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The 10th Annual TV Week
TV Week
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Logie Award
Logie Award
The TV Week Logie Awards are the Australian television industry awards, which have been presented annually since 1959. Renamed by Graham Kennedy in 1960 after he won the first 'Star Of The Year' award, the name 'Logie' awards honours John Logie Baird, a Scotsman who invented the television as a...

s were presented on Friday 22 March 1968 at the Southern Cross Hotel in Melbourne

Melbourne

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and broadcast on the Nine Network

Nine Network

The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...

. Bert Newton

Bert Newton

Albert Watson "Bert" Newton, AM, MBE is an Australian television personality, known for hosting television series such as In Melbourne Tonight, Good Morning Australia and 20 to 1. Newton has also hosted the Logie Awards on numerous occasions through his career.-Early life:Newton was born in...

from the Nine Network was the Master of Ceremonies

Master of Ceremonies

A Master of Ceremonies , or compere, is the host of a staged event or similar performance.An MC usually presents performers, speaks to the audience, and generally keeps the event moving....

. British television actress Violet Carson and American television actors Christopher George

Christopher George

Christopher John George was an American television and film actor who was perhaps best known for his starring role in the 1966-1968 TV series The Rat Patrol. He was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1967 as Best TV Star for his performance in the series...

, Peter Breck

Peter Breck

Joseph Peter Breck is an American prolific character actor of stage, who has played roles on television and in film...

and Cheryl Miller appeared as guests. This article lists the winners of Logie Award

Logie Award

The TV Week Logie Awards are the Australian television industry awards, which have been presented annually since 1959. Renamed by Graham Kennedy in 1960 after he won the first 'Star Of The Year' award, the name 'Logie' awards honours John Logie Baird, a Scotsman who invented the television as a...

s (Australia

Australia

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n television

Television

Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

) for 1968:

Gold Logie

Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television

The Gold Logie Award has been awarded annually to the Most Popular Personality on Australian Television at the TV Week Logie Awards since 1960...

Winner:

Brian Henderson

Brian Weir Henderson AM is a New Zealand-born Australian television personality and news-reader.-Career:Henderson hosted the Australian version of Bandstand from 1958 until 1972...

National

Best Teenage Personality

Winner:

Little Pattie

Little Pattie is the stage name of Australian singer, Patricia Thelma Amphlett OAM later Patricia Thompson, who performed as a 1960s surf pop singer and then in adult contemporary music...

TV Quizmaster of the Decade

Winner:

Bob Dyer

Robert "Bob" Dies OBE , who took the stage name of Bob Dyer, was an American-born vaudeville entertainer, radio personality, and radio and television quiz show host who made his name in Australia. Dyer is best known for the long-running radio and then television quiz show, Pick a Box...

TV Sportscaster of the Year

Winner:

Ron Casey

Ronald Patrick Casey AM MBE was a Melbourne based Australian rules football administrator, commentator and television pioneer.- Radio roles :...

Best Drama Series

Winner:

Homicide

Homicide refers to the act of a human killing another human. Murder, for example, is a type of homicide. It can also describe a person who has committed such an act, though this use is rare in modern English...

, Seven Network

Best Overseas Show

Winner:

Till Death Us Do Part

Best New Show of 1967

Winner:

This Day Tonight

This Day Tonight was an Australian Broadcasting Corporation current affairs program of the late 1960s and early 1970s.- Overview :...

, ABC

Best Australian Comedy

Winner:

My Name's McGooley, Seven Network

Best Australian Show

Winner:

Sound of Music, Nine Network

Best Commercial

Winner:

Alka Seltzer

Outstanding Australian TV Contribution

Winner:

"Days of Destiny" from Project 67, Nine Network

Victoria

Best Male Personality

Winner:

Graham Kennedy

Graham Cyril Kennedy, AO was an Australian radio, television and film performer, often called Gra Gra and The King of Australian television.-Childhood:...

Best Female Personality

Winner:

Rosie Sturgess

Best Show

Winner:

In Melbourne Tonight

In Melbourne Tonight, also known as "IMT", was a highly popular nightly variety television show produced at GTV-9 Melbourne from 6 May 1957 to 1970....

, Nine Network

New South Wales

Best Male Personality

Winner:

Don Lane

Don Lane , born Morton Donald Isaacson, was an American-born talk show host and singer. Don Lane is best known for hosting The Don Lane Show, which was aired on The Nine Network in Australia from 1975 to 1983....

Best Female Personality

Winner:

Dita Cobb

Best Show

Winner:

Tonight with Don Lane, Nine Network

South Australia

Best Male Personality

Winner:

Ernie Sigley

Ernest William "Ernie" Sigley is an enduring Australian entertainment personality known for his square-rimmed spectacles, the gap between his front teeth and his slapstick approach to comedy.-Radio career:...

Best Female Personality

Winner:

Anne Wills

Best Show

Winner:

Adelaide Tonight

Adelaide Tonight was a nightly variety show, running four days a week at 9.30pm on NWS-9 Adelaide. The show was broadcast live from Studio 1 between 1959 and 1973...

, Nine Network

Queensland

Best Male Personality

Winner:

Rod Cadee

Best Female Personality

Winner:

Jill McCann

Best Show

Winner:

I've Got a Secret

I've Got a Secret is a panel game show produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television. Created by comedy writers Allan Sherman and Howard Merrill, it was a derivative of Goodson-Todman's own panel show What's My Line?...

, Nine Network

Tasmania

Best Male Personality

Winner:

Lindsay Edwards

Best Female Personality

Winner:

Caroline Schmit

Best Show

Winner:

Line-Up, ABC

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