The 18th Gemini Awards were held on October 20, 2003 to honour achievements in Canadian television

Television in Canada

Television in Canada officially began with the opening of the nation's first television stations in Montreal and Toronto in 1952. As with most media in Canada, the television industry, and the television programming available in that country, are strongly influenced by the American media, perhaps...

. It was hosted by Seán Cullen

Seán Cullen

Seán Cullen is a Canadian comedian. He is known for combining improvisation with mimicry and music. Cullen has been described in Time as the "vanguard of comedy's next generation". He is best known for voicing Four, Five & Seven in Seven Little Monsters. -Career:Cullen entered into the public eye...

, and was broadcast on CBC

CBC Television

CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...

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Best Comedy Program or Series

• The Gavin Crawford Show
  The Gavin Crawford Show
  The Gavin Crawford Show was a Canadian sketch comedy series that ran from June 19, 2000 to July 1, 2003 on The Comedy Network.The show starred comedian Gavin Crawford, along with an ensemble cast of supporting performers...
  
  
• Lord Have Mercy!
• Puppets Who Kill
  Puppets Who Kill
  Puppets Who Kill is a Canadian television comedy programme co-produced by The Comedy Network. It premiered in Canada on the Comedy Network in 2002, and in Australia on The Comedy Channel in 2004....
  
  
• This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials...
  
  
• Trailer Park Boys
  Trailer Park Boys
  Trailer Park Boys is a Canadian comedy mockumentary television series created and directed by Mike Clattenburg that focuses on the misadventures of a group of trailer park residents, some of whom are ex-convicts, living in the fictional Sunnyvale Trailer Park in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The...
  
  

Best Dramatic Series

• The Eleventh Hour
  The Eleventh Hour (TV series)
  The Eleventh Hour is a Canadian television drama series which aired weekly on CTV from 2002 to 2005.The show revolves around the reporters and producers at a fictional television newsmagazine series, The Eleventh Hour...
  
  
• The Atwood Stories
  The Atwood Stories
  The Atwood Stories was a Canadian television drama series, which aired on W in 2003. A short-run dramatic anthology series produced by Shaftesbury Films, the series dramatized six short stories by Margaret Atwood....
  
  
• Blue Murder
• Cold Squad
  Cold Squad
  Cold Squad is a Canadian police procedural television series first broadcast in 1998 that followed the investigations of a part of the Vancouver Police Department Homicide Division tasked with solving cold cases, the titular Cold Squad, as led by Sergeant Ali McCormick .The cast of Cold Squad was...
  
  
• Da Vinci's Inquest
  Da Vinci's Inquest
  Da Vinci's Inquest is a Canadian dramatic television series that aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2005. Seven seasons of thirteen episodes each were filmed for a total of ninety-one episodes....
  
  

Best TV Movie or Dramatic Mini-Series

• 100 Days In The Jungle
• A.K.A. Albert Walker
• Chasing Cain II: Face
• The Interrogation of Michael Crowe
• The Many Trials of One Jane Doe

Best Music, Variety Program or Series

• 2003 East Coast Music Awards
• 2003 Juno Awards
• Amanda Marshall -Everybody's Got a Story
• Live at the Rehearsal Hall
• Songwriters' Circle

Best Documentary Series

• The Passionate Eye
  The Passionate Eye
  The Passionate Eye is a Canadian documentary television series, which airs on CBC News Network.The series presents documentary programming from around the world....
  
  
• A Question of Honour
• Rough Cuts
  Rough Cuts (TV series)
  Rough Cuts was a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Newsworld. Launched in 1994, the series presents documentary films by new and independent journalists and producers...
  
  
• The Undefended Border
• The View from Here
  The View from Here (TV series)
  The View from Here is a Canadian television series, which airs on TVOntario. Hosted by Ian Brown, the program airs documentary films.The series is a frequent nominee for Best Documentary Series at the Gemini Awards, and won the award in 1999 and 2000....
  
