86-527: The TV Week Logie Awards (known colloquially as The Logies ) is an annual ceremony celebrating and honouring the best shows and stars in Australian television , sponsored and organised by the magazine TV Week . The event is telecast live and billed as "television's night of nights". The first ceremony was hosted in 1959 as the TV Week Awards . The Gold Logie is the most prestigious award and
172-557: A Melbourne tram leaving the depot for its early morning run, which caused some controversy as people felt that it was not a very exciting image of Australia. By 1970 as many as thirty-one programs were received via this manner. GTV-9 in Melbourne broke records in 1969 for the world's longest scheduled live telecast with its coverage of the Apollo 11 Moon landing , running for 163 hours, a record which has since been beaten. Even though
258-446: A comment "I like the boy!" (in reference to a series of TV advertisements Bert had recently done). Ali became upset at the comment, as the term "boy" carried negative racial connotations for many black Americans, although Newton was oblivious to this use of the term and claimed this was not his intention. After realising his faux pas, Newton quickly apologised to Ali on stage. The most difficult guest to interact with, according to Newton,
344-939: A few years, and the absence of local production quotas for TV in this formative period compounded the problem. Faced with almost unbeatable competition from American-made programming, local technical and creative professionals in radio were unable to make the transition to the new medium, as many of their American and British counterparts had done when TV was introduced there. Those Australian producers who did try to break into TV faced almost insurmountable challenges. Imported American and British programs benefited from high budgets, an international talent pool, and huge economies of scale, thanks to their very large domestic markets (relative to Australia), established worldwide distribution networks; additionally, since most American production houses and networks were based in Los Angeles, they had access to resources and expertise built up over decades by
430-545: A group of ex-network executives pooled together to create Video-Tape Corporation (VTC) in East Roseville. This was to be the first end-to-end 'fully electronic' (no film) colour video facility in the region, intended to be up and running with studios, audio, OB and post-production facilities to feed the emerging colour broadcast industry. To accommodate producers and film aesthetics, VTC also installed comprehensive 'film-to-tape' (telecine) capabilities as they grew. However
516-538: A local politician, and featured many people appearing on camera – singing, playing instruments, and giving demonstrations of cooking, sport, and magic tricks. Buoyed by the success of these tests, in March 1950, the Astor Radio Corporation embarked upon a tour of 200 regional towns with a mobile broadcast unit, giving a series of 45-minute demonstration programs, allowing local performers and members of
602-606: A minor component of the larger system. In June 1948, the Australian Labor Government under Ben Chifley , opted to follow the British model, on the advice from the Postmaster-General's Department . It decided to establish a government-controlled TV station in each capital city and called for tenders for the building of the six TV transmitters. The Broadcasting Act 1948 specifically prohibited
688-451: A predominantly Australian cast. Although in other years there has been a Logie for overseas programs, these awards are no longer part of the awards. People eligible for a Logie must have appeared on an Australian-produced show that was broadcast on Australian television in the previous year. There are long-held suspicions that network publicists engage in mass voting to rig the results. However, no hard evidence had emerged for this, other than
774-473: A sequence of popular and influential local pop shows including The Go!! Show and Kommotion (1964–1967), Uptight (1968–70) and Happening '70 and its successors (1970–1972). The establishment of the Sydney–Melbourne co-axial cable link between Sydney and Melbourne in 1962 marked the first step in the establishment of effective national networking for Australian TV stations. The cable-supported
860-798: Is the second most successful having won 31 Logies since it began in 1985. A Country Practice follows as the third most successful program, having won 29 awards throughout its twelve-year run. Blue Heelers is fourth with 25 Logies. Television personalities with the most national wins (excluding state-based Logie awards) are: Actors/actresses with the most national wins: Television in Australia Television in Australia began experimentally as early as 1929 in Melbourne with radio stations 3DB and 3UZ , and 2UE in Sydney , using
