Logie Award for Most Outstanding Entertainment Program

Logie Award for Most Outstanding Entertainment Program
Country	Australia
Presented by	TV Week
First awarded	1986
Currently held by	The Cheap Seats (2023)
Website	www.tvweeklogieawards.com.au

The Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Entertainment Program is an award presented annually at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards. The award is given to recognise an outstanding Australian light entertainment series, from various formats including comedy, panel, talent, variety, music, talk, and traditional game shows. The winner and nominees of this award are chosen by television industry juries. ^[1]

It was first awarded at the 28th Annual TV Week Logie Awards ceremony, held in 1986 as Best Light Entertainment Program but has had many changes over the years. ^[2]

In previous years, programs would have qualified in different categories such as Best Australian Comedy (1967-1968, 1972–1974), ^{[2] [3]} Best Comedy Show (1969), ^[4] Best Comedy (1970). ^[5] Also, Best Variety Show (1961-1962), Best National Variety Show (1964) and Best Musical/Variety Show.

The category was awarded as the Most Outstanding Achievement in Comedy Program from 1994 to 1998 ^[6] but in 1999, the category was dropped. From 2000, the award category was restored as Most Outstanding Comedy Program. ^[7]

In 2010, the category was changed to Most Outstanding Light Entertainment Program which included comedy panel, talent and variety shows. ^[8] From 2015, the category was split into Most Outstanding Entertainment Program and a reinstated Most Outstanding Comedy Program category. ^[9] This award categories were eliminated again in 2018. ^[10]

From 2019, the Most Outstanding Entertainment Program category was reinstated and includes comedy, panel, talent, variety, music, talk, and traditional game shows.

Winners and nominees

Key	Meaning
‡	Indicates the winning program

Listed below is the winner of the award for Best Light Entertainment Series:

Year	Program	Network	Ref
1986	The Gillies Report ‡	ABC	[11]

See Logie Award for Most Outstanding Comedy Program for winners between 1994 and 2009.

Listed below are the winners of the award for each year for Most Outstanding Light Entertainment Series:

Year	Program	Network	Ref
2010	Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation ‡	Network Ten	[12]
	Chandon Pictures	Movie Network
	Thank God You're Here	Seven Network
	The Chaser's War On Everything	ABC
	Wilfred	SBS
2011	Spicks and Specks ‡	ABC	[13]
	Hamish & Andy's Caravan of Courage: Great Britain & Ireland	Network Ten
	Luke Nguyen's Vietnam	SBS
	Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation	Network Ten
	Yes We Canberra!	ABC
2012	Spicks and Specks ‡	ABC	[14]
	Australia's Got Talent	Seven Network
	Gruen Planet	ABC
	The Project	Network Ten
	Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation	Network Ten
2013	The X Factor ‡	Seven Network	[15]
	Hamish and Andy's Caravan of Courage: Australia Vs New Zealand	Nine Network
	Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell	ABC
	The Hamster Wheel	ABC
	The Voice	Nine Network
2014	Housos ‡	SBS1	[16]
	It's a Date	ABC1
	Please Like Me	ABC2
	Upper Middle Bogan	ABC
	The Voice	Nine Network

Listed below are the winners of the award for each year for Most Outstanding Entertainment Program from 2015 to 2017:

Year	Program	Network	Ref
2015	The Voice ‡	Nine Network	[17]
	Bogan Hunters	7mate
	The Chaser's Media Circus	ABC
	The Checkout	ABC
	Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell	ABC
2016	Gruen ‡	ABC	[18]
	Have You Been Paying Attention?	Network Ten
	The Voice	Nine Network
	The Weekly with Charlie Pickering	ABC
	The X Factor	Seven Network
2017	Have You Been Paying Attention? ‡	Network Ten	[19]
	Anh's Brush with Fame	ABC
	Gruen	ABC
	The Weekly with Charlie Pickering	ABC
	The Voice	Nine Network
2019	Have You Been Paying Attention? ‡	Network Ten
	Australian Ninja Warrior	Nine Network
	Eurovision – Australia Decides 2018	SBS
	Gogglebox Australia	Foxtel/Network Ten
	True Story with Hamish & Andy	Nine Network
2022	Lego Masters ‡	Nine Network
	Hard Quiz	ABC
	Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell	ABC
	The Masked Singer Australia	Network Ten
	The Voice	Seven Network
2023	The Cheap Seats ‡	Network Ten
	Gruen Nation	ABC
	Hard Quiz	ABC
	Lego Masters	Nine Network
	RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under	Stan
	The Masked Singer Australia	Network Ten

See also

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

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. "1966 – The Logie Awards". Yahoo!7. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
5. "1970 – The Logie Awards". Yahoo!7. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
6. "Logie Awards 1990-1993". australian television information archive. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
7. "Logie Awards 2000". australian television information archive. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
8. "Logie Awards 2010". australian television information archive. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
9. Knox, David (16 November 2015). "Voting opens for 2016 Logie Awards". TV Tonight . Retrieved 16 November 2015.
10. Knox, David (28 May 2018). "Logie revamp drops categories". TV Tonight. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
11. "1986 – The Logie Awards". Yahoo!7. Archived from the original on 22 April 2014.
12. "2010 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
13. "2011 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
14. "2012 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
15. "2013 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
16. "2014 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
17. "2015 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
18. "2016 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
19. "2017 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 12 April 2019.

External links

• Official website