Logie Awards of 1973

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
 * Most Popular Personality on Australian Television
 * 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
 * Winner: Shell's Australia, Seven Network


 * Outstanding Creative Effort
 * Winner: John Power, Like A Summer Storm, ABC


 * Contribution To Children's TV
 * Winner: Godfrey Philipp, Adventure Island, ABC

Victoria

 * Most Popular Male
 * Winner: Graham Kennedy


 * Most Popular Female
 * Winner: Mary Hardy


 * Most Popular Show
 * Winner: The Graham Kennedy Show, Nine Network

New South Wales

 * Most Popular Male
 * Winner: Tony Barber


 * Most Popular Female
 * Winner: Barbara Rogers


 * Most Popular Show
 * Winner: Great Temptation, Seven Network

Queensland

 * Most Popular Male
 * Winner: Ron Cadee


 * Most Popular Female
 * Winner: Dina Heslop


 * Most Popular Show
 * Winner: I've Got A Secret, Nine Network

South Australia

 * Most Popular Male
 * Winner: Ernie Sigley


 * Most Popular Female
 * Winner: Anne Wills


 * Most Popular Show
 * Winner: Adelaide Tonight, Nine Network

Tasmania

 * Most Popular Male
 * Winner: Graeme Smith


 * Most Popular Female
 * Winner: Sue Gray


 * Most Popular Show
 * Winner: Smith's Weekly

Western Australia

 * Most Popular Male
 * Winner: Jeff Newman


 * Most Popular Female
 * Winner: Sandy Palmer


 * Most Popular Show
 * Winner: Anything Goes, Seven Network

Special Achievement Awards

 * George Wallace Memorial Logie For Best New Talent
 * Winner: Paul Hogan, The Paul Hogan Show, Seven Network