaron Scholl)
• Greatest Costume Design – Massive Brother Canada – Premier (Corus Leisure, Perception Productions – Lisa Williams)

GLOBAL NEWS – 9 Nominations

International Information is acknowledged with 9 nominations together with Greatest Nationwide Newscast, International Nationwide, Greatest Nationwide Information Anchor, Dawna Friesen, Greatest Native Newscast, International BC, and three nominations for the present affairs present, The New Actuality.

International Nationwide – 3 Nominations

• Greatest Nationwide Newscast
• Greatest Nationwide Information Anchor (Dawna Friesen)
• Greatest Nationwide Reporter (Jeff Semple)

The New Actuality – 3 Nominations

• Greatest Information or Info Sequence
• Greatest Information and Info Section (Rights of Nature)
• Greatest Pictures Information or Info (Rights of Nature)

International Information Hour at 6 – 1 Nomination

• Greatest Native Newscast (International BC)

International Information Morning Edmonton – 1 Nomination

International Information Toronto – 1 Nomination

• Greatest Native Reporter (Sean O’Shea)

FOOD NETWORK CANADA – 1 Nomination 

Meals Community Canada‘s final baking competitors collection, Wall of Bakers is acknowledged with a nomination for Greatest Image Modifying, Actuality/Competitors.

Wall of Bakers – 1 Nomination

• Greatest Image Modifying, Actuality/Competitors, Cookies For The Win (Perception Productions – Ben O’Neil, Jordan Wooden, Alex Mastronardi)

HGTV CANADA – 7 Nominations

HGTV Canada‘s inspiring lineup of design, renovation and actual property programming earned seven nominations throughout key classes. Transformational renovation collection Property Brothers: Endlessly Dwelling garnered nominations for Greatest Path, Life-style or Info, and Greatest Host, Life-style, Drew and Jonathan Scott. Further collection nominated for Greatest Host, Life-style embrace, Canada’s #1 specialty collection final yr*, Island of Bryan (Corus Studios), Bryan and Sarah Baeumler; Scott’s Trip Home Guidelines (Corus Studios), Scott McGillivray; and Styled (Corus Studios), Nicole Babb and Caffery Vanhorne. East-coast primarily based residence constructing collection Rock Stable Builds (Corus Studios) attracts in a single nomination for Greatest Life-style Program or Sequence, and excessive renovation collection Intestine Job (Corus Studios) is acknowledged with a nomination for Greatest Life-style Program or Sequence.

Property Brothers: Endlessly Dwelling – 2 Nominations

• Greatest Path, Life-style or Info, Jodi & Mel (Scott Brothers Leisure)
• Greatest Host, Life-style (Scott Brothers Leisure, Drew Scott, Jonathan Scott)

Intestine Job – 1 Nomination

• Greatest Life-style Program or Sequence (Nice Pacific Media – David Means, Sebastian Clovis, Matt Hoos)

Island of Bryan – 1 Nomination

• Greatest Host, Life-style (S.I Leisure – Bryan Baeumler, Sarah Baeumler)

Rock Stable Builds – 1 Nomination

• Greatest Life-style Program or Sequence (Cineflix Productions – Kim Bondi, Christle Leonard)

Scott’s Trip Home Guidelines – 1 Nomination

• Greatest Host, Life-style (Home Guidelines 3 Productions Inc. – Scott McGillivray)

Styled – 1 Nomination

• Greatest Host, Life-style (Nice Pacific Media – Nicole Babb, Caffery Vanhorne)

LIFETIME CANADA – 2 Nominations

Lifetime Canada‘s premium scripted drama, Stolen by Their Father obtained nominations for Greatest Lead Performer, TV Film, Sarah Drew, and Greatest Writing, TV Film. 

Stolen by Their Father – 2 Nominations

• Greatest Lead Performer, TV Film (Cineflix Productions/Arvio Movies – Sarah Drew)
• Greatest Writing, TV Film (Cineflix Productions/Avrio Movies – Barbara Kymlicka)

THE HISTORY® CHANNEL – 10 Nominations

The HISTORY® Channel celebrates ten nominations throughout its slate of factual programming. BLK: An Origin Story, a groundbreaking docuseries that explores the untold tales of Black Canadians, is acknowledged with an excellent 5 nominations together with Greatest Writing, Documentary. Black Liberators WWII, a docuseries paying homage to Canada’s Black conflict heroes, and car-hunting collection Misplaced Automotive Rescue (Corus Studios) every secured two nominations. Automotive restoration collection Rust Valley Restorers (Corus Studios) obtained a nomination for Greatest Writing, Factual.

