18th Canadian Comedy Awards
{{Short description|Festival and awards ceremony for works of 2016–17}}
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| most_wins = Television: Kim's Convenience (2)
Film: Don't Talk to Irene (2)
Internet: You Got Trumped (4)
Person: Ron Sparks (2)
| most_nominations = Television: Kim's Convenience (13)
Film: Another WolfCop (5)
Internet: Best Before (4)
Person: Ron Sparks (2)
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The 18th Canadian Comedy Awards, presented by the Canadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence (CCFE), honoured the best live, television, film, and Internet comedy from 1 July 2016 to 31 December 2017.
Canadian Comedy Awards, also known as Beavers, were awarded in 22 categories determined by votes from the public and industry members.
TV series Kim's Convenience led with a record thirteen nominations, including all five nominees in the Best TV Direction category, followed by the feature Another WolfCop with five. Web series You Got Trumped was the big winner, receiving three Beavers from its four nominations.
Reorganization and awards
The Canadian Comedy Awards (CCA) award excellence in Canadian comedy at home and abroad. Due to a delay in the previous awards season, these awards also covered an 18-month period, from 1 July 2016 to 31 December 2017, in order to return to annual eligibility. This edition of the awards consolidated the number of categories to 22, largely by combining separate male and female performance categories.
Industry members chose the nominees in each category. Each industry member could declare one category as their field of "expertise", giving their nomination and vote in that single category three times the normal weight. After nominations closed, voting was opened for the top five nominees in each category. 13 categories were open to public voting and 9 were exclusively decided by industry members.
Winners and nominees
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| style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Comedic Artist of the Year
! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Short |
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| style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Feature
! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Performance in a Feature |
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| style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Direction in a Feature
! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing in a Feature |
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| style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Audio Show or Series
! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Comedy Album |
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=Live=
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| style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Live Production
! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Taped Live Performance |
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| style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Live Ensemble
! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Standup Comic |
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| style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Variety Act
! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Breakout Artist |
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=Television=
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| style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best TV Show
! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Performance in a TV Series |
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| style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Direction in a TV Series or Special
! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing in a TV Series or Special |
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=Internet=
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| style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Web Series
! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Performance in a Web Series |
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| style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Direction in a Web Series
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Multiple wins
The following people, shows, films, etc. received multiple awards
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| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 3 |
| You Got Trumped |
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 2 |
| Ron Sparks |
Multiple nominations
The following people, shows, films, etc. received multiple nominations
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| style="text-align:center" | 13 |
| style="text-align:center" | 5 |
| rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 4
| Best Before |
| Don't Talk to Irene |
| Entanglement |
| Filth City |
| You Got Trumped |
| style="text-align:center" | 3
| Princess Sparkly Butt & the Hot Dog Kid |
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2 |
| Kelly Fanson |
| Ron Sparks |
| Small Cop |
| Space Riders: Division Earth |
| Terrific Women |
References
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{{cite web
|url=https://www.canadiancomedyawards.org/archives.php?year=2017
|title=Nominations & Awards Archives
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|publisher=Canadian Comedy Awards
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|date=2017
|access-date=21 October 2017
|url-status=live
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180802165412/https://www.canadiancomedyawards.org/archives.php?year=2017
|archive-date=2 August 2018
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{{cite web
|url=https://www.canadiancomedyawards.org/faq.php?year=2018
|title=FAQ {{!}} Canadian Comedy Awards
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|publisher=Canadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence
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|date=23 June 2018
|access-date=23 June 2018
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|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180802165656/https://www.canadiancomedyawards.org/faq.php?year=2018
|archive-date=2 August 2018
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|last=Morden
|first=Paul
|title=All-ages entertainer 'Beaks through for win'
|work=Sarnia Observer
|agency=London Free Press
|publisher=Postmedia Network
|date=18 June 2018
|page=C3
|id={{ProQuest|2077137745}}
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External links
- [https://www.canadiancomedyawards.org/ Canadian Comedy Awards official website]
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