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Logie Awards of 1989

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The 31st Annual TV Week Logie Awards was held on Friday 17 March 1989 at the Hyatt on Collins in Melbourne, and broadcast on the Seven Network.^[1] The ceremony was hosted by Bert Newton and guests included Raquel Welch, Leslie Nielsen and Bryan Brown.^[1]

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31st Logie Awards
Date	17 March 1989
Site	Hyatt on Collins, Melbourne, Victoria
Hosted by	Bert Newton
Highlights
Gold Logie	Daryl Somers
Hall of Fame	Bryan Brown
Most awards	Neighbours and The Shiralee (3)
Television coverage
Network	Seven Network
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Winners

Gold Logie

Winner: Daryl Somers in Hey Hey It's Saturday (Nine Network)^[2]

Nominees: Kylie Minogue, Craig McLachlan, Jason Donovon

Acting/Presenting

Most Popular Actor

Winner: Craig McLachlan in Neighbours (Network Ten)^[2]

Nominees: Alex Papps in Home and Away (Seven Network), Jason Donovon in Neighbours (Network Ten)

Most Popular Actress

Winner: Annie Jones in Neighbours (Network Ten)^[2]

Nominees: Nicolle Dickson in Home and Away (Seven Network), Kylie Minogue in Neighbours (Network Ten)

Most Popular Actor in a Telemovie or Miniseries

Winner: Bryan Brown in The Shiralee (Seven Network)^[2]

Nominees: Hugo Weaving in The Dirtwater Dynasty (Network Ten), Vince Colosimo in All the Way (Nine Network)

Most Popular Actress in a Telemovie or Miniseries

Winner: Rebecca Smart in The Shiralee (Seven Network)^[2]

Nominees: Dannii Minogue in All the Way (Nine Network), Noni Hazlehurst in The Shiralee (Seven Network)

Most Outstanding Actor

Winner: John Wood in Rafferty's Rules (Seven Network)^[2]

Nominees: Simon Chilvers in Rafferty's Rules (Seven Network), Robert Grubb in The Flying Doctors (Nine Network)

Most Outstanding Actress

Winner: Joan Sydney in A Country Practice (Seven Network)^[2]

Nominees: Linda Cropper in Melba (Seven Network); Di Smith in A Country Practice (Seven Network)

Most Popular Light Entertainment or Comedy Personality

Winner: Mary-Anne Fahey in The Comedy Company (Network Ten)^[2]

Nominees: Mark Mitchell in The Comedy Company (Network Ten), Daryl Somers in Hey Hey It's Saturday (Nine Network)

Most Popular New Talent: Winner: Nicolle Dickson in Home and Away (Seven Network)^[2]

Most Outstanding Programs

Most Outstanding Single Documentary or Documentary Series: Winner: Nature of Australia (ABC TV)^[2]

Most Outstanding Achievement in News: Winner: "Walsh Street murders", Michael Venus (Nine Network)^[2]

Most Outstanding Achievement in Public Affairs: Winner: Four Corners (ABC TV)^[2]

Most Outstanding Achievement by Regional Television: Winner: Walkabout Documentaries (RTQ7)^[2]

Performers

"The Golden Girls" (Lorrae Desmond, Hazel Phillips, Pat McDonald, Jeanne Little, Denise Drysdale, Rowena Wallace)
John Farnham^[1]
Norman Gunston^[1]

Hall of Fame

After years in the Australian television industry, Bryan Brown became the sixth inductee into the TV Week Logies Hall of Fame.^[3]

References

[1]
"31st TV Week Logie Awards, 1989". Tvweeklogies.com.au. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014.
[2]
"1989 – The Logie Awards". Yahoo!7. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015.
[3]
"1989 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014.

External links

Logie Awards of 1989 at IMDb

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