TORONTO - 鈥淐anada's Drag Race鈥 trounced most of its reality TV show rivals at the 春色直播 Screen Awards on Wednesday when it claimed six prizes, but lost the best reality/competition category to 鈥淭he Amazing Race Canada.鈥
Crave鈥檚 drag queen series nabbed awards for best in writing, sound, direction, production design and casting, and best reality host for Brooke Lynn Hytes, Brad Goreski and Traci Melchor.
But it lost the marquee award to CTV鈥檚 鈥淭he Amazing Race Canada,鈥 which also claimed best picture editing for a reality/competition show at an evening bash celebrating the best in lifestyle and reality TV awards.
The gala followed an afternoon ceremony that named preschool favourite 鈥淧aw Patrol鈥 top dog among the children鈥檚 categories, handing the animated TVO show three awards including best preschool series.
Other lifestyle winners Wednesday included the cooking show 鈥淢ary Makes It Easy鈥 on CTV Life Channel, which won best lifestyle program, best direction and best photography.
Crave鈥檚 鈥1 Queen 5 Queers鈥 was crowned best talk program, CTV鈥檚 鈥淓talk鈥 collected best entertainment news program, and CBC鈥檚 鈥淣ews Morning Live with Heather Hiscox鈥 was named best morning show.
HGTV stars Drew Scott and Jonathan Silver Scott were named best lifestyle hosts for 鈥淧roperty Brothers: Forever Home,鈥 and CBC personality Tom Power won best talk show or entertainment news host for helming CBC鈥檚 鈥淭he Junos Pre-Show with Tom Power.鈥
Earlier on Wednesday, the best-animated series title went to 鈥淭he Snoopy Show鈥 on Apple TV Plus; best children's or youth fiction show went to CBC Gem鈥檚 鈥淒etention Adventure鈥 and the best non-fiction show went to TVO鈥檚 鈥淎ll-Round Champion.鈥
鈥淧aw Patrol鈥 also nabbed best direction and best sound in animation, while 鈥淎ll-Round Champion鈥 also scored best picture editing. YTV鈥檚 鈥淭he Hardy Boys鈥 was another multiple winner, grabbing awards for best direction and best writing for children鈥檚 or youth.
Two more award shows Thursday will honour top digital and film productions, while a final bash Friday will award the best in TV comedy and drama.
Clement Virgo's 鈥淏rother鈥 leads the film races with 14 nominations, including best direction and best lead performance for Lamar Johnson. St茅phane Lafleur's 鈥淰iking鈥 follows with 13 nominations and David Cronenberg's 鈥淐rimes of the Future鈥 has 11.
The TV competition is dominated by CBC's 鈥淭he Porter,鈥 which entered 春色直播 Screen Week with 19 nominations, including best drama series. CBC's 鈥淪ort Of鈥 received 15 nominations, followed by CBC's 鈥淧retty Hard Cases鈥 with 11.
Highlights of the various awards shows will be broadcast Sunday in an hour-long special hosted by Samantha Bee on CBC and CBC Gem.
The news gala on Tuesday named 鈥淕lobal 春色直播 News鈥 best national newscast and its host Dawna Friesen best national anchor.
Also on Tuesday, a sports gala crowned CBC's Olympics coverage best sports program or series and gave the best live sports event title to TSN鈥檚 broadcast of the IIHF World Junior Gold Medal Game.
This report by 春色直播was first published April 12, 2023.
