15th Annual TV Week Logie Awards
Friday, 16 February 1973
Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne, Victoria
The Logie Award Winners 1973 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: USA stars Glenn Ford, Loretta Switt (M*A*S*H), Michael Cole (Mod Squad), and Gail Fisher (Mannix). The Awards were televised on the Nine Network.
1973 National Logie Awards
| Gold Logie Most Popular Personality | Tony Barber – Great Temptation | 7 |
| George Wallace Memorial Logie for Best New Talent | Paul Hogan – The Paul Hogan Show | 9 |
| Outstanding Contribution to TV Journalism | Caroline Jones | ABC |
| Outstanding Creative Effort | John Power – Like A Summer Storm | ABC |
| Contribution to Children’s TV | Godfrey Philipp – Adventure Island | ABC |
| Best Actor | Gerard Kennedy – Division 4 | 9 |
| Best Actress | Pat McDonald – Number 96 | 10 |
| Best Teenage Personality | Johnny Farnham | |
| Best Individual Performance by an Actor | James Laurenson – Boney | 7 |
| Best Individual Performance by an Actress | Anna Volska – Behind The Legend | ABC |
| Best Compere | Bert Newton – The Graham Kennedy Show | 9 |
| Best News Coverage | “George Street Bombings” – Greg Grainger, Nine Network News | 9 |
| Best Public Affairs Program | A Current Affair | 9 |
| Best Documentary | Rod Kinnear – Jane Cooper Doco | |
| Best Documentary Series | Shell’s Australia | 7 |
| Best New Drama | Number 96 | 10 |
| Best Australian Drama | Homicide | 7 |
| Best Scriptwriter | Frank Hardy – Boney | 7 |
| Best Australian Comedy | The Godfathers | 9 |
| Best Australian Commercial | Winfield Cigarettes | |
| Best American Show | The Mod Squad | |
| Best British Show | On The Buses |
1973 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 | Tony Barber Barbara Rogers Great Temptation | 7 7 7 |
| Queensland | ||
| Most Popular Male Most Popular Female Most Popular Show | Ron Cadee Dina Heslop I’ve Got A Secret | 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 | Graham Smith Sue Gray Smith’s Weekly | |
| Western Australia | ||
| Most Popular Male Most Popular Female Most Popular Show | Jeff Newman Sandy Palmer Anything Goes | 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.
