60th TV Week Logie Awards 2018

ABC put out a press release but I can’t imagine it rated a mention on their news :slight_smile:

ABC congratulates Logie nominees

The ABC congratulates its nominees in this year’s 60th TV Week Logie Awards, spanning drama, comedy, children’s, factual and current affairs programs.

David Anderson, ABC Director of Entertainment & Specialist, said the nominations recognise the ABC’s unrivalled commitment to high-quality and distinctive Australian content:

“Congratulations to all our Logie nominees for their hard work and dedication towards producing content that is distinctive, engaging and uniquely Australian. The diversity of our nominations shows the rich breadth and depth of our programs that inform, educate and entertain Australians.

“Across drama, comedy, factual, news and current affairs, children’s, music, arts and entertainment, the ABC is the nation’s leading source of Australian conversations, culture and stories. We back Australian content and creativity, helping to drive the independent sector and reminding audiences every day of the stories that reflect our culture and community, across the country.”

Leading the ABC’s Logies charge is the award-winning drama series, Seven Types of Ambiguity, with nominations for Most Outstanding Miniseries or Telemovie, Most Outstanding Actor for Hugo Weaving and Most Outstanding Supporting Actor for Anthony Hayes.

The ABC scored Silver Logie nominations for Most Popular Actress for Celia Pacquola (star of comedy series Rosehaven and Utopia) and Deborah Mailman (for Indigenous drama Cleverman), and Most Popular Actor for Luke McGregor (Rosehaven). The stars of Riot have been nominated with Damon Herriman receiving a nod for Most Outstanding Actor and Kate Box securing a nomination for Most Outstanding Actress. Dilruk Jayasimha (Utopia) is nominated for Most Popular New Talent

The ABC’s crucial role in driving social change and community action was recognised through nominations for War on Waste and You Can’t Ask That. Both programs have new seasons on screens later this year.

The ABC’s landmark investigative program Four Corners was recognized with two nominations for Most Outstanding News Coverage or Public Affairs Report: Sarah Ferguson’s exclusive report “The Siege”, a forensic examination of the police response to the Lindt Café siege; and Linton Besser’s report “Pumped”, which exposed failings in the plan to save the Murray Darling Basin river system.

Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell won a nomination for Most Popular Comedy Program, while smash-hit crime Drama Harrow makes its Logie debut with a nomination for Most Outstanding Drama Series.

The ABC received two nominations for Most Popular Entertainment Program: Anh’s Brush with Fame (which is nominated for its third successive year) and Hard Quiz, starring Tom Gleeson.

ABC Children’s scored a nomination in the Most Outstanding Children’s Program category for Mustangs FC, about an all-girls’ soccer team.

The ABC also received two nominations in the Most Popular Lifestyle Program for Gardening Australia and The Checkout.

The TV Week Logie Awards will take place on Sunday July 1, from its new home on the Gold Coast.

The Full List of ABC nominees:

Most Popular Nominations

TV WEEK SILVER LOGIE – Most Popular Actor

Luke McGregor (Rosehaven)

TV WEEK SILVER LOGIE – Most Popular Actress

Celia Pacquola (Rosehaven/Utopia)

Deborah Mailman (Cleverman)

Most Popular New Talent

Dilruk Jayasimha (Utopia)

Most Popular Entertainment Program

Hard Quiz

Anh’s Brush with Fame

Most Popular Comedy Program

Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell

Most Popular Lifestyle Program

The Checkout

Gardening Australia

Most Outstanding Nominations

TV WEEK SILVER LOGIE – Most Outstanding Drama Series

Harrow

TV WEEK SILVER LOGIE – Most Outstanding Miniseries or Telemovie

Seven Types of Ambiguity

TV WEEK SILVER LOGIE – Most Outstanding Actor

Hugo Weaving – Seven Types of Ambiguity

Damon Herriman – Riot

TV WEEK SILVER LOGIE – Most Outstanding Actress

Kate Box – Riot

TV WEEK SILVER LOGIE – Most Outstanding Supporting Actor

Anthony Hayes – Seven Types of Ambiguity

Most Outstanding News Coverage or Public Affairs Report

The Siege, Part 1 – Four Corners

Pumped – Four Corners

Most Outstanding Children’s Program

Mustangs FC

Most Outstanding Factual or Documentary Program

You Can’t Ask That

War on Waste

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Totally agree that the Logies should be “praised and criticised, scrutinised and celebrated, etc”. Agree on all of those points. And I am sure I have done all of those things over the years.

But at the same time keep some cynical perspective that it is just the Logies. Certainly they have a well-earned place in the Australian showbusiness industry, and until the AACTAs come to a higher profile the Logies are about all we have to recognise the TV industry, but leave it to Bauer/TV Week, Channel Nine, the Queensland Government, the other networks and any other invested stakeholders, to be the ones to lose sleep over it.

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Gold Logie nominee Andrew Winter has revealed he has been diagnosed with Bell’s Palsy, thus he could not go to this afternoon’s nominations announcement. The diagnosis also means filming for Selling Houses Australia has to be delayed.

I also notice that Australian Ninja Warrior has not been nominated for any award despite its huge ratings success last year.

Although it’s good they reintroduced a Most Popular Comedy award, it’s disappointing that they dropped the Most Outstanding Comedy series category. They should have kept that in there for scripted comedy because the popular category has mostly comedy game and panel shows.

Told you so. :joy:

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An SMH journalist pointing out that the actual Burke investigation has not been nominated.

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With all due respect to the people at Fairfax, they’re not in the TV news business the last I checked.

As for the 7.30 report on the Don Burke scandal, I agree it probably should’ve been nominated. But it does have to be said that this is an awards ceremony which last year gave the news coverage award to Sky News’ coverage of Election 2016 over more worthy pieces like “Inside Syria” from SBS World News, “SA Waste Dump” from NITV News and Nine News Sydney’s Kennedy/Walkley Award winning coverage on the Bankstown Hospital Crisis.

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Not sure being nominated for a Logies validates all of the work SMH / ABC did on this story, they’re hardly the pinnacle awards for excellence in journalism. Not much to be upset about IMO.

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Except that article doesn’t match the title - or the point - at all.

Did you even read it? :roll_eyes:

I did. Which is why I commented.

Some balance.

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I had no idea who he was. Honestly.

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Foot meet mouth.

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I noticed in the past that Cornelia Frances’ name was never listed as a potential Logie nominee.I know, because I would’ve voted for her. I also thought she’d be a great Hall of Fame inductee.

Perhaps now they could posthumously add her the Hall of Fame. In my opinion five decades on TV would make her a worthy recipient.

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I suspect they’ve already picked their hall of fame recipient for this year.

But I don’t disagree with you, Cornelia would make a worthy recipient. This is why they need to open up the Hall of Fame to more than just 1 recipient each year (make it at the very least one male + one female) So that we can acknowledge these people while they’re still with us instead of it becoming dependent on who’s passed away this year.

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Surely Daryl or Denise would be the odds on favourite for the Hall of Fame this year.

Just as long as it’s not both because they hate each other’s guts. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

The Australian reported yesterday that this year’s event is facing a cost blowout because networks have to fly their talent as well as publicists, PR, make-up artists etc. to the Gold Coast.

I can’t see this event lasting on the Gold Coast. Sydney or Melbourne will retain the event again.

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