Canada's Gemini Awards touched down in Calgary on Saturday night, with the slick Toronto-set cop drama Flashpoint the evening's big winner.
The police drama nabbed a trio of trophies at the annual celebration of Canadian English-language TV: best drama, best director for Kelly Makin, and best actor in a continuing drama for Enrico Colantoni, who stars as the leader of the show's elite police tactical unit.
Producer Anne Marie La Traverse thanked the show's growing fan base.
"Every week the numbers have been creeping up and we've been awed by [your] loyalty," she said on stage. "This is why we make television, it's for you guys, first and foremost."
The fast-paced CTV show, a co-production shown in Canada and the U.S. (on CBS), earned a record 19 nominations overall this year and won three awards at October's non-televised galas in Toronto, where the majority of the Geminis were presented.
CBC-TV shows picked up prizes in several prominent categories, with hit satire Rick Mercer Report winning for best comedy and Dragon's Den for best reality series.