SUBSCRIPTION TV SCORES A RECORD 12 TV WEEK LOGIE
AWARD NOMINATIONS AND DOMINATES OUTSTANDING DRAMA CATEGORIES SKY NEWS RECEIVES FIRST EVER NOMINATION FOR 2007 ELECTION COVERAGE
The Australian television industry today acknowledged subscription television’s
flourishing contribution to Australian drama with a record number of TV Week Logie
Award nominations.
The subscription television (STV) industry received a record twelve nominations for
the TV Week Logie Awards announced this morning, nine of which recognise the
platform’s outstanding achievements in Drama.
SHOWTIME Australia dominated the peer voted drama categories with four of five
of the nominations for Most Outstanding Actress including Diana Glenn
(Satisfaction) and Alison Whyte (Satisfaction) for new channel SHOWCASE, and
Claudia Karvan (Love My Way) and Asher Keddie (Love My Way) for
SHOWTIME.
Additionally, Satisfaction (SHOWCASE) was nominated for Most Outstanding
Drama Series, Miniseries or Telemovie and Adelaide Clemens (Love My Way,
SHOWTIME) was nominated in the Graham Kennedy Award for Most
Outstanding New Talent.
TV1 received two nominations for its critically acclaimed bio-pic on television legend
Graham Kennedy, with The King securing nominations for Most Outstanding
Drama Series, Miniseries or Telemovie as well as Stephen Curry for his portrayal
of Kennedy in the Most Outstanding Actor category.
Nicole Da Silva was also nominated for the Graham Kennedy Award for Most
Outstanding New Talent for her role in FOX8’s edgy drama series Dangerous.
SKY NEWS received its first ever TV Week Logie Award nomination for Most
Outstanding News Coverage of the 2007 Federal Election, led by its political team
of David Speers, Kieran Gilbert, Ashleigh Gillon and Helen Dalley producing an
unprecedented level of quality programming across the 6 week election campaign.
LifeStyle FOOD Channel also received their first TV Week Logie Award nomination
with Stuart MacGill in the Most Popular New Male Talent category for Stuart
MacGill Uncorked.
FOX SPORTS 1 also received a nomination for ‘Inside Cricket’ in the category of
Most Popular Sports Program.
Cont….
Achieving a record twelve nominations, the STV nominees for the 2008 TV Week
Logie Awards announced today include:
Most Popular Sports Program
Inside Cricket (FOX SPORTS 1)
Most Popular New Male Talent
Stuart MacGill (Stuart MacGill Uncorked, LifesStyle FOOD Channel)
TV Week Silver Logie – Most Outstanding Drama Series, Miniseries or
Telemovie
Satisfaction (SHOWCASE)
The King (TV1)
TV Week Silver Logie – Most Outstanding Actor
Stephen Curry (The King, TV1)
TV Week Silver Logie – Most Outstanding Actress
Diana Glenn (Satisfaction, SHOWCASE)
Claudia Karvan (Love My Way, SHOWTIME)
Asher Keddie (Love My Way, SHOWTIME)
Alison Whyte (Satisfaction, SHOWCASE)
Most Outstanding News Coverage
Federal Election (SKY NEWS)
Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding New Talent
Adelaide Clemens (Love My Way, SHOWTIME)
Nicole Da Silva (Dangerous, FOX8)
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For further information:
FOXTEL O&O
Jamie Campbell
Ph: 0418 269 088
E: Jamie.campbell@foxtel.com.au
SHOWTIME Australia
Cath Lavelle
Ph: 02 8374 6827 / 0413 885 595
E: Catherine@clpr.com.au
TV1
Michael Shephard
Ph: 02 8374 6935
E: Michael@tv1.com.au
SKY News
Talia Eizenberg
Ph: 02 9886 8021 / 0421 645 359
E: teizenberg@skynews.com.au
LifeStyle Channels
Sharyn Whitten
Ph: 02 9813 7015 / 0408 471 116
E: sharyn.whitten@xyznetworks.com.au
FOX SPORTS
Rebecca Jacobsen
Ph: 02 9776 2679
E: rebecca.jacobsen@premiermediagroup.com.au
About FOXTEL
FOXTEL is Australia’s leading subscription television provider and is connected to more than 1.443 million
homes on cable and satellite through retail and wholesale distribution. FOXTEL strives to ensure
subscribers find TV they want to watch every time they switch on through delivery of more than 100
channels covering news, sport, general entertainment, movies, documentaries, music and children’s
programming. FOXTEL is owned by Telstra Corporation Ltd (50%), The News Corporation Ltd (25%), and
Consolidated Media Holdings (25%).
