8th Annual TV Week Logie Awards
March / April, 1966
Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne, Victoria
The Logie Award Winners 1966 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.
Special Guests were: UK star Jimmy Edwards (Whack-O!), and from Coronation Street, Doris Speed, Arthur Leslie and Pat Phoenix.
1966 National Awards
| Gold Logie Most Popular Personality | Gordon Chater – The Mavis Bramston Show | 7 |
| Best Female Personality | Carol Raye – The Mavis Bramston Show | 7 |
| Best Teenage Personality | Normie Rowe | |
| Best Live Show | The Mavis Bramston Show | 7 |
| Best Documentary | Birth | |
| The TV WEEK / Pan Am Award for Best Overseas Show | The Dick Van Dyke Show | |
| Best Drama | Homicide | 7 |
| Best Commercial | Coca-Cola | |
| Outstanding Contribution to Development of Talent | Showcase ‘65 | 10 |
| Outstanding Contribution to Children’s Television | Magic Circle Club – ATV-0 | |
| For Her Cheerful Devotion to Bob and Their Show | Dolly Dyer – Pick-A-Box | 7 |
1966 Local Awards
| Victoria | ||
| Most Popular Male Most Popular Female Most Popular Live Show | Graham Kennedy Mary Hardy In Melbourne Tonight | 9 9 9 |
| New South Wales | ||
| Most Popular Male Most Popular Female Most Popular Live Show | Don Lane Diana Ward Tonight With Don Lane | 9 ABC 9 |
| Queensland | ||
| Most Popular Male Most Popular Female Most Popular Live Show | Gerry Gibson Jill Edwards Theatre Royal | 7 7 |
| South Australia | ||
| Most Popular Male Most Popular Female Most Popular Live Show | Ernie Sigley Pam Western Adelaide Tonight | 9 9 9 |
| Tasmania | ||
| Most Popular Male Most Popular Female Most Popular Live Show | John Crook Caroline Schmit Anything Goes | ABC |
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.
