The 11th Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Friday 12 March 1976 at Southern Cross Hotel in Melbourne and broadcast on the Nine Network. Bert Newton from the Nine Network was the Master of Ceremonies. American film star Lee Marvin, television actors Henry Winkler, Martin Milner and Arte Johnson, and British actors Gordon Jackson and Susannah York appeared as guests.
winners of Logie Awards (Australian television) for 1976:
Awards presented by Lee Marvin
Most Popular Male Personality on Australian TelevisionWinner:Norman Gunston (Garry McDonald),
The Norman Gunston Show, ABC
Most Popular Female Personality on Australian TelevisionWinner:Denise Drysdale,
The Ernie Sigley Show, Nine Network
Best Australian ActorWinner:Paul Karo,
The Box, 0-10 Network
Best Australian ActressWinner:Pat McDonald,
Number 96, 0-10 Network
Best Australian DramaWinner:Number 96, 0-10 Network
Best Australian Teenage PersonalityWinner:John Paul YoungBest Australian Music/Variety ShowWinner:Young Talent Time, 0-10 Network
Best CommercialWinner:Uncle SamBest Individual Performance By An ActorWinner:Chris Haywood,
Essington, ABC
Best Individual Performance By An ActressWinner:Maggie Millar,
Homicide,
Seven NetworkBest New DramaWinner:Cash and Company,
Seven NetworkBest ScriptWinner:Thomas Keneally,
Essington, ABC
Best Single Episode In A SeriesWinner:"Little Raver",
Division 4, Nine Network
Best News ReportWinner:Timor report,
Gerald Stone, Nine Network
Best Public Affairs ProgramWinner:A Current Affair, Nine Network
Best TV InterviewerWinner:Michael Schildberger,
A Current Affair, Nine Network
Best News DocumentaryWinner:Of Course I Love Jim Cairns, Nine Network
Best Single DocumentaryWinner:You Just Don't Realise, 0-10 Network
Best Documentary SeriesWinner:A Big Country, ABC
For Faith And Continuing Investment In Australian DramaWinner:Hector CrawfordBest Teenage TelevisionWinner:Countdown, ABC
Outstanding Performance By A JuvenileWinner:Jacqui Lochhead,
Matlock PoliceOutstanding Contribution By A Regional StationWinner:The World Of Jesus Christ Superstar, NBN-3
NewcastleMost Popular MaleWinner:Ernie Sigley
Most Popular FemaleWinner:Denise DrysdaleMost Popular ShowWinner:The Ernie Sigley Show, Nine Network
Most Popular MaleWinner:Mike WalshMost Popular FemaleWinner:Jeanne LittleMost Popular ShowWinner:The Mike Walsh Show, Network Ten
Most Popular MaleWinner:Sandy RobertsMost Popular FemaleWinner:Winnie Pelz
Most Popular ShowWinner:Sound Unlimited, Seven Network
Queensland
Most Popular MaleWinner:Paul SharrattMost Popular FemaleWinner:Jacki MacDonaldMost Popular ShowWinner:Studio 9, Nine Network
Most Popular MaleWinner:Tom PayneMost Popular FemaleWinner:Margaret Anne Ford
Most Popular ShowWinner:This WeekMost Popular MaleWinner:Jeff NewmanMost Popular FemaleWinner:Marie Van Maaren
Most Popular ShowWinner:Stars Of The Future, Seven Network
George Wallace Memorial Award For Best New TalentWinner:Norman Gunston (Garry McDonald),
The Norman Gunston Show, Seven Network
