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The Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Comedy Program or Series (Individual or Ensemble) is a defunct award category, presented by the
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television from 1992 to 2000 as part of its
Gemini Awards program.
When the Gemini Awards were first introduced in 1986, awards were presented for
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] however, the award was almost always won by an ensemble, with the cast of the sketch comedy series This Hour Has 22 Minutes winning it five of the ten times it was presented. 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, 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
Year
Actor
Series
Ref
1992 6th Gemini Awards
Sandra Shamas
Adrienne Clarkson Presents : "Spitting Nickels"
[5]
George Buza
Maniac Mansion
[6]
Scott Thompson
The Kids in the Hall
Tommy Sexton , Greg Malone , Cathy Jones , Mary Walsh , Andy Jones
CODCO
1993 7th Gemini Awards
Scott Thompson
The Kids in the Hall
[7]
Mike MacDonald
My House, My Rules
[8]
Radio Free Vestibule
Just for Laughs
1994 8th Gemini Awards
Tommy Sexton , Greg Malone , Cathy Jones , Mary Walsh
CODCO
[9]
Luba Goy , Roger Abbott , Don Ferguson , John Morgan
1992: Year of the Farce
[10]
Scott Thompson
The Kids in the Hall
Steve Smith
The Red Green Show
1995 9th Gemini Awards
Greg Thomey , Mary Walsh , Cathy Jones , Rick Mercer
This Hour Has 22 Minutes
[11]
Luba Goy , Roger Abbott , Don Ferguson , John Morgan
Royal Canadian Air Farce
[12]
Dan Redican
The Dan Redican Comedy Hour
Tim Steeves
Comics!
1996 10th Gemini Awards
Greg Thomey , Mary Walsh , Cathy Jones , Rick Mercer
This Hour Has 22 Minutes
[13]
Scott Thompson
The Kids in the Hall
[14]
Luba Goy , Roger Abbott , Don Ferguson , John Morgan
Royal Canadian Air Farce
Karen Hines , Wayne Flemming , Jeremy Hotz , Mark Farrell , Ken Finkleman , Rosemary Radcliffe , Robert Cait , Angela Asher
Married Life
Patrick McKenna
The Red Green Show
1997 11th Gemini Awards
Greg Thomey , Mary Walsh , Cathy Jones , Rick Mercer
This Hour Has 22 Minutes
[15]
Luba Goy , Roger Abbott , Don Ferguson , John Morgan
Royal Canadian Air Farce
[16]
Russell Peters
Comics!
Steve Smith
The Red Green Show
Shawn Thompson
One Minute to Air
1998 (1) 12th Gemini Awards
Ken Finkleman , Tanya Allen , Mark Farrell , Jeremy Hotz , Peter Keleghan
The Newsroom : "The Campaign"
[17]
Dave Broadfoot
Dave Broadfoot: Old Enough To Say What I Want
[18]
Luba Goy , Roger Abbott , Don Ferguson , John Morgan
Royal Canadian Air Farce
John Rogers
Comedy Now!
Greg Thomey , Mary Walsh , Cathy Jones , Rick Mercer
This Hour Has 22 Minutes
1998 (2) 13th Gemini Awards
Patrick McKenna , Steve Smith
The Red Green Show
[19]
Brent Butt
Comedy Now!
[20]
Luba Goy , Roger Abbott , Don Ferguson , John Morgan
Royal Canadian Air Farce
Ellie Harvie
The Improv Comedy Olympics
Satori Shakoor
Thick and Thin
Greg Thomey , Mary Walsh , Cathy Jones , Rick Mercer
This Hour Has 22 Minutes
1999 14th Gemini Awards
Greg Thomey , Mary Walsh , Cathy Jones , Rick Mercer
This Hour Has 22 Minutes
[21]
Tom Green
The Tom Green Show
[22]
Shaun Majumder
Comedy Now!
Leah Pinsent , Peter Keleghan , Dan Lett , Rick Mercer
Made in Canada : "A Death in the Family"
Linda Cullen
Double Exposure
2000 15th Gemini Awards
Greg Thomey , Mary Walsh , Cathy Jones , Rick Mercer
This Hour Has 22 Minutes
[23]
Dave Broadfoot
David Broadfoot: Old Dog, New Tricks
[24]
Gavin Crawford
Comedy Now!
Patrick McKenna , Jerry Schaefer , Wayne Robson , Steve Smith , Peter Keleghan , Bob Bainborough , Jeff Lumby , Joel Harris , Graham Greene
The Red Green Show
Harland Williams
Comedy Now!
References
^ "Green Gables big Gemini awards winner". Windsor Star , December 5, 1986.
^ Montreal Gazette
, December 5, 1989.
Hamilton Spectator
, March 7, 1992.
^ "CTV's Nuremberg leads Gemini nominations". The Telegram , September 18, 2001.
^ "Here are major winners of the 1992 Gemini Awards". Toronto Star , March 9, 1992.
Hamilton Spectator
, March 7, 1992.
^ "Gemini winners". Edmonton Journal , March 8, 1993.
^ Greg Quill, "CBC on Gemini trail via Road To Avonlea". Toronto Star , January 20, 1993.
^ "Sunday's Gemini winners". Edmonton Journal , March 7, 1994.
^ Greg Quill, "The Gemini nominees are...". Toronto Star , January 26, 1994.
Montreal Gazette
, March 6, 1995.
^ "Gemini Awards '95 -- the major nominees". Edmonton Journal , January 18, 1995.
^ Tony Atherton, "Six Geminis for Due South: Mountie in Chicago drama most honored show of the year". Calgary Herald , March 4, 1996.
Montreal Gazette
, January 25, 1996.
Halifax Daily News
, March 3, 1997.
^ Christopher Harris, "CBC-TV tops Geminis News, current affairs lead nominations". The Globe and Mail , January 15, 1997.
Canadian Press
, March 1, 1998.
^ "Gemini Nominations". Calgary Herald , January 14, 1998.
Hamilton Spectator
, October 6, 1998.
Canadian Press
, August 11, 1998.
^ "Milgaard, Da Vinci top Gemini Awards: The stars come out to honour the best in Canadian TV". Chatham Daily News , November 8, 1999.
^ "Major Gemini Awards nominations". Toronto Star , September 22, 1999.
^ Michael Posner , "Teasdale Story captures 5 Geminis". The Globe and Mail , October 31, 2000.
^ "Gemini Nominations". Toronto Star , October 29, 2000.
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