The Channel Nine series starring Rodger Corser – which was part filmed in Mudgee last year – will compete for Most Popular Personality, Outstanding Actor, Outstanding Supporting Actor, Best Actor, Best New Talent and Best Drama Program.

Mudgee stared as the backdrop for the comedy drama series which aired its first season last year.

The ten-part mini series followed egotistical heart surgeon Hugh Knight’s return to his country home town to work as a GP. 

The all star Australian cast includes Rodger Corser (Underbelly, Rush, Puberty Blues, A Beautiful Lie) as Knight alongside Tina Bursill, Steve Bisley, Ryan Johnson and Nicole da Silva. 

Season two of Doctor Doctor has already been locked in – with film crews set to return to Mudgee later this year.

GOLD LOGIE CONTROVERSY

Six television personalities have been nominated for the Gold Logie, a popularly voted award which remains the highest accolade in Australian television.

But at a time when such metrics are scrutinised heavily, it will not pass without notice that only one of the six is a woman.

Jessica Marais, who stars in the Nine Network drama Love Child and the Ten Network drama The Wrong Girl, is the sole female nominee for the Gold Logie this year.

Though women dominate the covers and coverage of the magazine which owns the awards, TV Week, they are yet to secure firm ground at the pointy end of the awards.

Nor have they fared well in historical terms; the Gold Logie has been awarded to a woman only 23 times since the awards were created in 1960 and only two women have been admitted to the Logie Hall of Fame since it was created in 1984.

The second of those, Noni Hazlehurst, only received the honour last year.

The other five nominees for this year's Gold Logie are game show host Grant Denyer, actors Rodger Corser and Samuel Johnson, and two of the panellists on The Project, Peter Helliar and Waleed Aly.

Aly was last year's winner.

Conspicuous by their absence are Aly's co-host on The Project, Carrie Bickmore, who has been nominated for the last five years and won in 2015, and last year's two other female nominees, actress Essie Davis and news presenter Lee Lin Chin.

Foxtel's drama slate heads the Logies charge, scoring nominations for drama series A Place to Call Home and Wentworth, and miniseries Secret City and The Kettering Incident.

Fairfax Media journalist reporter Adele Ferguson has also been nominated for the Four Corners report 'Money For Nothing', which investigated the insurance arm of the Commonwealth Bank, CommInsure.

Ferguson was previously nominated, and won, for another Four Corners report, 'Banking Bad', which blew the lid off the "profit at all cost" culture within the banking industry.

'Banking Bad' also won the Gold Quill Award, the Gold Walkley Award and the Gold Kennedy Award.

Roughly half of the awards are jury-voted "outstanding" awards which recognise excellence in series, miniseries, performance and program genres, including entertainment, comedy, children's television, news coverage and sport.

The remainder are awarded to the most popular programs – confusingly named "best" categories – based on audience voting; voting closed for those categories in December.

The 59th annual TV Week Logie Awards will be held on April 23 in Melbourne and aired on the Nine Network.

Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on TV

Grant Denyer, Jessica Marais, Peter Helliar, Rodger Corser, Samuel Johnson, Waleed Aly

Outstanding Drama Series

A Place To Call Home (Showcase/Foxtel), Cleverman (ABC), Rake(ABC), The Code (ABC), Wentworth (Showcase/Foxtel)

Outstanding Miniseries or Telemovie

Barracuda (ABC), Deep Water (SBS), Molly (Channel Seven), Secret City (Showcase/Foxtel), The Kettering Incident (Showcase/Foxtel)

Outstanding Actor

Henry Nixon (The Kettering Incident, Showcase/Foxtel), Noah Taylor (Deep Water, SBS), Richard Roxburgh (Rake, ABC), Rodger Corser (Doctor Doctor, Nine Network), Samuel Johnson (Molly, Channel Seven)

Outstanding Actress

Anna Torv (Secret City, Showcase/Foxtel), Danielle Cormack (Wentworth, Showcase/Foxtel), Elizabeth Debicki (The Kettering Incident, Showcase/Foxtel), Jessica Marais (Love Child, Nine Network), Marta Dusseldorp (Janet King, ABC), Yael Stone (Deep Water, SBS)

Outstanding Supporting Actor

Ben Oxenbould (Deep Water, SBS), Damon Herriman (Secret City, Showcase/Foxtel), Matt Nable (Barracuda, ABC), Rick Donald (800 Words, Channel Seven), Ryan Johnson (Doctor Doctor, Nine Network)

Outstanding Supporting Actress

Debra Lawrance (Please Like Me, ABC), Deborah Mailman (Wolf Creek, Stan), Jenni Baird (A Place To Call Home, Showcase/Foxtel), Nicole da Silva (Wentworth, Showcase/Foxtel), Victoria Haralabidou (Barracuda, ABC)

Outstanding Entertainment Program

Anh's Brush With Fame (ABC), Gruen (ABC), Have You Been Paying Attention? (Network Ten), The Voice Australia (Nine Network), The Weekly With Charlie Pickering (ABC)

