The Logie for Most Popular Comedy Program is an award presented annually at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards. It recognises the popularity of an Australian comedy program, which over the years have included scripted comedy series, sketch comedy, variety comedy shows and panel comedy shows.
| Logie Award for Most Popular Comedy Program | |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Presented by | TV Week |
| First awarded | 1977 |
| Currently held by | Have You Been Paying Attention? (2023) |
| Website | www |
It was first awarded at the 19th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, held in 1977 when the award was originally called Most Popular Australian Comedy.[1] Over the years, it has been known as Most Popular Variety/Panel Comedy Show (1978), Most Popular Comedy Show (1979, 1981, 1983), Most Popular Variety/Comedy Show (1980), Most Popular Comedy Series (1982), Most Popular Comedy Series (1985).
The award was discontinued in 1986 when nominees were included in the Most Popular Australian Light Entertainment Program category. From 1989 to 1992, that award was known as the Most Popular Light Entertainment Program/Comedy award.[2]
The category was reinstated as the Most Comedy Program in 1993 until 1999.[3] In 2000, the categories were again combined as the Most Popular Comedy/Light Entertainment Program award.[4] From 2018, the award category name was restored as Most Popular Comedy Program.[5]
The winner and nominees of this category are chosen by the public through an online voting survey on the TV Week website.[6] Full Frontal holds the record for the most wins, with four, followed by The Paul Hogan Show and Fast Forward with three each.
Winners and nominees
edit| Key | Meaning |
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| ‡ | Indicates the winning program |
| Year | Program | Network | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | The Paul Hogan Show‡ | ||
| 1978 | Blankety Blanks‡ | ||
| 1979 | The Paul Hogan Show‡ | Nine Network
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| 1980 | The Don Lane Show‡ | Nine Network
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| 1981 | The Mike Walsh Show‡ | Nine Network
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| 1982 | Kingswood Country‡ | ||
| 1983 | Kingswood Country‡ | Seven Network
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| 1984 | The Paul Hogan Show‡ | Nine Network
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| 1985 | Hey Hey It's Saturday‡ | Nine Network
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| 1989 | The Comedy Company‡ | Network Ten
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| 1990 | The Comedy Company‡ | Network Ten
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| 1991 | Fast Forward‡ | ||
| 1992 | Fast Forward‡ | Seven Network
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| 1993 | Fast Forward‡ | Seven Network
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| 1994 | The Late Show‡ | ||
| 1995 | Full Frontal‡ | Seven Network
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| 1996 | Full Frontal‡ | Seven Network
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| 1997 | Full Frontal‡ | Seven Network
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| 1998 | Full Frontal‡ | Seven Network
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| 1999 | Hey Hey It's Saturday‡ | Nine Network
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| Good News Week | Network Ten
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| The Panel | Network Ten
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| Totally Full Frontal | Network Ten
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From 2000 to 2017, comedy nominees were included in the Logie Award for Most Popular Entertainment Program category.
| Year | Program | Network | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Have You Been Paying Attention?‡ | Network Ten
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| Here Come The Habibs | Nine Network
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| Hughesy, We Have a Problem | Network Ten
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| Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell | ABC
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| True Story with Hamish & Andy | Nine Network
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| 2019 | Have You Been Paying Attention?‡ | Network Ten
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| Hughesy, We Have a Problem | Network Ten
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| Rosehaven | ABC
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| Russell Coight's All Aussie Adventures | Network Ten
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| Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell | ABC
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| True Story with Hamish & Andy | Nine Network
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| 2022 | Have You Been Paying Attention?‡ | Network Ten
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| Aftertaste | ABC
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| Fisk | ABC
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| Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell | ABC
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| The Hundred with Andy Lee | Nine Network
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| The Cheap Seats | Network Ten
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| 2023 | Have You Been Paying Attention?‡ | Network Ten
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| Fisk | ABC
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| Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell | ABC
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| The Front Bar | Seven Network
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| The Hundred with Andy Lee | Nine Network
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| Wellmania | Netflix
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Multiple wins
edit| Number | Program |
|---|---|
| Wins | |
4
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Full Frontal |
| Have You Been Paying Attention? | |
3
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The Paul Hogan Show |
| Fast Forward | |
2
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Hey Hey It's Saturday |
| Kingswood Country | |
| The Comedy Company | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Logie Awards 1974-1977". australian television information archive. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "Logie Awards 1986-1989". australian television information archive. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "Logie Awards 1990-1993". australian television information archive. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "Logie Awards 2000". australian television information archive. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ Knox, David (5 March 2018). "Voting opens for 2018 Logie Awards". TV Tonight. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ^ Knox, David (5 December 2011). "Logie 2012 voting opens". TV Tonight. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ^ "1974–1977 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ "1978–1981 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ "1982–1985 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ "1986–1989 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ "1990–1993 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ "1994–1997 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ "1998 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ "1999 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ Knox, David (1 July 2018). "60th Logie Awards: winners". TV Tonight. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ Knox, David (30 June 2019). "Logie Awards 2019: winners". TV Tonight. Retrieved 1 July 2019.