The Porter may be one and done but collected 12 Canadian Screen Awards in 2023. The CBC drama won Best Drama Series and American actor Alfre Woodard for Best Guest Performance, Drama Series. The drama also won best writing in a drama series and best costume design.
Hamza Haq (Transplant) won Best Lead Performer, Drama Series while the late Christopher Plummer secured the Best Supporting Performer, Drama award for his work on Departure.
Sort Of won 7 Canadian Screen Awards on the comedy side, including Best Comedy Series. Bilal Baig won Best Lead Performer, Comedy. Amanda Brugel took the Best Guest Performance, Comedy award for her role as 7ven's mother.
Ennis Esmer won Best Supporting Performer, Comedy for his role on Children Ruin Everything.
CBC wanted a Season 2 for The Porter but BET+ refused to fund a second season and CBC couldn't find a replacement.
Comedy
Best Comedy Series
Astrid & Lilly Save the World (CTV Sci-Fi Channel)
Children Ruin Everything (CTV)
Fakes (CBC Gem)
Letterkenny (Crave)
Sort Of (CBC)*
Best Lead Performer, Comedy
Meaghan Rath Children Ruin Everything
Meredith MacNeill Pretty Hard Cases
Adrienne C. Moore Pretty Hard Cases
Rakhee Morzaria Run The Burbs
Andrew Phung Run The Burbs
Bilal Baig Sort Of*
Dani Kind Workin' Moms
Catherine Reitman Workin' Moms
Best Supporting Performer, Comedy
Ennis Esmer Children Ruin Everything*
Tricia Black Pretty Hard Cases
Al Mukadam Pretty Hard Cases
Karen Robinson Pretty Hard Cases
Malcolm McDowell Son Of A Critch
Amanda Cordner Sort Of
Sarah McVie Workin' Moms
Enuka Okuma Workin' Moms
Best Guest Performance, Comedy
Anna Hopkins Letterkenny
Jonathan Torrens Letterkenny
Kardinal Offishall Run The Burbs
Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll Son Of A Critch
Amanda Brugel Sort Of*
2023 Canadian Screen Award nominations
2023 Canadian Screen Awards nominations: Television
Drama
Best Drama Series
Departure (Global)
Moonshine (CBC)
The Porter (CBC)*
SkyMed (CBC)
Transplant (CTV)
Best Lead Performer, Drama Series
Mayko Nguyen Hudson & Rex
John Reardon Hudson & Rex
Jennifer Finnigan Moonshine
Aml Ameen The Porter
Ronnie Rowe Jr. The Porter
Mouna Traoré The Porter
Hamza Haq Transplant*
Laurence Leboeuf Transplant
Best Supporting Performer, Drama
Thom Allison Coroner
Andy McQueen Coroner
Wendy Crewson Departure
Karen LeBlanc Departure
Christopher Plummer Departure*
Dwain Murphy Diggstown
Kevin Hanchard Hudson & Rex
Daniel Maslany Murdoch Mysteries
Best Guest Performance, Drama Series
Jo Vannicola Diggstown
Natalie Brown Hudson & Rex
Allan Hawco Moonshine
Jonathan Torrens Moonshine
Alfre Woodard The Porter*
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Bilal Baig won Best Lead Performer, Comedy for their work on Sort Of. Baig was not nominated last year where the acting awards were separated by gender. Glad the move was made to made to reinvent the acting categories. Still want 10 nominees instead of 8.
Amanda Brugel and Alfre Woodard, in guest performer categories, were the only women to win acting awards. Brugel is a utility actor popping into numerous shows (limited list: Kim's Convenience, The Handmaid's Tale, Orphan Black, Workin' Moms, Canada's Drag Race, Pretty Hard Cases).
TallBoyz (Guled Abdi, Vance Banzo, Tim Blair, Franco Nguyen) won best sketch comedy program or series, best writing in a sketch comedy, and Bruce McCulloch for best direction. CBC cancelled the show. Since Baroness von Sketch and Tallboyz are gone, this category may not be that relevant in 2024.
Christopher Plummer will not be a repeat winner in Best Supporting Performer, Drama for his work on Departure. Plummer died February 5, 2021. 6 of the 8 actors in the category are in shows that are not returning for the 2024 CSAs.
Ennis Esmer is seamless as he jumps into roles in Canadian TV (and film). He worked on Private Eyes and Schitt's Creek. Good to see him get some CSA love in Children Ruin Everything.
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photo credits: The Porter, Sort Of
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