ABC celebrates TV Week Logie Award nominations – The ABC has received a massive 45 nominations for this year’s Logie Awards, announced in Sydney this morning.
It is one of the largest number of nominations ever given to the public broadcaster and covers all genres of television – from drama, lifestyle, comedy and entertainment to news and current affairs.
The ABC has three nominations for the coveted Gold Logie Award with Australian Story presenter Leigh Sales, Mad as Hell host Shaun Micallef and Mystery Road: Origin actor Mark Coles Smith, all in the running for the title of Australia’s most popular television personality.
Mystery Road: Origin leads with seven nominations including for Most Popular Drama and Most Outstanding Drama. Mark Coles Smith has also been nominated in both the Most Outstanding Actor and Most Popular Actor categories for his role as detective Jay Swan.
ABC’s Chief Content Office, Chris Oliver-Taylor said the large number of nominations for the 2023 Logie Awards reflected the depth and breadth of talent across the ABC.
“I congratulate all our nominees – from our presenters and cast members to all those behind the scenes who have contributed to giving Australians some of the best shows found anywhere in the world. We look forward to a very successful Logies night in Sydney on Sunday 30 July.”
All of the ABC’s Logie nominated programs can be viewed at ABC iview’s Logie Awards Collection, along with a link to vote.
The ABC list of nominees are:
Gold Logie
Leigh Sales – Australian Story
Shaun Micallef – Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell
Mark Coles Smith – Mystery Road: Origin
Most Popular Actor
Mark Coles Smith – Mystery Road: Origin
Patrick Brammall – Summer Love/ Colin from Accounts (shared)
Lincoln Younes – Barons/Kings of the Cross (shared)
Most Popular Actress
Kitty Flanagan – Fisk
Julia Zemiro – Fisk
Most Popular Presenter
Shaun Micallef – Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell
Tony Armstrong – ABC News Breakfast
Most Popular Drama Program
Mystery Road: Origin
Savage River
Most Popular Entertainment Program
Hard Quiz
Gruen
Most Popular Panel or Current Affairs Program
7.30
Foreign Correspondent
Four Corners
Australian Story
Most Popular Comedy Program
Fisk
Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell
Most Popular Lifestyle Program
Gardening Australia
Back Roads
A Dog’s World with Tony Armstrong
Most Outstanding Drama Series, Miniseries or Telemovie
Mystery Road: Origin
Significant Others
In Our Blood
Most Outstanding Actor
Mark Coles Smith – Mystery Road: Origin
Tim Draxl – In Our Blood
Most Outstanding Supporting Actor
Arka Das– Here Out West
Clarence Ryan – Mystery Road: Origin
Most Outstanding Supporting Actress
Hayley McElhinney – Mystery Road: Origin
Most Outstanding Entertainment Program
Gruen Nation
Hard Quiz
Most Outstanding News Coverage or Public Affairs Report
Foreign Correspondent: Saving the Children
Foreign Correspondent: Somalia a Story of Survival
Four Corners: Do No Harm
Four Corners: How Many More
Most Outstanding Factual or Documentary Program
Old People’s Home For Teenagers
Australia’s Wild Odyssey
Most Outstanding Comedy Program
Fisk
Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell
Summer Love
Most Outstanding Children’s Program
Bluey
Crazy Fun Park
Turn Up the Volume
Media Release – ABC
TV Central Logie Awards content HERE
