13th Gemini Awards

The 13th Gemini Awards were held on October 4, 1998, to honour achievements in Canadian television. It was broadcast on CBC.

Awards

Best Comedy Program or Series

• The Dish Show
• More Tears
• The Red Green Show
• This Hour Has 22 Minutes
• Twitch City

Best Dramatic Series

• Cold Squad
• Due South
• Emily of New Moon
• Once A Thief
• Traders

Best TV Movie or Dramatic Mini-Series

• Borrowed Hearts
• Pit Pony
• Platinum
• The Sleep Room
• White Lies

Best Music, Variety Program or Series

• Rita MacNeil's Celtic Celebration
• The Canadian Brass: A Christmas Experiment
• Terri Clark: Coming Home
• This Hour Has 22 Minutes New Years Eve
• Yo-Yo Ma Inspired By Bach: Six Gestures

Best Documentary Series

• It Seems Like Yesterday
• Life and Times
• The Nature of Things
• Rainmakers
• The View from Here
• VisionVoices

Best News Information Program or Series

• Daily Planet
• The Health Show
• The Lead
• Marketplace
• Pacific Rim Report
• Undercurrents

Best Writing in a Dramatic Series

• Due South
• Emily of New Moon

Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series

• More Tears
• The Red Green Show
• Thick and Thin
• This Hour Has 22 Minutes
• Twitch City

Best Performance in a Comedy Program or Series

• Comedy Now!

Brunt Butt

• Improv Comedy Olympics

Ellie Harvie

• Royal Canadian Air Farce

John Morgan, Luba Goy, Roger Abbott, Don Ferguson

• The Red Green Show

Steve Smith, Patrick McKenna

• Thick and Thin

Kenny Robinson, Kedar Brown, Satori Shakoor, Ronnie Edwards

• This Hour Has 22 Minutes

Greg Thomey, Mary Walsh, Cathy Jones, Rick Mercer

Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

• Ryan Rajendra Black, The Rez
• Geraint Wyn Davies, Black Harbour
• Paul Gross, Due South
• Stephen McHattie, Emily of New Moon
• Patrick McKenna, Traders

Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

• Christina Cox, F/X: The Series
• Shirley Douglas, Wind at My Back
• Rebecca Jenkins, Black Harbour
• Sheila McCarthy, Emily of New Moon
• Julie Stewart, Cold Squad

Best News Anchor

• Hana Gartner
• Linden MacIntyre
• Victor Malarek
• Wendy Mesley
• Steve Paikin
• Valerie Pringle

Canada Award

• The Rez

Earle Grey Award

• Al Waxman