[2] However, similar ties in other categories did result in six nominations.
For the English-language TV awards, a membership campaign was launched at the Banff Television Festival, and a committee was formed to create the Gemini Awards for television, which premiered in December 1986.
A full-time office was established in Montreal to organize the awards; the Prix Gémeaux were launched in February 1987.
[4] The academy also struck a co-production deal with the CBC Television, contributing financing and its own producer.
The national broadcast of the event, which was hosted by actors Al Waxman and Kerrie Keane, drew 1.9 million viewers.