946-554: The Antenna Awards . Despite this, in 2009 the Logies were dogged by minor controversy after organisers refused to allow an acclaimed community television show, The Bazura Project , to be nominated in the category of Outstanding Comedy Show, stating "As TV Week does not cover community television within the magazine, we are unable to consider individual programs on this platform." The ABC's Media Watch program first reported
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#17327902163961032-599: The Fairfax newspaper group controlled ATN-7 in Sydney. In the view of some media historians, these arrangements established a pattern of "high-level political allegiances between commercial broadcasters and Liberal-National Party governments" and that, as a result, the ABCB "was left very weak and uncertain in its capacity to control broadcaster conduct and exhibited strong symptoms of regulatory capture , or over-identification with
1118-577: The Menzies Government formally announced the introduction of the new two-tiered TV system—a government-funded service run by the ABC, and two commercial services in Sydney and Melbourne , with the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne being a major driving force behind the introduction of television to Australia. TCN-9 Sydney began test transmissions on 16 September 1956 and officially commenced broadcasting on 27 October. HSV7 Melbourne became
1204-676: The NSWRFL grand final became the first football grand final of any code to be televised live in Australia. The Nine Network had paid $ 5,000 for the broadcasting rights. That same year, ATV-0 telecast the Pakenham races in colour under the supervision of the Broadcasting Control Board. The first fully equipped – permanent – colour studios and post-production facilities were set up in 1969 at Video Tape Corporation in Sydney (VTC), by executives that decamped from TEN. Although
1290-592: The Nine Network 's Here's Humphrey , which both premiered in 1966. Veteran actor-producer John McCallum and filmmaker Lee Robinson created the children's adventure series Skippy the Bush Kangaroo which premiered in 1968 on the Nine Network. At a reported cost of A$ 6000 per episode it was said to have been the most expensive Australian TV series yet produced up to that time (by comparison,
1376-588: The Postmaster-General's Department . The ABC, as an independent government authority, was not subject to the regulation of the ABCB and instead answered directly to the Postmaster-General and ultimately to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (a situation that provoked bitter complaints from commercial radio in the mid-1970s when the ABC established its controversial youth station Double Jay ). In 1954,
1462-531: The Radiovision system by Gilbert Miles and Donald McDonald, and later from other locations, such as Brisbane in 1934. Mainstream television was launched on 16 September 1956 in Willoughby, New South Wales , with Nine Network station TCN-9 Sydney. The new medium was introduced by advertising executive Bruce Gyngell with the words "Good evening, and welcome to television", and has since seen
1548-555: The Wickham Terrace Observatory Tower . The programs included news headlines, still pictures and silent movies such as the temperance film Horrors of Drink . The Commonwealth Government granted a special licence and permission to conduct experimental television by VK4CM, in July 1934. By 1935, it expanded to 180 lines. Other experimental transmissions followed in other cities. Television commenced in
1634-578: The ABC-only broadcast programs for a few hours each day and broadcast the test pattern for the rest of the time they were on air. Broadcast times were gradually increased over succeeding decades, although ABC did not commence 24-hour broadcasting until 1993. The TV series The Adventures of Long John Silver was made in the Pagewood Studios, Sydney, for the American and British market; it
1720-632: The European PAL standard mandated in 1968. The slogan used to sell colour television to the Australian public was 'March first into colour'. Australia was to have one of the fastest change-overs to colour television in the world – by 1978 over 64% of households in Sydney and Melbourne had colour television sets. Government subsidies provided for the production of local series led to a boom in Australian-produced content. Some of
1806-507: The Hollywood movie studios. These disadvantages were further exacerbated by the fact that American producers and networks offered Australian channels significant discount rates on bundled programming. Taken as a whole, these factors meant that local producers were faced with a relative production-cost ratio on the order of 10:1 or more in favour of the imported product. Some sense of the scale of this "resource gap" can be gained by comparing