  

Best Newscast

• CTV National News
  CTV National News
  CTV National News is CTV's flagship newscast, which airs at 11:00 p.m. local time on the CTV stations across Canada, and live at 10:00pm ET, with repeats hourly up until 2 a.m. ET on CTV News Channel, CTV's 24-hour cable news television channel, and the previous day's can be seen on the Internet. ...
  
  
• Global National
  Global National
  Global National is the national newscast of Canada's Global Television Network. Dawna Friesen anchors the program's weekday edition from the Global BC studios; Robin Gill currently anchors the weekend edition...
  
  
• The National

Best News Information Series

• Disclosure
  CBC News: Disclosure
  CBC News: Disclosure was a Canadian investigative journalism television series. It debuted on CBC Television on November 13, 2001 and ended on April 6, 2004. Hosts of the show included Gillian Findlay, Mark Kelley, Wendy Mesley and Diana Swain....
  
  
• Marketplace
  Marketplace (TV series)
  Marketplace is a Canadian television series, broadcast on CBC Television. Launched in 1972, the series is a consumer advocacy newsmagazine, which shows investigative reports on issues such as product testing, health and safety, fraudulent business practices and other news issues of interest to...
  
  
• MediaTelevision
  MediaTelevision
  Media Television was a Canadian television newsmagazine series, which aired weekly on Citytv from 1991 to 2004. It was also syndicated internationally, airing in over 100 countries around the world at some point during its run....
  
  
• Untold Stories: Canada on
• Venture
  Venture (TV series)
  Venture is a weekly Canadian business television series that aired on CBC Television from 1985 to 2007. The show focused mostly on business documentaries, but also aired business-related news pieces...
  
  
• W-FIVE
  W-FIVE
  W5 is a Canadian news magazine television series produced by CTV News. The program is currently initially broadcast Saturday nights at 7 p.m...
  
  

Best Writing in a Dramatic Series

• Da Vinci's Inquest
  Da Vinci's Inquest
  Da Vinci's Inquest is a Canadian dramatic television series that aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2005. Seven seasons of thirteen episodes each were filmed for a total of ninety-one episodes....
  
  
• The Eleventh Hour
  The Eleventh Hour (TV series)
  The Eleventh Hour is a Canadian television drama series which aired weekly on CTV from 2002 to 2005.The show revolves around the reporters and producers at a fictional television newsmagazine series, The Eleventh Hour...
  
  

Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series

• Made in Canada
  Made in Canada
  Made in Canada is a Canadian television situation comedy which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2003. Rick Mercer co-created the program and starred as mercenary TV producer Richard Strong....
  
  
• Puppets Who Kill
  Puppets Who Kill
  Puppets Who Kill is a Canadian television comedy programme co-produced by The Comedy Network. It premiered in Canada on the Comedy Network in 2002, and in Australia on The Comedy Channel in 2004....
  
  
• Odd Job Jack
  Odd Job Jack
  Odd Job Jack was a Canadian animated comedy television show featuring Don McKellar, about one man's misadventures in temporary employment. Seen on and produced for the The Comedy Network, a cable specialty channel, and shown on Adult Swim in Latin America, the show is currently finished its...
  
  

Best Direction in a Dramatic Series

• The Eleventh Hour
  The Eleventh Hour (TV series)
  The Eleventh Hour is a Canadian television drama series which aired weekly on CTV from 2002 to 2005.The show revolves around the reporters and producers at a fictional television newsmagazine series, The Eleventh Hour...
  
  
• Bliss
  Bliss (TV series)
  Bliss is a Canadian produced, half hour dramatic television series, produced by Montreal-based Galafilm and Toronto-based Back Alley Films, an anthology of women's erotica...
  
  
• Just Cause

Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series

• Made in Canada
  Made in Canada
  Made in Canada is a Canadian television situation comedy which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2003. Rick Mercer co-created the program and starred as mercenary TV producer Richard Strong....
  
  
• Puppets Who Kill
  Puppets Who Kill
  Puppets Who Kill is a Canadian television comedy programme co-produced by The Comedy Network. It premiered in Canada on the Comedy Network in 2002, and in Australia on The Comedy Channel in 2004....
  
  
• This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials...
  
