Bell Media and Its Partners Collect 57 Awards at the 2020 Canadian Screen Awards

– CTV’s hit original series CARDINAL receives the most wins of any TV series with seven awards, including Best Drama Series –
– CTV’s THE AMAZING RACE CANADA wins six awards including Best Reality/Competition Program or Series –
– CTV NATIONAL NEWS WITH LISA LAFLAMME repeats as Best National Newscast while TSN once again leads all sports broadcasters combined with six wins –
– Bell Media Studios programs honoured with a multitude of awards including ETALK as Best Entertainment News Program or Series and THE SOCIAL as Best Talk Program or Series –
– CTV Comedy Channel’s CORNER GAS ANIMATED takes home three awards including Best Animated Program or Series; CTV’s MARY’S KITCHEN CRUSH and Crave Original Series LETTERKENNY each honoured with two awards –
– Films supported by Bell Media take home 18 wins, including Best Motion Picture for Antigone, as well as five awards for Crave Original Film The Song of Names –

TORONTO (May 29, 2020) – Bell Media applauds its production partners, team members, and talent on their outstanding achievements at the 2020 Canadian Screen Awards. With Canadian Screen Week unfolding as a series of unique virtual presentations in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bell Media continues to receive accolades for its creation of and support for compelling, original Canadian content, securing a total of 57 awards across television, film, and digital categories, as well as the Academy’s Special Awards. Overall, Bell Media was recognized with 37 Canadian Screen Awards in television and digital categories, more than any other private broadcaster. Eighteen awards went to Bell Media-supported films, several of which are available now for streaming on Crave, including Best Motion Picture winner Antigone and The Twentieth Century. More CSA winners, including And the Birds Rained Down / Il pleuvait des oiseaux and the Crave Original Film The Song of Names, are coming to Crave this summer. “We are as proud as ever of our Bell Media team and partners, who continue to deliver outstanding, original Canadian content that fascinates, educates, and entertains our audiences,” said Randy Lennox, President, Bell Media. “Our warmest congratulations to all of our winners and nominees, and a sincere thanks to Beth Janson, Louis Calabro, and the phenomenal team at the Academy. Their tireless efforts to virtually mount Canadian Screen Week resulted in a unique and inventive way to celebrate the industry and bring us all together at this challenging time.” The third season of CTV’s acclaimed Canadian drama series CARDINAL, from Sienna Films and eOne in association with CTV, secured a total of seven awards, the most for any television series, including Best Drama Series; Best Lead Actor, Drama Series for Billy Campbell; Best Lead Actress, Drama Series for Karine Vanasse; Best Supporting Actress, Drama Series for Kristen Thomson; and Best Writing, Drama Series for the episode “Mama,” written by Patrick Tarr, Noelle Carbone, and Aaron Bala. CTV’s THE AMAZING RACE CANADA, from Insight Productions, took home six awards, including Best Reality/Competition Program or Series for the sixth year in a row; Best Host or Presenter, Factual or Reality/Competition for Jon Montgomery; and the Golden Screen Award for TV Reality Show. Additionally, MARY’S KITCHEN CRUSH, from Proper Television, took home two awards: Best Lifestyle Program or Series and Best Host, Lifestyle for series star Mary Berg. Original series on Bell Media’s entertainment specialty channels were recognized with six awards this year, led by CTV Comedy Channel’s smash-hit original series CORNER GAS ANIMATED, from Vérité Films, Sparrow Media, Aslan Entertainment, and Smiley Guy Studios, winning awards for Best Animated Program or Series; Best Performance, Animation for series creator and star Brent Butt; and Best Writing, Animation for the episode “Hedge Your Debts” written by Diana Frances. The Crave original series LETTERKENNY, from New Metric Media, won two awards: Best Direction, Comedy, and Best Writing, Comedy for the fourth year in a row. Bell Media Studios programs were honoured with a multitude of awards, including two first-time wins – for ETALK as Best Entertainment News Program or Series, and for THE SOCIAL as Best Talk Program or Series. Melissa Grelo, host of Bell Media Studios’ highly successful special BELL LET’S TALK LIVE, was recognized as Best Host, Web Program or Series, and Discovery’s DISASTERS AT SEA was honoured with Best Factual Series. TSN once again won more Canadian Screen Awards than all other sports broadcasters combined, scoring six wins including