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#17327902163961892-770: The Internet. In 1885, Henry Sutton developed a Telephane for closed circuit transmission of pictures via telegraph wires, based on the Nipkow spinning disk system, so that the Melbourne Cup could be seen in Ballarat . Reports differ on whether the Telephane was successfully implemented. The first television broadcast in Australia took place on 30 September 1929 at the Menzies Hotel in Melbourne , using
1978-600: The Pacific from North America to Australia took place on 6 June 1967 when "Australia Day" at Expo 67 in Montreal was broadcast live to Australia via a US satellite link. Prime Minister Harold Holt officially opened the Australian pavilion and visitors watched events including boomerang throwing, sheep-dog trials, wood chopping contests and tennis matches with members of the Australian Davis Cup team. In
2064-528: The TV Week Awards, the awards were instigated by TV Week magazine with the first voting coupons provided in the magazine in late 1958, two years after the introduction of television in Australia. The first awards were presented on 15 January 1959 on an episode of In Melbourne Tonight . Only Melbourne television personalities were nominated and awards were given in eight categories, including two for American programs. The most prestigious award in 1959
2150-482: The USA. Winners of the first nationally shown TV Week Logie Awards included In Melbourne Tonight host Graham Kennedy – twice, Pick-a-box host Bob Dyer , Lorrae Desmond from ABC's The Lorrae Desmond Show , Four Corners reporter Michael Charlton , Bobby Limb , Jimmy Hannan , Gordon Chater , Brian Henderson and Hazel Phillips . Numerous television stations were launched, mainly concentrated around
2236-728: The United States and in the United Kingdom before World War II . The two countries developed radically different industry models, which were based on the models each used for radio broadcasting. British broadcasting was entirely controlled by the government-created broadcasting corporation, the BBC , which derived its revenue from compulsory viewer licence fees. The United States adopted a commercial model, based on privately owned stations and networks that earned revenue by charging for advertising time, with public broadcasting forming only
2322-671: The World War II-themed The Sullivans . Against the Wind , the first major mini-series produced for commercial television, was shown on the Seven Network . Later hospital drama The Young Doctors ran for 1396 episodes between 1976 and 1983, becoming at the time it ended Australia's longest-running drama series. Graham Kennedy returned to the Nine Network after his departure from In Melbourne Tonight with The Graham Kennedy Show in 1973, but
2408-406: The afternoon a variety concert, 'Pop goes Australia', featured musicians Normie Rowe , Bobby Limb , Rolf Harris and The Seekers . The entire 10-hour program was televised live and several hundred thousand people across Australia sat up through the night to watch it. One newspaper reported that the picture was so clear that hundreds of viewers rang a Sydney television station to seek assurance that
2494-560: The audience), the rural soap opera Bellbird on the ABC (1967), and for interstate viewers Graham Kennedy 's In Melbourne Tonight or the Graham Kennedy Channel Nine Show . In addition to these, many programs still seen today were launched at this time including the ABC 's acclaimed current affairs program Four Corners (1961) and Play School – now the country's longest-running children's show—as well as
2580-413: The budgets of contemporary American and Australian TV programs. The pilot of the 1967 satirical sketch comedy series Laugh-In reportedly cost about US$ 200,000. At the top end of the scale, in 1966 Desilu Studios spent almost US$ 1 million on the two pilot episodes for the renowned science fiction series Star Trek – the first pilot "The Cage" (which was rejected by NBC ) cost more than US$ 600,000 and
2666-540: The ceremony itself was in late April or early May. Since 2018, voting begins in March and the ceremony is held in July. The Most Outstanding categories are voted on by a jury comprising members of the Australian TV industry peers. There were 15 categories in the industry awards at the Logie Awards of 2018 . To be eligible to receive a Logie, a program must be Australian produced, set in Australia and have
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2752-627: The ceremony. Bert Newton, who has won the Gold Logie four times, hosted the awards a total of 19 times. GTV-9 / Nine Network is also strongly associated with the history of the Logies. Nine has hosted the awards 46 times in their 60-year history. The Seven Network will take over from the Nine Network as host broadcaster. Seven had last broadcast the Logie Awards in 1995 . In 1973, American actor Michael Cole generated controversy after accepting an award while apparently drunk, uttering
