# Logie Awards of 1976

The 18th Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Friday 12 March 1976 at Southern Cross Hotel in Melbourne and broadcast on the Nine Network. Bert Newton from the Nine Network was the Master of Ceremonies. American film star Lee Marvin, television actors Henry Winkler, Martin Milner and Arte Johnson, and British actors Gordon Jackson and Susannah York appeared as guests.

## Awards

Winners of Logie Awards (Australian television) for 1976:

### Gold Logie

Awards presented by Lee Marvin

#### Most Popular Male Personality on Australian Television

    Winner: Norman Gunston (Garry McDonald), The Norman Gunston Show, ABC

#### Most Popular Female Personality on Australian Television

    Winner: Denise Drysdale, The Ernie Sigley Show, Nine Network

### Logie
#### National
##### Best Australian Actor

    Winner: Paul Karo, The Box, 0-10 Network

##### Best Australian Actress

    Winner: Pat McDonald, Number 96, 0-10 Network

##### Best Australian Drama

    Winner: Number 96, 0-10 Network

##### Best Australian Teenage Personality

    Winner: John Paul Young

##### Best Australian Music/Variety Show

    Winner: Young Talent Time, 0-10 Network

##### Best Commercial

    Winner: Uncle Sam

##### Best Individual Performance By An Actor

    Winner: Chris Haywood, Essington, ABC

##### Best Individual Performance By An Actress

    Winner: Maggie Millar, Homicide, Seven Network

##### Best New Drama

    Winner: Cash and Company, Seven Network

##### Best Script

    Winner: Thomas Keneally, Essington, ABC

##### Best Single Episode In A Series

    Winner: "Little Raver", Division 4, Nine Network

##### Best News Report

    Winner: Timor report, Gerald Stone, Nine Network

##### Best Public Affairs Program

    Winner: A Current Affair, Nine Network

##### Best TV Interviewer

    Winner: Michael Schildberger, A Current Affair, Nine Network

##### Best News Documentary

    Winner: Of Course I Love Jim Cairns, Nine Network

##### Best Single Documentary

    Winner: You Just Don't Realise, 0-10 Network

##### Best Documentary Series

    Winner: A Big Country, ABC

##### For Faith And Continuing Investment In Australian Drama

    Winner: Hector Crawford

##### Best Teenage Television

    Winner: Countdown, ABC

##### Outstanding Performance By A Juvenile

    Winner: Jacqui Lochhead, Matlock Police

##### Outstanding Contribution By A Regional Station

    Winner: The World Of Jesus Christ Superstar, NBN-3 Newcastle

#### Victoria
##### Most Popular Male

    Winner: Ernie Sigley

##### Most Popular Female

    Winner: Denise Drysdale

##### Most Popular Show

    Winner: The Ernie Sigley Show, Nine Network

#### New South Wales
##### Most Popular Male

    Winner: Mike Walsh

##### Most Popular Female

    Winner: Jeanne Little

##### Most Popular Show

    Winner: The Mike Walsh Show, Network Ten

#### South Australia
##### Most Popular Male

    Winner: Sandy Roberts

##### Most Popular Female

    Winner: Winnie Pelz

##### Most Popular Show

    Winner: Sound Unlimited, Seven Network

#### Queensland
##### Most Popular Male

    Winner: Paul Sharratt

##### Most Popular Female

    Winner: Jacki MacDonald

##### Most Popular Show

    Winner: Studio 9, Nine Network

#### Tasmania
##### Most Popular Male

    Winner: Tom Payne

##### Most Popular Female

    Winner: Margaret Anne Ford

##### Most Popular Show

    Winner: This Week

#### Western Australia
##### Most Popular Male

    Winner: Jeff Newman

##### Most Popular Female

    Winner: Marie Van Maaren

##### Most Popular Show

    Winner: Stars Of The Future, Seven Network

### Special Achievement Award
#### George Wallace Memorial Award For Best New Talent

    Winner: Norman Gunston (Garry McDonald), The Norman Gunston Show, Seven Network

## Footnotes

$^1$This is the first and only time to date a fictional character has won a Logie.