At the Friday Night Gemini Gala in Toronto, the CBC picked up seven more Gemini Awards, including George Stroumboulopoulos’ third Gemini as host of The Hour.
This Hour Has 22 Minutes won the best comedy series award for the seventh time, beating fan favourite Corner Gas, which is now in its last season.
The Englishman’s Boy picked up two more Geminis for Best Dramatic Mini-Series, and best lead actor for Nicholas Campbell’s work on the Guy Vanderhaeghe television adaptation.
Ron McLean won the best sports host Gemini for his work on Hockey Day in Canada. And Ian Hanomansing won for Best News Anchor for his work on CBC News at Six in Vancouver, beating out Peter Mansbridge and Kevin Newman.
The CBC series Intelligence, which was cancelled this year, won the Gemini for Best Dramatic Series.
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Speaking as a fan of Intelligence and Nicholas Campbell, good on both of ‘em!
And not too shabby for The Hour either!
Great news!
But the real question is… who kissed Ian on stage this year? 
Not so much interested in the kissing as Tod is, and I’m not surprised that George won AGAIN. I believe he was up against Hammy Hamster and a fishing show.
So many Geminis for so little. And everyone keeps a straight face while accepting awards that in truth should be called Shows That Totally Suck.
Why does cbc not think the looming war between isreal and iran is not new worthy.
see “Iran reacts to Israel preparations for war “(press tv)
Is cbc another capatalist slave.
I agree with Dwight, “Intelligence” was a fine drama. I like the fact that it is recognized, and I like the fact that it might provide a little slap to some CBC executive responsible for the decision to kill it.