Seven News has been recognised with the 2016 TV Week Logie Award for Most Outstanding News Coverage.
Senior reporters Robert Ovadia and Chris Maher accepted the award on behalf of the Seven News team, for its coverage of the terrorist shooting of police accountant Curtis Cheng outside NSW Police Headquarters at Parramatta on October 2 last year.
Seven News was the first television network to get pictures to air of the unfolding scene at Parramatta. Details from police were scarce, but through Robertâs extensive network of contacts the team on the ground was able to quickly and accurately report key facts.
The following day, Seven News obtained the defining pictures of this shocking event â vision captured by a resident of an apartment overlooking Police Headquarters of the exchange of gunfire. Seen not just in Australia but around the world, it shows, with chilling clarity, the teenage gunman daring guards to shoot him.
Seven Newsâ investigation of the shooting, the motive behind it, subsequent arrests, protests and court hearings dominated news bulletins for weeks.
Seven Network Director of News and Public Affairs Craig McPherson said: âWe are very proud of this achievement. It is credit to the dedication and skill of every person working in the newsroom, who rallied under crushing pressure to deliver comprehensive coverage over a number of weeks.
âWe are grateful for the recognition from our peers, but it is difficult to celebrate the coverage of a news event that had such a tragic outcome. Our thoughts remain with the family and friends of Curtis Cheng and we commend the bravery of the constable who stepped out from cover to return fire that day.â
Reduce the new talent awards back down. Scrap the new category The Graham Kennedy Breakthrough Star Of Tomorrow.
I found it disrespectful that the newcomer awards were just shown during the red carpet special. Have these awards presented on the night as Graham Kennedy awards:
The Graham Kennedy Most Outstanding Newcomer Actor
The Graham Kennedy Most Outstanding Newcomer Actress
If you want to reduce the categories presented on the night, then do the serious Most Outstanding News Coverage, Most Outstanding Public Affairs and Most Outstanding Sport Coverage awards at the logie nominations presentation and just show clips on the night. Itâs always weird when the serious new story clips get applause.
Also go back to Most Popular for the award names instead of Best. Itâs too confusing having Best and Most Outstanding meaning different things.
The future of the sports award will be interesting - a lot of sports now days are producing their own coverage (v8 Supercars, Victorian racing etc) and that appears to rule them out of contention for the award
The the renaming to âBestâ is just stupid. I find it a very misleading award title when itâs public voted.
Thereâs a lot that they can do to make the awards punchier. There is no reason that it should go for more than 3 hours even with all those categories and guests. There are a lot of small things like often for categories they would announce each nominee, yet then still jump into a package about them as well. Things like that are just a waste of time.
That was the first time they did that and it was a bit weird. Why not show the clips and then just show the faces of the nominees as the award is announced?
ABC congratulates all of itâs winners at the 2016 TV Week Logie Awards held in Melbourne last night.
The ABC scooped the pool with an impressive eight awards - the most of any network - spanning drama, comedy, entertainment, childrenâs and current affairs programs.
Deborah Mailman recieved the Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Actress for her role as Lorriane in the telemovie Redfern Now: Promise Me.
Tim Minchin was awarded the Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Supporting Actor for his role as Smasher Sullivan in The Secret River.
The supernatural drama series Glitch recieved the Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Drama Series, while the Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Miniseries or Telemovie was awarded to The Secret River.
Shaun Micallef accepted the award for Most Outstanding Comedy Program for Shaun Micallefâs Mad as Hell, and the Most Outstanding Entertainment Program award went to Gruen.
Sarah Ferguson collected the award for Most Outstanding Public Affiars Report for The Killing Season.
Teen drama series Ready for This was named Most Outstanding Childrenâs Program.
Michelle Guthrie, ABC Managing Director said: âI was thrilled to not only attend my first Logie Awards but also to see the ABC do so well in a very competitive year of television. Itâs a credit to ABC production teams that we have once again been able to create and deliver the quality programming our audiences expect of us.
The Secret River, Glitch, Gruen, Shaun Micallefâs Mad as Hell, The Killing Season, Ready for This and all of the ABC programs and talent nominated in this yearâs awards demonstrate the extraordinary range of entertaining and informative television shows the ABC produces every year.â
Iâm all for the Logies being alternated through the networks, but Seven and Ten lost interest many years ago based on the cost. SBS couldnât afford it, and ABC couldnât host something thatâs basically a 4 hour advertisement for TV Week.
I thought last night was really good, big improvement on last decade Iâd day.
Many callers to 3AW radio and tweeters agreed.
So, a few criticisms:
-Shane Jacobson with Lee Lin Chin (awks)
-Some of the presenters were too awkward, un-prepared and awkward (Steve Peacock for example)
-Julia Morris was milked across the night way too much
-Each presenter was either too long OR the nominees were repeated twice (camera crosses to palladium & then pre-recorded package).
-WAY TOO LONG
BIG HIGHLIGHTS:
-Hughesy
-Pete Helliar
-Kitty Flannagan
-Shaun Micallef
-Shane Jacobson
-WALEED ALY!! (+ The Project)⊠Finally.
I think Ten and Seven only lost interest because they had to bid and pay the publisher for the privilege of carrying the event. I imagine if the contract was different these days then the other networks would be interested. Itâs not like they have no interest in award shows since Seven does the AACTAs and Ten does the ARIAs.
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Its still rating high enough to be attractive to advertisers so canât see it off air anytime soon. It could still go on for a long time to come but if it became too costly there are a lot of obvious cutbacks that could be made.
Considering how dangerously close the Logies was to becoming a multichannel event a few years ago, I think Nine would be happy with last nightâs ratings.
I agree, itâs time to make it fair and share it around all the networks and if they are going to whine they donât want it then bloody show up to the awards then. Donât know what more they would want if they are going to âboycottâ them. I agree itâs time for a new contact and let Bauer pay for it, essentially its their event and they host it.
I must say that last night it wasnât really a âNine Showâ. Sure there was a few personalities that had ties to the network, but overall there was a fair bit of balance especially on the Red Carpet Arrivals.
I agree that there was way too much padding and the way the awards were presented was a little disjointed.
I reckon they should just stick to the package for showing the nominees in that montage form they did for a few, and save the actual work clips for Most Outstanding Drama, Most Outstanding Male and Female actor.
Keep it to only two music acts - one to open and one to close.
Also I agree, âBestâ is stupid. Most Popular explains what exactly the award is⊠people voting based on popularity.
Overall though (aside from its length) I do think it was one of the better Logies I have seen - vibe, nominees and presentation wise.