3rd Gemini Awards

The 3rd Gemini Awards were held in 1988 to honour achievements in Canadian television. It was broadcast on CBC.

Awards

Best Variety Program or Series

• It's Only Rock & Roll
• The Comedy Mill
• The Tommy Hunter Show

Best Dramatic Series

• Degrassi Junior High
• Night Heat
• He Shoots, He Scores
• Street Legal

Best Dramatic Mini Series

• Anne of Avonlea
• Hoover vs. The Kennedys: The Second Civil War
• The King Chronicle

Best Information Program or Series

• Venture
• Land and Sea
• Monitor
• Reckoning: The Political Economy of Canada

Best Children's Series

• Mr. Dressup
• Ramona
• Today's Special
• What's New
• Wonderstruck

Best Writing in a Dramatic Program

• Night Heat
• Adderly
• Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future
• He Shoots, He Scores
• The Beachcombers

Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series

• Family Reunion
• Breaking All the Rules
• 9th Genie Awards
• The Raccoons

Best Direction in a Dramatic Series or Comedy Series

• Degrassi Junior High
• Danger Bay
• Night Heat
• The Beachcombers

Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Continuing Dramatic Series

• Pat Mastroianni, Degrassi Junior High
• Patrick Bauchau, Mount Royal
• Scott Hylands, Night Heat
• Winston Rekert, Adderly
• Donnelly Rhodes, Danger Bay

Best Performance by a Lead Actress in a Continuing Dramatic Series

• Sonja Smits, Street Legal
• Ocean Hellman, Danger Bay
• Sarah Polley, Ramona
• Jessica Steen, Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future

Best Performance by a Broadcast Journalist

• Roger Smith
• Robert Hurst
• Don Murray

Earle Grey Award

• Kate Reid

TV Guide's Most Popular Program Award

• Night Heat

Best Animated Program or Series

• The Raccoons