The CBC’s coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics lead the way with five awards, including best live sporting event, best analysis, best feature, best play-by-play and best reporting.

The Fifth Estate also won four awards for best writing, best direction, best host and best news information series in an information program.

The Tudors won four Gemini awards. The historical drama about the life and times of Henry the VIII won for best photography, best editing, best production design and best sound in a dramatic series.

The Tudors is a CBC co-production between Peace Arch Entertainment, Reveille Eire in Ireland, Working Title Films in the United Kingdom and the CBC. The show is shot in Ireland, with most of the post-production work done in Canada.

The industry event, held over two nights in Toronto, celebrated the best Canadian youth, comedy, drama, variety, news, sports, documentary and lifestyle television. The rest of the awards will be presented on November 14th in Calgary.

The full list of awards associated with the CBC is after the jump. Let me know if I’ve missed any.

Best Talk Series
The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos
(CBC-The Hour)
Jennifer Dettman, David Freeman, George Stroumboulopoulos

Best Individual Performance in a Comedy Program or Series
Debra DiGiovanni – Ha!ifax Comedy Fest 2008 – Episode 3

Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Fiction Program or Series
Tom Conroy, Colman Corish – The Tudors – Episode 204

Best Cross Platform Project
CBC News: Ormiston Online (CBC)
Susan Ormiston, Allison Brachman, Karl Delgadillo, Paul Hambelton, Jeff Wyonch

Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series
Ousama Rawi – The Tudors – Episode 201

Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series
Wendy Hallam Martin – The Tudors – Episode 207

Best Pre-School Program or Series
Kids’ Canada (CBC)
Phil McCordic, Sid Bobb, Erin Curtin, Nadine Henry, Marie McCann, Patty Sullivan, Jim Taylor

Best Sound in a Dramatic Series
Jane Tattersall, Daniel Birch, Yuri Gorbachow, Goro Koyama, Martin Lee, Kirk Lynds, David McCallum,
Dale Sheldrake – The Tudors – Episode 210

Best Documentary Series CBC News: The Lens (CBC Television) Andrew Johnson, Charlotte Odele, Catherine Olsen, Angelina Stokman

Best History Documentary Program China’s Earthquake: The People In the Pictures (CBC) Susan Teskey, Diana Dai

Best Writing in an Information Program or Series Gillian Findlay – CBC News: the fifth estate – A Death in the Family

Best Direction in a Live Sporting Event Ron Forsythe – Hockey Night in Canada on CBC: 2009 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic

Best Direction in a News Information Program or Series Harvey Cashore – CBC News: the fifth estate – The Chess Master

Best Host or Interviewer in a News Information Program or Series Gillian Findlay – CBC News: the fifth estate – Powerless

Best Live Sporting Event 2008 Beijing Olympics (CBC Toronto) Trevor Pilling, Don Peppin

Best News Information Series CBC News: the fifth estate (CBC) David Studer, Sally Reardon

Best News Magazine Segment Frédéric Zalac, Kris Fleerackers, Doug Husby, Georges Laszuk, Alex Shprintsen – CBC News: The National – The Taser Test

Best Newscast CBC News: The National (CBC) Mark Harrison, Mary Mather, Heather McLennan, Fred Parker, Greg Reaume

Best Reportage Neil MacDonald – CBC News: The National – U.S. Economic Crisis

Best Sports Analysis or Commentary Program, Series or Segment Hockey Day in Canada 2009 (CBC) Michael Dodson

Best Sports Analyst Byron McDonald – 2008 Beijing Olympics

Best Sports Feature Segment Natalie Tedesco, Mark Kelley, Catherine Legge, Aileen McBride – 2008 Beijing Olympics

Best Sports Play-by-Play Announcer Steve Armitage – 2008 Beijing Olympics

Best Sports Reporting Elliotte Friedman – 2008 Beijing Olympics

• >90% satisfaction level with CBC programming, among Canadians who watched the Games (CP/Harris Decima)
• 1.29 million viewers: overall average CBC Television audience
• 933,000 viewers: Opening Ceremony
• 8.20 million viewers: Closing Ceremony
• Largest audience: 2.6 million (for Simon Whitfield’s race on Aug. 18)
• 46 million web pages viewed under CBCsports.ca/olympics
  
• >2 million web pages per day viewed
• 3.2 million: live streams served
  
• 1.7 million: on-demand streams served
  

Over to you, CTV. As they say fondly in some regions of the country, “Do your worst, m’ boys.”