Gemini Award

• Name — Gemini Award • Awarded For — Best television productions in Canada • Presenter — Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television • Country — Canada • Year — 1986 • Year2 — 2011 • Related — Canadian Screen Awards Prix Gémeaux The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada's English-language television industry. The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in the United States and the BAFTA Television Awards in the United Kingdom. First held in 1986 to replace the ACTRA Award, the ceremony celebrated Canadian television productions with awards in 87 categories, along with other special awards such as lifetime achievement awards. The Academy had previously presented the one-off Bijou Awards in 1981, inclusive of some television productions. The awards' name was an allusion to Castor and Pollux, a mythological pair of twins; this was in reference to Canada's linguistic duality of English and French, with the Academy's separate awards presentation for French-language television production named the Gémeaux Awards. The statuette, designed by Toronto artist Scott Thornley, evoked twins through a design that essentially created two faces at the front and back of the statuette. In April 2012, the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television announced that the Gemini Awards and the Genie Awards would be discontinued and replaced by a new award ceremony dedicated to all forms of Canadian media, including television, film, and digital media, dubbed the "Canadian Screen Awards." The inaugural Canadian Screen Awards were held on 4 March 2013.

• # — Year — Date — Best Dramatic Series — Best Comedy Series — City — Venue — Host(s) — Broadcaster • 1st — 1986 — 4 December — Night Heat — Seeing Things — Toronto, Ontario — Metro Toronto Convention Centre — Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Dave Thomas — syndicated • 2nd — 1987 — 8 December — Night Heat — Seeing Things — Toronto, Ontario — Metro Toronto Convention Centre — Steve Smith — CBC • 3rd — 1988 — Degrassi Junior High — None — Toronto, Ontario — Metro Toronto Convention Centre — Steve Smith — CBC • 4th — 1989 — Degrassi Junior High — CODCO — Toronto, Ontario — Metro Toronto Convention Centre — Martin Short — CBC • 5th — 1990 — E.N.G. — Material World — Toronto, Ontario — Metro Toronto Convention Centre — Ralph Benmergui — CBC • 6th — 1992 — E.N.G. — CODCO — Toronto, Ontario — Metro Toronto Convention Centre — Cynthia Dale and Ralph Benmergui — CBC • 7th — 1993 — E.N.G. — The Kids in the Hall — Toronto, Ontario — Metro Toronto Convention Centre — Sara Botsford and Greg Malone — CBC • 8th — 1994 — 6 March — E.N.G. — The Kids in the Hall — Toronto, Ontario — Metro Toronto Convention Centre — Valerie Pringle and Albert Schultz — CBC • 9th — 1995 — 5 March — Due South — This Hour Has 22 Minutes — Toronto, Ontario — Metro Toronto Convention Centre — Paul Gross and Tina Keeper — CBC • 10th — 1996 — 3 March — Due South — This Hour Has 22 Minutes — Toronto, Ontario — Metro Toronto Convention Centre — Albert Schultz — CBC • 11th — 1997 — 6 June — Due South — This Hour Has 22 Minutes — Toronto, Ontario — Metro Toronto Convention Centre — Albert Schultz — CBC • 12th — 1998 (1) — 1 March — Traders — This Hour Has 22 Minutes — Toronto, Ontario — Metro Toronto Convention Centre — Cathy Jones and Steve Smith — CBC • 13th — 1998 (2) — 4 October — Traders — This Hour Has 22 Minutes — Toronto, Ontario — Metro Toronto Convention Centre — Ronnie Edwards and Kenny Robinson — CBC • 14th — 1999 — 7 November — Da Vinci's Inquest — Made in Canada — Toronto, Ontario — Metro Toronto Convention Centre — Rick Mercer — CBC • 15th — 2000 — 30 October — Da Vinci's Inquest — This Hour Has 22 Minutes — Toronto, Ontario — John Bassett Theatre — Steve Smith — CBC • 16th — 2001 — 29 October — Da Vinci's Inquest — Made in Canada — Toronto, Ontario — Metro Toronto Convention Centre — Mike Bullard — CBC • 17th — 2002 — 4 November — Da Vinci's Inquest — An American in Canada — Toronto, Ontario — Metro Toronto Convention Centre — Seán Cullen — CBC • 18th — 2003 — 20 October — The Eleventh Hour — This Hour Has 22 Minutes — Toronto, Ontario — John Bassett Theatre — Seán Cullen — CBC • 19th — 2004 — 13 December — Da Vinci's Inquest — Trailer Park Boys — Toronto, Ontario — John Bassett Theatre — various presenters — CBC • 20th — 2005 — 19 November — The Eleventh Hour — Corner Gas — Toronto, Ontario — John Bassett Theatre — various presenters — Global • 21st — 2006 — 4 November — Slings & Arrows — Corner Gas — Richmond, British Columbia — River Rock Casino Resort — various presenters — Global • 22nd — 2007 — 28 October — Slings & Arrows — Corner Gas — Regina, Saskatchewan — Conexus Arts Centre — George Stroumboulopoulos — CBC • 23rd — 2008 — 28 November — Intelligence — This Hour Has 22 Minutes — Toronto, Ontario — The John Bassett Theatre — Jason Priestley — Showcase, E! • 24th — 2009 — 14 November — Flashpoint — Rick Mercer Report — Calgary, Alberta — Stampede Corral — Ron James — Showcase, Global • 25th — 2010 — 13 November — The Tudors — Less Than Kind — Toronto, Ontario — Winter Garden Theatre — Cory Monteith — Showcase, Global • 26th — 2011 — 7 September — The Borgias — Rick Mercer Report — Toronto, Ontario — Canadian Broadcasting Centre — Russell Peters — CBC