Detective dramas atop race for Gemini Awards
Period detective series Murdoch Mysteries and Durham County, a dark drama following a troubled suburban police detective, are among the leading contenders for this year's Gemini Awards, Canada's top television honours.
Murdoch Mysteries scored a leading 14 nominations, followed closely by 13 for Durham County and 12 nods each for sexy Henry VIII series The Tudors and the miniseries adaptation of Guy Vanderhaeghe's The Englishman's Boy.
Among news and information programming, veteran investigative program The Fifth Estate and CBC News: The National received multiple nominations (11 and nine, respectively).
Other nominees include:
- Dramatic series: The Border; Durham County; Intelligence; Murdoch Mysteries; The Tudors.
- Dramatic miniseries: Across the River to Motor City; The Englishman's Boy; Would Be Kings.
- Comedy program or series: Cock'd Gunns; Corner Gas; Kenny vs. Spenny; Odd Job Jack; Rent-A-Goalie; This Hour Has 22 Minutes.
- Reality program or series: Canada's Next Top Model; Dragon's Den; Project Runway Canada; Triple Sensation; The Week the Women Went.
- Live sporting event: Hockey Night in Canada: Outdoor Classic; IIHF World Junior Hockey Gold Final: Canada vs. Sweden; NHL Playoffs on TSN Western Conference Semi Final Game 4: Detroit at San Jose
- Social/political documentary program (Donald Brittain Award): A Place Between; A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman; Darfur: On Our Watch; Forgiveness: Stories for our Time; Girl Inside.
- Newscast: CBC News: The National; Global National; Global News Toronto.
- News anchor: Ian Hanomansing (CBC News at Six, Vancouver); Peter Mansbridge (CBC News: The National); Kevin Newman (Global National).
- Reportage: Adrienne Arsenault, Erin Boudreau, Richard Devey (CBC News: The National); Maureen Taylor (CBC News: The National); Frédéric Zalac (CBC News: The National ).
After holding its annual celebrations in Regina and Vancouver, the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television has decided to bring the awards back to Toronto.
Trophies for the majority of categories will be distributed at three industry galas in late October, with the remainder handed out at a televised ceremony that will follow on Nov. 28, broadcast on E! Network and Showcase.