  

Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series

• A Guy & A Girl

Jeff Clarke, Katherine Ashby

• An American in Canada
  An American in Canada
  An American in Canada is a Canadian television sitcom that aired on CBC.The show starred Rick Roberts as Jake Crewe, an American television news host who was forced, after beating up his station manager, to accept a job in Calgary, Alberta as the host of the lowest-rated morning news program in the...
  
  

Helene Joy, Rick Roberts, Stewart Francis, Timm Zemanek, Robin Brûle, Sugith Varughese, Mathew Ferguson

• Made in Canada
  Made in Canada
  Made in Canada is a Canadian television situation comedy which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2003. Rick Mercer co-created the program and starred as mercenary TV producer Richard Strong....
  
  

Dan Lett, Jackie Torrens, Peter Keleghan, Rick Mercer, Leah Pinsent

• This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials...
  
  

Greg Thomey, Colin Mochrie, Mary Walsh, Cathy Jones

• Trailer Park Boys
  Trailer Park Boys
  Trailer Park Boys is a Canadian comedy mockumentary television series created and directed by Mike Clattenburg that focuses on the misadventures of a group of trailer park residents, some of whom are ex-convicts, living in the fictional Sunnyvale Trailer Park in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The...
  
  

Sarah Dunsworth, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, John Dunsworth, Pat Roach, Lucy Decoutere, Cory Bowles, Michael Jackson, Barrie Dunn, Shelley Thompson, Sam Tarasco, John Paul Tremblay, Jonathan Torrens, Jeanna Harrison-Steinhart

Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

• Jeff Seymour
  Jeff Seymour
  Jeff Seymour is an American-Canadian actor, best known for his roles in television series such as Show Me Yours, Jeff Ltd., The Eleventh Hour and Being Erica....
  
  , The Eleventh Hour
  The Eleventh Hour (TV series)
  The Eleventh Hour is a Canadian television drama series which aired weekly on CTV from 2002 to 2005.The show revolves around the reporters and producers at a fictional television newsmagazine series, The Eleventh Hour...
  
  
• Matthew Bennett
  Matthew Bennett
  Matthew Ray Bennett is a Canadian actor, writer and director. At the age of 20 he moved from his hometown of Toronto, Ontario to Vancouver, British Columbia to pursue an acting career...
  
  , Cold Squad
  Cold Squad
  Cold Squad is a Canadian police procedural television series first broadcast in 1998 that followed the investigations of a part of the Vancouver Police Department Homicide Division tasked with solving cold cases, the titular Cold Squad, as led by Sergeant Ali McCormick .The cast of Cold Squad was...
  
  
• Nicholas Campbell
  Nicholas Campbell
  Nicholas Campbell , sometimes credited as Nick Campbell, is a Canadian actor and filmmaker, who has won three Gemini Awards for acting. The movies Naked Lunch, Prozac Nation and the TV series Da Vinci's Inquest are some examples of his acting work.-Early life:Campbell was born in Toronto, Ontario,...
  
  , Da Vinci's Inquest
  Da Vinci's Inquest
  Da Vinci's Inquest is a Canadian dramatic television series that aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2005. Seven seasons of thirteen episodes each were filmed for a total of ninety-one episodes....
  
  
• Michael Ironside
  Michael Ironside
  Michael Ironside is a Canadian-born actor. He has also worked as a voice actor, producer, film director, and screenwriter in movie and television series in various Canadian and American productions. He is best known for playing villains and "tough guy" heroes, though he has also portrayed...
  
  , The Last Chapter II: The War Continues
• Jeremy Ratchford
  Jeremy Ratchford
  Jeremy Ratchford is a Canadian actor. He starred as Nick Vera on the TV series Cold Case.While in Canada, Ratchford played Marvel Comic book character Banshee in a live action version of Generation X TV movie...
  
  , Blue Murder

Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

• Marina Orsini
  Marina Orsini
  Marina Orsini is a Canadian actress of Italian background.-Background:Orsini had an extensive acting career starting in 1986 after a brief career in modeling in which she participated in a pageant in 1982...
  
