Logie Awards of 1989

The 31st Annual TV Week Logie Awards was held on Friday 17 March 1989 at the Hyatt on Collins in Melbourne, and broadcast on the Seven Network.^[1] The ceremony was hosted by Bert Newton and guests included Raquel Welch, Leslie Nielsen and Bryan Brown.^[1]

31st Logie Awards
Date	17 March 1989
Site	Hyatt on Collins, Melbourne, Victoria
Hosted by	Bert Newton
Highlights
Gold Logie	Daryl Somers
Hall of Fame	Bryan Brown
Most awards	Neighbours and The Shiralee (3)
Television coverage
Network	Seven Network
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Winners

Gold Logie

Most Popular Personality on Australian Television

Winner: Daryl Somers in Hey Hey It's Saturday (Nine Network)^[2]

Nominees: Kylie Minogue, Craig McLachlan, Jason Donovan

Acting/Presenting

Most Popular Actor Winner: Craig McLachlan in Neighbours (Network Ten)[2] Nominees: Alex Papps in Home and Away (Seven Network), Jason Donovon in Neighbours (Network Ten) Most Popular Actress Winner: Annie Jones in Neighbours (Network Ten)[2] Nominees: Nicolle Dickson in Home and Away (Seven Network), Kylie Minogue in Neighbours (Network Ten) Most Popular Actor in a Telemovie or Miniseries Winner: Bryan Brown in The Shiralee (Seven Network)[2] Nominees: Hugo Weaving in The Dirtwater Dynasty (Network Ten), Vince Colosimo in All the Way (Nine Network) Most Popular Actress in a Telemovie or Miniseries Winner: Rebecca Smart in The Shiralee (Seven Network)[2] Nominees: Dannii Minogue in All the Way (Nine Network), Noni Hazlehurst in The Shiralee (Seven Network)

Most Outstanding Actor Winner: John Wood in Rafferty's Rules (Seven Network)[2] Nominees: Simon Chilvers in Rafferty's Rules (Seven Network), Robert Grubb in The Flying Doctors (Nine Network) Most Outstanding Actress Winner: Joan Sydney in A Country Practice (Seven Network)[2] Nominees: Linda Cropper in Melba (Seven Network); Di Smith in A Country Practice (Seven Network) Most Popular Light Entertainment or Comedy Personality Winner: Mary-Anne Fahey in The Comedy Company (Network Ten)[2] Nominees: Mark Mitchell in The Comedy Company (Network Ten), Daryl Somers in Hey Hey It's Saturday (Nine Network) Most Popular New Talent Winner: Nicolle Dickson in Home and Away (Seven Network)[2] Nominees: Rachel Friend in Neighbours (Network Ten), Rebecca Smart in The Shiralee (Seven Network)

Most Popular Programs/Videos

Most Popular Series Winner: Neighbours (Network Ten)[2] Nominees: Home and Away (Seven Network), A Country Practice (Seven Network) Most Popular Telemovie or Miniseries Winner: The Shiralee (Seven Network)[2] Nominees: The Dirtwater Dynasty (Network Ten), All the Way (Nine Network) Most Popular Light Entertainment or Comedy Program Winner: The Comedy Company (Network Ten)[2] Nominees: Hey Dad..! (Seven Network), Hey Hey It's Saturday (Nine Network) Most Popular Public Affairs Program Winner: A Current Affair (Nine Network)[2] Nominees: Hinch (Seven Network), 60 Minutes (Nine Network)

Most Popular Sports Coverage Winner: Seoul Olympic Games (Network Ten)[2] Nominees: Cricket (Nine Network), Summer of Tennis (Seven Network) Most Popular Children's Show Winner: Wombat (Seven Network)[2] Nominees: The Early Bird Show (Network Ten), Young Talent Time (Network Ten) Most Popular Music Video Winner: "Age of Reason" by John Farnham[2] Nominees: "Especially for You" by Kylie & Jason, "Two Strong Hearts" by John Farnham

Most Outstanding Programs

Most Outstanding Single Documentary or Documentary Series Winner: Nature of Australia (ABC TV)[2] Most Outstanding Achievement in News Winner: "Walsh Street shootings", Michael Venus (Nine Network)[2]

Most Outstanding Achievement in Public Affairs Winner: Four Corners (ABC TV)[2] Most Outstanding Achievement by Regional Television Winner: Walkabout Documentaries (RTQ7)[2]

Performers

• "The Golden Girls" (Lorrae Desmond, Hazel Phillips, Pat McDonald, Jeanne Little, Denise Drysdale, Rowena Wallace)
• John Farnham^[1]
• Norman Gunston^[1]

Hall of Fame

After years in the Australian television industry, Bryan Brown became the sixth inductee into the TV Week Logies Hall of Fame.^[3]

In popular culture

The 1989 Logie Awards was depicted in The Newsreader in the first episode of the third season, Night of Nights.

In this episode the fictional Dale Jennings was nominated for the Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality in place of Craig McLachlan at the real event.^[4]

Jennings won the Logie in place of the real winner Daryl Somers.