2838-537: The commercial sector. As a result, Australian TV was soon dominated by material imported from the United States and (to a far smaller extent) Great Britain. In this period nearly every TV drama screened in Australia came from the US and the few programs that were made locally were almost all produced by the ABC. In other formats, the few locally produced programs made by or for commercial stations were typically low-cost copies of proven American talk/variety or quiz show formats. By
2924-433: The decade the ABC expanded transmissions to several major centres including Adelaide, Perth, Hobart , and Canberra . Beginning in 1964, the federal government tried to address concerns about competition and local production by licensing a third station in major cities, beginning with Channel 0 in Melbourne and Channel 10 in Sydney. More third-licence stations were established in other capitals and regional cities over
3010-490: The dominance of imported American and British programming continued, local production gradually increased in the 1960s and several important new Australian programs were launched. Crawford Productions ' Melbourne-based police drama Homicide premiered on 20 October 1964 on HSV-7 , soon followed on 11 November by the ATN-7 satirical sketch comedy series The Mavis Bramston Show (which at its peak drew an unprecedented 59% of
3096-575: The early 1960s, at least 80% of all Australian TV content was sourced from the US and not surprisingly American programs consistently topped the ratings. These changes led to a significant concentration of cross-media ownership. By 1960, the Packer family's Consolidated Press group controlled Channels 9 in Melbourne and Sydney (the flagship stations that formed the basis of the Nine Network), Melbourne's Herald and Weekly Times group owned HSV-7, and
3182-473: The early days, who served as a solo host of the ceremony on 17 occasions, with a constant run from 1966 until 1980 and as co-host on three other occasions. Over the years, the Logies have been hosted in Melbourne and Sydney . From 2018 to 2022, the ceremony was held on the Gold Coast before the 2023 ceremony was announced as moving to Sydney for the first time in 37 years. Known from their inception as
3268-569: The electro-mechanical Radiovision system. Other transmissions took place in the city over the next few weeks. Also in 1929, the Baird system was used on 3DB, 3UZ and 2UE. After 18 months of test transmissions, regular broadcasts began in Brisbane on 6 May 1934 using a 30-line system, to an estimated 18 receivers around Brisbane. The test transmissions, which were of 1-hour duration each day, were made by Thomas M. B. Elliott and Dr Val McDowall from
3354-579: The equivalent of the Star of the Year Award , was presented in 1960, and again won by Graham Kennedy. The record for most "Gold Logie" wins—at five apiece—is a tie between Kennedy and Ray Martin . The 2020 and 2021 ceremonies were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The decade of the 2010s was the first decade where no one won the Gold Logie award more than once. The prestigious Logie Hall of Fame
3440-419: The experiment by the satirical newspaper The Chaser , who attempted to have low-profile SBS newsreader Anton Enus nominated for the Gold Logie. They did so by getting their small readership to buy copies of TV Week and vote for Enus for the award. While the attempt failed (they came "reasonably close", to earning a nomination for Enus, according to a " TV Week Insider"), their failure gives some cause for
3526-650: The final nominees. Ten of the Logie Award categories are fan awards. In the past, the "Most Popular" Logies categories were voted by the readers of TV Week magazine using a coupon. SMS (short message service) voting was introduced in 2006 for the Gold Logie. In 2008, Internet votes could be cast for the first time without having to buy a copy of the TV Week magazine. Before 2018, public voting usually lasted for four weeks, beginning in December or January, while
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3612-678: The first being Gippsland 's GLV-10 followed by Shepparton 's GMV-6 and Bendigo 's BCV-8 . NBN-3 in Newcastle was the first regional service in New South Wales commencing broadcast in 1962. While the first television services were being established in regional areas, larger cities including Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide , and Perth began to receive their second and, in the mid-1960s, third stations. In order to reduce costs, networks began to merge – originally in 1957 between HSV-7 and TCN-9 , but later between almost all
3698-411: The first series of Star Trek reportedly cost around US$ 200,000 per episode). Although Australian TV was still in black-and-white at the time, Skippy was filmed in colour with a view to overseas sales and it was the first Australian-made series to achieve significant international success, with sales to more than 80 countries worldwide, and it became the first Australian TV show to be widely screened in