BLK: An Origin Story – 5 Nominations

• Greatest Path, Documentary Sequence, Nova Scotia: Three Epic Migrations, One Folks (BLK Productions Inc. – Jennifer Holness)
• Greatest Pictures, Documentary or Factual, Nova Scotia: Three Epic Migrations, One Folks (BLK Productions Inc. – Ricardo Diaz)
• Greatest Image Modifying, Documentary, Vancouver: Hogan’s Alley (BLK Productions Inc. – Avril Jacobson)
• Greatest Unique Music, Documentary, Nova Scotia: Three Epic Migrations, One Folks (BLK Productions Inc. – Tom Third)
• Greatest Writing, Documentary, Ontario: John “Daddy” Corridor (BLK Productions Inc. – Sudz Sutherland)

Black Liberators WWII – 2 Nominations

• Barbara Sears Award for Greatest Editorial Analysis (yap movies inc. – Kathy Grant, Lola Waheed)
• Barbara Sears Award for Greatest Visible Analysis (yap movies inc. – Kenya-Jade Pinto, Erin Chisholm)

 Misplaced Automotive Rescue – 2 Nominations

• Greatest Path, Factual, Muscle Vehicles (Correct Tv – Michelle Mama)
• Greatest Factual Sequence (Correct Tv – Allison Grace, Lesia Capone, Cathie James, Jay Armstrong, Matt Sager)

Rust Valley Restorers – 1 Nomination

• Greatest Writing, Factual, Scorched Earth (Mayhem Leisure – Samantha Beck, Katie Redburn, Gillian Mahoney)

W NETWORK – 6 Nominations

W Community earned six nominations for its programming which embraces distinctive and significant connections that make nice storytelling for ladies. Function-length documentary Intercourse with Sue (Corus Studios), in regards to the prolific profession of world-renowned intercourse educator Sue Johanson, obtained 5 excellent nominations together with Greatest Documentary Program, and Greatest Writing, Documentary. Moreover, Coloration My World With Love obtained a nomination for Greatest Lead Performer, TV Film, Erica Durance.

Intercourse with Sue – 5 Nominations

• Greatest Path, Documentary Program (Banger Movies, Lisa Rideout)
• Greatest Documentary Program (Banger Movies, Lisa Rideout, Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen)
• Greatest Pictures, Documentary or Factual (Banger Movies, Lulu Wei, Ann Tipper)
• Greatest Image Modifying, Documentary (Banger Movies. Erin Gulas, Nick Taylor)
• Greatest Writing, Documentary (Banger Movies, Lisa Rideout)

Coloration My World With Love – 1 Nomination

• Greatest Lead Performer, TV Film (Spell Love Street Productions Ltd., Erica Durance)

CORUS KIDS & NELVANA – 19 Nominations

Corus’ Nelvana, a world-leading worldwide producer, distributor and licensor of kids’s animated and live-action content material, is happy to have garnered 13 nominations for its authentic content material, which air throughout Corus’ Youngsters networks in Canada.

TELETOON – 2 Nominations

TELETOON (now rebranded to Cartoon Community) gives a enjoyable and playful world for audiences the place the one restrict is creativeness. The fan-favoruite collection Complete Dramarama has earned the community two nominations within the prestigious classes Greatest Animated Program or Sequence, and Greatest Path, Animation. 

Complete Dramarama – 2 Nominations

• Greatest Animated Program or Sequence – (Recent TV Inc., Tom McGillis, George Elliott, Brian Irving, Jennifer Pertsch, Terry McGurrin)
• Greatest Path, Animation – Complete Dramarama – Complete Trauma Rama / The Doomed Ballooned Marooned (Recent TV Inc., Keith Oliver, George Elliott)

TREEHOUSE – 7 Nominations

Treehouse garnered seven nominations for its premium youngsters’s programming with Agent Binky, produced by Nelvana and Warner Bros. Discovery‘s redknot and primarily based on the best-selling books by Youngsters Can Press, notably acknowledged for 3 nominations, together with Greatest Efficiency, Animation for 2 voice actors, Julius Cho and Melody Johnson, and Greatest Writing, Pre-Faculty. With the introduction of the franchise’s first autistic character, Nelvana’s Thomas & Mates: All Engines Go had a buzz-worthy yr and is being thought-about for 3 awards, with two episodes being nominated within the Greatest Sound, Animation class. Moreover, Pikwik Pack earns one spectacular nomination for Greatest Pre-Faculty Program or Sequence.