Best Sports Host for James Duthie (FREE AGENT FRENZY); Best Sports Play-By-Play Announcer for Matt Devlin and Best Live Sports Event for 2019 NBA FINALS GAME 6; Best Sports Program or Series for TSN Original documentary 29 FOREVER, and two awards for the network’s acclaimed documentary series ENGRAVED ON A NATION. CTV News received five awards, with CTV NATIONAL NEWS WITH LISA LAFLAMME once again receiving the coveted Best National Newscast award for the third year in a row (and the fifth time since 2014). CTV News captured Best Live News Special; two awards for W5, including Best Host or Interviewer, News or Information for Avery Haines; and Best Host, Talk Show or Entertainment News for QUESTION PERIOD’s Evan Solomon. Bell Media-supported films won 18 awards, led by Antigone, which secured five awards including Best Motion Picture, Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for Nahéma Ricci, and Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for Nour Belkhiria. The Crave Original Film The Song of Names also won five awards, including Achievement in Overall Sound and Achievement in Music – Original Song for “The Song of Names (Cantor Prayer)” by Howard Shore. Mark O’Brien was recognized with Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for his role in Goalie, and Rémy Girard won Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for And the Birds Rained Down / Il pleuvait des oiseaux. Support for films comes from The Harold Greenberg Fund/Le Fonds Harold Greenberg, as well as pre-buys and acquisitions from Bell Media’s Crave and Super Écran. Additionally, the Academy’s Special Award recipients for 2020, which will be awarded later this year, include Bell Media’s premium streaming service Crave (Industry Leadership Award), for its innovation and leadership in Canada’s media industry; and Anton Koschany, Executive Producer of CTV News’ acclaimed documentary program W5 (Gordon Sinclair Award for Broadcast Journalism), for his exceptional body of work in television journalism. The full list of Bell Media television and film winners includes: Television and Digital Awards (37) CTV Original Programming (20) CARDINAL (CTV) (7) Sienna Films Best Drama Series Jennifer Kawaja, Julia Sereny, Jocelyn Hamilton, Armand Leo, Patrick Tarr, Daniel Grou Best Writing, Drama Series Patrick Tarr, Noelle Carbone, Aaron Bala Best Picture Editing, Drama Matthew Anas Best Achievement in Make-Up Randy Daudlin, Trina Brink, Paul Jones Best Lead Actor, Drama Series Billy Campbell Best Lead Actress, Drama Series Karine Vanasse Best Supporting Actress, Drama Kristen Thompson THE AMAZING RACE CANADA (CTV) (6) Insight Productions Inc. Golden Screen Award for TV Reality Show John Brunton, Mark Lysakowski, Sarah James, Mark Peacock, Jesse Storey, Michael Tersigni, Jeff Thrasher, Robyn Bigue, Ann Camilleri, Guy Clarkson, Catherine Petersen, Marc Poirier, Mike Yerxa Best Reality/Competition Program or Series John Brunton, Mark Lysakowski, Sarah James, Mark Peacock, Jesse Storey, Michael Tersigni, Jeff Thrasher, Robyn Bigue, Ann Camilleri, Guy Clarkson, Catherine Petersen, Marc Poirier, Mike Yerxa Best Host or Presenter, Factual or Reality/Competition Jon Montgomery Best Writing, Lifestyle or Reality/Competition “Canada Get More Maps” – Mark Lysakowski, Mark Peacock, Rob Brunner Best Photography, Lifestyle or Reality/Competition “Clamaggedon Continues” – Ryan Shaw Best Picture Editing, Reality/Competition “Canada Get More Maps” – Lisa Barley, Michael Tersigni, Clare Elson, Mike Scott, Matthew Walsh CORNER GAS ANIMATED (CTV Comedy Channel) (3) Moving Mountoons II Inc. Best Performance, Animation Brent Butt Best Animated Program or Series Brent Butt, David Storey, Virginia Thompson, Leslie Thomas, Jonas Diamond Best Writing, Animation “Hedge Your Debts” – Diana Frances MARY’S KITCHEN CRUSH (CTV) (2) Proper Television Best Lifestyle Program or Series Cathie James, Lesia Capone, Allison Grace, Garrett Wintrip Best Host, Lifestyle Mary Berg TREVOR NOAH @ JFL – VOLUME II (CTV Comedy Channel) (1) Juste Pour Rire Inc. Best Variety or Entertainment Special Bruce Hills, Brent Schiess, Blake Gregory KILLJOYS (CTV Sci-Fi Channel) (1) Temple Street Best Supporting Actor, Drama Thom Allison Bell Media Studios (4) ETALK (CTV) Best Entertainment News Program or Series ETALK – Michelle Crespi, Manny Groneveldt, Jennifer Morrison, Kate Frank, Ryan Thompson THE SOCIAL (CTV) Best Talk Program or Series Michelle Crespi, Laura Scarfo, Kate Wright, Amber Buchanan, Kate McKenna BELL LET’S TALK LIVE (CTV) Best Host, Web Program or Series Melissa Grelo

DISASTERS AT SEA (Discovery) Best Factual Series Kelly McKeown, Marianne Kushmaniuk, Alix MacDonald

