The 15th Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Friday 16 February 1973 at the Southern Cross Hotel in Melbourne and broadcast on the Nine Network. Bert Newton was the Master of Ceremonies. American film star Glenn Ford and television actors Michael Cole, Gail Fisher and Loretta Swit were in attendance as guest presenters. The programme is remembered for a drunken, incoherent acceptance speech from Cole which concluded with a swear word.
Winners of Logie Awards (Australian television) for 1973:
Most Popular Personality on Australian TelevisionPresented by Glenn Ford and Loretta Swit
Winner: Tony Barber,
Great Temptation, Seven Network
Best ActorWinner: Gerard Kennedy,
Division 4, Nine Network
Best ActressWinner: Pat McDonald,
Number 96, Network Ten
Best Australian DramaWinner: Homicide, Seven Network
Best Teenage PersonalityWinner: Johnny Farnham
Best Australian ComedyWinner: The Godfathers, Nine Network
Best CompereWinner: Bert Newton,
The Graham Kennedy Show, Nine Network
Best American ShowWinner: The Mod SquadBest British ShowWinner: On The BusesBest CommercialWinner: Winfield Cigarettes
Best New DramaWinner: Number 96, Network Ten
Best ScriptwriterWinner: Frank Hardy,
Boney, Seven Network
Best Single Performance By An ActressWinner: Anna Volska,
Behind The Legend, ABC
Best Single Performance By An ActorWinner: James Laurenson,
Boney, Seven Network
Best News CoverageWinner: George Street bombings,
Greg Grainger, Nine Network news
Best Public Affairs ProgramWinner: A Current Affair, Nine Network
Outstanding Contribution To TV JournalismWinner: Caroline Jones, ABC
Best DocumentaryWinner: Rod Kinnear, Jane Cooper doco
Best Documentary SeriesWinner: Shell's Australia, Seven Network
Outstanding Creative EffortWinner: John Power,
Like A Summer Storm, ABC
Contribution To Children's TVWinner: Godfrey Philipp,
Adventure Island, ABC
Most Popular MaleWinner: Graham KennedyMost Popular FemaleWinner: Mary HardyMost Popular ShowWinner: The Graham Kennedy Show, Nine Network
Most Popular MaleWinner: Tony BarberMost Popular FemaleWinner: Barbara Rogers
Most Popular ShowWinner: Great Temptation, Seven Network
Queensland
Most Popular MaleWinner: Ron Cadee
Most Popular FemaleWinner: Dina Heslop
Most Popular ShowWinner: I've Got A Secret, Nine Network
Most Popular MaleWinner: Ernie SigleyMost Popular FemaleWinner: Anne WillsMost Popular ShowWinner: Adelaide Tonight, Nine Network
Most Popular MaleWinner: Graeme Smith
Most Popular FemaleWinner: Sue Gray
Most Popular ShowWinner: Smith's WeeklyMost Popular MaleWinner: Jeff NewmanMost Popular FemaleWinner: Sandy Palmer
Most Popular ShowWinner: Anything Goes, Seven Network
George Wallace Memorial Logie For Best New TalentWinner: Paul Hogan,
The Paul Hogan Show, Nine Network
