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 |
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
[edit]| 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 | |
| 1968 | My Name's McGooley, What's Yours?‡ | Seven Network | |
| 1969 | I've Married A Bachelor‡ | ||
| 1971 | Noel Ferrier's Australia A-Z‡ | ||
| 1972 | The Group‡ | Nine Network | |
| 1973 | The Godfathers‡ | Seven Network | |
| 1974 | The Aunty Jack Show‡ |
Listed below are the winners of the award for each year for Most Outstanding Comedy Program.
From 2010 to 2014, comedy nominees were included in the Most Outstanding Light Entertainment Program category.
| Year | Program | Network | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Utopia‡ | ABC | |
| Upper Middle Bogan | ABC | ||
| Black Comedy | ABC1 | ||
| Please Like Me | |||
| Legally Brown | SBS | ||
| 2016 | Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell‡ | ABC | |
| Please Like Me | |||
| Utopia | ABC | ||
| No Activity | |||
| Open Slather | The Comedy Channel | ||
| 2017 | Please Like Me‡ | ABC | |
| 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‡ | ||
| 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
[edit]| Wins | |
|---|---|
| Number | Program |
2 | My Name's McGooley, What's Yours? |
2 | The Micallef Program |
2 | Kath & Kim |
See also
[edit]- Logie Award for Most Popular Comedy Program
- Logie Award for Most Popular Entertainment Program
- Logie Award for Most Outstanding Drama Series
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c d "1966–1969 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ a b c "1970–1973 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ "Logie Awards 1990-1993". australian television information archive. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "Logie Awards 2000". australian television information archive. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "Logie Awards 2010". australian television information archive. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ a b Knox, David (3 May 2015). "TV Week Logie Awards 2015: winners". TV Tonight. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ Knox, David (28 May 2018). "Logie revamp drops categories". TV Tonight. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "1974–1977 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ "1998 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ "2000 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ "2001 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ "2002 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ "2003 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ "2004 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ "2005 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ "2006 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ "2007 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ "2008 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ "2009 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ Knox, David (8 May 2016). "TV Week Logie Awards 2016: winners". TV Tonight. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Knox, David (23 April 2017). "TV Week Logie Awards 2017: winners". TV Tonight. Retrieved 15 June 2018.