TSN (6) 2019 NBA FINALS GAME 6 Best Live Sports Event Paul Graham, Aaron LaFontaine, Dan Gladman Best Sports Play-by-Play Announcer Matt Devlin 2019 FREE AGENT FRENZY Best Sports Host James Duthie ENGRAVED ON A NATION Best Direction, Documentary Series “On The Line” – Juliet Lammers, Lorraine Price Best Picture Editing “On The Line” – Pauline Decroix 29 FOREVER Best Sports Program or Series Josh Shiaman, Simon Garan, Mike Farrell, Ryan Rishaug, Darren Oliver, Kevin Fallis, Roy Janke CTV News (5) CTV NATIONAL NEWS WITH LISA LAFLAMME Best National Newscast D-DAY REMEMBERED: THE 75th ANNIVERSARY Best Live News Special W5 Best News or Information Program “The Baby in the Snow” Best Host or Interviewer, News or Information “The Narco Riviera” – Avery Haines QUESTION PERIOD Best Host, Talk Show or Entertainment News Evan Solomon Crave (2) LETTERKENNY New Metric Media Inc. Best Direction, Comedy “Yew!” – Jacob Tierney Best Writing, Comedy “Yew!” – Jared Keeso, Jacob Tierney Special Awards (2) Industry Leadership Award Crave Gordon Sinclair Award for Broadcast Journalism Anton Koschany Films supported by Bell Media’s Crave, Super Écran, and The Harold Greenberg Fund / Fonds Harold Greenberg (18) Antigone (5) Best Motion Picture Marc Daigle Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Nahéma Ricci Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Nour Belkhiria Achievement in Editing Sophie Deraspe, Geoffrey Boulangé Adapted Screenplay Sophie Deraspe The Song of Names (5) Achievement in Overall Sound Claude La Haye, Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Mark Appleby, Daniel Bisson Achievement in Music – Original Score Howard Shore Achievement in Music – Original Song Howard Shore – “The Song of Names (Cantor Prayer)” Achievement in Make-Up Fanny Vachon Achievement in Sound Editing Francine Poirier, Claude Beaugrand, Michel B. Bordeleau, Raymond Legault, Lise Wedlock, Natalie Fleurant The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open (3) Achievement in Direction Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Kathleen Hepburn Original Screenplay Kathleen Hepburn, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers Achievement in Cinematography Norm Li The Twentieth Century (3) Achievement in Art Direction Dany Boivin Achievement in Costume Design Patricia McNeil Achievement in Hair Nermin Grbic And the Birds Rained Down / Il pleuvait des oiseaux (1) Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Rémy Girard Goalie (1) Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

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About Bell Media Original Productions
Bell Media has commissioned some of Canada’s most-watched and most-acclaimed original programming, working with the best Canadian independent producers in the country. Hit series commissioned by CTV include critically acclaimed drama CARDINAL; record-breaking Canadian formats THE AMAZING RACE CANADA and MASTERCHEF CANADA; #1 new Canadian comedy series JANN; culinary series MARY’S KITCHEN CRUSH; and CANADA’S WALK OF FAME AWARDS. Upcoming new series include hospital drama TRANSPLANT, unscripted wedding series I DO, REDO, and the inspirational series starring Mike Holmes, his son Michael, and daughter Sherry. Among the original series on Bell Media specialty and streaming platforms are CTV Sci-Fi Channel’s WYNONNA EARP; CTV Drama Channel’s mystery dramedy CARTER; and CTV Comedy Channel’s CORNER GAS ANIMATED. Crave Originals include hit comedies LETTERKENNY and NEW EDEN; dozens of original stand-up specials; acclaimed documentaries ONCE WERE BROTHERS: ROBBIE ROBERTSON AND THE BAND, ANTHROPOCENE: THE HUMAN EPOCH, CARMINE STREET GUITARS, and more; and the upcoming apocalyptic original documentary series WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE! and much-anticipated CANADA’S DRAG RACE. Discovery is home to Bell Media’s hit factual series and franchises HIGHWAY THRU HELL, HEAVY RESCUE: 401, and DISASTERS AT SEA, in addition to MAKE IT TO THE MOON and others. Bell Media is part of BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada’s largest communications company. Learn more at www.BellMedia.ca.

About Bell Media
Bell Media is Canada’s leading content creation company with premier assets in television, radio, out-of-home advertising, digital media, and more. Bell Media owns 35 local television stations led by CTV, Canada’s highest-rated television network, and the French-language V network in Québec; 29 specialty channels, including leading specialty services TSN and RDS. Bell Media is Canada’s largest radio broadcaster, with 215 music channels including 109 licensed radio stations in 58 markets across the country, all part of the iHeartRadio brand and streaming service. Bell Media owns Astral, an out-of-home advertising network of 50,000 faces in five provinces. The country’s digital media leader, Bell Media develops and operates websites, apps, and online platforms for its news and entertainment brands; video streaming services Crave, TSN Direct, and RDS Direct; and multi-channel network Much Studios. The company owns a majority stake in Pinewood Toronto Studios; is a partner in Just for Laughs, the live comedy event and TV producer; and jointly owns Dome Productions Partnership., one of North America’s leading production facilities providers. Bell Media is part of BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada’s largest communications company. Learn more at www.BellMedia.ca.