‘I’ve been in people’s lounge rooms for so long’: How did it take this long for Larry Emdur to get a Gold Logie nom?
Larry Emdur started on television as a 17-year-old, the youngest national newsreader in the country, and has since helmed over a dozen network shows. So, why has it taken until 2024 for Emdur to get a Gold Logie nomination?
“It’s not my comfortable place, I’ve got to tell you” Larry Emdur admits of having to hit the self-promotional trail and canvas for votes. “But I guess you’ve got to do it.”
Emdur has been a familiar face of Australian television since the early ’90s, steering iterations of Wheel of Fortune, The Price Is Right, It Takes Two, and Good Morning Australia, to name but a few of his TV credits.
He currently appears at both ends of the working day, hosting The Morning Show daily at 9am, and The Chase at 5pm, with this 17.5 hours of screen time each week finally enough to land Emdur his very first Gold Logie nomination, which he admits “was a real surprise and it a nice feeling”.
“I’m very flattered by all the attention.”
