#CDNSCREENAWARDS: 2026 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARD SCRIPTED TELEVISION AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Winners from The Scripted Television Awards were revealed on the evening of Saturday, May 30, 2026 at the CBC Broadcast Centre in Toronto. The show was hosted by Ennis Esmer and Jackie Pirico, and presenters included Tope Babalola, Valerie Creighton, Giacomo Gianniotti, Arianna Shannon, Jason Washington, Harrison Weinreb, and Jennifer Whalen.

The next and final group of winners will be shared tomorrow evening, following The 2026 Canadian Screen Awards.

Complete list of Scripted Television winners:

THE SCRIPTED TELEVISION AWARDS

Best Lead Performer, TV Movie

Dying in Plain Sight
Lifetime (Corus Entertainment)
(Neshama Entertainment)
Raffa Virago

Best Writing, TV Movie

Dateless to Dangerous: My Son’s Secret Life

Lifetime (Corus Entertainment)

(Neshama Entertainment)

Caitlin English

Best Direction, TV Movie

Dying in Plain Sight

Lifetime (Corus Entertainment)

(Neshama Entertainment)
Michelle Ouellet

Best Picture Editing, Web Program or Series

County Blooms: A Flower Powered Adventure – Grow With the Flow
(JPo & Co Entertainment Inc.)
Jessica Graore

Best Picture Editing, Drama

Sponsor | Rolling Pictures

Heated Rivalry – I’ll Believe In Anything

Crave

(Accent Aigu Entertainment)

Véronique Barbe

Best Picture Editing, Comedy

Late Bloomer – New Canadian

Crave

(Blink49 Studios)

Baun Mah

Best Sound, Fiction

Heated Rivalry – I’ll Believe In Anything

Crave

(Accent Aigu Entertainment)

Vincent Riendeau, Martin M Messier, Joe Scandella, Natalie Fleurant, Simon Meilleur, Eric Med Lagacé, Peter Lopata, Valéry Dufort-Boucher

Best Direction, Web Program or Series

Cows Come Home – The Teeth
(Belleview Creative INC & Katie Chats INC)
Katie Uhlmann

Best Visual Effects

Heated Rivalry – I’ll Believe In Anything

Crave
(Accent Aigu Entertainment)

Simon Devault, Philippe Massonnat, Christophe Trepanier, Felix Arsenault

Best Achievement in Make-Up

Canada’s Drag Race – The Slayoffs: Teams Edition

Crave

(Blue Ant Studios, Blue Ant CDR 5 Inc.)

Viktor Peters

Best Achievement in Hair

North of North – Carnivores

CBC/APTN (CBC/APTN)

(Northwood Entertainment, Red Marrow Media)

Chrystal Lotz, Tasha Cadotte

Best Costume Design

Heated Rivalry – I’ll Believe In Anything

Crave

(Accent Aigu Entertainment)

Hanna Puley

Best Original Music, Comedy

North of North – Top of the World

CBC/APTN (CBC/APTN)

(Northwood Entertainment, Red Marrow Media)

Caleb Chan, Brian Chan

Best Original Music, Drama

Heated Rivalry – Rookies

Crave

(Accent Aigu Entertainment)

Peter Peter

Best Writing, Web Program or Series

About That with Andrew Chang – Charlie Kirk Shooting: Why Kill Him?
(CBC)
Andrew Chang, Courteney Dorrington

Best Production Design or Art Direction, Fiction

Heated Rivalry – I’ll Believe In Anything

Crave 

(Accent Aigu Entertainment)

Aidan Leroux, Alder Dunlap, James McCrindle

Best Writing, Comedy

North of North – Top of the World

CBC/APTN (CBC/APTN)

(Northwood Entertainment, Red Marrow Media)

Stacey Aglok MacDonald, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril

Spotlight Award for Best Writing

Wayward – Mirror
Netflix
(Sphere Media and Objective Fiction for Netflix)
Kayla Lorette

Spotlight Award for Best Direction

Ginny & Georgia – Is That a Packed Lunch?

