OK then. So the post is more than just a “copy and paste” of the list, I’ve added some commentary.
TELEVISION
Best Program(s) of the Year: Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell, Gogglebox Australia, Scope
Worst Program(s) of the Year: All the dating/relationships/wedding “reality” shows - quite sad that one of them was among the highest rating shows of 2018!
Best Presenter(s) / Personality of the Year: Chris Bath, Shaun Micallef, Julia Zemiro, Lee Constable
Worst Presenter(s) / Personality of the Year: Andrew O’Keefe, Eddie McGuire, Sonia Kruger, Grant Denyer
Best Channel: ABC, Nine (main channels)
Worst Channel: TVSN, Spree TV, iShopTV, Aspire TV, SBN, GOLD and Sky News on WIN.
Best Streaming / Catchup Service (FTA or Subscription): 9Now - love the 720p livestreams!
Worst Streaming / Catchup Service (FTA or Subscription): TenPlay - not that impressive, content wise IMO.
TV NEWS & CURRENT AFFAIRS
Best News/Current Affairs Service: ABC News NSW & Media Watch - Graham Creed’s Weather Wall ensures that Nine misses out.
Worst News/Current Affairs Service: Seven News Sydney - oh how the mighty have fallen. One really wonders what Roscoe would think of the service as it is now if he was still around!
Best News/Current Affairs Coverage: Hugh Riminton’s Peter Dutton investigation for Ten, just prior to the spill - a glimmer of hope for the future of their news department & Australian journalism.
Worst News/Current Affairs Coverage: The Royal Wedding(s), all networks - of course the media lapped it up but I personally couldn’t care less!
RADIO
Best Radio Station(s): AM/FM/Digital/Online: Smooth 95.3, 101.7 WSFM.
Best Radio Network(s): AM/FM/Digital/Online: Nova Entertainment, Australian Radio Network
Best Radio Presenter(s): Amanda Keller & Brendan Jones (WSFM Sydney), Lui Zacher (most recently at Edge FM Wangaratta, until around August this year) and Gemma Maddox (Hit 104.7 Canberra).
Worst Radio Presenter(s): Alan Jones and Ray Hadley (2GB 873), Kyle Sandilands & Jackie “O” Henderson (KIIS 1065 Sydney) - I’m sure plenty of people will have a hard time choosing between these four!
PRINT AND ONLINE
Best Newspaper / Magazine: The Sydney Morning Herald & The Canberra Times - a pity they won’t be sister papers under Nine though!
Worst Newspaper / Magazine: All News Corp papers and the gossipy women’s magazines
Best News Website: The Guardian Australia
Worst News Website: The Daily Mail Australia
Best News Coverage: Nine/Fairfax merger coverage, The Guardian Australia
Worst News Coverage: General political coverage, The Daily Telegraph
Best Journalist / Contributor: Kate McClymont (Sydney Morning Herald), Han Nguyen and Jasper Lindell (The Canberra Times) - the last is very recent addition but remembering his work for 2XX-FM/Young Folk Media, I can see an extremely bright future for him!
Worst Journalist / Contributor: Andrew Bolt, Piers Ackerman, Miranda Divine and Caleb Bond (News Corp) - hard to believe the last one was fairly moderate, perhaps even slightly progressive during his Media Spy posting days!
FORUM
Moment of the Year: Network Ten relaunch and the wild speculation leading up to it
Best Contributor: @Abesty
Best New Member: @MGO - well, he’s a new member for the Discourse era of Media Spy anyway!
Best Member: @TV-Expert - as a loyal Media Spy member of 14 years who’s posts have always been interesting to read, I think he’s earned the title!
Most Memorable Member: @nickatnights
Most Obsessive Member (and their obsession): @Mitchell_Nock and his intense loyalty to the Seven Network - could very well be the winner I think!
Any Other Nominations? (and what for):
Biggest Flop of 2018: Sports Tonight
Program You Missed Most in 2018: Anything from The Chaser
Best Newsreader: Peter Overton, Deborah Knight
Worst Newsreader: Mark Ferguson, Mark Burrows
Best Journalist: Any Nine News Sydney reporter who doesn’t make the “worst” category
Worst Journalist: Robert Ovadia, Laura Banks, Bryan Seymour, Josh Massoud, Danny Weidler & Neil Breen.
Worst Radio Network: Super Radio Network/Broadcast Operations Group
Best Radio Newsreader(s) - Glenn Daniel, Steve Blanda, Ron Wilson
Best Mocks - @SydneyOnAirTV
…and that pretty much covers it. I could think of even more programs, personalities & forum users worthy of an award nomination but this post is probably far too long as it is!