The Logies are like the pretty girl at the party that you couldn’t be keener on until you actually find yourself in a conversation with her. Vacuous, superficial, and ultimately a waste of your time. Time to change the format, writes Dan Barrett.
Logies
Karl’s ‘tacky’ campaign takes shine off Gold Logie win
Peter Meakin describes Karl Stefanovic as a “mate”. But the rival news boss reckons his shameless and ultimately victorious campaign for a Gold Logie was “tacky”.
TV’s secret club of Logies judges
They’re supposed to be the awards that give credibility to TV’s popularly-nominated gongs, but mystery surrounds the panels of “experts” deciding the peer-nominated Logie Awards.
Holmes: Deveny didn’t deserve the dumping
Jonathan Holmes weighs in on the Catherine Deveny sacking debacle, outing himself for his own controversial Logies tweeting from his official ABC account.
Twitter does the Logies
For years, the Logie Awards were little more than a tedious tribute to cultural cringe. Then Twitter happened. We wrap the night, as seen through 140-character reports from insiders.
How Twitter has transformed the Logie Awards from a snoozefest to a snarkfest
Until last year, the Logies was dull and daggy, says Dan Barrett. And then Twitter came along…
Media briefs: Crikey loves the Logies — join the blog … the sacked Nova DJ
Here at Crikey, we couldn’t disrespect the Logies more — which is why we love them so much. . Plus, Nova’s dodgy DJ, Yahoo climbs aboard the good ship “Stock Photo”, and other media tidbits.
Karl Stefanovic: “I didn’t FEEL drunk…”
Karl Stefanovic’s post-Logies hosting disaster, plus his apology a few days later.
Crikey’s Logie Lookalikes
We were inspired by Channel Nine’s Tracey Grimshaw, who this year played the part of Grimace from McDonaldland…
Celebrities tweet the Logies
As awkward silence followed Gretel Killeen’s jokes, the sound of tweets filled the web air.
Correction: Rove not responsible for Logies
Kevin Whyte, Manager, Roving Enterprises, posts a correction to a Crikey article.
Rebecca Gibney shaded by shadowy bankers
The banks are the real powers behind Australia’s commercial broadcast media.
Crikey web original 2009 Logie Awards: Critics evict Gretel
Lame jokes, bad musical numbers, coked-out soap stars, confused and horrified American celebrities: it’s the Logies and we wouldn’t have it any other way.
And the Bogie Awards go to…
David Dale provides a Logies antidote with awards for Most unnecessary personality, most unnecessary program, Most unnecessary adaptation of an overseas show and more.
The Logies: just a 4-hour ad
In reality, the Logies are just one long promotional activity for television programs, punctuated by advertisements promoting television shows and other products.
Gretel Killeen’s hairy hype
Nine are trying to hype this year’s Logies telecast with teaser pictures of host Gretel Killeen’s new hair-do. Feel the excitement.
Tips and rumours: Fun and Games in Fort Fumble
Chaos at the Defence Department … 360% price increase at Visy … recession hits Logies?
Aunty’s Logies extras short-changed
Channel Nine appears to have followed Fairfax’s bad example in not paying actors for a upcoming Logies segment to be screened on your ABC, writes Andrew Crook.
Observations made while watching the Logies
Real Time Cartooning!
ABC’s Logie push puts gold in PBL Media’s coffers
You wouldn’t expect the ABC to encourage its audience to give money to Consolidated Media Holdings. But it is, in a roundabout way, writes Jane Nethercote.
Tips and rumours
Don’t be conned by Mark Scott’s “staged” retrenchment of ABC TV’s Production Resources staff. I have it on good authority from the highest levels of the ABC that the Board signed-off on a recommendation from Scott and Chief Operating Officer, David Pendleton, to fire ALL Production Resources staff other than those essential personnel required to […]
