The nominations are in and Bell Media congratulates Production partners Epitome Pictures and Take 5 Productions on nominations for the 2012 Primetime Emmy® Awards. MuchMusic’s DEGRASSI received its second consecutive nomination for Outstanding Children’s Program while Season 2 of Bravo’s THE BORGIAS received an impressive four nods for Outstanding Costumes For A Series, Outstanding Hairstyling For A Single-Camera Series (including Canadian Tahira Herold), Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score) by Canadian Trevor Morris, and Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Supporting Role (including Canadians Doug Campbell, Bill Halliday, Luke Groves, Kirk Brillon, Steve Ramone Gordon, Jim Maxwell, Irit Hod, Tim Sibley, and Adam Jewett). THE 64th ANNUAL PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS air live, Sunday, September 23, exclusively on CTV.
“Congratulations to our partners at Epitome and Take 5 Productions for this international recognition,” said Phil King, President, CTV Programming and Sports. “We are very proud of both of these original productions that continue to receive accolades around the world.”
DEGRASSI, which premiered its 12th season earlier this week on MuchMusic, has new episodes airing Monday – Thursday at 10 p.m. ET all summer long. The DEGRASSI franchise, which previously won two International Emmy Awards (1986 & 1987), is produced by Toronto’s Epitome Pictures in association with MuchMusic and TeenNick.
Bravo’s hit series THE BORGIAS is produced by Take 5 Productions and Octagon Films in association with Bravo and Showtime Networks. Last year, the series received six nominations and won an Emmy for Outstanding Costumes For A Series.
Tonight ETALK delivers all the news on the Emmy front including the nominations and reactions to them. Hosted by
Ben Mulroney and Tanya Kim, ETALK airs weeknights at 7 p.m. ET on CTV.
