4th Gemini Awards

The 4th Gemini Awards were held on December 4 and 5, 1989 to honour achievements in Canadian television.Greg Quill, "Comedy is king at Gemini Awards". Toronto Star, December 5, 1989. It was broadcast on CTV, with Martin Short as host."Glory wins nine Geminis". Windsor Star, December 6, 1989.

Nominees were announced in October."This year's TV Gemini nominations". Toronto Star, October 26, 1989.

The most famous moment in the ceremony was the pairing of journalist Barbara Frum and sketch comedian Greg Malone as presenters; Malone was famous for impersonating Frum on CODCO, and came out dressed as Frum.Greg Quill, "R.H. Thomson's Banting best Glory Enough For All the big winner at Gemini Awards". Toronto Star, December 6, 1989. This was in fact planned in advance with Frum's full cooperation.

Awards

=Programs=

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style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Drama Series

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Comedy Series

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{{blue ribbon}} Degrassi Junior High
9B
Danger Bay
Street Legal

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{{blue ribbon}} Codco{{ref|reference_name_A|a}}

style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Dramatic Mini-Series

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | TV Movie

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{{blue ribbon}} Glory Enough for All
Glory! Glory!
Passion and Paradise

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{{blue ribbon}} The Squamish Five
Two Men

style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Short drama

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Animated program or series

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{{blue ribbon}} Inside Stories: "Gracie"
My Brother Larry
One Boy, One Wolf, One Summer
What's Wrong With Neil?

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{{blue ribbon}} Babar
Organic Chemistry 2: Life After Chemistry

style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Documentary program

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Documentary series

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{{blue ribbon}} Straight Shooter: The Story of John Phillips and the Mamas & Papas
The Displaced View
Music in the Midnight Sun
See No Evil
Shattered Dreams

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{{blue ribbon}} The Struggle for Democracy
Profiles of Nature
Man Alive

style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Information program or series

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Light information program or series

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{{blue ribbon}} The Journal
The Fifth Estate
Midday
Monitor

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{{blue ribbon}} On the Road Again
Live It Up!
FashionTelevision
The Originals

style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Variety series

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Variety program

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{{blue ribbon}} The Comedy Mill
Pilot One
The Tommy Hunter Show

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{{blue ribbon}} The Kids in the Hall{{ref|reference_name_B|b}}
1988 Canadian Country Music Awards
Indian Time
Juno Awards of 1987

style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Children's program or series

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Youth program or series

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{{blue ribbon}} Mr. Dressup
Bob Schneider & The Rainbow Kids
Happy Castle

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{{blue ribbon}} Wonderstruck
Skin
What's New
YTV Hits

style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Performing arts program

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Sports program or series

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{{blue ribbon}} Ravel
Eternal Earth
Loreena McKennitt: Breaking the Silence
Luba, Between the Earth & Sky
The Taming of the Shrew

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{{blue ribbon}} 1988 Summer Olympics
Blue Jays Baseball
Mario, Mike and Mister Greatness
Share the Flame: Calgary '88
World Cup Of Figure Skating

style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Special event coverage

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{{blue ribbon}} 1988 Summer Olympics
The Molson Indy
Harness Racing on TSN: The North America Cup
Decision '88 - Election Night

=Performance=

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style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Leading actor, drama series

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Leading actress, drama series

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{{blue ribbon}} Eric Peterson, Street Legal
Stefan Brogren, Degrassi Junior High
Robert Clothier, The Beachcombers
Derek McGrath, My Secret Identity
Robert Wisden, 9B

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{{blue ribbon}} Stacie Mistysyn, Degrassi Junior High
Alex Amini, T. and T.
Janet-Laine Green, The Beachcombers
Dixie Seatle, Adderly
Joanne Vannicola, 9B

style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Leading actor, dramatic program or miniseries

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Leading actress, dramatic program or miniseries

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{{blue ribbon}} R. H. Thomson, Glory Enough for All
Peter Boretski, Einstein Tonight
John Woodvine, Glory Enough for All
John Vernon, Two Men

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{{blue ribbon}} Martha Henry, Glory Enough for All
Rachael Crawford, Inside Stories: "Gracie"
Deepa Mehta, Inside Stories: "In Limbo"
Helen Shaver, No Blame

style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Supporting actor

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Supporting actress

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{{blue ribbon}} Jan Rubeš, Two Men
John Bayliss, 9B: "Accident"
Michael Ironside, One Boy, One Wolf, One Summer
Tony Rosato, Night Heat
Vladek Sheybal, Champagne Charlie

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{{blue ribbon}} Martha Gibson, Two Men
Marie-Christine Barrault, No Blame
Patricia Collins, Two Men
Nicky Guadagni, The Squamish Five
Robyn Stevan, 9B: "Jealousy"

style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Performance in a guest role in a series

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Performance in a variety or sketch comedy program or series

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{{blue ribbon}} Gordon Pinsent, Street Legal: "World Class City"
John Colicos, Night Heat
Patricia Collins, Diamonds: "Little Girl Lost"
Colm Feore, Friday the 13th: The Series: "The Maestro"
Kay Tremblay, Night Heat

