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Asher Keddie up for another Gold Logie

Asher Keddie has been nominated for her fourth Gold Logie.

The Offspring actress will face stiff competition from Andy Lee, Carrie Bickmore, Essie Davis, Scott Cam and Stephen Peacocke, who have also been nominated for the coveted award.

Asher – who took home the Gold Logie last year – is also nominated for a Silver Logie for most outstanding actress.

The nominations were announced today in TV WEEK magazine and at an event in Melbourne.

New Australian dramas dominated the Most Outstanding Drama Series category. The Time Of Our Lives, A Place To Call Home and Wentworth were nominated alongside Redfern Now and audience favourite, Offspring.

Mandy McElhinney and Rachel Griffiths star in the ABC’s, Paper Giants.

Mandy McElhinney and Rachel Griffiths star in the ABC’s, Paper Giants.

Mandy McElhinney and Rachel Griffiths star in the ABC’s, Paper Giants.

The ABC’s Paper Giants, earned multiple nominations in the Most Outstanding Miniseries or Telemovie category and both Mandy McElhinney and Caren Pistorius are nominated for acting categories.

Funny man Chris Lilley can call his return to TV a success with a nod in the Most Outstanding Actor category for his role in mockumentary series Ja’mie: Private School Girl.

The 2014 TV Week Logie Awards take place on Sunday, April 27.

TV WEEK GOLD LOGIE – Most Popular Personality on TV

Andy Lee (Hamish & Andy’s Gap Year Asia, Nine Network)

Asher Keddie (Nina Proudman, Offspring, Network Ten)

Carrie Bickmore (The Project, Network Ten)

Essie Davis (Phryne Fisher, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, ABC1)

Scott Cam (The Block, Nine Network)

Stephen Peacocke (Darryl ‘Brax’ Braxton, Home and Away, Channel Seven)

TV WEEK SILVER LOGIE – Most Outstanding Drama Series

A Place To Call Home (Channel Seven)

Offspring (Network Ten)

Redfern Now (ABC1)

The Time Of Our Lives (ABC1)

Wentworth (Foxtel/SoHo)

TV WEEK SILVER LOGIE – Most Outstanding Miniseries or Telemovie

An Accidental Soldier (ABC1)

Better Man (SBS ONE)

Paper Giants: Magazine Wars (ABC1)

Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch Story (Nine Network)

Top Of The Lake (Foxtel/UKTV)

TV WEEK SILVER LOGIE – Most Outstanding Actor

Chris Lilley (Ja’mie: Private School Girl, ABC1)

Craig McLachlan (The Doctor Blake Mysteries, ABC1)

David Wenham (Better Man, SBS ONE)

Kirk Page (Redfern Now, ABC1)

Lachy Hulme (Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch Story, Nine Network)

TV WEEK SILVER LOGIE – Most Outstanding Actress

Asher Keddie (Offspring, Network Ten)

Claudia Karvan (The Time Of Our Lives, ABC1)

Danielle Cormack (Wentworth, Foxtel/ SoHo)

Kat Stewart (Offspring, Network Ten)

Mandy McElhinney (Paper Giants: Magazine Wars, ABC1)

GRAHAM KENNEDY AWARD FOR MOST OUTSTANDING NEWCOMER

Anna Bamford (Wonderland, Network Ten)

Caren Pistorius (Paper Giants: Magazine Wars, ABC1)

Meyne Wyatt (Redfern Now, ABC1)

Remy Hii (Better Man, SBS ONE)

Shareena Clanton (Wentworth, Foxtel/SoHo)

MOST OUTSTANDING LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM

Housos (SBS ONE)

It’s A Date (ABC1)

Please Like Me (ABC2)

The Voice Australia (Nine Network)

Upper Middle Bogan (ABC1)

MOST OUTSTANDING NEWS COVERAGE

“Missing the boat” Jaymes Diaz Interview (Ten Eyewitness News, Network Ten)

Crisis in Cairo – Brett Mason (World News Australia, SBS ONE)

Leadership Spill (Foxtel/ SKY NEWS)

NSW Bushfires (Nine News, Nine Network)

The Dark Side of the Force (Seven News, Channel Seven)

MOST OUTSTANDING PUBLIC AFFAIRS REPORT

A Gracious Gift (Four Corners, ABC1)

Drugs in Sport – Stephen Dank (7.30, ABC1)

Manus Island (Dateline, SBS ONE)

Prime Suspect (Sunday Night, Channel Seven)

Prisoner X – The Australian Connection (Foreign Correspondent, ABC1)

MOST OUTSTANDING FACTUAL PROGRAM

Desert War (ABC1)

Dirty Business (SBS ONE)

Jabbed (SBS ONE)

Kings Cross ER: St Vincent’s Hospital  (Foxtel/Crime & Investigation Network)

Redesign My Brain (ABC1)

MOST OUTSTANDING SPORTS COVERAGE

2013 Emirates Melbourne Cup Carnival (Channel Seven)

2013 NRL Grand Final (Nine Network)

2013 Toyota AFL Grand Final (Channel Seven)

The Ashes Cricket – Australia v England (Nine Network)

Tour de France (SBS ONE)

MOST OUTSTANDING CHILDREN’S PROGRAM

Dance Academy (ABC3)

Move It Mob Style (NITV)

Nowhere Boys (ABC3)

Play Along With Sam (Foxtel/Nick Jr)

Play School (ABC4Kids)

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