{{Short description|1987 awards for Canadian television}} {{Ref improve|date=April 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} The '''2nd [[Gemini Awards]]''' were held on December 8, 1987, to honour achievements in [[Television in Canada|Canadian television]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Night Heat tops Gemini awards |url=https://cinemacanada.athabascau.ca/index.php/cinema/article/viewFile/3848/3885 |publisher=Cinema Canada |access-date=11 April 2024}}</ref> It was broadcast on [[CBC Television|CBC]].
==Awards==
===Best Comedy Program or Series=== * '''''[[Seeing Things (TV series)|Seeing Things]]''''' * ''[[Hangin' In]]''
===Best Dramatic Series=== * '''''[[Night Heat]]''''' * ''[[Red Serge (TV series)|Red Serge]]'' * ''[[Street Legal (Canadian TV series)|Street Legal]]''
===Best Dramatic Mini Series=== * '''''[[Ford: The Man and the Machine]]''''' * ''[[Sword of Gideon]]''
===Best Information Program or Series=== * '''''[[The Journal (Canadian TV show)|The Journal]]''''' * ''[[Midday (CBC)|Midday]]'' * ''[[The Fifth Estate (TV)|The Fifth Estate]]'' * ''[[W-FIVE|W5]]''
===Best Children's Series=== * '''''[[Degrassi Junior High]]''''' * ''[[Fraggle Rock]]'' * ''[[Spirit Bay]]'' * ''What's New?''
===Best Writing in a Dramatic Program=== * '''''[[Night Heat]]''''' * ''[[Street Legal (Canadian TV series)|Street Legal]]'' * ''[[The Beachcombers]]'' * ''[[The Campbells]]''
===Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series=== * '''''[[The S and M Comic Book]]''''' * ''[[Fraggle Rock]]'' * ''[[Seeing Things (TV series)|Seeing Things]]''
===Best Direction in a Dramatic Series or Comedy Series=== * '''''[[Degrassi Junior High]]''''' * ''[[Danger Bay]]'' * ''[[Seeing Things (TV series)|Seeing Things]]'' * ''[[Street Legal (Canadian TV series)|Street Legal]]'' * ''[[The Campbells]]''
===Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Role in a Comedy Series=== * '''[[Louis Del Grande]], ''[[Seeing Things (TV series)|Seeing Things]]''''' * [[David Eisner (actor)|David Eisner]], ''[[Hangin' In]]''
===Best Performance by a Lead Actress in a Continuing Role in a Comedy Series=== * '''[[Dinah Christie]], ''[[Check it Out! (Canadian TV series)|Check it Out]]''''' * [[Lally Cadeau]], ''[[Hangin' In]]'' * [[Martha Gibson]], ''[[Seeing Things (TV series)|Seeing Things]]'' * [[Janet-Laine Green]], ''[[Seeing Things (TV series)|Seeing Things]]''
===Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Continuing Dramatic Series=== * '''[[Winston Rekert]], ''[[Adderly]]''''' * [[Scott Hylands]], ''[[Night Heat]]'' * [[Pat Mastroianni]], ''[[Degrassi Junior High]]'' * [[Eric Peterson]], ''[[Street Legal (Canadian TV series)|Street Legal]]'' * [[Allan Royal]], ''[[Night Heat]]''
===Best Performance by a Lead Actress in a Continuing Dramatic Series=== * '''[[Dixie Seatle]], ''[[Adderly]]''''' * [[Stacie Mistysyn]], ''[[Degrassi Junior High]]'' * [[Nicole Stoffman]], ''[[Degrassi Junior High]]'' * [[Amber-Lea Weston]], ''[[The Campbells]]''
===Best Performance by a Broadcast Journalist=== * '''[[Joe Schlesinger]]''' * [[Hana Gartner]] * [[Eric Malling]] * [[Terence McKenna (film producer)|Terence McKenna]]
===Earle Grey Award=== * '''[[Lorne Greene]]'''
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Gemini Awards}}
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