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{{blue ribbon}} Dave Foley, Mark McKinney, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch and Scott Thompson, The Kids in the Hall
Bryan Adams, Bryan Adams Live in Belgium
Bob Einstein, Super Dave
Leslie Fields, The Big Top
Steve Smith, The Comedy Mill

=News and sports=

style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Gordon Sinclair Award ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Reportage
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valign="top" \| {{blue ribbon}} *Patrick Watson, The Struggle for Democracy: "Chiefs and Strongmen"* Eric Malling, The Fifth Estate: "Ten-42" Peter Mansbridge, CBC News: Election '88 Brian Stewart, The Journal: "Children of Darkness" \| valign="top" \| {{blue ribbon}} Tom Kennedy, "China in Crisis" John Burke, "Bus Hijacking" Jim Munson and Roger Smith, "China In Turmoil" Kas Roussy, "At the SkyDome"
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Host, interviewer or anchor ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Production of an information segment
valign="top" \| {{blue ribbon}} Peter Mansbridge, China in Crisis Hana Gartner, The Fifth Estate: "Michelle" Peter Mansbridge, Sunday Report Lloyd Robertson, Decision '88: Election Night Valerie Pringle, Midday \| valign="top" \| {{blue ribbon}} CBC At Six: "Toronto: The Price of Prosperity/Cocaine Alley" The Fifth Estate: "Ten-42" The Journal: "Comrade Editor" The Journal: "A Lover's Quarrel" Venture: "Playing It for the Max"
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Sports broadcaster
valign="top" \| {{blue ribbon}} *Brian Williams, 1988 Summer Olympics: "Ben Tests Positive"* Geoffrey Gowan and Don Wittman, 1988 Summer Olympics: "Ben Wins Gold" Mark Hebscher, SportsLine

=Directing=

class=wikitable width="100%"

style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Drama or comedy series

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Dramatic program or mini–series

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{{blue ribbon}} Randy Bradshaw, Diamonds: "Man with a Gun"
Sturla Gunnarsson, 9B: "Nomination"
Sturla Gunnarsson, The Beachcombers: "The Gift"
David Winning, Friday the 13th: The Series: "Scarlet Cinema"
David Winning, Friday the 13th: The Series: "The Sweetest Sting"

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{{blue ribbon}} Harvey Hart, Passion and Paradise
Paul Donovan, The Squamish Five
Atom Egoyan, Inside Stories: "Looking for Nothing"
Ken Jubenvill, One Boy, One Wolf, One Summer
Danièle J. Suissa, No Blame

style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Information or documentary program or series

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Variety or performing arts program or series

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{{blue ribbon}} John Zaritsky, Broken Promises
Barbara Boyden, Those Roos Boys and Friends
David Cherniack, Man Alive: "The Wheel of Rebirth"
Paul Cowan, See No Evil
Wendy Hill-Tout, Shattered Dreams

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{{blue ribbon}} Ron Meraska, Juno Awards of 1987
David Acomba, 110 Lombard
Ian Murray, Veronique Hot
Larry Weinstein, Eternal Earth
Larry Weinstein, Ravel

=Writing=

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style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Comedy or variety

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Dramatic series

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{{blue ribbon}} Dave Foley, Mark McKinney, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch and Scott Thompson, The Kids in the Hall
Tommy Sexton, Greg Malone, Cathy Jones, Mary Walsh and Andy Jones, Codco
Morag Smith and Steve Smith, The Comedy Mill

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{{blue ribbon}} Chris Haddock, Night Heat
Fred Fox Jr. and Elliot Stern, My Secret Identity: "Eyes of the Shadow"
Peter Jobin, Timothy Bond and Roy Sallows, Friday the 13th: The Series: "Eye of Death"
Bruce Martin, Friday the 13th: The Series: "Better Off Dead"
J. K. E. Rose, Diamonds: "Little Girl Lost"

style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Dramatic program or miniseries

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Information or documentary program or series

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{{blue ribbon}} Grahame Woods, Glory Enough for All
Stan Daniels, Glory! Glory!
Robert Geoffrion and Jacqueline Lefevre, Champagne Charlie
Chris Haddock, Paper Route

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{{blue ribbon}} Farley Mowat, The New North
Paul Cowan, See No Evil
Linden MacIntyre, The Journal: "Haunted by History"
Brian Stewart, The Journal: "Sudan"
John Zaritsky, Broken Dreams

