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Nominations for 2018 Logies
The nominations for the 60th TV Week Logie Awards “Most Outstanding Children’s TV Series” have been announced.
Australia’s first Indigenous animated series Little J and Big Cuz (Old Dog Pictures/Ned Lander Media for NITV), goal-kicking series Mustangs FC (Matchbox Pictures for ABC ME) children’s drama Grace Beside Me (Magpie Pictures for NITV), Seven Productions’ Get Arty (for Channel 7) and Nickelodeon’s cricket series Crash The Bash (for Channel 10) were nominated in a TV Week announcement on May 27.
The TV Week Logie Awards are held annually to celebrate excellence in Australian television. Traditionally hosted in Melbourne, the awards ceremony will move to the Gold Coast for the first time this year.
The Logie award winners will be announced on July 1, for broadcast on the Nine Network.
Wishing the best of luck to all the nominees.
Little J and Big Cuz is distributed internationally and Mustangs FC is supported in the Education sector by the Australian Children’s Television Foundation.
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