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Corus Entertainment Congratulates Its Esteemed Production Partners on 74 Canadian Screen Awards Nominations

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Corus Entertainment applauds its production partners and celebrates a total of 74 Canadian Screen Awards nominations across key categories, as announced today by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. These nominations represent Corus’ continued commitment to creating and delivering premium original content across genres and platforms – from Corus Studios’ incredible array of original content, Nelvana’s renowned children’s animated and live action programming, Global News’ trusted reporting, and more.

“On behalf of Corus, I am proud to congratulate our esteemed production partners on today’s well-deserved 2023 Canadian Screen Awards nominations,” said Colin Bohm, Executive Vice President, Content and Corporate Strategy, Corus Entertainment. “This recognition from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television is a testament to the exceptionally talented producers and creators that we work with across our lineup of powerhouse brands and networks. Corus is proud to create and deliver unparalleled original content from Corus Studios, Global News and Nelvana, that captivates, educates, entertains, and informs audiences across our country.”

See below for the full list of Corus’ 2023 Canadian Screen Awards nominations.

GLOBAL – 20 Nominations

Global celebrates 20 nominations across its slate of unscripted and scripted programming. Last year’s winner for Best Entertainment News Program or Series, ET Canada, is nominated for the top honour again this year. ET Canada host Cheryl Hickey is once again nominated for Best Host, Talk Show or Entertainment News, and a number of ET Canada’s specials round out the show’s 12 total nominations.

In the Drama categories, Global Original Departure racked up five nominations including Best Drama Series and Best Supporting Performer nominations for Christopher Plummer, Wendy Crewson and Karen LeBlanc.

Lastly, venerable Canadian reality hit Big Brother Canada scored three nominations this year, including Best Host or Presenter, Factual or Reality/Competition for Arisa Cox.

ET Canada – 12 Nominations

Departure – 5 Nominations

Big Brother Canada – 3 Nominations

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GLOBAL NEWS – 9 Nominations

Global News is recognized with nine nominations including Best National Newscast, Global National, Best National News Anchor, Dawna Friesen, Best Local Newscast, Global BC, and three nominations for the current affairs show, The New Reality.

Global National – 3 Nominations

The New Reality – 3 Nominations

Global News Hour at 6 – 1 Nomination

Global News Morning Edmonton – 1 Nomination

Global News Toronto – 1 Nomination

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FOOD NETWORK CANADA – 1 Nomination

Food Network Canada‘s ultimate baking competition series, Wall of Bakers is recognized with a nomination for Best Picture Editing, Reality/Competition.

Wall of Bakers – 1 Nomination

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HGTV CANADA – 7 Nominations

HGTV Canada‘s inspiring lineup of design, renovation and real estate programming earned seven nominations across key categories. Transformational renovation series Property Brothers: Forever Home garnered nominations for Best Direction, Lifestyle or Information, and Best Host, Lifestyle, Drew and Jonathan Scott. Additional series nominated for Best Host, Lifestyle include, Canada’s #1 specialty series last year*, Island of Bryan (Corus Studios), Bryan and Sarah Baeumler; Scott’s Vacation House Rules (Corus Studios), Scott McGillivray; and Styled (Corus Studios), Nicole Babb and Caffery Vanhorne. East-coast based home building series Rock Solid Builds (Corus Studios) draws in one nomination for Best Lifestyle Program or Series, and extreme renovation series Gut Job (Corus Studios) is recognized with a nomination for Best Lifestyle Program or Series.

Property Brothers: Forever Home – 2 Nominations

Gut Job – 1 Nomination

Island of Bryan – 1 Nomination

Rock Solid Builds – 1 Nomination

Scott’s Vacation House Rules – 1 Nomination

Styled – 1 Nomination

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LIFETIME CANADA – 2 Nominations

Lifetime Canada‘s premium scripted drama, Stolen by Their Father received nominations for Best Lead Performer, TV Movie, Sarah Drew, and Best Writing, TV Movie.

Stolen by Their Father – 2 Nominations

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THE HISTORY® CHANNEL – 10 Nominations

The HISTORY® Channel celebrates ten nominations across its slate of factual programming. BLK: An Origin Story, a groundbreaking docuseries that explores the untold stories of Black Canadians, is recognized with an outstanding five nominations including Best Writing, Documentary. Black Liberators WWII, a docuseries paying homage to Canada’s Black war heroes, and car-hunting series Lost Car Rescue (Corus Studios) each secured two nominations. Car restoration series Rust Valley Restorers (Corus Studios) received a nomination for Best Writing, Factual.

BLK: An Origin Story – 5 Nominations

Black Liberators WWII – 2 Nominations

Lost Car Rescue – 2 Nominations

Rust Valley Restorers – 1 Nomination

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W NETWORK – 6 Nominations

W Network earned six nominations for its programming which embraces exceptional and meaningful connections that make great storytelling for women. Feature-length documentary Sex with Sue (Corus Studios), about the prolific career of world-renowned sex educator Sue Johanson, received five outstanding nominations including Best Documentary Program, and Best Writing, Documentary. Additionally, Color My World With Love received a nomination for Best Lead Performer, TV Movie, Erica Durance.

Sex with Sue – 5 Nominations

Color My World With Love – 1 Nomination

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CORUS KIDS & NELVANA – 19 Nominations

Corus’ Nelvana, a world-leading international producer, distributor and licensor of children’s animated and live-action content, is pleased to have garnered 13 nominations for its original content, which air across Corus’ Kids networks in Canada.

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TELETOON – 2 Nominations

TELETOON (now rebranded to Cartoon Network) provides a fun and playful world for audiences where the only limit is imagination. The fan-favoruite series Total Dramarama has earned the network two nominations in the prestigious categories Best Animated Program or Series, and Best Direction, Animation.

Total Dramarama – 2 Nominations

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TREEHOUSE – 7 Nominations

Treehouse garnered seven nominations for its premium children’s programming with Agent Binky, produced by Nelvana and Warner Bros. Discovery‘s redknot and based on the best-selling books by Kids Can Press, notably acknowledged for three nominations, including Best Performance, Animation for two voice actors, Julius Cho and Melody Johnson, and Best Writing, Pre-School. With the introduction of the franchise’s first autistic character, Nelvana’s Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go had a buzz-worthy year and is being considered for three awards, with two episodes being nominated in the Best Sound, Animation category. Additionally, Pikwik Pack earns one impressive nomination for Best Pre-School Program or Series.

Agent Binky – 3 Nominations

Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go – 3 Nominations

Pikwik Pack – 1 Nomination

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YTV – 10 Nominations

With 10 nominations, YTV continues to reach more kids in its afterschool time block than any other kids station**. Nelvana’s Daytime Emmy® nominated mystery drama The Hardy Boys is recognized with four nominations, including for Best Writing, Children’s or Youth. Nelvana’s Super Wish garnered three nominations in the Best Visual Effects, Best Sound, and Best Original Music categories for Animation. New to the network, The Next Step is acknowledged with three nominations, including for Best Children’s or Youth Fiction Program or Series.

The Hardy Boys – 4 Nominations

Super Wish – 3 Nominations

The Next Step – 3 Nominations

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