it was a minor slip up/gag and completely inoffensive, totally not worth the time and effort to do an edit on the fly.
Such a long and drawn out ceremony.
Maybe cut down of the spiels and idle chit-chat between the award presenters.
Some of it was awkward and was trying to be funny but it wasnâtâŚ
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News Corp (The Australian) taking credit for Jelena Dokicâs Logie⌠âChief Sports Writer Jessica Halloran has won a Logieâ:
https://x.com/australian/status/1952163023604658582?t=Tk3gZwtDrIqO2cAmCh8Vag&s=19
TA congratulating both Jelena and Todd Woodbridge, despite neither actually winning for the Aus Open coverage after several years of noms (although technically Dokicâs was tennis related):
https://x.com/TennisAustralia/status/1952240468470940025?t=R0V8VZTe4ThYdPEVFC4oyA&s=19
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Just realised Toddâs was tennis related and technically did win for the AO, I didnât notice his program was a multi-listing (not just for TP), it included Tipping Point Australia, Australian Open, Paris Olympic Games and Paris Paralympic Games. I personally donât like when the Logies / networks do all-inclusive nominations like this, it should be for a specific show.
If you look at the results, it also shows us that yes, while shows such as Territory, for example, were disadvantaged from the beginning, it seems the audience didnât show up and vote for it, either, despite Netflix trumpeting its worldwide success.
The only streaming drama to triumph was Netflixâs Apple Cider Vinegar, which won the best miniseries or telemovie category. The shows it beat â Critical Incident (Stan), Fake (Paramount+) and How to Make Gravy (Binge), Plum (ABC) and Human Error (Nine) â were all mainly on streamers (so no ratings data) or were less flashy free-to-air dramas.
So, while it is not as simple as ABC good/Netflix bad, it is as simple as the ABC won because it produced high-quality shows that were critical and popular hits and the ABCâs audience was engaged enough to then back those shows with votes.
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ABC News reported that this was the ABCâs most successful Logie Awards ever, with 11 wins out of 23 categories.
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Would be good to see a complete overhaul of the voting process for next year. This Sam snub is outrageous.
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The more articles out there regarding the voting changes and ommissions of some personalities, the better.
Bring back to the way it was for 60 odd years re voting. Public v outstanding.
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25 years in the business?
Sam Pang being omitted is less a failure of the voting process than a failure of the way network nominations work.
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Gold nominees have to agree to the nomination. Ten and Seven would be crazy if they didnât put him forward, so i would think Sam doesnât want to be up for the gong. He rarely does publicity, so I doubt he would want to do a publicity campaign.
Neither probably want to, though, as it would draw attention to his appearances on the other network.
Which is why they should go back to having the viewers decide the nominations, not the networks and their publicity boffins.
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Which network would âclaimâ a win of the Gold Logie if Sam did win? All of them?
exactly, theyâll turn on each other.
Reminds me of a Logies story i read about many many years ago. I donât remember it exactly so it may not be an 100% accurate version of events, but in 1977, The Mike Walsh Show won the Logie for Most Popular Show in NSW or something. It was technically for the showâs performance in 1976, when it was produced at Channel 10, but in 1977 the show had jumped across to Nine. Story goes that general manager from Channel 10 was racing to the stage to accept the award, and someone from Nine was doing same. But Mike Walsh beat them both to the stage and claimed the award.
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Started at 10am UK time. I watched parts of it live in from where i am in Europe, and it was definitely not middle of the night.
Which is exactly why both networks are refusing to back him.
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Not unlike Gogglebox used to be with Foxtel and 10 able to claim 1/2 a Logie each 
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Just like those seagulls from âFinding Nemoâ⌠Mine, Mine, Mine, Mine. 