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TV Honour Roll: who missed out?

Everyone loves a list. But there are some big names absent from this Who's Who of TV stars.

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Everyone loves a list, but it’s never easy knowing where to draw the line.

Yesterday News Corp ran an Honour Roll of TV Royalty, with a mix of performers -both past and present- who have graced our screens.

Listed by alphabetical surname they are:

Kerry Armstrong
Lorraine Bayly
Ernie Carroll & Ossie Ostrich
Michael Caton
Vince Colosimo
Andrew Denton
Rebecca Gibney
Noni Hazlehurst
Paul Hogan
John Howard
Lachy Hulme
Aaron Jeffrey
Claudia Karvan
Kerri-Anne Kennerley
David Koch
Bruce McAvaney
Lisa McCune
Garry McDonald
Andrew McFarlane
Eddie McGuire
Craig McLachlan
Rove McManus
Deborah Mailman
Ray Martin
Molly Meldrum
Dannii Minogue
Bert Newton
Kerry O’Brien
Georgie Parker
Peter Phelps
Kate Ritchie
Ian Smith
Daryl Somers
Karl Stefanovic
Kat Stewart
Magda Szubanski
Erik Thomson
Sigrid Thornton
Steve Vizard
Mike Walsh
Jana Wendt
Mike Willesee
John Wood
Working Dog
Johnny Young

So who missed out? There are multiple Gold Logie winners absent.

Public broadcasters have not fared particularly well, especially SBS, and all of them had careers forged on Free to Air rather than Subscription.

Working Dog’s entire team is there as a single entry, lucky them. The list seems to stick to performers rather than writers or producers, and there are no news presenters (Bruce McAvaney makes the cut as a sports presenter).

Last year TV Tonight asked our critics to nominate our National Living TV Treasures and it wasn’t easy for them to limit their choices, either.

I can think of several glaring omissions who really should have overridden some choices.

But over to you. Who else should be on the list?

Photo: News Corp

48 Responses

  1. It’s unfair to have one Minogue sister….. Considering kylie’s Charlene is bigger then dannii’s Emma.

    Denise Drysdale
    Asher keddie
    Julia Morris
    Ray meagher
    Jackie woodburn
    Alan fletcher
    Tottie goldsmith
    Jane hall
    Tom Oliver
    Judy nunn

    Think I’ll stop now…… Heaps are missing though.

    1. My thinking on this though is that Kylie’s contributions to Australia have been of the music kind. A few years on Neighbours, one year on The Voice. Danni did Home and Away and then many season of X Factor, including mentoring a winning act.

  3. Some great suggestions here but this list makes it very clear it is about those best known for TV, those who’ve been around for a while and those still working today.

    1. So… what’s Ozzie Ostrich been in recently?
      There are a few who aren’t really working on T.V at the moment, apart from a few appearances here and there. Bert Newton, more known for musicals now. Same for John Wood.
      Johnny Young. Made an appearance or two in the revamped Y.T.T.
      Paul Hogan is doing live shows.
      So whilst, yes, I understand there are rules to this list, I don’t get the point about working today. Not in T.V anyway. Actually, I would love to see NewsCorp do another list of whom they select to be their next generation of T.V Royalty. With rules like, they must have worked for at least 10 years on t.v and still be working on t.v.

      1. It’s not about current roles, it’s about contribution. Ernie / Ossie is a legend. John Wood has been in the whole series of Dr. Blake this year and is currently appearing on Dirty Laundry Live. That’s versatility, gettin’ down with the kids.

        1. You are right about John Wood, I forgot about Dr Blake.
          But is Ernie / Ossie still working?
          Andrew stated it’s one of the criteria is that they are still working today. Mind you I would still put them in the list as they were pretty awesome.

    1. As her relative, I love that you’ve suggested her. However, she is in a nursing home now due to Alzheimer’s Disease. She truly deserved to be there, but sadly is not able for these kind of stories any more…

    1. Catherine in particular has been in so many Aussie dramas: Time of Our Lives, Water Rats, The Secret Life of Us, Tangle, Rush….how can she be missed. I love Rodger too

  13. Lists like this always have a contemporary bias, so great to see Lorrayne Baylie acknowledged. If this was a proper honours list, Elspeth Ballantyne whose career spanned lead rolls in Bellbird and Prisoner, and also encompassed Neighbours should be included. Possibly Penny Cook (A Country Practice and E Street) should be there too.

  14. danii, but no kylie? danii will love that.

    Aaron Jeffrey seems a very strange inclusion, small projects aside he’s never had a lead role. The leads in his main shows (mcleods, wentworth) are not on the list.

    Denise’s omission is unforgivable.

  18. Strange how they have Kochie and Karl but no Melissa Doyle or Lisa Wilkinson. They also forgot Steve Liebman. He must of only did Today for 20 years. Also Mary Hardy was arguably the most wittiest female on TV.

  19. Umm. Graham Kennedy? If this is about TV Royalty then what about The King? (I kept looking at the list several times thinking that I must have somehow missed seeing his name and that it had to be there).

  21. Replacing empty vessel windbags such as Ray Martin and Mike Walsh with maybe Rob Sitch and all his mates from the D-Generation such as Gleisner/Kennedy/Tony Martin/Jane Kennedy/Molloy and Judith Lucy etc might bring some credibility to that list. They also forgot the entire crew from The Chaser Team – bit of an ommission there!

  25. A couple that come to mind and in order of coming to mind are:
    (Oh, plea forgive my spelling.)

    Adam Hills – (Making a big name for himself now in the UK)
    Shane Bourne
    Virginia Gay – Someone give this lady her own talk show
    Grant Bowler
    Lisa Wilkinson
    Melissa Doyle
    Patti Newton
    Margaret and David
    Ernie Dingo
    Jennifer Byrne
    Benitta, George, John, (Pretty much anyone who has been on Play School. Before they “fixed” it. Yes, I include Big Ted and Little Ted in this section.)
    Shane Jacobson
    Gina Reilly
    Jane Turner
    Glen Robbins
    Peter Rosethorn
    Brian Henderson
    Gretel Kellein
    Carrie Bickmore
    I could go on, but I will stop

    BTW You left out the I in Georgie Parker, unless I don’t know of a George Parker

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