Logie Award for Most Outstanding Comedy Program

Logie Award for Most Outstanding Comedy Program
Country	Australia
Presented by	TV Week
First awarded	1967
Website	www.tvweeklogieawards.com.au

The Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Comedy Program is an award presented annually at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards. The award is given to recognise an outstanding Australian comedy series. The winner and nominees of this award are chosen by television industry juries. ^[1]

It was first awarded at the 9th Annual TV Week Logie Awards ceremony, held in 1967 as Best Comedy. ^[2] The award was renamed many times in subsequent ceremonies; Best Australian Comedy (1968, 1972-1974), ^{[2] [3]} Best Comedy Show (1969), ^[2] Best Comedy (1970). ^[3] This award category was eliminated in 1975.

The category was reinstated as the Most Outstanding Achievement in Comedy Program in 1998 ^[4] but in 1999, the category was dropped. From 2000, the award category was restored as Most Outstanding Comedy Program. ^[5] In 2010, the category changed to Most Outstanding Light Entertainment Program which included comedy panel, talent and variety shows. ^[6] From 2015, the category was split into Most Outstanding Entertainment Program and a reinstated Most Outstanding Comedy Program category. ^[7] This award category was eliminated again in 2018. ^[8]

Winners and nominees

Key	Meaning
‡	Indicates the winning program

Listed below are the winners of the award for each year for Best Australian Comedy.

Year	Program	Network	Ref
1967	My Name's McGooley, What's Yours? ‡	Seven Network	[2]
1968	My Name's McGooley, What's Yours?‡	Seven Network
1969	I've Married A Bachelor ‡	ABC
1971	Noel Ferrier's Australia A-Z‡	ABC	[3]
1972	The Group ‡	Nine Network
1973	The Godfathers ‡	Seven Network
1974	The Aunty Jack Show ‡	ABC	[9]

Listed below are the winners of the award for each year for Most Outstanding Comedy Program.

Year	Program	Network	Ref
1998	Frontline ‡	ABC	[10]
	McFeast	ABC
	Club Buggery	ABC
2000	The Micallef Program ‡	ABC	[11]
	BackBerner	ABC
	Good News Week	ABC
	The Panel	Network Ten
2001	The Games ‡	ABC	[12]
	The Panel	Network Ten
	The Dream with Roy and HG	Seven Network
	Pizza	SBS
2002	The Micallef Program‡	Network Ten	[13]
	The Panel	Network Ten
	Rove Live	Network Ten
	Pizza	SBS
	The Election Chaser	ABC
	The Monday Dump	Seven Network
2003	Kath & Kim ‡	ABC	[14]
	CNNNN	ABC
	The Ice Dream with Roy and HG	Seven Network
	Russell Coight's All Aussie Adventures	Network Ten
	John Safran's Music Jamboree	ABC
2004	Kath & Kim ‡	ABC	[15]
	CNNNN ‡	ABC
	The Glass House	ABC
	Pizza	SBS
	An Audience with Dame Edna	The Comedy Channel
2005	The Chaser Decides ‡	ABC	[16]
	Pizza	SBS
	Kath & Kim	ABC
	Derrick	The Comedy Channel
	John Safran vs God	SBS
2006	We Can Be Heroes ‡	ABC	[17]
	The Glass House	ABC
	Spicks & Specks	ABC
	The Ronnie Johns Half Hour	Network Ten
	Comedy Inc.: The Late Shift	Nine Network
2007	Thank God You're Here ‡	Network Ten	[18]
	The Glass House	ABC
	Spicks & Specks	ABC
	The Chaser's War On Everything	ABC
	Stupid, Stupid Man	TV1
2008	Summer Heights High ‡	ABC1	[19]
	Thank God You're Here	Network Ten
	Kath & Kim	Seven Network
	The Chaser's War On Everything	ABC
	Wilfred	SBS
2009	The Hollowmen ‡	ABC	[20]
	Very Small Business	ABC1
	Review with Myles Barlow	ABC1
	Mark Loves Sharon	Network Ten
	Mr Firth Goes To Washington	SBS

From 2010 to 2014, comedy nominees were included in the Most Outstanding Light Entertainment Program category.

Year	Program	Network	Ref
2015	Utopia ‡	ABC	[7]
	Upper Middle Bogan	ABC
	Black Comedy	ABC1
	Please Like Me	ABC2
	Legally Brown	SBS
2016	Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell ‡	ABC	[21]
	Please Like Me	ABC2
	Utopia	ABC
	No Activity	Stan
	Open Slather	The Comedy Channel
2017	Please Like Me ‡	ABC	[22]
	Upper Middle Bogan	ABC
	Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell	ABC
	Rosehaven	ABC
	Black Comedy	ABC

From 2018 to 2022, comedy nominees were included in the Most Outstanding Entertainment Program category.

Year	Program	Network	Ref
2023	Colin From Accounts ‡	Binge
	Fisk	ABC
	Have You Been Paying Attention?	Network Ten
	Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell	ABC
	Summer Love	ABC
	Taskmaster Australia	Network Ten

Multiple wins

Wins
Number	Program
2	My Name's McGooley, What's Yours?
2	The Micallef Program
2	Kath & Kim

See also

• Logie Award for Most Popular Comedy Program
• Logie Award for Most Popular Entertainment Program
• Logie Award for Most Outstanding Drama Series

References

1. "Full list of nominations for the 55th Annual TV Week Logie Awards". The Sydney Morning Herald . Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 18 May 2013.
2. "1966–1969 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
3. "1970–1973 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
4. "Logie Awards 1990-1993". australian television information archive. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
5. "Logie Awards 2000". australian television information archive. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
6. "Logie Awards 2010". australian television information archive. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
7. Knox, David (3 May 2015). "TV Week Logie Awards 2015: winners". TV Tonight. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
8. Knox, David (28 May 2018). "Logie revamp drops categories". TV Tonight. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
9. "1974–1977 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
10. "1998 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
11. "2000 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
12. "2001 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
13. "2002 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
14. "2003 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
15. "2004 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
16. "2005 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
17. "2006 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
18. "2007 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
19. "2008 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
20. "2009 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
21. Knox, David (8 May 2016). "TV Week Logie Awards 2016: winners". TV Tonight. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
22. Knox, David (23 April 2017). "TV Week Logie Awards 2017: winners". TV Tonight. Retrieved 15 June 2018.

External links

• Official website