20th Annual TV Week Logie Awards
Friday, 3 March 1978
Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne, Victoria
Hosted by Bert Newton. Special Guests were UK star David Frost (That Was The Week That Was) and USA stars Sammy Davis Jr, Richard Anderson (Six Million Dollar Man), Florence Henderson (Brady Bunch), Mike Farrell (M*A*S*H), Patty Weaver (Days Of Our Lives), and Bob Hope (via cable from Sydney). The Awards were televised on the Nine Network.
The Logie Award Winners 1978 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.
1978 National Logie Awards
| Gold Logie Most Popular Personality | Graham Kennedy – Blankety Blanks | 10 |
| Silver Logies (inaugural) Most Popular Australian Lead Actor | Paul Cronin – The Sullivans | 9 |
| Silver Logies (inaugural) Most Popular Australian Lead Actress | Lorraine Bayly – The Sullivans | 9 |
| Outstanding Contribution to TV Journalism | “The Werribee Incident” – A Current Affair | 9 |
| Outstanding Coverage of a Sporting Event | The Australian Open Golf | 9 |
| Outstanding Contribution to Community Service | The National Survival Test | |
| Outstanding Contribution by a Regional Station | Ian (NBN3, Newcastle) | |
| Outstanding Performance by a Juvenile | Beau Cox – Young Ramsay | 7 |
| Best New Talent In Australia | Brandon Burke – Glenview High | 7 |
| Best Comedy Performer | Paul Hogan – The Paul Hogan Show | 9 |
| Best Individual Performance by an Actress | Jacki Weaver – Do I Have To Kill My Child? | 9 |
| Best Individual Performance by an Actor | Neil Fitzpatrick – Pig In A Poke | ABC |
| Best Sustained Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role | Vivean Gray – The Sullivans | 9 |
| Best Sustained Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Michael Caton – The Sulllivans | 9 |
| Best New Drama | Cop Shop | 7 |
| Best Dramatic Script | Margaret Kelly and John Dingwall – Pig In A Poke | ABC |
| Best News Report | Blue Mountains Bushfires – Network Ten News | 10 |
| Best Public Affairs Series | Willesee At Seven | 7 |
| Best News Documentary | “Utah” – Four Corners | ABC |
| Best Documentary Series | In The Wild | ABC |
| Best Miniseries/Telemovie | The Alternative | 7 |
| Most Popular Australian TV Teenage Personality | Mark Holden | |
| Most Popular Australian Drama | The Sullivans | 9 |
| Most Popular Australian Variety/Panel Show | Blankety Blanks | 10 |
| Most Popular Australian Commercial | Export Cola |
1978 Local Logie Awards
| Victoria | ||
| Most Popular Male Most Popular Female Most Popular Show | Bert Newton Mary Hardy The Don Lane Show | |
| New South Wales | ||
| Most Popular Male Most Popular Female Most Popular Show | Mike Walsh Sue Smith The Mike Walsh Show | |
| Queensland | ||
| Most Popular Male Most Popular Female Most Popular Show | Paul Sharratt Jacki MacDonald Country Homestead | |
| South Australia | ||
| Most Popular Male Most Popular Female Most Popular Show | Roger Cardwell Helen Woods Super Fun Show | |
| Tasmania | ||
| Most Popular Male Most Popular Female Most Popular Show | Tom Payne Robyn Jackman This Week | |
| Western Australia | ||
| Most Popular Male Most Popular Female Most Popular Show | Terry Willesee Jenny Clemesha Channel Nine News |
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.
