ET CANADA WINS THE 2022 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARD FOR BEST ENTERTAINMENT NEWS PROGRAM OR SERIES

ET CANADA WINS THE 2022 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARD FOR BEST ENTERTAINMENT NEWS PROGRAM OR SERIES

Honoured With Four Awards Including Best Talk Program or Series

Stream Full Episodes of ET Canada and ET Canada Weekend with STACKTV and the Global TV App

For Immediate Release

TORONTO, April 7, 2022 – Corus Entertainment’s ET Canada celebrates four award wins during the 2022 Canadian Screen Awards including Best Entertainment News Program or Series, revealed during The Lifestyle & Reality Awards virtual ceremony last night.

Adding to the show’s record-number of award wins, ET Canada’s half-hour special Artists & Icons: Indigenous Entertainers in Canada took home two awards including Best Talk Program or Series and Best Direction, Lifestyle or Information for director Ryan Carter. Co-hosted by Shayla Stonechild, and produced in recognition of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the special aimed to shine a light on a number of Indigenous entertainers in Canada by sharing their stories.

Earlier in the week, during The Digital & Immersive Awards, the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television recognized ET Canada’s daily, half-hour digital series ET Canada Live, with the award for Best Host, Web Program or Series with Cheryl Hickey, Roz Weston, Sangita Patel, Carlos Bustamante, Keshia Chanté and Morgan Hoffman sharing the honour.

For a full list of ET Canada’s 2022 Canadian Screen Awards achievements, see below:

• Best Entertainment News Program or Series
  • Entertainment Tonight Canada (Global)
• 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 Seaman, Emily Thompson, Kate Morawetz)
• Best Direction, Lifestyle or Information
  • Artists & Icons: Indigenous Entertainers in Canada (Global – Ryan Carter)
• Best Host, Web Program or Series
  • ET Canada Live (Entertainment Tonight Canada – Cheryl Hickey, Roz Weston, Sangita Patel, Carlos Bustamante, Keshia Chanté, Morgan Hoffman)

ET Canada airs weeknights at 7:30 p.m. ET/ 7 p.m. PT on Global. For up-to-the-moment entertainment news, celebrity interviews and more, visit etcanada.com, and stream ET Canada live and on-demand with STACKTV or the Global TV App. For an extra dose of celebrity entertainment, tune-in to ET Canada Weekend airing Saturdays at 7 p.m. ET/PT on Global.

Global is a Corus Entertainment Network and is available through all major TV distributors, including: Shaw, Shaw Direct, Rogers, Bell, Videotron, Telus, Cogeco, Eastlink, SaskTel and STACKTV, available via Amazon Prime Video Channels, Rogers Ignite TV and Ignite SmartStream. The Global TV App is available on iOS, Android, Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV, Samsung Smart TVs, Roku streaming players, Roku TV™ models, and at watch.globaltv.com.

About ET Canada
Entertainment Tonight Canada is a Canadian Screen Award-winning, nationally syndicated entertainment news program hosted by Cheryl Hickey. Along with Roz Weston, Sangita Patel, Carlos Bustamante Morgan Hoffman and Los Angeles reporter Keshia Chanté, ET Canada brings viewers closer to the stars with exclusive interviews and specials with the biggest celebrities in Hollywood.

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, Magnolia 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.

For media inquiries, please contact:
Melissa Ferris
Publicist, ET Canada
mferris@etcanada.com