Logie Awards of 1990

32nd Logie Awards
32nd Logie Awards
Date	9 March 1990
Site	Hyatt on Collins, Melbourne, Victoria
Hosted by	Mark Mitchell
Highlights
Gold Logie	Craig McLachlan
Hall of Fame	Johnny Young
Most awards	Neighbours (4)
Most nominations	A Country Practice (7)
Television coverage
Network	Ten Network

The 32nd Annual TV Week Logie Awards was held on Friday 9 March 1990 at the Hyatt on Collins in Melbourne, and broadcast on the Ten Network.^[1] The ceremony was hosted by Mark Mitchell and guests included Ernest Borgnine, John Travolta, Pauline Collins, John Alderton, Sigrid Thornton and Dame Edna Everage.^[1]

Nominees and winners

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Gold Logie

Most Popular Personality on Australian Television
*Craig McLachlan in Neighbours* (Network Ten)** Ray Martin for The Midday Show (Nine Network) Daryl Somers for Hey Hey It's Saturday (Nine Network) Jana Wendt for A Current Affair (Nine Network)

Acting/Presenting

Most Popular Actor on Australian TV	Most Popular Actress on Australian TV
*Craig McLachlan in Neighbours* (Network Ten)** Andrew McFarlane in The Flying Doctors (Nine Network) Shane Porteous in A Country Practice (Seven Network) John Tarrant in A Country Practice (Seven Network)	*Rachel Friend in Neighbours* (Network Ten)** Nicolle Dickson in Home and Away (Seven Network) Dannii Minogue in Home and Away (Seven Network) Georgie Parker in A Country Practice (Seven Network)
Most Outstanding Actor on Australian TV	Most Outstanding Actress on Australian TV
*Shane Porteous in A Country Practice* (Seven Network)**	*Nicole Kidman in Bangkok Hilton* (Network Ten)**
Most Popular Actor In A Telemovie or Mini-Series	Most Popular Actress In A Telemovie or Mini-Series
*Jason Donovan in The Heroes* (Network Ten)** Cameron Daddo in The Heroes (Network Ten) Hugo Weaving in Bangkok Hilton (Network Ten)	*Nicole Kidman in Bangkok Hilton* (Network Ten)** Noni Hazlehurst in Fields of Fire III (Nine Network) Peta Toppano in Fields of Fire III (Nine Network)
Most Popular New Talent	Most Popular Light Entertainment/Comedy Personality
*Georgie Parker in A Country Practice* (Seven Network)** Matt Day in A Country Practice (Seven Network) Marcus Graham in E Street (Network Ten)	*Daryl Somers in Hey Hey It's Saturday* (Nine Network)** Mary-Anne Fahey in The Comedy Company (Network Ten) Mark Mitchell in The Comedy Company (Network Ten) Steve Vizard in Fast Forward (Seven Network)

Most Popular Programs/Videos

Most Popular Series	Most Popular Light Entertainment or Comedy Program
Neighbours (Network Ten) A Country Practice (Seven Network) The Flying Doctors (Nine Network) Home and Away (Seven Network)	The Comedy Company (Network Ten) Fast Forward (Seven Network) Hey Dad..! (Seven Network) Hey Hey It's Saturday (Nine Network)
Most Popular Public Affairs Program	Most Popular Lifestyle Information Program
A Current Affair (Nine Network) Hinch (Seven Network) 60 Minutes (Nine Network)	Burke's Backyard (Nine Network) Beyond 2000 (Seven Network) The Investigators (ABC)
Most Popular Telemovie or Miniseries	Most Popular Sports Coverage
Bangkok Hilton (Network Ten) Fields of Fire III (Nine Network) The Heroes (Network Ten) The Magistrate (ABC)	Cricket (Nine Network) Australian Grand Prix (Nine Network) Tennis (Seven Network)
Most Popular Children's Program	Most Popular Music Video
Wombat (Seven Network) C'mon Kids (Nine Network) Play School (ABC TV)	"Never Too Late" by Kylie Minogue "Bedroom Eyes" by Kate Ceberano "Five in a Row" by The D-Generation

Most Outstanding Programs

Most Outstanding Achievement in News	Most Outstanding Achievement in Public Affairs
"Romanian Revolution", Mark Burrows (Nine Network)	"True Believers", Four Corners (ABC)
Most Outstanding Achievement by Regional Television	Most Outstanding Single Documentary or Series
My Place, My Land, My People (QTV)	Ladies in Line (ABC) The Great Wall of Iron (ABC) Nobody's Children (ABC)

Performers

Hall of Fame

After a lifetime in the Australian television industry, Johnny Young became the seventh inductee into the TV Week Logies Hall of Fame.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "32nd TV Week Logie Awards, 1990". Tvweeklogies.com.au. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014.
^ "Logies into the nineties! Nominations". TV Week. 10 March 1990. p. 10.
^ "1990 – The Logie Awards". Yahoo!7. Archived from the original on 17 April 2014.
^ Oliver, Robin (10 March 1990). "Five top Logie awards go to two soap operas". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 October 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1992 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014.

External links

Logie Awards of 1990 at IMDb

[Logies_History-1] "32nd TV Week Logie Awards, 1990". Tvweeklogies.com.au. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014.

[2] "Logies into the nineties! Nominations". TV Week. 10 March 1990. p. 10.

[winners-3] "1990 – The Logie Awards". Yahoo!7. Archived from the original on 17 April 2014.

[4] Oliver, Robin (10 March 1990). "Five top Logie awards go to two soap operas". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 October 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[5] "1992 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014.

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Logie Awards
Most Popular categories	Personality on Australian Television Actor Actress Presenter New Talent Drama Program Comedy Program Entertainment Program News Panel or a Current Affairs Program Reality Program Lifestyle Program
Most Outstanding categories	Actor Supporting Actor Actress Supporting Actress Drama Series Miniseries or Telemovie Children's Program Factual or Documentary Program News Coverage or Public Affairs Report Sports Coverage
Other awards	Logie Hall of Fame
Former categories	George Wallace Memorial Logie for Best New Talent Most Popular New Male Talent Most Popular New Female Talent Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer Most Popular Australian Program Sports Program Factual Program Most Popular Live Show
Ceremonies	1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025