18th Canadian Comedy Awards

18th Canadian Comedy Awards
18th Canadian Comedy Awards
Date	2018
Location	Toronto, Ontario;
Country	Canada
Presented by	Canadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence
Most awards	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)
Website	www.canadiancomedyawards.org

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.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface:^[2]

Multimedia

Comedic Artist of the Year	Best Short
Mike MacDonald Samantha Bee Mark Little Barry Julien Aurora Browne	Day Players Baby Shower Fowl Play Grocery Store Action Movie Here's Video Game News Jeremy and Margot Make a Baby
Best Feature	Best Performance in a Feature
Don't Talk to Irene Another WolfCop Entanglement Filth City	Pat Thornton – Filth City Amy Matysio – Another WolfCop Michelle McLeod – Don't Talk to Irene Thomas Middleditch – Entanglement Yannick Bisson – Another WolfCop
Best Direction in a Feature	Best Writing in a Feature
Peter Benson – Marrying The Family Andy King – Filth City Jason James – Entanglement Lowell Dean – Another WolfCop Pat Mills – Don't Talk to Irene	Pat Mills – Don't Talk to Irene Andy King and Danny Polishchuck – Filth City Jason Filiatrualt – Entanglement Lowell Dean – Another WolfCop
Best Audio Show or Series	Best Comedy Album
Taggart & Torrens Podcast Alex Wood Quits Everything Comic Jenius Killed to Death Vest of Friends Podcast	Andrew Chapman – Oh Yeah This Garrett Jamieson & Sprattacus – Superdrunkgnome Marty Topps – Wetter Than Wet Rob Pue – Puegilist Shirley Gnome – Taking It Up The Notch Spencer Streichert – Winning By Default

Live

Best Live Production	Best Taped Live Performance
The Adventures of Tom Shadow Yes, Android Party Today Panic Tomorrow Everything Is Great Again 32 Short Sketches About Bees	Crush Improv – Crush Ten: Crush Improv's Tenth Anniversary Special Todd Graham – Just for Laughs: All Access Gala Ron James – The High Road Laurie Elliott – Just For Laughs Gala David Pryde – Just for Laughs 375
Best Live Ensemble	Best Standup Comic
Cast of The Adventures of Tom Shadow The Sunday Service Improv Troupe Sex T-Rex Cast of Party Today Panic Tomorrow Cast of Everything Is Great Again	Martha Chaves Rob Pue Kate Davis Graham Clark Gavin Stephens
Best Variety Act	Best Breakout Artist
Bob Cates^[3] Morro and Jasp Marty Topps Garrett Jamieson & Sprattacus Shirley Gnome	Chantel Marostica Clare McConnell Nick Nemeroff Rachelle Elie Ryan Dillon

Television

Best TV Show	Best Performance in a TV Series
Baroness von Sketch Show Guilt Free Zone season 2 Kim's Convenience The Beaverton, season 2 Tiny Plastic Men, season 4	Emma Hunter – The Beaverton Andrea Bang – Kim's Convenience Andrew Phung – Kim's Convenience Paul Sun-Hyung Lee – Kim's Convenience Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll – Kim's Convenience
Best Direction in a TV Series or Special	Best Writing in a TV Series or Special
Aleysa Young – Kim's Convenience, "Sneak Attack" Dawn Wilkinson – Kim's Convenience, "Cardboard Jung" Peter Wellington – Kim's Convenience, "Appa's First Text" Renuka Jeyapalan – Kim's Convenience, "Janet's Boyfriend" Siobhan Devine – Kim's Convenience, "Good Neighbours"	Anita Kapila, Matt Kippen and Kevin White – Kim's Convenience, "Handy Graduation" Darrell Dennis – Guilt Free Zone season 2, episode 2011 "Cops & Mobsters" Ins Choi and Kevin White – Kim's Convenience, "House Guest" Matt Kippen – Kim's Convenience, "Business Award" Melissa DiMarco, Adam Pal, Rebecca Taylor, Richard Church, Samuel Smith, Samantha Wyss, Adam Vet – Out There with Melissa DiMarco, episode 723 "The Pursuit of Hoppyness"

Internet

Best Web Series	Best Performance in a Web Series
You Got Trumped Best Before Princess Sparkly Butt & the Hot Dog Kid Space Riders: Division Earth – season 2 Terrific Women The Amazing Gayl Pile – season 3	Ron Sparks – You Got Trumped Adrienne Fish – Best Before Amy Matysio – Epic Studios Anand Rajaram – Fare Trade Christina Sicoli – Small Cop Kayla Lorette – Space Riders: Division Earth, season 2
Best Direction in a Web Series	Best Writing in a Web Series
Kelly Fanson – Best Before, episode 21 "Loud Sex" Ally Pankiw – Terrific Women, episode 2 Brandon Lane – Princess Sparkly Butt & the Hot Dog Kid, episode 3 "I Need Space" Daniel Tahmizian – The DG Special, season 1, episode 11 Derek Harvie – You Got Trumped, S01E01	Derek Harvie, Jeff Kassel and Ron Sparks – You Got Trumped, S01E03 Bob Kerr – But I'm Chris Jericho!, episode 203 "Peace Out" Brandon Lane – Princess Sparkly Butt & the Hot Dog Kid, episode 3 "I Need Space" Christina Sicoli – Small Cop, "The Negotiator" Kate Davis and Kelly Fanson – Best Before, episode 21 "Loud Sex"

Multiple wins

The following people, shows, films, etc. received multiple awards

Awards	Person or work
3	Kim's Convenience
3	You Got Trumped
2	Don't Talk to Irene
2	Ron Sparks

Multiple nominations

The following people, shows, films, etc. received multiple nominations

Awards	Person or work
13	Kim's Convenience
5	Another WolfCop
4	Best Before
	Don't Talk to Irene
	Entanglement
	Filth City
	You Got Trumped
3	Princess Sparkly Butt & the Hot Dog Kid
2	Guilt Free Zone
	Kelly Fanson
	Ron Sparks
	Small Cop
	Space Riders: Division Earth
	Terrific Women

References

^ "FAQ | Canadian Comedy Awards". Canadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence. 23 June 2018. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
^ "Nominations & Awards Archives". Canadian Comedy Awards. 2017. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
^ Morden, Paul (18 June 2018). "All-ages entertainer 'Beaks through for win'". Sarnia Observer. Postmedia Network. London Free Press. p. C3. ProQuest 2077137745.

External links

Canadian Comedy Awards official website

[CCAfaq2018-1] "FAQ | Canadian Comedy Awards". Canadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence. 23 June 2018. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

[CCA2017-2] "Nominations & Awards Archives". Canadian Comedy Awards. 2017. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2017.

[MordenCates-3] Morden, Paul (18 June 2018). "All-ages entertainer 'Beaks through for win'". Sarnia Observer. Postmedia Network. London Free Press. p. C3. ProQuest 2077137745.

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