{{Short description|1988 awards for Canadian television}} {{refimprove|date=April 2024}} The '''3rd [[Gemini Awards]]''' were held in 1988 to honour achievements in [[Television in Canada|Canadian television]].<ref>"All the 1988 Gemini winners". ''[[Vancouver Sun]]'', December 1, 1988.</ref> The ceremonies were sponsored by the [[Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television]] and held at the [[Metro Toronto Convention Centre]] on 29 and 30 November.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 1989 |orig-date=January 1989 |title=Gemini awards: the winners |url=https://cinemacanada.athabascau.ca/index.php/cinema/article/viewFile/4266/4300 |access-date=5 April 2024 |website=Cinema Canada}}</ref> It was broadcast on [[CBC Television|CBC]].
==Awards==
===Programs=== {| class=wikitable width="100%" |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Dramatic Series|Best Drama Series]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best TV Movie|Best Dramatic Miniseries]] |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''''[[Degrassi Junior High]]''''' * ''[[He Shoots, He Scores]]'' * ''[[Night Heat]]'' * ''[[Street Legal (Canadian TV series)|Street Legal]]'' | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''''[[Anne of Avonlea (1987 film)|Anne of Avonlea]]''''' * ''[[Hoover vs. The Kennedys]]'' * ''[[The King Chronicle]]'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best TV Movie|Best TV Movie]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Short drama |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''''[[Blades of Courage]]''''' * ''[[And Then You Die (film)|And Then You Die]]'' * ''[[Family Reunion (1988 film)|Family Reunion]]'' * ''[[A Nest of Singing Birds]]'' | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''''[[A Child's Christmas in Wales (film)|A Child's Christmas in Wales]]''''' * ''Family Matter'' * ''Hero of the Family'' * ''Max Haines Crime Flashback'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Documentary program ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Documentary series |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''''Runaways: 24 Hours on the Street''''' * ''[[Artist on Fire|Artist on Fire: The Work of Joyce Wieland]]'' * ''Asylum'' * ''[[Foster Child (1987 film)|Foster Child]]'' * ''North to Nowhere'' | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''''[[The Nature of Things]]''''' * ''[[Man Alive (Canadian TV program)|Man Alive]]'' * ''The Space'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Children's program ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Children's series |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''''They Look A Lot Like Us - A China Odyssey''''' | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''''[[Ramona (1988 TV series)|Ramona]]''''' * ''[[Mr. Dressup]]'' * ''[[Today's Special]]'' * ''[[What's New (Canadian TV series)|What's New]]'' * ''[[Wonderstruck (TV series)|Wonderstruck]]'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Information series ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Light information series |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''''[[Venture (TV series)|Venture]]''''' * ''[[Land and Sea]]'' * ''Monitor'' * ''Reckoning: The Political Economy of Canada'' | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''''[[Live It Up! (TV program)|Live It Up!]]''''' * ''[[The NewMusic]]'' * ''Out Your Way'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Variety program ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Variety series |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''''David Foster: The Symphony Sessions''''' * ''[[9th Genie Awards]]'' * ''[[Corey Hart (singer)|Corey Hart]] Special'' * ''[[Gordon Pinsent]] Sings Those Hollywood Songs'' | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''''[[It's Only Rock & Roll (TV series)|It's Only Rock & Roll]]''''' * ''[[The Comedy Mill]]'' * ''[[Tommy Hunter|The Tommy Hunter Show]]'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Animated program or series ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Performing arts program |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''''[[The Raccoons]]''''' * ''Earth's Magnetic Field'' * ''The Nightingale'' | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''''Masterclass with Menuhin''''' * ''Much Ado About Nothing'' * ''Videovisions'' * ''Vivaldi'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Sports program or series ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''''[[The Boys on the Bus (film)|The Boys on the Bus]]''''' * ''Export A Series Canadian National Disabled Skiing Championships'' * ''Shooting Stars'' * ''Sportsline'' |}