3784-509: The first television station to broadcast to viewers in Melbourne on 4 November, soon followed by ABV-2 then GTV9 on 19 January 1957. Sydney station ABN-2 also started broadcasting in November. All of these stations were operational in time for the 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics opening ceremony, on 22 November 1956. ATN-7 started in December. An interview with Mrs Edna Everage (a comic creation of performing artist Barry Humphries )
3870-585: The granting of commercial TV licences, a decision that the Liberal-Country Party opposition criticised as "authoritarian and socialistic". This policy was never put into practice, however, because the Labor government did not have the opportunity to establish the TV network before it was defeated in December 1949. The incoming Robert Menzies -led Liberal-Country Party coalition, which was to hold power for
3956-673: The industry it regulated". In 1963, the Senate Select Committee on the Encouragement of Australian Productions for Television, chaired by Senator Seddon Vincent (known as the Vincent Committee) presented its report to federal parliament and its findings painted a bleak picture for local producers—the Committee found that 97% percent of all television drama shown on Australian TV between 1956 and 1963
4042-531: The industry's highest honour; it's awarded to the Most Popular Personality on Australian Television for the previous year. The award receives much publicity and media attention. Awards are presented in 20 categories, representing both industry and public voted prizes The event has been strongly associated with the Nine Network , who have hosted the ceremony on the most occasions, and TV and former radio personality Bert Newton , particularly in
4128-550: The initial commercial TV licences to established print media proprietors, with the expectation that these companies would, if necessary, be able to subsidize the new TV stations from their existing (and highly profitable) press operations. Meanwhile, in 1949, the first large-scale public demonstrations of the medium took place when the Shell company sponsored a series of closed-circuit broadcasts in capital cities produced by Frank Cave. These broadcasts were elaborate, usually opened by
4214-476: The kinescope film of the actual September 1956 broadcast was lost and the footage that exists today is a considerably more polished re-enactment, made a year later. Most programs in this early period were based on popular radio formats—musical variety and quiz formats were the most popular. In the first decade after the first TV licences were granted, the federal government and the ABCB did not act to enforce local content quotas, and such measures were resisted by
4300-419: The majority of locally produced content was broadcast live-to-air. Very little local programming from these first few years of Australian TV broadcasting was recorded and in the intervening years, the majority of that material has since been lost or destroyed. Even the footage of the 'first' Australian TV broadcast with Bruce Gyngell on Channel 9, Sydney (see image above) is a fabrication—according to Gerald Stone
4386-535: The metropolitan stations of a certain frequency. This led to the formation of the National Television Network (forerunner to the Nine Network ) and Australian Television Network (later known as the Seven Network ) in 1962. Not all stations became a part of their respective networks – TVW-7 in Perth remained independent for a number of years as the sole commercial station in the city. Throughout
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#17327902163964472-411: The most popular series included Crawford Productions police dramas Homicide , Division 4 which started during the 1960s and Matlock Police which began in 1971; variety series Young Talent Time ; comedy/variety series Hey Hey It's Saturday , which ran for 28 years until 1999, music show Countdown ; soap operas Bellbird which had started in late 1967, Number 96 and The Box , and
4558-429: The networks and government were locked in their own battles, and despite being ready for full-colour operation from around 1971, VTC was hobbled until 1973–74 before the content would ever reach "the masses". Around that same time, Royce Smeale/ECV arrived to offer a complementary service with more emphasis on production and OB services. In 1972 it was announced that all stations would move to colour on 1 March 1975, using
4644-406: The next 23 years, changed the industry structure by also permitting the establishment of American-style commercial stations. The economic situation at the time that TV was established in Australia exerted a pivotal influence on the foundation and subsequent history of the industry. When the decision was made to go ahead with granting the first licences for broadcast TV in the early 1950s, Australia