  , The Last Chapter II: The War Continues
• Tamara Hickey, Blue Murder
• Mimi Kuzyk, Blue Murder
• Julie Stewart
  Julie Stewart
  - Biography :Julie Stewart studied acting in Montreal at the National Theatre School of Canada and now makes her home in Toronto. She was the star of the Canadian television series Cold Squad. Her credits also include continuing roles in Chasing Rainbows, North of 60 and The Border.- External links :...
  
  , Cold Squad
  Cold Squad
  Cold Squad is a Canadian police procedural television series first broadcast in 1998 that followed the investigations of a part of the Vancouver Police Department Homicide Division tasked with solving cold cases, the titular Cold Squad, as led by Sergeant Ali McCormick .The cast of Cold Squad was...
  
  
• Waneta Storms
  Waneta Storms
  Waneta Storms is a Canadian dramatic actor. She is best known for her portrayal of Isobel Lambert in the CTV series The Eleventh Hour ....
  
  , The Eleventh Hour
  The Eleventh Hour (TV series)
  The Eleventh Hour is a Canadian television drama series which aired weekly on CTV from 2002 to 2005.The show revolves around the reporters and producers at a fictional television newsmagazine series, The Eleventh Hour...
  
  

Best Individual Performance in a Comedy Program or Series

• Omid Djalili
  Omid Djalili
  Omid Djalili is a British Iranian stand-up comedian, actor, television producer and writer.-Personal life:Djalili was born in Chelsea, London to Iranian Bahá'í parents and is a Bahá'í himself...
  
  , Just For Laughs
  Just for Laughs
  Just for Laughs is a comedy festival held each July in Montreal, Quebec, founded in 1983. It is the largest international comedy festival in the world.- Information :...
  
  
• Leonie Forbes, Lord Have Mercy!
• Brian Hartt, Winnipeg Comedy Festival
  Winnipeg Comedy Festival
  The Winnipeg Comedy Festival is an annual comedy festival, held in Winnipeg, Manitoba.Created by the Osborne Village Cultural Centre in collaboration with CBC Radio, performances from the festival are also broadcast as a radio series on CBC Radio One and as a television series on The Comedy...
  
  
• Linda Kash
  Linda Kash
  Linda Kash is a Canadian actress.An alumna of Second City, she played Trudy Weissman in the 1998 Jean Smart sit-com, Style & Substance...
  
  , Made in Canada
  Made in Canada
  Made in Canada is a Canadian television situation comedy which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2003. Rick Mercer co-created the program and starred as mercenary TV producer Richard Strong....
  
  
• Nikki Payne
  Nikki Payne
  Nikki Payne , is a Canadian comedian and actress, from Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada. Born with a cleft palate, she is well known for incorporating her lisp into her comedy act. She has won three Canadian Comedy Awards for Best Stand-up Newcomer and Best Female Stand-up...
  
  , Comedy Now!
  Comedy Now!
  Comedy Now! is a Canadian comedy television series which debuted in 1997 featuring the newest in Canadian comedic talent. The show has won numerous Gemini Awards as well as many international awards. It is broadcast in Canada on The Comedy Network, CTV and A...
  
  

Best News Anchor

• Ian Hanomansing
  Ian Hanomansing
  Ian Hanomansing is a Canadian television journalist with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . He currently reports for CBC Television's nightly newscast, The National.-Early life:...
  
  
• Peter Mansbridge
  Peter Mansbridge
  Peter Mansbridge, OC , a Canadian broadcaster and news anchor, is the CBC News Chief Correspondent and anchor of The National, CBC Television's flagship nightly newscast. Mansbridge has received many awards and accolades for his journalistic work including an honorary doctorate from Mount Allison...
  
  
• Kevin Newman
  Kevin Newman (Canadian journalist)
  Kevin Newman is a Canadian journalist and news anchor. From 2001 to 2010, he was the anchor and executive editor of Global National, and hosted Global's weekly newsmagazine series Global Currents. In August 2011 he became the co-host of CTV's Question Period..- Life and career :Newman was born in...