20th Gemini Awards
The 20th Gemini Awards were held on November 19, 2005 to honour achievements in Canadian television. For the first time in its history the Gemini Awards were not broadcast on CBC Television, instead they were broadcast on Global.
Awards
Best Comedy Program or Series
Best Dramatic Series
- Da Vinci's Inquest
- Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Godiva's
- ReGenesis
- The Eleventh Hour
- This Is Wonderland
Best Dramatic Mini Series
- H2O
- Sex Traffic
- Lives Of The Saints
Best Documentary Series
- Legendary Sin Cities
- Rough Cuts
- The Nature of Things
- The Passionate Eye
- Witness
Best Newscast
Best Writing in a Dramatic Series
Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series
- Getting Along Famously
- Hatching, Matching and Dispatching
- Trailer Park Boys
- The Newsroom
- This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Best Direction in a Dramatic Series
Best Direction in a Dramatic Programme or Mini-Series
- I, Claudia
- Sex Traffic
- The Last Casino
- Chasing Freedom
- Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery
Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series
- Ciao Bella
- Getting Along Famously
- Hatching, Matching and Dispatching
- Puppets Who Kill
- Trailer Park Boys
Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series
Rick Green, Ron Pardo, Janet Van de Graaff, Bob Bainborough, Teresa Pavlinek
Gord Robertson, James Rankin, Bob Martin, Dan Redican, Bruce Hunter
Martin Huisman, Louis-Philipe Dandenault, Richard Jutras, Annie Bovaird, Paula Boudreau, Al Goulem, Tracey Hoyt, Kate Greenhouse, Ryan Tilson, Christian Potenza, Cas Anvar, Victor Chowdury, Dean McDermott, Swikriti Sarkar
Shaun Majumder, Cathy Jones, Mark Critch, Gavin Crawford
Barrie Dunn, Shelley Thompson, Pat Roach, Garry James, Tyrone Parsons, Jonathan Torrens, Jeanna Harrison-Steinhart, John Paul Tremblay, Sarah Dunsworth, Lucy Decoutere, Cory Bowles, John Dunsworth, Mike Smith, Robb Wells, Michael Jackson
Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
- Michael Riley, This is Wonderland
- Ben Bass, The Eleventh Hour
- Nicholas Campbell, Da Vinci's Inquest
- Peter Outerbridge, ReGenesis
- Jeff Seymour, The Eleventh Hour
Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
- Cara Pifko, This is Wonderland
- Tammy Isbell, Paradise Falls
- Victoria Snow, Paradise Falls
- Julie Stewart, Cold Squad
- Waneta Storms, The Eleventh Hour
Best Individual Performance in a Comedy Program or Series
- Irwin Barker, Halifax Comedy Festival
- Lewis Black, Just For Laughs
- Colin Fox, Puppets Who Kill
- Levi MacDougall, Comedy Now
- Mary Walsh, Hatching, Matching and Dispatching
Best News Anchor
Canada Award
- Two Worlds Colliding