4730-490: The next few years and by the late Sixties these stations joined forces to create Australia's third commercial network, originally known as the Independent Television System (ITS), then later changed to the 0–10 Network, and now called Network 10 . Channel 0 in Melbourne took an early lead in catering to teenage viewers and quickly became the preeminent network in pop music programming, commissioning
4816-610: The northern and western parts of Australia – Darwin , for example, did not receive television until ABD-6 and NTD-8 launched in 1971. Similarly, VEW-8 launched in Kalgoorlie on 18 June 1971, and ITQ-8 launched in Mount Isa on 11 September 1971. The youngest network, the 0/10 Network , as it was then known, launched the controversial sex-melodrama serial Number 96 in March 1972. The success of this program led to this third network becoming commercially viable. In 1969,
4902-493: The output was hobbled to monochrome until 1974, many original long and short-form productions were completed over the years until its closure and eventual absorption into other companies in the late 1980s. Test broadcasting of colour began in the late 1960s. The full changeover to colour transmission did not occur until 1975. Following the new medium's establishment in most major metropolitan and regional centres, television continued to expand to remote areas, most notably those in
4988-566: The pictures really were being broadcast live from Canada. Two weeks later, on 25 June 1967, Australia participated in the historic "Our World" broadcast, the first live global satellite television hookup involving fourteen countries. The event is now chiefly remembered for the participation of The Beatles , who performed their new song " All You Need Is Love " live from the Abbey Road Studios in London. Australia's contribution showed
5074-546: The public to appear on camera. In January 1953, in response to increasing pressure from the commercial lobby, the Menzies government amended the Broadcasting Act 1948 to allow for the granting of commercial licences, thus providing the legislative framework for a dual system of TV ownership. This structure was directly modeled on the long-established two-tiered structure of Australian broadcast radio—one tier being
5160-407: The set for the bridge of the Enterprise alone reportedly cost US$ 60,000; the second pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before" cost around US$ 300,000. By comparison, the budget for the pilot episode of the 1964 Australian topical revue series The Mavis Bramston Show was just AU£1500. Adjusted for inflation, this was around A$ 3500 in 1967 figures; given that US–Australian dollar exchange rate in 1967
5246-543: The shorter-lived programs, including the ABC 's Six O'Clock Rock , hosted by Johnny O'Keefe . The first Australian serial drama, Autumn Affair , ran for a 10-month run on ATN-7 . Programming also covered religion; for example, Discovering the Bible . Several programs in the 1950s were simply adaptations of already established radio programs such as Pick a Box . The 1960s saw the continued growth of television in Australia, particularly into regional areas. The first regional TV services began in Victoria in 1961 with
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#17327902163965332-432: The simultaneous live broadcast of the 5th test of the 1962–63 Ashes series to Sydney, Canberra, and Melbourne – a major milestone in Australian television history. The introduction of satellite broadcasting in the late 1960s allowed news stories and programs to be accessed from around the world. The first live satellite transmission occurred between Australia and the United Kingdom in 1966. The first direct telecast across
5418-454: The southern and eastern parts of the country. By the turn of the decade, the takeup of television had increased dramatically – by 1960 up to 70% of homes in Sydney and Melbourne had a television set. Following its introduction to regional centres and other capital cities through the late 1950s and 1960s over 90% of Australian homes in established markets had a television set. The new medium had also become highly lucrative to advertisers. In 1967
5504-500: The stations in a new national, government-funded TV network run by the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) , and the other tier being privately owned commercial stations that drew their income from advertising revenue. Commercial TV licences were nominally overseen by the Australian Broadcasting Control Board (ABCB), a government agency responsible for the regulation of broadcasting standards and practices, while technical standards (such as broadcast frequencies) were administered by