===Actors=== {| class=wikitable width="100%" |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Lead actor, drama series ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Lead actress, drama series |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Pat Mastroianni]], ''[[Degrassi Junior High]]''''' * [[Patrick Bauchau]], ''[[Mount Royal (TV series)|Mount Royal]]'' * [[Scott Hylands]], ''[[Night Heat]]'' * [[Winston Rekert]], ''[[Adderly]]'' * [[Donnelly Rhodes]], ''[[Danger Bay]]'' | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Sonja Smits]], ''[[Street Legal (Canadian TV series)|Street Legal]]''''' * [[Ocean Hellman]], ''[[Danger Bay]]'' * [[Sarah Polley]], ''[[Ramona (1988 TV series)|Ramona]]'' * [[Jessica Steen]], ''[[Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future]]'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Lead actor, dramatic program or miniseries ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Lead actress, dramatic program or miniseries |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Kenneth Welsh]], ''[[And Then You Die (film)|And Then You Die]]''''' * [[Nicholas Campbell]], ''[[Hoover vs. The Kennedys]]'' * [[Denholm Elliott]], ''[[A Child's Christmas in Wales (film)|A Child's Christmas in Wales]]'' * [[Michael Ironside]], ''[[The Ray Bradbury Theatre]]'' * [[R. H. Thomson]], ''[[And Then You Die (film)|And Then You Die]]'' | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Megan Follows]], ''[[Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel]]''''' * [[Christianne Hirt]], ''[[Blades of Courage]]'' * [[Rebecca Jenkins]], ''[[Family Reunion (1988 film)|Family Reunion]]'' * [[Sheila McCarthy]], ''[[A Nest of Singing Birds]]'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Supporting actor, drama ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Supporting actress, drama |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Wayne Robson]], ''[[And Then You Die (film)|And Then You Die]]''''' * [[Henry Beckman]], ''[[Family Reunion (1988 film)|Family Reunion]]'' * [[Peter Boretski]], ''[[Chasing Rainbows (TV series)|Chasing Rainbows]]'' * [[Gary Reineke]], ''[[The King Chronicle]]'' * [[Sandy Webster]], ''[[The King Chronicle]]'' | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Colleen Dewhurst]], ''[[Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel]]''''' * [[Rosemary Dunsmore]], ''[[Blades of Courage]]'' * [[Wendy Hiller]], ''[[Anne of Avonlea (1987 film)|Anne of Avonlea]]'' * [[Helen Hughes (actress)|Helen Hughes]], ''[[The Kidnapping of Baby John Doe]]'' * [[Sophie Léger]], ''[[Chasing Rainbows (TV series)|Chasing Rainbows]]'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Performance in a guest role ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Performance in a variety or performing arts program or series |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Martha Henry]], ''[[Mount Royal (TV series)|Mount Royal]]''''' * [[Danny Aiello]], ''[[Night Heat]]'' * [[Sheila McCarthy]], ''[[Mount Royal (TV series)|Mount Royal]]'' * [[Isabelle Mejias]], ''[[Danger Bay]]'' * [[Marcel Sabourin]], ''[[Mount Royal (TV series)|Mount Royal]]'' | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[k. d. lang]], ''[[1987 Canadian Country Music Awards]]''''' |}
===Journalism and sports===
{| class=wikitable width="100%" |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best host, interviewer or anchor ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best sportscaster |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Peter Mansbridge]], ''[[CBC News: Sunday Night|Sunday Report]]''''' * [[Eric Malling]], ''[[The Fifth Estate (TV program)|The Fifth Estate]]'' * [[Bob McDonald (science journalist)|Bob McDonald]], ''[[Wonderstruck (TV series)|Wonderstruck]]'' * [[Christina Pochmursky]], ''Monitor'' * [[Wayne Rostad]], ''Out Our Way'' | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Brian Williams (sportscaster)|Brian Williams]], ''[[1988 Winter Olympics]]''''' * [[Chris Cuthbert]], ''[[Hockey Night in Canada]]'' * [[Don Wittman]] and [[Ron Lancaster]], ''[[75th Grey Cup]]'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best news reportage ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best special event coverage |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Don Murray (journalist)|Don Murray]], ''[[The National (CBC)|The National]]'': "Occupied Territories Report - January, March, April 1988"''' * [[Robert