CORUS ENTERTAINMENT CONGRATULATES ITS PRODUCTION PARTNERS ON 62 NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2022 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS

CORUS ENTERTAINMENT CONGRATULATES
ITS PRODUCTION PARTNERS ON 62 NOMINATIONS
FOR THE 2022 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS

Global Garners 16 Nominations for its Scripted and Non-Scripted Programming Including Entertainment Tonight Canada Leading the Charge with Eight Nominations, Fan-Favourite Reality Series Big Brother Canada with Five Nominations, Hit Series Private Eyes with Two Nominations, and Family Law Picking Up its First CSA Nomination for Best Lead Actor

Global News is Recognized with Four Nominations Including Best National Newscast for the 10th Year in a Row

Food Network Canada, HGTV Canada, The HISTORY® Channel and W Network Pick Up 32 Nominations Across Multiple Categories Including Best Lifestyle Program and Best Host, Lifestyle

Nelvana Receives Seven of the 10 Nominations Across Corus Kids Networks In Recognition for its Exceptional Animated and Live-Action Series

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TORONTO, February 15, 2022 – Corus Entertainment congratulates its production partners on a total of 62 nominations at this year’s 10^th annual Canadian Screen Awards, as announced today by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. With numerous nominations across all key categories, Corus continues to be at the forefront of original Canadian programming by demonstrating its dedication to developing and delivering premium content in all genres from Corus Studios’ powerful and awe-inspiring unscripted and factual programming to Nelvana’s outstanding children’s content.

“Corus is so proud of the well-deserved recognition our production partners have received at this year’s Canadian Screen Awards for their hard work, commitment, and passion,” said Colin Bohm, Executive Vice President, Content and Corporate Strategy. “We are honoured to work with some of the best partners in the industry whose unmatched ideas, talent and expertise come together to create vibrant stories that capture the hearts and attention of viewers across Canada.”

See below for the full list of Corus’ 2022 Canadian Screen Awards nominations.

GLOBAL – 16 Nominations

Global celebrates 16 nominations for its slate of scripted and non-scripted programming. This includes five nominations for hit reality series Big Brother Canada, including Best Host or Presenter, Arisa Cox, best actor in a leading role nominations for Jason Priestley in Private Eyes and Victor Garber in Family Law, as well as an outstanding eight nominations for entertainment powerhouse ET Canada including Best Entertainment News Program or Series.

Entertainment Tonight Canada – 8 Nominations

• Best Talk Program or Series, Artists & Icons: Indigenous Entertainers in Canada (Global – John Kampilis, Jodie Davis, Laura Carroll, Bob Pagrach, Steven Banks, Shreya Khanna, Stephen Krajinovic, Julia Lennox, Craig Macrae, Nadine Parker, Will Reid, Katie Scott, Heather Seamen, Emily Thompson, Kate Morawetz)
• Best Entertainment News Program or Series, Entertainment Tonight Canada (Global)
• Best Web Program or Series, Non-Fiction, ET Canada Pride (Entertainment Tonight Canada – John Kampilis, Jodie Davis, Laura Carroll, Bob Pagrach, Dallas Dixon)
• Best Web Program or Series, Non-Fiction, Royal Rewind (Entertainment Tonight Canada – John Kampilis, Jodie Davis, Laura Carroll, Bob Pagrach, Morgan Hoffman, Alyssa Croezen, Nadine Parker, Jamie Samhan)
• Best Host, Web Program or Series, ET Canada Live (Entertainment Tonight Canada – Cheryl Hickey, Roz Weston, Sangita Patel, Carlos Bustamante, Keshia Chanté, Morgan Hoffman)
• Best Live Production, Social Media, ET Canada Live (Entertainment Tonight Canada – John Kampilis, Jodie Davis, Laura Carroll, Bob Pagrach, Katie Colley, Gavin Crisp, Alyssa Croezen, Sarah Curran, Mikael Melo, Kate Morawetz, Chandra Price, Jamie Samhan, Rachel West, Catherine Williams)
• Best Direction, Lifestyle or Information, Artists & Icons: Indigenous Entertainers in Canada (Global – Ryan Carter)
• Best Host, Talk Show or Entertainment News (Global – Cheryl Hickey, Sangita Patel, Carlos Bustamante)

