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60 Minutes to skip Logies

Who will be accepting the award if 60 Minutes wins a Logie?

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Media reports claim 60 Minutes presenters will be skipping Sunday’s Logie Awards.

That’s despite the show being up for two award categories, at a Nine event.

Tara Brown’s “Catching A Monster” report is up for Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report, along with “The Siege Survivors.” The show is also in the running for Best News Panel Or Current Affairs Program.

Yesterday showbiz reporter Peter Ford revealed none of the presenting team would be in attendance.

If the show wins it will be very telling to see who accepts: producer Kirsty Thomson? News boss Darren Wick?

At least it leaves Dave Hughes with plenty of fodder for his opening repartee, knowing they won’t be in the room.

8 Responses

  1. No surprises there. Given that Tara Brown hasn’t even had the decency to look a little embarrassed, let alone accept any responsibility for her actions, I strongly suspect that the word came down from above that they would not be attending.

    I still kinda half hope that they win one of the awards just to see what the reaction in the room is.

  2. I was going to say I wonder if Dave Hughes will go full tilt at 60 minutes. I think it could be amusing.

    But I was wondering if 60 minutes would show up

  3. Well, there you go – contrition, a short period of regeneration, & now penance. Ordo salutis…

    They’ve drawn a line in the sand, gone into the hall of mirrors and taken a good hard look at themselves, left the errors of the past behind them, and learned their focus should be on what can happen, not what has happened. They can now close the door on that unfortunate episode and start moving forward, focusing on the future and concentrating on bringing viewers the very best in hard-hitting investigative journalism.

    (“You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means…”)

  4. It would be a total embarrassment for the Logies if sixty mins won anything . a total balls up by the Logies if sixty mins wins even one award.

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