Samantha Bee is set to host a special one-hour Canadian Screen Awards. The country’s National Film and Television Awards will not be broadcast or streamed this year, as happened before the pandemic.
Instead, the old server of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee will host a pre-recorded hour-long special, Canadian Screen Awards with Samantha Bee. The Briefing Program will feature celebrity interviews and awards highlights during the CSA awards ceremonies held privately and in person for the first time in four years.
Canadians featured in the TV special will include Ryan Reynolds, Catherine O’Hara and Simu Liu, who will receive special awards during this year’s CSA. Last year, the national awards show presented the top prizes in an hour-long virtual awards show on CBC and CBC Gem, which had no TV ads and saw the winners mostly receive remote cup at their home.
For the past two years, the Canadian Academy of Film & Television has been experimenting with online formats because of the pandemic, which has limited the traditional glitz and glamor of in-person awards shows that will return in the coming weeks. This year is for industry attendees only.
Bee, born and raised in Toronto, hosts a pre-recorded CSA special after TBS canceled her late night show Full Frontal with Samantha Bee and right after her live tour Your favorite woman starting on April 7th.
“I am delighted to host this very exciting event and am delighted to have my resume included in the list of Best and Brightest People in Canadian Television and Film,” said Bee. said in a statement on Tuesday.
Traditionally, Canadian producers and broadcasters have used the glamorous aura of live-air CSAs on the night of the prestigious awards finale as a marketing tool for TV series and films. their homegrown television.
But low ratings for pre-pandemic CSAs prompted another overhaul of the Academy’s Canada awards program, which tapped Makers’ Katie Lafferty and Roma Ahi to make a TV special Special airs April 16 on the CBC network and CBS Gem, the streaming service.
Canada’s main television and film awards ceremony with no broadcast or live stream also occurred after the Academy appointed Tammy Frick as its new CEO in October 2022. The awarding ceremony will take place during Canadian Film Week from April 11-14, Toronto.
Nominees for CSA 2023 will be announced on February 22.
