Logie Awards of 1996

The 38th Annual TV Week Logie Awards was held on Sunday, April 21, 1996, at the Melbourne Park Function Centre in Melbourne, and broadcast on the Nine Network.^[1] The ceremony was hosted by Daryl Somers, and guests included Gloria Reuben and Holly Hunter.^[1]

38th Logie Awards
Date	21 April 1996
Site	Melbourne Park Function Centre, Melbourne, Victoria
Hosted by	Daryl Somers
Highlights
Gold Logie	Ray Martin
Hall of Fame	Maurie Fields
Most awards	Home and Away (3)
Television coverage
Network	Nine Network
← 37th Logie Awards 39th →

Winners and nominees

The nominees for the 38th Logie Awards were announced in early April 1996. Unlike previous years, there were five nominations in each category. These were then cut to three on the night of the ceremony.^[2]

The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on 21 April 1996.^[3]

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.

Gold Logie

Most Popular Personality on Australian Television
Ray Martin for A Current Affair (Nine Network) Dieter Brummer for Home and Away (Seven Network) Melissa George for Home and Away (Seven Network) Lisa McCune for Blue Heelers (Nine Network) Daryl Somers for Hey Hey It's Saturday (Nine Network)

Acting/Presenting

Most Popular Actor	Most Popular Actress
Dieter Brummer for Home and Away (Seven Network) Guy Pearce for Snowy River: The McGregor Saga (Nine Network) Martin Sacks for Blue Heelers (Seven Network) Gary Sweet for Police Rescue (ABC) John Wood for Blue Heelers (Seven Network)	Lisa McCune for Blue Heelers (Seven Network) Tempany Deckert for Home and Away (Seven Network) Isla Fisher for Home and Away (Seven Network) Melissa George for Home and Away (Seven Network) Rebecca Gibney for Halifax f.p. (Nine Network)
Most Outstanding Actor	Most Outstanding Actress
Richard Roxburgh for Blue Murder (ABC)	Jacqueline McKenzie for Halifax f.p. (Nine Network)
Most Popular New Talent	Most Popular Light Entertainment Personality
Nic Testoni for Home and Away (Seven Network) Kate Fischer for (Seven Network) Katrina Hobbs for Home and Away (Seven Network) Wendy Mooney for Don't Forget Your Toothbrush (Nine Network) John Seru for Australian Gladiators (Seven Network)	Daryl Somers for Hey Hey It's Saturday (Nine Network) Ernie Dingo for The Great Outdoors (Seven Network) Tim Ferguson for Don't Forget Your Toothbrush (Nine Network) Sam Newman for AFL Footy Show (Nine Network) Jo Beth Taylor for Australia's Funniest Home Video Show (Nine Network)
Most Popular Comedy Personality
Magda Szubanski for Full Frontal (Seven Network) Andrew Denton for Denton (Seven Network) Tim Ferguson for Don't Forget Your Toothbrush (Nine Network) Jimeoin for Jimeoin (Seven Network) Daryl Somers for Hey Hey It's Saturday (Nine Network)

Most Popular Programs

Most Popular Series	Most Popular Drama
Home and Away (Seven Network) Blue Heelers (Seven Network) Fire (Seven Network) G. P. (ABC) Neighbours (Network Ten)	Police Rescue (ABC) The Man From Snowy River (Nine Network) Fire (Seven Network) Halifax f.p. (Nine Network) Law of the Land (Nine Network)
Most Popular Light Entertainment Program	Most Popular Comedy Program
Don't Forget Your Toothbrush (Nine Network) The AFL Footy Show (Nine Network) The NRL Footy Show (Nine Network) Gladiators (Seven Network) Hey Hey it's Saturday (Nine Network)	Full Frontal (Seven Network) Frontline (ABC) Hey Hey it's Saturday (Nine Network) Jimeoin (Seven Network) Just Kidding (Nine Network)
Most Popular Public Affairs Program	Most Popular Lifestyle/Information Program
A Current Affair (Nine Network) The 7:30 Report (ABC) 60 Minutes (Nine Network) Today (Nine Network) Today Tonight (Seven Network)	Better Homes And Gardens (Seven Network) Burke's Backyard (Nine Network) Getaway (Nine Network) The Great Outdoors (Seven Network) Talk to the Animals (Seven Network)
Most Popular Sports Coverage	Most Popular Children's Program
The AFL Footy Show (Nine Network) AFL Grand Final (Seven Network) Australian Open Tennis (Seven Network) The NRL Footy Show (Nine Network) Gladiators (Seven Network)	Agro's Cartoon Connection (Seven Network) A*mazing (Seven Network) Bananas in Pyjamas (ABC) Play School (ABC) Spellbinder (Nine Network)

Most Outstanding Programs

Most Outstanding Achievement in Drama Production Winner: Blue Murder (ABC TV) Most Outstanding Achievement in Public Affairs Winner: "Minor Surgery, Major Risk", Four Corners (ABC TV) Most Outstanding Documentary Winner: Untold Desires (SBS TV)

Most Outstanding Achievement in News Winner: "Muraroa Protests", National Nine News (Nine Network) Most Outstanding Achievement in Comedy Winners: Frontline (ABC TV) Most Outstanding Achievement by a Regional Network Winners: No Time For Frailty (Prime Television)

Performers

• Kate Ceberano^[1]
• John Farnham^[1]

Hall of Fame

After a lifetime in Australian television, Maurie Fields became the 13th inductee and 2nd posthumous inductee into the TV Week Logies Hall of Fame. However, Val Jellay accepted the award on his behalf.^[3]