5590-427: The story on Monday 9 March 2009, with many media outlets covering the growing support for the community television program since. The Logie Awards ceremony is televised and became generally more elaborate as years went by. The awards have mostly been held in a ballroom, rather than a theatre, which is common for the Emmy Awards and Academy Awards . Dinner is served just before the ceremony and drinks are served during
5676-443: The transition to colour and digital television . Local programs, over the years, have included a broad range of comedy , sport, and in particular drama series, in addition to news and current affairs . The industry is regulated by the Australian Communications and Media Authority , through various legislation, regulations, standards and codes of practice, which also regulates radio and in recent years has attempted to regulate
5762-604: The victory. The trial of the man accused of raping Brittany Higgins was delayed because of comments from Lisa Wilkinson's acceptance speech. Every year before public voting opens, major commercial networks ABC, SBS, Seven, Nine, and 10 are restricted in the number of personalities and programs they can submit for consideration in the publicly voted category, including up to 10 names in both the Most Popular Actor and Actress categories, 15 names for Most Popular Presenter and five programs for Most Popular Drama . These restrictions often are introduced over those who are not listed in
5848-486: The voting form, and as a result, they are not eligible to be nominated for an award. Nominees were announced on 27 May 2018. As well as the introduction of "live voting" for 10 categories, the total number of categories were reduced from 27 at last year's ceremony to 20. 10 of the categories were voted for by the public, while the remaining 10 Outstanding Awards were industry voted. Publicly voted awards also reverted to being named "Most Popular" rather than "Best," which
5934-438: The voting form, and as a result, they are not eligible to be nominated for an award. Many local and overseas performers have appeared at the Logie Awards ceremony. While it had been a tradition to choose performers with a television connection, this has not always been the case. In 2001, Ricky Martin was the headline performer. In 2002, Destiny's Child performed, with Elton John and Shakira making appearances. In 2004, it
6020-423: The widespread derision in the industry (particularly the 'quality' end) towards the popular-vote awards. Community television, Channel 31 , personalities and shows are eligible for nomination for Logies, however since their audiences are far smaller than those of the commercial channels and public broadcasters, they are at a tremendous disadvantage. For a time they had their own community television awards, known as
6106-454: The word "shit" in a short, incoherent acceptance speech. This was the first time such profanity had been said on Australian television. According to Bert Newton, Channel Nine received thousands of complaints about the use of the word, however, when it was edited for the repeat transmission Newton stated "they got double the calls complaining it had been dropped." In 1979, during a notable appearance with Muhammad Ali as co-presenter, Newton made
6192-506: Was Michael Bublé with Delta Goodrem . In 2011, Katy Perry performed and presented an award, while 2012 saw One Direction and Delta Goodrem perform on the night with appearances from Flo Rida , Tony Bennett and Seal . In 2013, it was Bruno Mars and 2014 Ed Sheeran . Gold Logie Silver Logie Program awards Gold Logie Silver Logie As of 2017, Home and Away is the most successful program in Logies history, having won 49 awards since it premiered in 1988. Neighbours
6278-507: Was Star of the Year presented to IMT host Graham Kennedy . The following year, Kennedy coined the name Logie Awards, to honour the Scottish engineer and innovator who contributed to the development of television as a practical medium, John Logie Baird . The Logie statuette was designed by Alec De Lacy, chief designer for Melbourne-based trophy makers KG Luke Ltd. The first Gold Logie ,
6364-473: Was Vic Morrow in 1967. He would just stand there saying nothing, silently handing out the Logies. According to Bert, "every so often, I'd say 'how are you going, Vic?' and he would just nod his head." Grant Denyer's 2018 Gold Logie win has proved controversial with people believing he only won because of Tom Gleeson 's campaign. Gleeson has shrugged off those suggestions. Tom Gleeson's 2019 Gold Logie win has proved controversial with him not being so humble by
6450-486: Was A$ 1.00 = US$ 1.12, this still would have only equated to around US$ 4,000—50 times less than Laugh-In . Although by the end of the 1950s television had expanded to also include Brisbane , Adelaide and Perth , it was estimated that in 1956 less than 5% of the residents in Melbourne, and fewer than 1% in Sydney, owned a television set, which at the time cost, on average, six to ten weeks' wages. During these early years, broadcast days were very short—all stations including
