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The Newsreader
2021–2025
· TV Show
· 60 min episodes
· 3 seasons
A
MEANRANK
86/100
Every rating
76–100
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Trakt on 76, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 100.
See the most agreed on TV shows →In the 1980s, an embattled anchorwoman and an ambitious reporter confront studio politics and their own desires as they navigate the cut-throat world of Australia's news media.
Details
- Created by
- Michael Lucas
- Studio
- Werner Film Productions
- Released
- 15 August 2021
- Country
- Australia
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 60 min
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Episodes
- 18 across 3 seasons
- Awards
- 20 wins, 37 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 57 →2 major awards won · 20 wins from 57 nominations across 14 ceremonies
| Australian Directors Guild Awards 2023 | Best Direction in a TV or SVOD Drama Series Episode | Emma Freeman – The Newsreader (series 2) | Winner |
| Australian Directors Guild Awards 2022 | Best Direction in a TV or SVOD Drama Series Episode | Emma Freeman – " The Newsreader, Episode 1 – Three, Two, One..." | Winner |
| 2024 International Emmy Awards 2024 | Best Drama Series | The Newsreader | Nominee |
| AWGIE Awards 2026 | Television – Series | Christine Bartlett ("Behind the Front Line") | Nominee |
| 13th AACTA Awards 2024 | Best Sound in Television | Nick Godkin, Ralph Ortner, Lee Yee, Liesl Pieterse – Episode 6: Fireworks | Nominee |
| 13th AACTA Awards 2024 | Best Production Design in Television | Paddy Reardon – Episode 4: The Hungry Truth | Nominee |
| 13th AACTA Awards 2024 | Best Casting | Nathan Lloyd | Nominee |
| 13th AACTA Awards 2024 | Best Costume Design in Television | Zed Dragojlovich – Episode 4: The Hungry Truth | Winner |
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Australian Directors Guild Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Direction in a TV or SVOD Drama Series Episode | Emma Freeman – The Newsreader (series 2) | Winner |
| Best Direction in a TV or SVOD Drama Series Episode | Emma Freeman – " The Newsreader, Episode 1 – Three, Two, One..." | Winner |
2024 International Emmy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Drama Series | The Newsreader | Nominee |
11th AACTA Awards
16 nominations, 5 won
| Best Direction in a Drama or Comedy | Emma Freeman – Episode 1: Three, Two, One... | Winner |
| Best Guest or Supporting Actor – Drama | William McInnes | Winner |
| Best Lead Actress – Drama | Anna Torv | Winner |
| Best Production Design in Television | Melinda Doring – Episode 1: Three, Two, One... | Winner |
| Best Television Drama Series | The Newsreader – Joanna Werner & Michael Lucas (ABC) | Winner |
| Best Casting | Nathan Lloyd | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography in Television | Earle Dresner – Episode 1: Three, Two, One... | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design in Television | Marion Boyce – Episode 1: Three, Two, One... | Nominee |
| Best Editing in Television | Angie Higgins – Episode 5: No More Lies | Nominee |
| Best Guest or Supporting Actor – Drama | Stephen Peacocke | Nominee |
| Best Guest or Supporting Actress – Drama | Michelle Lim Davidson | Nominee |
| Best Guest or Supporting Actress – Drama | Marg Downey | Nominee |
| Best Lead Actor – Drama | Sam Reid | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Michael Lucas – Episode 1: Three, Two, One... | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Kim Ho & Michael Lucas – Episode 5: No More Lies | Nominee |
| Best Sound in Television | Nick Godkin – Episode 1: Three, Two, One | Nominee |
13th AACTA Awards
15 nominations, 5 won
| Best Costume Design in Television | Zed Dragojlovich – Episode 4: The Hungry Truth | Winner |
| Best Direction in a Drama or Comedy | Emma Freeman – Episode 4: The Hungry Truth | Winner |
| Best Drama Series | The Newsreader – Joanna Werner, Michael Lucas – Werner Film Productions (ABC) | Winner |
| Best Lead Actress – Drama | Anna Torv | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor – Drama | Hunter Page-Lochard | Winner |
| Best Casting | Nathan Lloyd | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography in Television | Earle Dresner – Episode 4: The Hungry Truth | Nominee |
| Best Editing in Television | Angie Higgins – Episode 4: The Hungry Truth | Nominee |
| Best Lead Actor – Drama | Sam Reid | Nominee |
| Best Production Design in Television | Paddy Reardon – Episode 4: The Hungry Truth | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay in Television | Adrian Russell Wills – Episode 4: The Hungry Truth | Nominee |
| Best Sound in Television | Nick Godkin, Ralph Ortner, Lee Yee, Liesl Pieterse – Episode 6: Fireworks | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor – Drama | William McInnes | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress – Drama | Michelle Lim Davidson | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress – Drama | Marg Downey | Nominee |
2022 Logie Awards
6 nominations, 2 won
| Most Outstanding Actress | Anna Torv | Winner |
| Most Outstanding Drama Series | The Newsreader | Winner |
| Most Outstanding Actor | Sam Reid | Nominee |
| Most Outstanding Supporting Actor | William McInnes | Nominee |
| Most Popular Actress | Anna Torv | Nominee |
| Most Popular Drama Program | The Newsreader | Nominee |
AWGIE Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Script for Television – Series | Kim Ho and Michael Lucas – "No More Lies" | Winner |
| Best Script for Television – Series | Kim Ho – "People Like You and Me" | Nominee |
| Best Script for Television – Series | Niki Aken – "A Step Closer to the Madness" | Nominee |
| Television – Series | Christine Bartlett ("Behind the Front Line") | Nominee |
2021 TV Blackbox Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Most Popular Australian Drama | The Newsreader | Winner |
| Most Popular Actor | Anna Torv (for both The Newsreader and Fires ) | Nominee |
| Most Popular Actor | Stephen Peacocke (for The Newsreader, RFDS and Five Bedrooms ) | Nominee |
2021 Casting Guild Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Casting in a TV Drama, TV Miniseries and Telemovie | Nathan Lloyd | Winner |
2022 MEAA Equity Ensemble Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series 2022 | The Newsreader – Anna Torv, Sam Reid, Robert Taylor, William McInnes, Michelle Lim Davidson, Chum Ehelepola, Stephen Peacocke, Marg Downey, Chai Hansen, Maude Davey, Jackson Tozer, Maria Angelico | Winner |
2022 SPA Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Drama Series Production of the Year | The Newsreader | Winner |
Screen Producers Awards 2024
1 nomination, 1 won
| Drama Series Production of the Year | The Newsreader S2 – Werner Film Productions | Winner |
2024 Logie Awards
4 nominations
| Best Drama Program | The Newsreader | Nominee |
| Best Lead Actor in a Drama | Sam Reid | Nominee |
| Best Lead Actress in a Drama | Anna Torv | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Michelle Lim Davidson | Nominee |
Banff World Media Festival Rockie Awards International Program Competition
1 nomination
| Scripted – Drama Series: English Language | The Newsreader – Werner Film Productions, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, eOne | Nominee |
C21 Media International Drama Awards
1 nomination
| Best Returning Drama Series | The Newsreader – produced by: Werner Film Productions, for: ABC Australia, distributed by: Entertainment One | Nominee |