Changes are being made to the 64th TV Week Logie Awards ahead of their 2024 ceremony on Sunday 18 August.
Changes to award categories and the judging process are being implemented to ensure the Awards reflect Australia’s modern television industry and the evolving viewing habits of Australians.
Three awards will continue to be presented as ‘Most Popular’, with nominees decided by a panel of independent industry experts, before being voted on by the Australian public. These awards are the Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television, the Bert Newton Award for Most Popular Presenter and the Graham Kennedy Award for Most Popular New Talent.
The recipient of the Hall of Fame Award will continue to be solely determined by a panel of independent industry experts.
The remaining 20 awards will be named ‘Best’ to combine the previous ‘Most Popular’ and ‘Most Outstanding’ categories. Changes include separating comedy from drama in the acting categories and adding a second news award.
Drama has been separated out from miniseries and telemovie, and the comedy and reality categories will be split into Scripted Comedy and Comedy Entertainment, and Competition Reality and Structured Reality, respectively.
The winners of the Best Awards will be determined by a combined score from a judging panel, viewing data and Australian public votes.
Judging panels will also be expanded with the aim of securing greater representation.
The full list of 2024 Logie Award categories are:
1. Gold Logie – Most Popular Personality on Australian Television
2. Hall of Fame Award
3. Bert Newton Award for Most Popular Presenter
4. Graham Kennedy Award for Most Popular New Talent
5. Silver Logie – Best Lead Actor in a Drama
6. Silver Logie – Best Lead Actress in a Drama
7. Silver Logie – Best Lead Actor in a Comedy
8. Silver Logie – Best Lead Actress in a Comedy
9. Silver Logie – Best Supporting Actor
10. Silver Logie – Best Supporting Actress
11. Silver Logie – Best News or Public Affairs Presenter
12. Best Drama Program
13. Best Miniseries or Telemovie
14. Best Entertainment Program
15. Best Current Affairs Program
16. Best Scripted Comedy Program
17. Best Comedy Entertainment Program
18. Best Competition Reality Program
19. Best Structured Reality Program
20. Best Lifestyle Program
21. Best News Coverage or Public Affairs Report
22. Best Factual or Documentary Program
23. Best Sports Coverage
24. Best Children’s Program
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The TV Week Logie Awards is supported by the NSW Government through its tourism and major events agency, Destination NSW. The ceremony will air exclusively on Channel Seven and 7plus on Sunday 18 August 2024.