Big Brother Canada – 5 Nominations

• Best Reality/Competition Program or Series (Insight Productions Ltd. – Erin Brock, John Brunton, Eric Abboud, Trevor Boris, Arisa Cox, Liam Colle, Amy Regan, Vanessa Rennard, Daniel Klimitz)
• Best Photography, Lifestyle or Reality/Competition – Premiere (Insight Productions Ltd. – Alex Nadon)
• Best Picture Editing, Reality/Competition – Finale (Insight Productions Ltd. – Jeff Perry, Wes Paster, Jonathan Dowler, Antonio Burgio, Lizzie Elliott, Ben O’Neil, Curtis Rogers, Megan Day, Michael Emberley, Keith Ross, Jon Wong, Jessica Graore, Jory Tuff, Jon White, Al Manson, Andrew Gurney, Ryan Monteith)
• Best Production Design or Art Direction, Non-Fiction – Premiere (Insight Productions Ltd. – Peter Faragher, Kevin Halliday, Aaron Scholl, Andy Roskaft)
• Best Host or Presenter, Factual or Reality/Competition (Insight Productions Ltd. – Arisa Cox)

Private Eyes – 2 Nominations

• Best Lead Actor, Comedy (eOne – Jason Priestley)
• Best Achievement in Hair – Queen’s Gambit (eOne – Leanne Morrison)

 

Family Law – 1 Nomination

• Best Lead Actor, Drama Series (SEVEN24 Films / Lark Productions – Victor Garber)

GLOBAL NEWS – 4 Nominations

Global News was recognized with four nominations including Best National Newscast, Global National, Best News or Information Segment, The New Reality – Betty’s Story, Best News Anchor, National, Global National’s Dawna Friesen, and Best National Reporter, Global National’s Mercedes Stephenson.

• Best National Newscast, Global National
• Best News or Information Segment, The New Reality – Betty’s Story
• Best News Anchor, National, Global National – Dawna Friesen
• Best National Reporter, Global National – Mercedes Stephenson

FOOD NETWORK CANADA – 11 Nominations

Food Network Canada celebrates 11 nominations across its slate of unscripted premium food programming. Ultimate grilling competition series Fire Masters (Corus Studios) is recognized with three nominations including Best Reality/Competition Program, one-of-a-kind food adventure series Big Food Bucket List (Corus Studios) draws two nominations including Best Host, Lifestyle, John Catucci, and young chef series Junior Chef Showdown (Corus Studios) and bakery overhaul series Project Bakeover (Corus Studios) both receive two nominations. Additionally, out-of-bounds food series Carnival Eats and elite culinary competition Top Chef Canada secure one nomination respectively.

Fire Masters – 3 Nominations

• Best Reality/ Competition Program or Series (Nikki Ray Media Agency – Mike Sheerin, Tanya Linton, Jennifer Pratt)
• Best Photography, Lifestyle or Reality Competition – A Fiery-Tale Ending (Nikki Ray Media Agency – Ryan Shaw)
• Best Picture Editing, Reality/Competition – Nice to Meat You (Nikki Ray Media Agency – Wesley Finucan)

Big Food Bucket List – 2 Nominations

• Best Host, Lifestyle (Lone Eagle Entertainment Ltd. – John Catucci)
• Best Photography, Lifestyle or Reality Competition – Taco Walk on the Wild Side (Lone Eagle Entertainment Ltd. – Daniel MacAskill)

Junior Chef Showdown – 2 Nominations

• Best Achievement in Casting, Non-Fiction (Proper Television – Meredith Veats)
• Best Writing, Lifestyle or Reality/Competition – Let’s Get Saucy (Proper Television – Elvira Kurt)

Project Bakeover – 2 Nominations

• Best Direction, Lifestyle or Information – Homemade to Home Run (eOne – Naela Choudhary)
• Best Picture Editing, Factual – Homemade to Home Run (eOne – Otto Chung)

Carnival Eats – 1 Nomination

• Best Photography, Lifestyle or Reality Competition – The Postman Always Brings Rice  (Alibi Entertainment Inc. – Matthew Braun)

Top Chef Canada – 1 Nomination

• Best Reality/ Competition Program or Series (Insight Productions Ltd. – John Brunton, Eric Abboud, Mark Lysakowski, Jessica Brunton, Cliff Dempster, Daniel Klimitz)

HGTV CANADA – 8 Nominations

HGTV Canada’s lineup of inspiring design, renovation and real estate programming is recognized with eight nominations. This includes three nominations for Canada’s #1 Specialty Series, Island of Bryan* (Corus Studios) for Best Lifestyle Program or Series and Best Host, Lifestyle for Bryan and Sarah Baeumler. Transformational renovation series Property Brothers: Forever Home receives nominations for Best Lifestyle Program or Series and Best Host, Lifestyle for Drew and Jonathan Silver Scott. $ave My Reno (Corus Studios) earns a nomination in the category of Best Host, Lifestyle for Sebastian Clovis and Samantha Pynn, Scott’s Vacation House Rules (Corus Studios) for Best Lifestyle Program or Series and Making It Home with Kortney and Kenny (Corus Studios) garners one nomination for Best Direction, Lifestyle or Information.