Outstanding Comedy Program

Black Comedy (ABC), Please Like Me (ABC), Rosehaven (ABC), Shaun Micallef's Mad As Hell (ABC), Upper Middle Bogan (ABC)

Outstanding Children's Program

Beat Bugs (Channel Seven), Bottersnikes & Gumbles (Channel Seven), Little Lunch: The Nightmare Before Graduation (ABC Me), Nowhere Boys: Two Moons Rising (ABC Me), Tomorrow When The War Began (ABC Me)

Outstanding Sports Coverage

2016 NRL Grand Final (Wide World Of Sports, Nine Network), 2016 Supercars Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 (Network Ten), 2016 AFL Grand Final (Channel Seven), Cricket: KFC Big Bash League (Network Ten), Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Channel Seven)

Outstanding News Coverage

'Bankstown Hospital' (Nine News, Nine Network), Federal Election 2016 (Seven News, Channel Seven), 'Inside Syria" (SBS World News, SBS), SA Waste Dump (NITV News, NITV), Sky News Election Coverage 2016 (Sky News/Foxtel)

Outstanding Public Affairs Report

'Anita Cobby: You Thought You Knew It All…' (Seven News Investigates, Channel Seven), 'Australia's Shame' (Four Corners, ABC), 'George Pell Investigation' (7.30, ABC), 'Good Cop, Bad Cop' (60 Minutes, Nine Network), 'Money For Nothing' (Four Corners, ABC)

Outstanding Factual or Documentary Program

Conviction (ABC), Deep Water: The Real Story (SBS), Gogglebox Australia (LifeStyle/Foxtel and Network Ten), Keeping Australia Alive(ABC), Todd Sampson's Body Hack (Network Ten)

Graham Kennedy Award For Outstanding Newcomer

Elias Anton (Barracuda, ABC), Geraldine Hakewill (Wanted, Channel Seven), Hunter Page-Lochard (Cleverman, ABC), Rob Collins (Cleverman, ABC), Tilda Cobham-Hervey (The Kettering Incident, Showcase/Foxtel)

Best (Most Popular) Actor

Craig McLachlan (The Doctor Blake Mysteries, ABC), Erik Thomson (800 Words, Channel Seven), Richard Roxburgh (Rake, ABC), Rodger Corser (Doctor Doctor, Nine Network), Samuel Johnson (Molly, Channel Seven)

Best (Most Popular) Actress

Asher Keddie (Offspring, Network Ten), Deborah Mailman (Cleverman, ABC), Jessica Marais (Love Child, Nine Network, The Wrong Girl, Ten Network), Jessica Mauboy (Secret Daughter, Channel Seven), Marta Dusseldorp (A Place To Call Home, Showcase/Foxtel)

Best (Most Popular) Presenter

Amanda Keller (The Living Room, Network Ten), Carrie Bickmore (The Project, Network Ten), Grant Denyer (Family Feud, Network Ten), Sarah Harris (Studio 10, Network Ten), Waleed Aly (The Project, Network Ten)

Best (Most Popular) New Talent

Hayley Magnus (The Wrong Girl, Network Ten), Penny McNamee (Home and Away, Channel Seven), Rob Collins (Cleverman, ABC), Shalom Brune-Franklin (Doctor Doctor, Nine Network), Tiarnie Coupland (Love Child, Nine Network)

Best (Most Popular) Drama Program

800 Words (Channel Seven), Doctor Doctor (Nine Network), Home and Away (Channel Seven), Molly (Channel Seven), Offspring (Network Ten), Wentworth (Showcase/Foxtel)

Best (Most Popular) Entertainent Program

Anh's Brush With Fame (ABC), Family Feud (Network Ten), Have You Been Paying Attention? (Network Ten), The Voice Australia (Nine Network), Upper Middle Bogan (ABC)

Best (Most Popular) News Panel or Current Affairs Program

Four Corners (ABC), Studio 10 (Network Ten), Sunrise (Channel Seven), The Project (Network Ten), Today (Nine Network)

Best (Most Popular) Reality Program

Australian Survivor (Network Ten), I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here! (Network Ten), MasterChef Australia (Network Ten), My Kitchen Rules (Channel Seven), The Block (Nine Network)

Best (Most Popular) Sports Program

In Rio Today (Channel Seven), Monday Night with Matty Johns (Fox Sports/Foxtel), The AFL Footy Show (Nine Network), The NRL Footy Show (Nine Network), Wide World of Sports (Nine Network)

Best (Most Popular) Lifestyle Program

Better Homes And Gardens (Channel Seven), Gardening Australia (ABC), Luke Warm Sex (ABC), Selling Houses Australia (Lifestyle Channel/Foxtel), The Living Room (Network Ten)

Best (Most Popular) Factual Program

Australian Story (ABC), Bondi Rescue (Network Ten), Bondi Vet(Network Ten), Gogglebox Australia (Lifestyle Channel/Foxtel and Network Ten), Todd Sampson's Body Hack (Network Ten)