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The Gemini Award for Best Individual Performance in a Comedy Program or Series is a defunct award category, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television from 2001 to 2010 as part of its Gemini Awards program.

When the Gemini Awards were first introduced in 1986, awards were presented for Best Actor in a Comedy Series and Best Actress in a Comedy Series. However, as Canadian television comedy was dominated in that era primarily by sketch comedy, comedy-drama or stand-up performance shows, rather than traditional sitcoms, comedy performance categories were discontinued after the 2nd Gemini Awards in 1987; for the next few years, performances in comedy-drama shows were eligible to be nominated in the drama performance categories, while sketch comedy performers could be nominated for Best Performance in a Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series.

Beginning with the 6th Gemini Awards in 1992, the Academy introduced a single award for Best Performance in a Comedy Program or Series, whose winners or nominees could be either an individual or an ensemble; separate awards for individual performance and ensemble performance were then introduced for the 16th Gemini Awards in 2001.

After 2010, with the reemergence of scripted comedy series in Canadian television, the category was discontinued. Separate categories for Best Actor in a Comedy Series and Best Actress in a Comedy Series were reintroduced, alongside new categories for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, as of the 26th Gemini Awards in 2011. Since 2012, all four of the separate categories have continued to be presented as part of the contemporary Canadian Screen Awards.

Winners and nominees

References

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10. "Human Cargo earns 17 Gemini noms". Timmins Daily Press, October 28, 2004.
11. John McKay, "Cancelled series captures four Gemini awards". St. Catharines Standard, November 19, 2005.
12. Alex Strachan, "Eleventh Hour garners 15 Gemini nominations". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, November 19, 2005.
13. Alex Strachan, "Slings & Arrows grabs six Geminis". Edmonton Journal, November 5, 2006.
14. "Cancelled CBC drama gets 12 Gemini nods". Waterloo Region Record, August 30, 2006.
15. Andrew Ryan, "Slings & Arrows, Corner Gas dominate Geminis". The Globe and Mail, October 29, 2007.
16. Brad Oswald, "Gemini Awards evening a fabulous flatland affair". Winnipeg Free Press, October 29, 2007.
17. Alex Strachan, "'Tudors,' 'Mayerthorpe' win; Geminis handed out for best drama, lead actors and comedy". Nanaimo Daily News, October 24, 2008.
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22. Brad Oswald, "Geminis kind to Less Than Kind". Winnipeg Free Press, November 13, 2010.

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