For a third consecutive year TV series Corner Gas led the nominations with nine, followed by the film Dark Rising with six.
This Hour Has 22 Minutes won three Beavers followed by a number of artists and projects that received two, including Gavin Crawford, Gerry Dee, Geri Hall, Seth Rogen, and the films Juno and Superbad.
[1] The 9th Canadian Comedy Awards and Festival ran from 1 to 5 October 2008 in Regina, Saskatchewan.
The awards were also sponsored by The Comedy Network[2] which compiled and broadcast the Best of the Fest television special, hosted by Gerry Dee.
Although it had a Canadian director, lead actors, crew, and had been filmed in Canada, U.S. financing disqualified it from competition.