The Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Comedy Program or Series (Individual or Ensemble) is a defunct award category, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television from 1992 to 2000 as part of its Gemini Awards program.
When the Gemini Awards were first introduced in 1986, awards were presented for Best Actor in a Comedy Series and Best Actress in a Comedy Series.[1] However, as Canadian television comedy was dominated in that era primarily by sketch comedy, comedy-drama or stand-up performance shows, rather than traditional sitcoms, comedy performance categories were discontinued after the 2nd Gemini Awards in 1987;[2] for the next few years, performances in comedy-drama shows were eligible to be nominated in the drama performance categories, while sketch comedy performers could be nominated for Best Performance in a Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series.[2]
Beginning with the 6th Gemini Awards in 1992, the Academy introduced a single award for Best Performance in a Comedy Program or Series, whose winners or nominees could be either an individual or an ensemble;[3] however, the award was almost always won by an ensemble, with the cast of the sketch comedy series This Hour Has 22 Minutes winning it five of the ten times it was presented. Separate awards for individual performance and ensemble performance were then introduced for the 16th Gemini Awards in 2001.[4]
After 2010, with the reemergence of scripted comedy series in Canadian television, separate categories for Best Actor in a Comedy Series and Best Actress in a Comedy Series were reintroduced, alongside new categories for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, as of the 26th Gemini Awards in 2011. Since 2012, all four of the separate categories have continued to be presented as part of the contemporary Canadian Screen Awards.
Winners and nominees
References
- ^ "Green Gables big Gemini awards winner". Windsor Star, December 5, 1986.
- ^ a b Mike Boone, "No drama in Gemini comedy category - no comedy either". Montreal Gazette, December 5, 1989.
- ^ "And the nominees are..." Hamilton Spectator, March 7, 1992.
- ^ "CTV's Nuremberg leads Gemini nominations". The Telegram, September 18, 2001.
- ^ "Here are major winners of the 1992 Gemini Awards". Toronto Star, March 9, 1992.
- ^ "And the nominees are...". Hamilton Spectator, March 7, 1992.
- ^ "Gemini winners". Edmonton Journal, March 8, 1993.
- ^ Greg Quill, "CBC on Gemini trail via Road To Avonlea". Toronto Star, January 20, 1993.
- ^ "Sunday's Gemini winners". Edmonton Journal, March 7, 1994.
- ^ Greg Quill, "The Gemini nominees are...". Toronto Star, January 26, 1994.
- ^ "The winners at yesterday's Gemini Awards gala". Montreal Gazette, March 6, 1995.
- ^ "Gemini Awards '95 -- the major nominees". Edmonton Journal, January 18, 1995.
- ^ Tony Atherton, "Six Geminis for Due South: Mountie in Chicago drama most honored show of the year". Calgary Herald, March 4, 1996.
- ^ "Major Gemini nominees; Awards gala to be broadcast March 3". Montreal Gazette, January 25, 1996.
- ^ "Due South, 22 Minutes earn Geminis". Halifax Daily News, March 3, 1997.
- ^ Christopher Harris, "CBC-TV tops Geminis News, current affairs lead nominations". The Globe and Mail, January 15, 1997.
- ^ John McKay, "Hiroshima, Traders dominate Geminis final night". Canadian Press, March 1, 1998.
- ^ "Gemini Nominations". Calgary Herald, January 14, 1998.
- ^ John McKay, "Traders star basks in double Gemini win". Hamilton Spectator, October 6, 1998.
- ^ John McKay, "CBC tops Gemini nominations but Bach doc gets single-show nod". Canadian Press, August 11, 1998.
- ^ "Milgaard, Da Vinci top Gemini Awards: The stars come out to honour the best in Canadian TV". Chatham Daily News, November 8, 1999.
- ^ "Major Gemini Awards nominations". Toronto Star, September 22, 1999.
- ^ Michael Posner, "Teasdale Story captures 5 Geminis". The Globe and Mail, October 31, 2000.
- ^ "Gemini Nominations". Toronto Star, October 29, 2000.
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