Netflix

(Blue Ice Pictures)

Sharon Lewis

Spotlight Award for Best Series

Wayward
Netflix
(Sphere Media and Objective Fiction for Netflix)
Mae Martin, Jennifer Kawaja, Bruno Dubé, Mohamad El Masri, Andrea Glinski, Anna Beben

Spotlight Award for Best Performance

The Handmaid’s Tale
Crave
(Hulu, MGM, Take 5 Productions Inc.)
Amanda Brugel

Best Supporting Performance, Web Program or Series

18 to 35
(1000615249 Ontario Corp.)
Jean Yoon

Best Lead Performance, Web Program or Series

Settle Down

(Border2Border Entertainment)
Alexander Nunez

Best Guest Performance, Drama Series

Heated Rivalry – Hunter
Crave
(Accent Aigu Entertainment)
Nadine Bhabha

Best Guest Performance, Comedy

North of North – Top of the World / Lost and Found

CBC/APTN (CBC/APTN)

(Northwood Entertainment, Red Marrow Media)

Tanya Tagaq

Best Supporting Performer, Drama

Heated Rivalry

Crave
(Accent Aigu Entertainment)
Sophie Nélisse

Creator of the Year

Julie Nolke
(Feeling Peckish Inc.)
Julie Nolke

Best Photography, Drama

Heated Rivalry – I’ll Believe In Anything

Crave

(Accent Aigu Entertainment)

Jackson Parrell

Best Photography, Comedy

Late Bloomer – Weekend at the Matthias’

Crave
(Blink49 Studios)

Gayle Ye

Best Achievement in Casting, Fiction

Heated Rivalry

Crave

(Accent Aigu Entertainment)

Jenny Lewis, Sara Kay

Best Original Music – Original Song

Heated Rivalry – Olympians – “It’s You”

Crave

(Accent Aigu Entertainment)
Peter Peter

Best Web Program or Series, Fiction

Cows Come Home
(Belleview Creative INC & Katie Chats INC)
Katie Uhlmann, Lindsey Middleton, Hari Ramesh, David Carruthers, Keri Ferencz

Best Direction, Comedy

Sponsor | Cinespace Studios

North of North – Carnivores

CBC/APTN (CBC/APTN)

(Northwood Entertainment, Red Marrow Media)

Zoe Hopkins

Best Writing, Drama Series 

Heated Rivalry – I’ll Believe In Anything

Crave 

(Accent Aigu Entertainment)

Jacob Tierney

Best Direction, Drama Series

Sponsor | DGC Ontario

Heated Rivalry – I’ll Believe In Anything
Crave
(Accent Aigu Entertainment)

Jacob Tierney

Best TV Movie

Dying in Plain Sight

Lifetime (Corus Entertainment)

(Neshama Entertainment)

Vanessa Aprile-Welfle, Suzanne Berger, Kyle Cooper, Hannah Pillemer, Jason Wan Lim, Arnie Zipursky, Bonnie Zipursky, Dayna Zipursky

Best Supporting Performer, Comedy

North of North

CBC/APTN (CBC/APTN)

(Northwood Entertainment, Red Marrow Media)

Maika Harper

Best Ensemble Performance, Comedy

Sponsor | e=mc² productions

North of North

CBC/APTN (CBC/APTN)
(Northwood Entertainment, Red Marrow Media)
Anna Lambe, Maika Harper, Braeden Clarke, Zorga Qaunaq, Jay Ryan

Full Canadian Screen Week 2026 Schedule:

Thursday, May 28, 2026
11:30 AM ET: The Children’s Television Awards
6:00 PM ET: The Cinematic Arts Awards, presented by Telefilm Canada, supported by Cineplex

Friday, May 29, 2026
11:30 AM ET: The Broadcast News & Sports Awards, presented by CTV News, Crave, and TSN
6:00 PM ET: The Unscripted Television Awards, presented by Crave

Saturday, May 30, 2026
6:00 PM ET: The Scripted Television Awards

Sunday, May 31, 2026
8:00 PM ET: The 2026 Canadian Screen Awards
Broadcasting and streaming on CBC, CBC Gem, Crave, CTV, Global, and STACKTV