Schitt's Creek — in its final Canadian Screen Awards — goes out with 21 nominations in the 2021 Canadian Screen Awards. A couple of Canadian shows also in its last awards season each have 15 nominations: Cardinal (CTV) and Trickster (CBC).
We didn't make this mistake: there are only 4 nominees in the Best Lead Actor, Comedy. It can only be an honour to be nominated if you are nominated. Jason Priestley (Private Eyes) was nominated in that category last year along with the current nominees.
Every TV show, comedy and drama, with a show or acting nominations is available in some form in the United States. Coroner, Burden of Truth, Transplant, Trickster, and Diggstown (soon on Fox) have over-the-air TV deals.
Comedy
Best Comedy Series
Baroness Von Sketch Show (CBC)
Kim's Convenience (CBC)
Letterkenny (Crave)
Schitt's Creek (CBC)
Workin' Moms (CBC)
Best Lead Actor, Comedy
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee Kim's Convenience
Jared Keeso Letterkenny
Daniel Levy Schitt's Creek
Eugene Levy Schitt's Creek
Best Lead Actress, Comedy
Jean Yoon Kim's Convenience
Annie Murphy Schitt's Creek
Catherine O’Hara Schitt's Creek
Dani Kind Workin' Moms
Catherine Reitman Workin' Moms
Best Supporting Actor, Comedy
Andrew Phung Kim's Convenience
Chris Elliott Schitt's Creek
Noah Reid Schitt's Creek
Ryan Belleville Workin' Moms
Peter Keleghan Workin' Moms
Best Supporting Actress, Comedy
Emily Hampshire Schitt's Creek
Jennifer Robertson Schitt's Creek
Karen Robinson Schitt's Creek
Sarah McVie Workin' Moms
Juno Rinaldi Workin' Moms
Best Guest Performance, Comedy
Elisha Cuthbert Jann - Road Trippin'
Amanda Brugel Kim's Convenience
Rizwan Manji Schitt's Creek
Victor Garber Schitt's Creek
Colin Mochrie Workin' Moms
The 2022 version will have some giant holes to fill. Schitt's Creek has 11 acting nominations in the 5 categories. Workin' Moms has 7 nominations in acting categories. Sarah McVie has a somewhat thankless role and good to see her get recognised.
Letterkenny is a popular show but only had the show and Keeso in these categories.
Drama
Best Drama Series
Burden of Truth (CBC)
Cardinal: Until The Night (CTV)
Departure (Global)
Transplant (CTV)
Vikings (History)
Best Lead Actor, Drama Series
Peter Mooney Burden of Truth
Billy Campbell Cardinal: Until The Night
Roger Cross Coroner
Hamza Haq Transplant
Joel Oulette Trickster
Best Lead Actress, Drama Series
Kristin Kreuk Burden of Truth
Karine Vanasse Cardinal: Until The Night
Vinessa Antoine Diggstown
Crystle Lightning Trickster
Melanie Scrofano Wynonna Earp
Best Supporting Actor, Drama
Evan Buliung Departure
Christopher Plummer Departure
Jonny Harris Murdoch Mysteries
Joel Thomas Hynes Trickster
Kalani Queypo Trickster
Best Supporting Actress, Drama
Tamara Podemski Coroner
Sharron Matthews Frankie Drake Mysteries
Anna Lambe Trickster
Georgina Lightning Trickster
Gail Maurice Trickster
Best Guest Performance, Drama Series
Shawn Doyle Cardinal: Until The Night
Nicola Correia-Damude Coroner
Olunike Adeliyi Coroner
Wendy Crewson Frankie Drake Mysteries
Colin Mochrie Murdoch Mysteries
Trickster has 7 acting nominations and only 6 episodes. The Best Supporting Actress, Drama category has Indigenous women in 4 of the 5 nominations. Coroner has 4 acting nominations.
Christopher Plummer is nominated posthumously for Departure.
Colin Mochrie managed to be nominated in best guest performance in comedy AND drama. Patrick McKenna won 2 Gemini awards in 1998 for drama (Traders) and comedy (The Red Green Show) in the same year, the only Canadian actor to pull off that feat.
CBC will have a lot of holes to fill in the 2021-2022 television schedule
Kim's Convenience to end after Season 5; Frankie Drake Mysteries ends its CBC run
Could build an all-star Canadian TV lineup out of shows that are leaving
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photo credits: @SchittsCreek; Trickster/CBC
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