Logie Award for Most Outstanding Drama Series

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Logie Award for Most Outstanding Drama Series
Country Australia
Presented by TV Week
First awarded1961
Currently held by The Twelve (2023)
Most awards Homicide (7), Number 96 , SeaChange , The Secret Life of Us and Love My Way (3)
Website www.tvweeklogieawards.com.au

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

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It was first awarded at the 3rd Annual TV Week Logie Awards ceremony, held in 1961 as Best Australian Drama. [2] The award was renamed many times in subsequent ceremonies; Best Australian TV Drama Series (1962), [3] Best Drama (1963, 1966–1967), [3] [4] Best Australian Drama Series (1965, 1970), [3] [5] Best Drama Series (1968), [4] and Best Drama Show (1969). [4] This award category was eliminated in 1977.

At the 33rd Annual TV Week Logie Awards in 1991, an industry voted award for drama returned, originally called Most Outstanding Single Drama or Miniseries. [6] It has also been known as Most Outstanding Series (1992–1993, 1998), [6] Most Outstanding Achievement in Drama Production (1994–1997) [7] and Most Outstanding Drama Series, Miniseries or Telemovie (2007–2012). [8] It was known as the Most Outstanding Drama Series from 2013-2022 before changing to Most Outstanding Drama Series, Miniseries or Telemovie in 2023. [9]

Homicide held the record for the most wins of the original award, with seven and Number 96 had three. SeaChange , The Secret Life of Us and Love My Way also had three wins each, followed by Phoenix , Underbelly , Redfern Now and Division 4 with two wins.

Winners and nominees

KeyMeaning
Indicates the winning program

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

YearProgramNetworkRef
1961 Shadow of a Pale Horse
[2]
1962 Consider Your Verdict
Seven Network
[3]
1963 The One Day of the Year
1965 Homicide
Seven Network
1966 Homicide
Seven Network
[4]
1967 Homicide
Seven Network
1968 Homicide
Seven Network
1969 Homicide
Seven Network
1970 Division 4
Nine Network
[5]
1971 Homicide
Seven Network
1972 Division 4
Nine Network
1973 Homicide
Seven Network
1974 Number 96
1975 Number 96
Network Ten
1976 Number 96
Network Ten

Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees for Most Outstanding Drama Series.

YearProgramNetworkRef
1991 Come In Spinner
[6]
1992 G.P.
ABC TV
1993 Phoenix
ABC TV
1994 Phoenix II
ABC TV
[7]
1995 Janus
ABC TV
1996 Blue Murder
ABC TV
1997 Water Rats
1998 Frontline
ABC TV
Good Guys, Bad Guys
Nine Network
Water Rats
Nine Network
1999 SeaChange
ABC TV
Blue Heelers
Water Rats
Nine Network
Wildside
ABC TV
2000 SeaChange
ABC TV
All Saints
Seven Network
Water Rats
Nine Network
Wildside
ABC TV
2001 SeaChange
ABC TV
All Saints
Seven Network
Stingers
Nine Network
Water Rats
Nine Network
2002 The Secret Life of Us
All Saints
Seven Network
Always Greener
Seven Network
Love Is a Four Letter Word
ABC TV
Stingers
Nine Network
2003 The Secret Life of Us
Network Ten
All Saints
Seven Network
Always Greener
Seven Network
MDA
ABC TV
Stingers
Nine Network
White Collar Blue
Network Ten
2004 The Secret Life of Us
Network Ten
All Saints
Seven Network
Always Greener
Seven Network
Grass Roots
ABC TV
McLeod's Daughters
Nine Network
2005 Love My Way
Love Bytes
Fox8
Fireflies
ABC TV
Stingers
Nine Network
The Secret Life of Us
Network Ten
2006 Love My Way
Fox8
All Saints
Seven Network
McLeod's Daughters
Nine Network
MDA
ABC TV
The Surgeon
Network Ten
2007 Love My Way
[8]
Answered by Fire
ABC TV
RAN Remote Area Nurse
The Silence
ABC TV
The Society Murders
Network Ten
2008 Curtin
ABC1
City Homicide
Seven Network
East West 101
SBS
The King
TV1
Satisfaction
2009 Underbelly
Nine Network
Bed of Roses
ABC1
Packed to the Rafters
Seven Network
Rush
Network Ten
Scorched
Nine Network
2010 East West 101
SBS
A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne
Network Ten
Packed to the Rafters
Seven Network
Tangle
Showcase
Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities
Nine Network
2011 Underbelly: The Golden Mile
Nine Network
Hawke
Network Ten
Packed to the Rafters
Seven Network
Rake
ABC1
Rush
Network Ten
Sisters of War
ABC1
2012 The Slap
ABC1
Cloudstreet
Showcase
Offspring
Network Ten
Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo
ABC1
Underbelly: Razor
Nine Network
2013 Redfern Now
ABC1
[9]
Offspring
Network Ten
Puberty Blues
Network Ten
Rake
ABC1
Tangle
Showcase
2014 Redfern Now
ABC1
A Place to Call Home
Seven Network
Offspring
Network Ten
The Time of Our Lives
ABC1
Wentworth
2015 Wentworth
SoHo
The Code
ABC
Janet King
ABC
Puberty Blues
Network Ten
Rake
ABC
2016 Glitch
ABC
800 Words
Seven Network
A Place to Call Home
Soho
Love Child
Nine Network
Wentworth
Soho
2017 A Place to Call Home
Showcase
Cleverman
ABC
Rake
ABC
The Code
ABC
Wentworth
Showcase
2018 Wentworth
Showcase
A Place to Call Home
Showcase
Doctor Doctor
Nine Network
Harrow
ABC
Top of the Lake: China Girl
BBC First
2019 Wentworth
Showcase
Doctor Doctor
Nine Network
Mystery Road
ABC
Neighbours
Network Ten
Secret City: Under The Eagle
Foxtel
2022 The Newsreader
ABC
Bump
Stan
Love Me
Binge/Foxtel
RFDS
Seven Network
Wentworth - The Final Sentence
Foxtel
2023 The Twelve
Binge/Foxtel
Black Snow
Stan
Five Bedrooms
In Our Blood
ABC
Mystery Road: Origin
ABC
Significant Others
ABC

Multiple wins

NumberProgram
Wins
3
SeaChange
3
The Secret Life of Us
3
Love My Way
3 Wentworth
2
Phoenix
2
Underbelly
2
Redfern Now

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