Island of Bryan – 3 Nominations

• Best Lifestyle Program or Series (S.I. Entertainment – Frank Halbert, Annelies McConnachie-Howarth)
• Best Host, Lifestyle (S.I. Entertainment – Bryan and Sarah Baeumler)
• Best Photography, Lifestyle or Reality Competition – Shake It Up (S.I. Entertainment – John Queenan)

Property Brothers: Forever Home – 2 Nominations

• Best Lifestyle Program or Series (Scott Brothers Entertainment – Drew and Jonathan Silver Scott, Bree Tiffin, Josie Crimi, Katherine Buck, Kim Bondi, Sarrah Sayami)
• Best Host, Lifestyle (Scott Brothers Entertainment – Drew and Jonathan Silver Scott)

Making It Home with Kortney and Kenny – 1 Nomination

• Best Direction, Lifestyle or Information – Grant & Miguel (Scott Brothers Entertainment – Cheryl Zalameda)

$ave My Reno – 1 Nomination

• Best Host, Lifestyle (Great Pacific Media – Sebastian Clovis and Samantha Pynn)

Scott’s Vacation House Rules – 1 Nomination

• Best Lifestyle Program or Series (McGillivray Entertainment Media Inc. – Scott McGillivray, Angela Jennings, Robert Scott)

THE HISTORY CHANNEL – 8 Nominations

The HISTORY Channel is lauded with eight nominations including six nominations for the esteemed drama series Vikings. Bidding its series farewell this past season, Vikings ends on a high note with nominations for Best Drama Series, Best Achievement in Casting, and Best Direction. The network’s mind-bending series History Erased (Corus Studios) is also recognized with two nominations including Best History Documentary Program or Series.

Vikings – 6 Nominations

• Best Drama Series (Take 5 Productions Inc. – Sheila Hockin, John Weber, Michael Hirst, Morgan O’Sullivan, James Flynn, Alan Gasmer, Sherry Marsh, Bill Goddard)
• Best Achievement in Casting, Fiction (Take 5 Productions Inc. – Frank Moiselle, Nuala Moiselle, Deirdre Bowen)
• Best Direction, Drama Series  – All at Sea (Take 5 Productions Inc. – Helen Shaver)
• Best Sound, Fiction – The Last Act (Take 5 Productions Inc. – Jane Tattersall, Martin Lee, Ian Rankin, David McCallum, Claire Dobson, Dale Sheldrake, Steve Medeiros, Yuri Gorbachow, Sandra Fox, Kevin Shultz, Chelsea Body, Daniel Birch)
• Best Visual Effects – The Signal (Take 5 Productions Inc. – Dominic Remane, Bill Halliday, Leann Harvey, Becca Donohoe, Thomas Morrison, Ovidiu Cinazan, Jim Maxwell, Kieran McKay, Warren Lawtey, Maria Gordon)
• Best Original Music, Fiction – The Last Act (Take 5 Productions Inc. – Trevor Morris)

History Erased – 2 Nominations

• Best History Documentary Program or Series (Cream Productions – David W. Brady, Kate Harrison Karman, Brian Rice)
• Barbara Sears Award for Best Editorial research – Bees, Bugs & Spiders (Cream Productions – Aidan Denison, James Broadley, Chorong Kim)

LIFETIME CANADA – 4 Nominations

Lifetime Canada’s premium scripted dramas received four nominations including Best Lead Actress, TV Movie, Jennie Garth; Best Direction, TV Movie and Best Writing for Left for Dead: The Ashley Reeves Story. The Colour of Love also earned one nomination for Best TV Movie.

Left for Dead: The Ashley Reeves Story – 3 Nominations

• Best Lead Actress, TV Movie (Cineflix Media – Jennie Garth
• Best Direction, TV Movie (Cineflix Media – Gloria Ui Young Kim)
• Best Writing, TV Movie (Cineflix Media – Christina Welsh)

The Color Of Love – 1 Nomination

• Best TV Movie (Champlain Media Inc. – Suzanne Chapman, Adam Gowland)

W NETWORK – 1 Nomination

W Network, boasting an unmatched slate of premium heartwarming, feel-good TV movies, receives one nomination for the romantic comedy, Love in Translation.

Love in Translation – 1 Nomination

• Best Lead Actor, TV Movie – Corey Sevier (Champlain Media Inc.)

