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Heated Rivalry Sweeps Canadian Screen Awards, Myers Honored

6/1/2026

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Heated Rivalry Wins

Heated Rivalry won 13 Canadian Screen Awards on Saturday night.
Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie starred as rivals while Sophie Nélisse won best supporting performer and the Radius Award.
North of North, the CBC/Netflix Arctic sitcom, led 20 nominations, won seven awards including best ensemble, and kept Anna Lambe in contention for best lead performer.
Andrew Phung hosted the Sunday gala while Mike Myers received the Icon Award.

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Heated Rivalry Barred

Connor Storrie, Hudson Williams and François Arnaud declined the invitation since Heated Rivalry cannot compete for the 2026 Emmys under a U.S. financing rule.
Because the rule bars the series from a U.S. co-producer, the leads are not campaigning during Emmy Phase One voting.
Fashion houses that prepared Met-Gala outfits for Storrie and Williams now face uncertainty as NBC will air the Emmys without the show, prompting industry debate.

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Heated Rivalry Filming

Season two filming will start in Canada weeks later, with pre-production in Toronto and Montreal.
The season adapts Rachel Reid’s sequel The Long Game, tracking Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov’s romance and challenges.
Fans label alleged casting-call leaks featuring Ryan Price and Dr Galina Molchalina as fan fiction and doubt their authenticity.
Jack Innanen said he is in talks to join Heated Rivalry and is training his hockey skills for roles.

History

Historical Context

After the FCC abolished the fin-syn rules in 1993, the Television Academy tightened Emmy eligibility, requiring a majority of U.S. financing. That standard forced the Fox-CBC co-production of The X-Files to restructure its funding and now blocks the Canadian-Netflix series Heated Rivalry, whose financing is primarily Canadian, from campaigning. The 47th Primetime Emmy Awards honored shows from June 1994 to May 1995.

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Heated Rivalry Wins

Heated Rivalry won 13 Canadian Screen Awards on Saturday night.
Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie starred as rivals while Sophie Nélisse won best supporting performer and the Radius Award.
North of North, the CBC/Netflix Arctic sitcom, led 20 nominations, won seven awards including best ensemble, and kept Anna Lambe in contention for best lead performer.
Andrew Phung hosted the Sunday gala while Mike Myers received the Icon Award.

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