Gemini Award for Individual Performance in a Comedy Program or Series
January 01, 1970
The Gemini Award for Best Individual Performance in a Comedy Program or Series is a defunct award category, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television from 2001 to 2010 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]
After 2010, with the reemergence of scripted comedy series in Canadian television, the category was discontinued. 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.
^"List of winners at the 2010 Gemini Awards celebrating the best in Canadian TV: List of 2010 Gemini Award gala winners". Canadian Press, November 13, 2010.
^Brad Oswald, "Geminis kind to Less Than Kind". Winnipeg Free Press, November 13, 2010.
January 01, 1970
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The Gemini Award for Best Individual Performance in a Comedy Program or Series is a defunct award category presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television from 2001 to 2010 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 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 the category was discontinued 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 editYear Actor Series Ref 2001 16th Gemini Awards Jason Rouse Comedy Now 5 Glen Foster Comedy Now 4 Jessica Holmes Comedy Now Shaun Majumder Halifax Comedy Festival Jonathan Torrens Jonovision 2002 17th Gemini Awards Bette MacDonald Halifax Comedy Festival 6 Jayne Eastwood The Endless Grind 7 Peter Keleghan Royal Canadian Air Farce Nikki Payne Halifax Comedy Festival 2003 18th Gemini Awards Brian Hartt Winnipeg Comedy Festival 8 Omid Djalili Just for Laughs Leonie Forbes Lord Have Mercy Linda Kash Made in Canada Nikki Payne Comedy Now 2004 19th Gemini Awards Gavin Crawford This Hour Has 22 Minutes Episode 4 9 Gavin Crawford The Gavin Crawford Show Oh the Huge Manatee 10 Roman Danylo Comedy Inc Shaun Majumder Comedy from the Coast Russell Peters Comedy Now 2005 20th Gemini Awards Mary Walsh Hatching Matching and Dispatching 11 Irwin Barker Halifax Comedy Festival 12 Lewis Black Just for Laughs Colin Fox Puppets Who Kill Buttons the Dresser Levi MacDougall Comedy Now 2006 21st Gemini Awards Mark McKinney Robson Arms A Material Breach 13 Brigitte Bako G Spot HBO 14 Danny Bhoy Just for Laughs Derek Edwards Halifax Comedy Festival Jeremy Hotz Just for Laughs Richard Waugh Jimmy MacDonald s Canada The Lost Episodes The Canadian Sexplosion 2007 22nd Gemini Awards Phyllis Ellis The Wilkinsons I Don t Want to Lose You to LA 15 John Cleese Just for Laughs 16 Elvira Kurt Halifax Comedy Festival Episode 3 Rick Mercer Rick Mercer Report Episode 5 Teresa Pavlinek The Jane Show House of Jane 2008 23rd Gemini Awards Jo Koy Just for Laughs 17 Natalie Brown Sophie Door Number Two 18 Louis C K Just for Laughs Jon Dore The Jon Dore Television Show Jon Gets Scared Ian Sirota Comedy Inc Episode 4x03 2009 24th Gemini Awards Debra DiGiovanni Halifax Comedy Festival 19 Benjamin Arthur Less Than Kind Pakikisama 20 Jon Dore The Jon Dore Television Show Jon Does Drugs Terry McGurrin Comedy Now Comedy Now starring Terry McGurrin Brooke Palsson Less Than Kind French Is My Kryptonite 2010 25th Gemini Awards Benjamin Arthur Less Than Kind That s Somebody s Knish 21 Lisa Durupt Less Than Kind Road Trip 22 Wendel Meldrum Less Than Kind I Am Somewhere Rick Mercer Rick Mercer Report Episode 1 Pete Zedlacher Just for LaughsReferences edit 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 a b CTV s Nuremberg leads Gemini nominations The Telegram September 18 2001 Doug Foley Hamilton comic earns himself a Gemini Hamilton Spectator October 30 2001 Marla Cranston Gemini dream Local TV productions win bushel of awards Halifax Daily News November 5 2002 Bonnie Malleck Gemini Awards honour best on Canadian TV Waterloo Region Record November 4 2002 Degrassi kids win cool awards at Geminis Winnipeg Free Press October 20 2003 J Kelly Nestruck Human Cargo tops Gemini list Ottawa Citizen December 14 2004 Human Cargo earns 17 Gemini noms Timmins Daily Press October 28 2004 John McKay Cancelled series captures four Gemini awards St Catharines Standard November 19 2005 Alex Strachan Eleventh Hour garners 15 Gemini nominations Saskatoon Star Phoenix November 19 2005 Alex Strachan Slings amp Arrows grabs six Geminis Edmonton Journal November 5 2006 Cancelled CBC drama gets 12 Gemini nods Waterloo Region Record August 30 2006 Andrew Ryan Slings amp Arrows Corner Gas dominate Geminis The Globe and Mail October 29 2007 Brad Oswald Gemini Awards evening a fabulous flatland affair Winnipeg Free Press October 29 2007 Alex Strachan Tudors Mayerthorpe win Geminis handed out for best drama lead actors and comedy Nanaimo Daily News October 24 2008 Full list of Gemini Award nominees Winnipeg Free Press August 26 2008 Joseph Chin Late bloomer DiGiovanni brings her humour to LAC Mississauga News January 6 2014 Gemini nominees Toronto Star August 26 2009 List of winners at the 2010 Gemini Awards celebrating the best in Canadian TV List of 2010 Gemini Award gala winners Canadian Press November 13 2010 Brad Oswald Geminis kind to Less Than Kind Winnipeg Free Press November 13 2010 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gemini Award for Individual Performance in a Comedy Program 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