NELVANA AND CORUS KIDS

Corus’ Nelvana, a world-leading international producer, distributor and licensor of children’s animated and live-action content, celebrates seven nominations for its original content, which airs across Corus’ portfolio of premier kids’ networks in Canada. The first season of YTV’s original series The Hardy Boys, produced by Nelvana and Lambur Productions, received three nominations including Best Children’s or Youth Fiction Program or Series, Best Direction, Children’s or Youth and Best Photography, Drama. Treehouse’s Miss Persona (Nelvana) received two nods including Best Pre-School Program or Series and Ranger Rob (Nelvana) celebrated nominations in both the Best Sound, Animation and Best Original Music, Animation categories. In addition to Nelvana’s collection of nominations, Pikwik Pack, produced by Guru Studios and also airing on Corus’ industry-leading preschool network Treehouse, garnered three nominations including Best Pre-School Program or Series, Best Direction, Animation and Best Original Music, Animation.

TREEHOUSE – 7 Nominations

Nelvana’s Miss Persona – 2 Nominations

• Best Pre-School Program or Series – Kimberly Persona (produced by Nelvana)
• Best Achievement in Hair – I Wanna Wear / Shake Your Pants – Alex Rotundo (produced by Nelvana)

Nelvana’s Ranger Rob – 2 Nominations

• Best Sound, Animation – Fossil Finders Keepers in Big Sky Park –  Mike Mancuso, Matt McKenzie, Sue Robertson, Joe Tetreau (produced by Nelvana)
• Best Original Music, Animation – Fossil Finders Keepers in Big Sky Park – Neil Parfitt (produced by Nelvana)

Pikwik Pack – 3 Nominations

• Best Pre-School Program or Series – Frank Falcone, Rachel Reade Marcus, Kirsten Newlands (produced by Guru Studio)
• Best Direction, Animation – Tibor’s Butterfly Buddy – Todd Kauffman, Mark Thornton (produced by Guru Studio)
• Best Original Music, Animation – Suki’s Hero – Asher Lenz, Stephen Skratt (produced by Guru Studio)

YTV – 3 Nominations

Nelvana’s The Hardy Boys – 3 Nominations

• Best Children’s or Youth Fiction Program or Series – Joan Lambur, Jason Stone, Peter Mohan, Athena Georgaklis, Pam Westman, Doug Murphy, Paula Smith (produced by Nelvana and Lambur Productions)
• Best Direction, Children’s or Youth – What Happened In Bridgeport – Melanie Orr (produced by Nelvana and Lambur Productions)
• Best Photography, Drama – While the Clock Ticked – Fraser Brown (produced by Nelvana and Lambur Productions)

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*Numeris PPM Data, Jan 1 – Dec 31/21, Total Canada, A25-54, F25-54, AMA (000), CDN SPEC COM ENG excluding sports, 3+ airings.

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About Corus Entertainment Inc.
Corus Entertainment Inc. (TSX: CJR.B) is a leading media and content company that develops and delivers high quality brands and content across platforms for audiences around the world.  Engaging audiences since 1999, the company’s portfolio of multimedia offerings encompass 33 specialty television services, 39 radio stations, 15 conventional television stations, a suite of digital and streaming assets, animation software, technology and media services. Corus is an internationally-renowned content creator and distributor through Nelvana, a world class animation studio expert in all formats and Corus Studios, a globally recognized producer of hit scripted and unscripted content. The company also owns innovative full-service social digital agency so.da, lifestyle entertainment company Kin Canada, leading 2D animation software supplier Toon Boom and children’s book publishing house, Kids Can Press. Corus’ roster of premium brands includes Global Television, W Network, HGTV Canada, Food Network Canada, The HISTORY® Channel, Showcase, Adult Swim, National Geographic, Disney Channel Canada, YTV, Global News, Globalnews.ca, Q107, Country 105, and CFOX, along with broadly distributed Canadian streaming platforms STACKTV, Nick+, the Global TV App and Curiouscast. For more information visit www.corusent.com.

About Nelvana
Entertaining kids for over 50 years, Nelvana is a world-leading international producer and distributor of children’s animated and live-action content. Nelvana produces a stable of award-winning and globally renowned brands that focus on comedies, preschool and action series, and ancillary consumer products programs. Nelvana’s content airs on Corus Entertainment’s kids channels in Canada and in over 180 countries around the world. The Nelvana library has over 4,800 episodes of programming and has received over 70 major international program awards including Emmys® and Canadian Screen Awards. Visit the Nelvana website at nelvana.com.

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