Hurst (broadcaster)|Robert Hurst]], ''[[CTV National News]]'' * Roger Smith, ''[[CTV National News]]'' | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''''[[1988 Winter Olympics]]'' ([[CTV Sports]])''' * ''[[Canadian Gymnastics Championships]]'' * ''Push for Power'' * ''Toronto Economic Summit'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best production of an information segment ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best news photography |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''Alister Bell, Michael Claydon, Michael Savoie, Jerry Thompson and Don Young, ''[[The Journal (Canadian TV program)|The Journal]]'': "Agony of Bhopal"''' | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''Peter Warren, "Arctic Sovereignty"''' |}
===Directing=== {| class=wikitable width="100%" |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Drama series ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Dramatic program or miniseries |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Kit Hood]], ''[[Degrassi Junior High]]''''' * [[Allan King]], ''[[Danger Bay]]'' * [[George Mendeluk]], ''[[Night Heat]]'' * [[Jorge Montesi]], ''[[Night Heat]]'' * [[Brad Turner (director)|Brad Turner]], ''[[The Beachcombers]]'' | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Don McBrearty]], ''[[A Child's Christmas in Wales (film)|A Child's Christmas in Wales]]''''' * [[Francis Mankiewicz]], ''[[And Then You Die (film)|And Then You Die]]'' * [[Michael O'Herlihy]], ''[[Hoover vs. The Kennedys]]'' * [[Vic Sarin]], ''[[Family Reunion (1988 film)|Family Reunion]]'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Information or documentary program or series ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Variety or performing arts program or series |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Bob McKeown]], ''[[The Boys on the Bus (film)|The Boys on the Bus]]''''' | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Barbara Willis Sweete]], ''Guitar''''' |}
===Writing=== {| class=wikitable width="100%" |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Drama series ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Drama program or miniseries |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Tim Dunphy]] and [[Peter Mohan]], ''[[Night Heat]]''''' * [[Michael Mercer (writer)|Michael Mercer]], ''[[The Beachcombers]]'' * [[Kevin Scanlon]], ''[[Adderly]]'' * [[J. Michael Straczynski]], ''[[Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future]]'' * ''[[He Shoots, He Scores]]'' | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Suzette Couture]], ''[[Blades of Courage]]''''' * [[Alun Hibbert]] and [[Wayne Grigsby]], ''[[And Then You Die (film)|And Then You Die]]'' * [[Lionel E. Siegel]], ''[[Hoover vs. The Kennedys]]'' * [[Joe Wiesenfeld]], ''[[A Nest of Singing Birds]]'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Comedy, variety or performing arts program or series ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Information or documentary program or series |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Avrum Jacobson]], ''[[Family Reunion (1988 film)|Family Reunion]]''''' * ''[[9th Genie Awards]]'' * [[Rick Jones (voice actor)|Rick Jones]], [[Derek Diorio]], [[Dan Lalande]] and [[Kevin Gillis]], ''[[The Raccoons]]'' * [[William J. Thomas]], ''Breaking All the Rules'' | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Kent Martin]] and [[James Laxer]], ''Reckoning: The Political Economy of Canada'': "In Bed With an Elephant"''' |}
===Craft awards=== {| class=wikitable width="100%" |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Costume design ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Production design |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Martha Mann]], ''[[Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel]]''''' * [[Sherry McMorran]], ''[[Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future]]'' * [[Suzanne Mess]], ''[[Chasing Rainbows (TV series)|Chasing Rainbows]]'' * [[Pamela Woodward Conner]], ''Family Reunion'' | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Susan Longmire]], ''[[Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel]]''''' * [[Paul Ames (designer)|Paul Ames]], ''[[A Nest of Singing Birds]]'' * [[Susan Longmire]], ''[[Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future]]'' * [[Stephen Roloff]], ''[[A Child's Christmas in Wales (film)|A Child's Christmas in Wales]]'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Photography in a dramatic program or series ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Photography