6536-575: Was banned from appearing on television in 1975 after an infamous 'crow-call' incident. Kennedy subsequently returned in 1977 as the host of Blankety Blanks . In 1979, commercial stations were mandated to provide 'C'-classified programming targeted at children between 4-5pm, and a minimum of 30 minutes of pre-school programming prior to that. These regulations saw the establishment of a number of children's series including Simon Townsend's Wonder World and Shirl's Neighbourhood . Logie Awards of 2018 The 60th annual TV Week Logie Awards ceremony
6622-402: Was first introduced in 1984; former conductor, turned television producer and pioneer and founder of Crawford Productions , Hector Crawford was the first inductee. The induction was a posthumous honour for TV cameraman Neil Davis , actor Maurie Fields , conservationist Steve Irwin , news anchor Brian Naylor , journalist Peter Harvey and television executive Brian Walsh . Rebecca Gibney
6708-616: Was held at The Star Gold Coast in Queensland , and broadcast live on the Nine Network . Public voting for the Most Popular Award categories ran from 5 March to 1 April 2018, with the shortlist of nominees revealed on 27 May. Voting reopened for the Popular Award categories on 29 June and remained open until the start of the ceremony, with each person given one extra vote in each category. The red carpet arrivals
6794-503: Was hosted by Karl Stefanovic and Georgie Gardner . Each network is restricted in the number of personalities and programs they can submit for consideration in the publicly voted category, including up to 10 names in both the Most Popular Actor and Actress categories, 15 names for Most Popular Presenter and 5 programs for Most Popular Drama . These restrictions often lead to controversy over those who are not listed in
6880-492: Was imported from the United States, and it criticised the ABCB for failing to use its powers to enforce local content standards on television broadcasters, particularly the commercial stations. The Vincent Report recommended a sweeping program of reforms but none were implemented by the Menzies Government at that time. The advent of TV effectively destroyed Australia's once thriving radio production industry within
6966-428: Was in a recession, with severe shortages of labour and materials and an underdeveloped heavy industrial base, and in this context TV was seen as a drain away from more fundamental projects. The Menzies government was concerned about the long-term viability of the new industry and worried that it might be called on to bail out struggling stations and networks if the economy deteriorated. Consequently, it decided to grant
7052-561: Was introduced at the 2016 ceremony . With the ceremony being held later in the year than previous events to avoid clashing with the 2018 Commonwealth Games also being held on the Gold Coast, the nomination eligibility was extended, meaning shows airing before 31 March 2018 could qualify for nomination. This marked the first Logie Awards to be held on the Gold Coast , after the Government of Victoria stopped providing funding for
7138-442: Was one of the programmes screened on HSV-7 's first day of programming in 1956. The character went on to great success in the United Kingdom and later, the United States. Videotape technology was still in its infancy when Australian television was launched in 1956 and video recorders did not become widely available to Australian TV stations until the 1960s. For the first few years, the only available method for capturing TV programs
7224-428: Was shown on the ABC in 1958. Local content was limited to talk shows, variety shows, and news & current affairs. Notable programs of the 1950s included TCN-9 's long-running music variety program Bandstand , (based on the US version of the same name) hosted by radio presenter and future newsreader Brian Henderson ; HSV-7 's weekly sport program, (that would broadcast for the next 28 years) World of Sport ; and
7310-476: Was the kinescope process, in which a fixed movie camera filmed broadcasts screened on a specially adjusted TV monitor. Similarly, the playback of pre-recorded programs to air was only possible at this stage through the telecine process, in which films or kinescoped TV recordings were played back on a movie screen which was monitored by a TV camera. Because of these limitations, it was relatively difficult and expensive to record and distribute local programming, so
7396-600: Was the fourth woman to be inducted into the Hall of Fame , joining former recipients Ruth Cracknell , Noni Hazlehurst and Kerri-Anne Kennerley . The Logies have been criticised for its lack of women inductees in the category These are the only programs that have been inducted into the Hall of Fame. Voting for the Most Popular Logie categories is done using an online form, or by SMS (short message service) voting for
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