Movie Central takes home four Geminis for The Line, Sanctuary and Stargate Atlantis
YTV, Discovery Kids and Nelvana Studio score four Geminis
(Toronto, Canada) Corus Entertainment is proud to announce a total of nine wins from the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television’s 24th Annual Gemini Awards. Movie Central programming was honoured with four awards for The Line, Sanctuary and Stargate Atlantis. On Corus’ kids side, Nelvana Studio received an award for the animated preschool series My Friend Rabbit, as well as Discovery Kids’ Mystery Hunters and YTV’s RollBots and Jibber Jabber. Topping off the tally, CMT’s Three Chords from the Truth took home the Gemini for Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series.
Celebrating excellence in Canadian English-language television, the 24th Annual Gemini Awards were presented on Saturday, November 14 in Calgary. For more information, please visit www.geminiawards.ca.
Corus’ Gemini Award winners include:
MOVIE CENTRAL (Pay TV – Western Canada)
The Line
- Best Achievement in Casting (Marsha Chesley Episode 107)
Sanctuary
- Best Visual Effects (Lee Wilson, Caleb Ashmore, Matthew Belbin, Sebastien Bergeron, Ken Lee, Lionel Lim, Mladen Miholjcic, Les Quinn, Lisa Sepp-Wilson, Philippe Thibault for episode Sanctuary For All P1)
Stargate Atlantis
- Best Achievement in Make-Up (Todd Masters, Leah Ehman, Holland Miller, Brad Proctor, Kyla Rose Tremblay)
- Best Writing in a Dramatic Series (Brad Wright)
CMT
Three Chords from the Truth
- Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series (Steve Cochrane, Kevin Ellis, George Komorowski, Adriana Maggs, Jordan McCloskey, Steven Morana, Paul Snepsts, Joel Stewart)
NELVANA
My Friend Rabbit
- Best Writing in a Children’s or Youth Program or Series (Steven Westren)
YTV
RollBots
- Best Direction in an Animated Program or Series (George Elliott, Joey So)
Jibber Jabber
- Best Original Music Score for an Animated Program or Series (Michael Richard Plowman)
DISCOVERY KIDS
Mystery Hunters
- Best Host in a Pre-School, Children’s or Youth Program or Series (Araya Mengesha)
About Corus Entertainment Inc.
Corus Entertainment Inc. is a Canadian-based media and entertainment company. Corus is a market leader in specialty television and radio with additional assets in pay television, advertising services, television broadcasting, children’s book publishing and children’s animation. The company’s multimedia entertainment brands include YTV, Treehouse, W Network, CosmoTV, VIVA, Movie Central, HBO Canada, Nelvana, Kids Can Press and radio stations including CKNW, CKOI and Q107. Corus creates engaging branded entertainment experiences for its audiences across multiple platforms. A publicly traded company, Corus is listed on the Toronto (CJR.B) and New York (CJR) exchanges. Experience Corus on the web at www.corusent.com.
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For further information please contact:
Sally Tindal
Communications
Corus Entertainment
(416) 530-5121
orLindsay Sutcliffe
Communications
Corus Entertainment
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