鈥淐anada鈥檚 Drag Race鈥� trounced most of its reality TV show rivals at the Canadian 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 鈥溠侵尢焯� 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鈥檚 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鈥檚 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鈥檚 鈥淰iking鈥� follows with 13 nominations and David Cronenberg鈥檚 鈥淐rimes of the Future鈥� has 11.
The TV competition is dominated by CBC鈥檚 鈥淭he Porter,鈥� which entered Canadian Screen Week with 19 nominations, including best drama series. CBC鈥檚 鈥淪ort Of鈥� received 15 nominations, followed by CBC鈥檚 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 National 亚洲天堂鈥� best national newscast and its host Dawna Friesen best national anchor.
Also on Tuesday, a sports gala crowned CBC鈥檚 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.
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