=Craft awards=

style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Costume design ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Production design/art direction
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valign="top" \| {{blue ribbon}} Martha Mann, Glory Enough for All Ada Kangyal, Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird Mary Kerr, The Big Top Shelagh Young, I Vant to Be Alone \| valign="top" \| {{blue ribbon}} Perri Gorrara, Glory Enough for All Arthur Herriott, Two Men Gerry Holmes, Diamonds: "Smiling Mortician" Bruce McKenna, Tom Anthes and Fred Allen, CODCO: "Show No. 3" Marion Wihak, The Squamish Five
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Original music for a series ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Original music for a program or miniseries
valign="top" \| {{blue ribbon}} *Micky Erbe and Maribeth Solomon, The Struggle for Democracy: "The First Freedom"* Don Gillis, Danger Bay: "Murder at the Aquarium" Fred Mollin, Friday the 13th: The Series: "The Playhouse" Jimmy Tanaka, Happy Castle Domenic Troiano, Diamonds: "The Whistle Blower" \| valign="top" \| {{blue ribbon}} Louis Applebaum, Glory Enough for All Tommy Ambrose and Rick Wilkins, Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird Georges Garvarentz, Champagne Charlie Glenn Morley and Lawrence Shragge, Inside Stories: "In Limbo" Raymond Pannell, Polar Passage
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Photography in a drama program or series ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Photography in a comedy, variety or performing arts program or series
valign="top" \| {{blue ribbon}} Nikos Evdemon, Glory Enough for All Malcolm Cross, Night Heat Ken Gregg, Two Men Rick Maguire, Street Legal: "Brotherhoods" Michael Storey, 9B: "Nomination" \| valign="top" \| {{blue ribbon}} Andy Binnington and Mike Storey, In Rehearsal: Mozart's Don Giovanni Chris Elias, Tom Farquharson, Michael Gyll, Ross Murray and Don Spence, Anne Murray's Family Christmas Chris Elias, Don Spence, Michael Gyll, Gil Densham and Ross Viner, Juno Awards of 1987 David O'Keefe, Gary Foston and Gary Whitehouse, CODCO: "Show No. 3"
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Photography in an information or documentary program or series ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Picture editing in a drama program or series
valign="top" \| {{blue ribbon}} *Michael Sweeney, The Journal: "Sudan"* Bob Asgeirsson, Odyssey of Challenge John Brett, Gilbert Van Ryckevorsel, The Nature of Things: "Rivers to the Sea" John Dyer, Search for a Tropical Arctic Yhoram Pirotsky, Bethlehem Journey \| valign="top" \| {{blue ribbon}} Jeff Warren 9B: "Nomination" Dave Goard, Friday the 13th: The Series: "Wax Magic" Gordon Stoddard, No Blame David B. Thompson, Night Heat Tim Williams, Champagne Charlie
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. Luba, Between the Earth & Sky Ewa Jaworska, Bruce Lange and Anthony Sloan, Ravel Robert Megna, I Vant to Be Alone Peter Ovens, In Rehearsal: Mozart's Don Giovanni Margaret Van Eerdewijk, Eternal Earth \| valign="top" \| {{blue ribbon}} Sam Chu and Bruce Lange, Music in the Midnight Sun {{blue ribbon}} *Tom Cooper, The Nature of Things: "The Knowing Nose"* John Gareau, The Struggle for Democracy: "Chiefs and Strongmen" Fred Gauthier, The Struggle for Democracy: "The Tyranny of the Majority" Sidonie Kerr, Mile Zero: The Sage Tour
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Sound in a drama program or series ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Sound in a comedy, variety or performing arts program or series
valign="top" \| {{blue ribbon}} John Megill, Marty Lacroix, Jim Hopkins, Chris Hutton and Paul Massey, Glory Enough for All Terry Gordica, Tim Archer, Gary Daprato, Christopher Hutton and Steve Foster, Friday the 13th: The Series: "The Butcher" Erik Hoppe, Jim Hopkins, Austin Grimaldi and Charles Bowers, Street Legal: "Principles" Bruce Nyznik, Thomas Hidderley, James Porteous, Rick Ellis and Chris Hutton, Glory! Glory! \| valign="top" \| {{blue ribbon}} John Martin, Brian Avery, Denise McCormick and Tibor Gyokeres, Ravel Peter Mann, Simon Bowers and Peter Campbell, Anne Murray's Family Christmas Sue Robertson, Carla Densmore, Victor Pyle and Kevin Gillis, The Raccoons: "Life in the Fast Lane" Aerlyn Weissman, Anthony Lancett and Hans Peter Strobl, Eternal Earth.
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Sound in an information or documentary program or series
valign="top" \| {{blue ribbon}} *Ian Challis, Wesley J. Blanchard, Tibor Gyokeres and Paul Massey, The Struggle for Democracy: "Reborn in America"* Brian Avery, Barry Gilmore and Paul Massey, Music in the Midnight Sun Stuart French, Nick Hector, James Porteous and Ian Hendry, Vista David Picoski, The Journal: "Bootcamp"

=Special awards=

Earle Grey Award: Sean McCann
Multiculturalism Award: Inside Stories
TV Guide's Most Popular Program Award: The Journal

Notes

{{note|reference_name_A|a}} No other nominees were named in this category besides CODCO this year.
{{note|reference_name_B|b}}The Kids in the Hall was a variety program, not a variety series, this year as only the original 1988 pilot episode had aired within the eligibility period for this year's awards, and the full series did not start airing until the eligibility window for the 5th Gemini Awards.

References

Gemini Awards, 1989