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If you have problems remembering what you saw on telly last night then spare a thought for the judges of this year's Qantas Television Awards which are being screened on Saturday - they have had to vote on programmes most of which aired more than a year ago.
Top nominee with 10 nods, Insiders Guide to Love, last graced our screens late last year while its chief competition in the best drama categories is Doves of War (early this year before being bumped off the TV3 schedule) and Outrageous Fortune (not the current second series but the first from mid-2005), which is up for four gongs.
It's the same delayed celebration for many other categories, including the best comedy threesome of bro'Town, Pulp Sport and The Unauthorised History of New Zealand all being judged on their 2005 efforts.
However, news being news, the broadcast journalism section of the awards is based on more recent efforts.
The televised awards, presented by Dominic Bowden and Petra Bagust, will screen on TV3 at 9.30pm this Saturday, mere hours after they are dished out at Auckland's Aotea Centre.
The major nominations include:
Best Actor in a TV Drama
Scott Wills - Doves of War (TV3)
Antony Starr - Outrageous Fortune (TV3)
Ryan O'Kane - Insiders Guide to Love (TV2)
Best Actress in a TV Drama
Kate Atkinson - Doves of War (TV3)
Robyn Malcolm - Outrageous Fortune (TV3)
Kate Elliott - Insiders Guide to Love (TV2)
Best NZ Drama
Doves of War (TV3)
Outrageous Fortune (TV3)
Insiders Guide to Love (TV2)
Best Director (drama)
Chris Bailey - Doves of War (TV3)
Murray Keane - Interrogation (Prime)
Brendan Donovan - Insiders Guide to Love (TV2)
Best NZ Comedy
bro'Town (TV3)
The Unauthorised History of New Zealand (TV2)
Pulp Sport (TV3)
Best NZ Entertainment
Dave Dobbyn: One Night in Matata (TV3)
Snatch Our Booty (TV3)
Gunge & Run Awards 2005 (TV2)
Best NZ Reality
Downsize Me! (TV3)
Shock Treatment (TV2)
Sensing Murder (TV2)
Best Observational Reality
The Zoo (TV2)
Tough Act (TV2)
Snotties (TV2)
Best NZ Arts/Festival Documentary
Elgar's Enigma: Biography of a Concerto (One)
The Promise (One)
The Magical World of Misery (Artsville, One)
Best NZ Information/Lifestyle
The Living Room (TV3)
House Trap (TV3
Target (TV3)
Best NZ Popular Documentary
Million Dollar Tumour (TV3)
Earthquake (TV3)
Give My Children Back (TV3)
Best Current Affairs Presenter
Shane Taurima - Marae (One)
Willie Jackson - Eye to Eye (One)
John Campbell - Campbell Live (TV3)
Susan Wood - Close Up (One)
Best Current Affairs Series
Campbell Live (TV3)
Fair Go (One)
Sunday (One)