in a comedy, variety or performing arts program or series |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Marc Champion]], ''[[Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel]]''''' * [[Peter Benison]], ''[[Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future]]'' * [[David Herrington]], ''[[Hoover vs. The Kennedys]]'' * [[Miklós Lente]], ''[[Night Heat]]'' * [[Rick Maguire]], ''[[Street Legal (Canadian TV series)|Street Legal]]'' | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Rene Ohashi]], ''Masterclass with Menuhin''''' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Photography in an information or documentary program or series ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Picture editing in a dramatic program or series |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''Maurice Chabot, ''North to Nowhere: Quest for the Pole''''' | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Eric Wrate]], ''[[Street Legal (Canadian TV series)|Street Legal]]'': "Assault"''' * [[Ralph Brunjes]], ''[[Hoover vs. the Kennedys]]'' * [[Sally Paterson]], ''[[A Child's Christmas in Wales (film)|A Child's Christmas in Wales]]'' * [[David B. Thompson (cinematographer)|David B. Thompson]], ''[[The Gunfighters (1987 film)|The Gunfighters]]'' * [[Mairin Wilkinson]], ''[[Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel]]'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Picture editing in a comedy, variety or performing arts program or series ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Picture editing in an information or documentary program or series |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''Anthony Corindia, [[Michael McNamara (filmmaker)|Michael McNamara]] and Mark Powers, ''[[Jane Siberry|Jane Siberry: I Muse Aloud]]''''' | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''Vidal Beique, ''North to Nowhere: Quest for the Pole''''' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Sound in a dramatic program or series ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Sound in a comedy, variety or performing arts program or series |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''Dave Brown, Steve Gorman, Austin Grimaldi, Brian Newby and Kevin Townshend, ''[[Blades of Courage]]''''' * Douglas Ganton, Cathy Hutton, Tony Currie, David Appleby and Wink Martin, ''[[Hoover vs. The Kennedys]]'' * Jean-Pierre Joutel, Julian Olson, Hans Oomes, Louis Hone and Adrian Croll, ''[[The King Chronicle]]'' * Gerry King, Dino Pigat, Austin Grimaldi and Kevin Townsend, ''[[And Then You Die (film)|And Then You Die]]'' | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''Brian Avery, Joe Grimaldi and Lock Johnston, ''Guitar''''' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Sound in an information or documentary program or series ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Music composition for a series |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''Dominique Chartrand, Serge Lacroix, John Martin and Daniel Masse, ''North to Nowhere: Quest for the Pole''''' * Keith Bonnell, ''Life After Death'' * Clancy Livingston, Michael Lalonde, Barry Jones and Reni Potrebenko, ''Shooting Stars'' * Pierre Ouellet and Michael Edward Jackson, ''Earth's Magnetic Field'' | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Micky Erbe]] and [[Maribeth Solomon]], ''[[Adderly]]'': "Midnight in Morocco"''' * [[Neil Chotem]], ''[[Chasing Rainbows (TV series)|Chasing Rainbows]]'' * [[Micky Erbe]] and [[Maribeth Solomon]], ''[[Mount Royal (TV series)|Mount Royal]]'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Music composition for a program ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Technical achievement |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[David Foster]], ''David Foster: The Symphony Sessions''''' * [[Paul Hoffert]], ''[[Hoover vs. The Kennedys]]'' * [[Louis Natale]], ''[[The Ray Bradbury Theatre]]'' | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''ARCCA Animation, ''[[Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future]]''''' |}
===Special awards=== * [[Earle Grey Award]]: '''[[Kate Reid]]''' * [[Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Diversity Award|Multiculturalism Award]]: '''''[[Degrassi Junior High]]''''' * TV Guide Most Popular Program Award: '''''[[Night Heat]]''''' * [[John Drainie Award]]: '''[[Davidson Dunton]]''' * [[Margaret Collier Award]]: '''[[M. Charles Cohen]]'''
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Gemini Awards}}
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