Logie Awards of 1973

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| award = Logie Awards

| number = 15

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| date = 16 February 1973

| site = Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne, Victoria

| host = Bert Newton

| gold = Tony Barber

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| most_nominations =

| network = Nine Network

| last = 14th

| next = 16th

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The 15th Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Friday 16 February 1973 at the Southern Cross Hotel in Melbourne and broadcast on the Nine Network. Bert Newton was the Master of Ceremonies. American film star Glenn Ford and television actors Michael Cole, Gail Fisher and Loretta Swit were in attendance as guest presenters. The programme is remembered for a drunken, incoherent acceptance speech from Cole which concluded with a swear word.

Awards

Winners of Logie Awards (Australian television) for 1973:

=Gold Logie=

Presented by Glenn Ford and Loretta Swit

:Winner: Tony Barber, Great Temptation, Seven Network

=National Logie=

;Best Actor

:Winner: Gerard Kennedy, Division 4, Nine Network

;Best Actress

:Winner: Pat McDonald, Number 96, Network Ten

;Best Australian Drama

:Winner: Homicide, Seven Network

;Best Teenage Personality

:Winner: Johnny Farnham

;Best Australian Comedy

:Winner: The Godfathers, Nine Network

;Best Compere

:Winner: Bert Newton, The Graham Kennedy Show, Nine Network

;Best American Show

:Winner: The Mod Squad

;Best British Show

:Winner: On The Buses

;Best Commercial

:Winner: Winfield Cigarettes

;Best New Drama

:Winner: Number 96, Network Ten

;Best Scriptwriter

:Winner: Frank Hardy, Boney, Seven Network

;Best Single Performance By An Actress

:Winner: Anna Volska, Behind The Legend, ABC

;Best Single Performance By An Actor

:Winner: James Laurenson, Boney, Seven Network

;Best News Coverage

:Winner: George Street bombings, Greg Grainger, Nine Network news

;Best Public Affairs Program

:Winner: A Current Affair, Nine Network

;Outstanding Contribution To TV Journalism

:Winner: Caroline Jones, ABC

;Best Documentary

:Winner: Rod Kinnear, Jane Cooper doco

;Best Documentary Series

;George Wallace Memorial Logie For Best New Talent

:Winner: Paul Hogan, The Paul Hogan Show, Seven Network

External links

{{IMDb event|0000401/1973}}
[http://www.australiantelevision.net/awards/logie1970_73.html Australian Television: 1970-1973 Logie Awards]
[http://www.tvweeklogieawards.com.au/logie-history/1970s/1973/ TV Week Logie Awards: 1973]

1973

Category:1973 television awards

Category:1973 in Australian television

Category:1970s in Melbourne