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DCHP-2 (Jul 2016)
Spelling variants:The Screenies, screenies, Screenie
1n. abbreviation — Entertainment
See Canadian Screen Awards.
Type: 1. Origin — A shortening of Canadian Screen Awards, in analogy to the predecessor awards Genies and Geminis.
Quotations
2012
Goodbye Genies and Geminis, hello Screenies? [...] Say goodbye to Canada's Genie and Gemini Awards, which honoured the best in homegrown film and television. And say hello to the Canadian Screen Awards -- a new prize meant to recognize the best in Canuck film, TV and digital work.
2014
The gig, announced on Tuesday by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, is in part a rain check as Martin pulled out of hosting the 2012 Gemini Awards, the predecessor to the Screenies, when she suddenly got cast on an untitled CBS comedy pilot for Ben Falcone.
2015
In 2014, the CSAs earned a mere 534,000 viewers, a dip of more than 30% from the year before, when 756,000 tuned in. Somewhat appropriately, the latter figure is what you would get if you combined the average yearly viewership of the Genie and Gemini awards, which were married in 2013 to create the Screenies. By contrast, last year's Oscars were watched by 6.1 million Canadians.
2in compounds, e.g. screenie nomination — Entertainment
pertaining to the Screenies.
Type: 1. Origin — As an extension of meaning 1, noun compounds with Screenie in the singular have begun to appear recently.
Quotations
2014
Vikings is the number one program on History and earned seven Screenie nominations earlier this year.
2014
When a couple of American reporters ask, "What the heck is a 'Screenie' Award?" Short explains it as Canada's Emmys and Oscars all rolled into one.
2014
Paul Gross among Screenie honourees [...] Actor Paul Gross, documentary filmmaker Ric Esther Bienstock and TSN personality Michael Landsberg are among six honourees set to be recognized at next year's Canadian Screen Awards.