Jake Freeman

56TH LOGIES PREVIEW

Dr Chris Brown and Julia Morris hosted the 56th Logies Awards nomination event at Club 23, Crown Towers
Dr Chris Brown and Julia Morris hosted the 56th Logies Awards nomination event at Club 23.

Drama and miniseries are up for the big awards at this year’s TV’s night of nights, The 56th Logies, which is just around the corner and the complete list of the nominees was announced this week at Crown’s Club 23. Actress and comedian Julia Morris and Bondi vet Doctor Chris Brown hosted the event.

First time nominees for the Gold Logie are: The Block’s Scott Cam and Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries actress Essie Davis. Joining them in the contest for the top prize is 2013 Gold Logie winner, Asher Keddie, Andy Lee, Carrie Bickmore and Stephen Peacocke from Home and Away. Three out of the five nominees are from drama/miniseries.
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries is also nominated for the Most Popular Drama and Essie Davis is in the running for Most Popular Actress. Although the show rated highly with more than 1 million viewers per episode, its future on the ABC’s programschedule also remains a mystery as the public broadcaster has not yet commissioned a third series, despite strong fan support.

Carrie Bickmore, the last original host for The Project is up for the Gold for the second time in a row. Speaking with the Sydney Arts Guide, the presenter was humble about being nominated and the challenges of working in an ever changing industry. Her co-hosts Dave Hughes and Charlie Pickering have since left The Project.
In a bid to shorten the ceremony, the Most Popular New Male Talent and Most Popular New Female Talent awards will be merged into the Most Popular New Talent category, becoming gender non-specific. The award for Most Popular Factual Program has also been eliminated.

Although the Logies have always been the battleground between channels Seven and Nine, the ABC and pay TV provider Foxtel are also dominating the nominations for drama and miniseries/telemovie categories.

Foxtel’s Wentworth is nominated for Outstanding Drama Series and its main star Danielle Cormack is up for Outstanding Actress. Foxtel’s other show, Top of the Lake, is nominated for Outstanding Miniseries or Telemovie, which breaks the tradition of only free-to-air TV being showcased at the Logies.

Not to be outdone, the ABC’s Paper Giants, Redfern Now, The Time of Our Lives and An Accidental Soldier are also competing for the silver.

From the commercial networks, it’s Seven’s A Place To Call Home, Nine’s Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch Story and Ten’s Offspring.

Interestingly, The Voice and Australia’s Got Talent are the only variety or talent shows that will be up against four scripted comedies: SBS’s Housos and the ABC’s It’s A Date, Please Like Me and Upper Middle Bogan in the Outstanding Light Entertainment Program category.

The TV Week Logie Awards ceremony will be screened on the Nine Network on Sunday, 27 April from the Palladium at Crown Casino.

Published by Jake Freeman

Jake Freeman is a junior administration assistant, editor, camera operator and filmmaker. Jake has previously completed his studies in Film and Television at the Northern Melbourne Institute of Tafe (NMIT) and in Business Administration at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT). During his business studies Jake co-managed and hosted a major fundraising event as part of his course assessment that raised over $1000 with guest speakers from the The Big Issue and The Oaktree Foundation in attendance. He has worked for Channel 31, SYN Media and RMITV in various roles such as camera operator, editor and director. Jake has recently been writing and performing stand-up comedy in various Melbourne venues.