16th Annual TV Week Logie Awards
Friday, 8 March 1974
Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne, Victoria
The Logie Award Winners 1974 is a list of Australian television program Logie Awards winners and nominees. The awards are presented annually by the Australian television industry, currently as the TV Week Logie Awards, to recognise excellence in many areas of television, including acting, entertainment and news categories.
Hosted by Bert Newton. Special Guests were: Gina Lollobrigida (European film star), USA stars David Cassidy (Partridge Family), Tige Andrews (Gomer Pyle, USMC) and Macdonald Carey (Days Of Our Lives). The Awards were televised on the Nine Network.
Kingford Cigarettes were given an award for the Best Commercial. It could never happen today because cigarette commercials are no longer allowed on Australian television.
1974 National Logie Awards
| Gold Logie Most Popular Male Personality | Graham Kennedy – The Graham Kennedy Show | 9 |
| Gold Logie Most Popular Female Personality | Pat McDonald – Number 96 | 10 |
| George Wallace Memorial Logie for Best New Talent | Elizabeth Alexander – Seven Little Australians | ABC |
| Outstanding Contribution To TV Journalism | Steve Raymond – A Current Affair | 9 |
| Outstanding Single Acting Performance | Fred Cullen – Homicide | 7 |
| Outstanding Contribution To TV Comedy Writing | Fred Parsons | |
| Outstanding Creative Effort | Gordon French – Tommy | 7 |
| Outstanding Contribution To Daytime TV | Mike Walsh – The Mike Walsh Show | 10 |
| Best Australian Actor | Leonard Teale – Homicide | 7 |
| Best Australian Actress | Pat McDonald – Number 96 | 10 |
| Best Australian Drama | Number 96 | 10 |
| Best Teenage Personality | Debbie Byrne – Young Talent Time | 10 |
| Best Australian Comedy | The Aunty Jack Show | ABC |
| Best Australian Music/Variety Show | Young Talent Time | 10 |
| Best Australian Compere | Bert Newton – The Graham Kennedy Show | 9 |
| Best New Drama | Seven Little Australians | ABC |
| Best Script | Fred Cullen – Homicide | 7 |
| Best News Coverage | Balsa Rafts Chile/Australia Trip – Ian Leslie, Network Ten News | 10 |
| Best Public Affairs Program | A Current Affair | 9 |
| Best Single Documentary | Escape To Singapore – John Power | ABC |
| Best Documentary Series | Wild Australia | ABC |
| Best Australian Commercial | Kingford Cigarettes | |
| Best American Show | The Mod Squad | |
| Best British Show | The Benny Hill Show |
1974 Local Logie Awards
| Victoria | ||
| Most Popular Male Most Popular Female Most Popular Show | Graham Kennedy Mary Hardy The Graham Kennedy Show | 9 7 9 |
| New South Wales | ||
| Most Popular Male Most Popular Female Most Popular Show | Don Lane Marilyn Mayo The Don Lane Show | 9 9 9 |
| Queensland | ||
| Most Popular Male Most Popular Female Most Popular Show | Ron Cadee Dina Heslop Studio 9 | 9 7 9 |
| South Australia | ||
| Most Popular Male Most Popular Female Most Popular Show | Ernie Sigley Anne Wills Adelaide Tonight | 9 9 9 |
| Tasmania | ||
| Most Popular Male Most Popular Female Most Popular Show | Trevor Sutton Jill Morrell This Week | |
| Western Australia | ||
| Most Popular Male Most Popular Female Most Popular Show | Jeff Newman Sandy Palmer Stars Of The Future | 7 7 7 |
NOTE: yes, we know many of the Special Guests are famous for more than what we list. Because this is a historical listing, we’ve tried to show the TV program the person was known for at the time. For example, Roger Moore was known for his TV show The Pretenders in 1972, long before he did the James Bond films.
Last column in the above charts is the television network / station.