Agent Binky – 3 Nominations

• Greatest Efficiency, Animation (redknot, a three way partnership between Nelvana and Warner Bros. Discovery, Julius Cho)
• Greatest Efficiency, Animation (redknot, a three way partnership between Nelvana and Warner Bros. Discovery, Melody Johnson)
• Greatest Writing, Pre-Faculty – Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe – The Paw And Claw Spa ((redknot, a three way partnership between Nelvana and Warner Bros. Discovery, Carolyn Hay and Hugh Duffy)

Thomas & Mates: All Engines Go – 3 Nominations

• Greatest Efficiency, Animation (Nelvana and Mattel TV, Glee Dango)
• Greatest Sound, Animation – Thomas & Mates: All Engines Go: Race for the Sodor Cup (Nelvana and Mattel TV , Ryan Araki, John Baktis, Andrew McDonnell, Simon Berry)
• Greatest Sound, Animation – Thomas & Mates: All Engines Go – Music is All over the place/Backwards Day (Nelvana and Mattel TV, Ryan Araki, John Baktis, Andrew McDonnell, Simon Berry)

Pikwik Pack – 1 Nomination

• Greatest Pre-Faculty Program or Sequence (Guru Studio, Frank Falcone, Rachel Reade Marcus, Kirsten Newlands)

YTV – 10 Nominations

With 10 nominations, YTV continues to achieve extra youngsters in its afterschool time block than some other youngsters station**. Nelvana’s Daytime Emmy® nominated thriller drama The Hardy Boys is acknowledged with 4 nominations, together with for Greatest Writing, Kids’s or Youth. Nelvana’s Tremendous Want garnered three nominations within the Greatest Visible Results, Greatest Sound, and Greatest Unique Music classes for Animation. New to the community, The Subsequent Step is acknowledged with three nominations, together with for Greatest Kids’s or Youth Fiction Program or Sequence.

The Hardy Boys – 4 Nominations

• Greatest Path, Kids’s or Youth – The Hardy Boys – The Physician’s Orders (Nelvana and Lambur Productions, Melanie Orr)
• Greatest Pictures, Drama – The Hardy Boys – An Surprising Return (Nelvana and Lambur Productions, D. Gregor Hagey)
• Greatest Manufacturing Design or Artwork Path, Fiction – The Hardy Boys – An Surprising Return (Nelvana and Lambur Productions, Brian Verhoog, Joel Guzman, Brianna Trush, Andrew Hill)
• Greatest Writing, Kids’s or Youth – The Hardy Boys – Captured! (Nelvana and Lambur Productions, Ramona Barckert)

Tremendous Want – 3 Nominations

• Greatest Unique Music, Animation – Tremendous Want – Legend of the Cake-Bun Backside (redknot, a three way partnership between Nelvana and Warner Bros. Discovery, Neil Parfitt)
• Greatest Sound, Animation – Tremendous Want – Style Buddies / Creativeness Caboose (redknot, a three way partnership between Nelvana and Warner Bros. Discovery, Ryan Araki, Evan Turner, Neil Parfitt, Andrew McDonnell, Richard Spence-Thomas)
• Greatest Visible Results – Tremendous Want – The Ground is Positively Not Lava (redknot, a three way partnership between Nelvana and Warner Bros. Discovery, Andy Powell, Raymond Pang)

The Subsequent Step – 3 Nominations

• Greatest Kids’s or Youth Fiction Program or Sequence (Boat Rocker, Ivan Schneeberg, David Fortier, Jon Rutherford, Bob Higgins, Romeo Candido, Shaleen Sangha, Duana Taha, Amy Wright, Jan Caruana, Brandon Hackett, Brad Vermunt, Jim Corston)
• Greatest Path, Kids’s or Youth – The Subsequent Step – One Track Glory (Boat Rocker, Romeo Candido)
• Greatest Writing, Kids’s or Youth – The Subsequent Step – One Track Glory (Boat Rocker, Amy Cole)

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*Numeris PPM Information, Jan 1 – Dec 31/21, Complete Canada, A25-54, F25-54, AMA (000), CDN SPEC COM ENG excluding sports activities, 3+ airings.
**Numeris PPM Information, Complete Canada, BY21-22 (Aug 30/21 – Aug 28/22), confirmed information, M-F 4p-6p, K2-11, CumRch(000), English Youngsters Stations

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