Logie Award for Most Popular Entertainment Program
The Logie for Most Popular Entertainment Program is an award presented annually at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards. It recognises the popularity of an Australian light entertainment program from various formats including comedy, talent, variety, music, talk, and traditional game shows.
| Logie Award for Most Popular Entertainment Program | |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Presented by | TV Week |
| First awarded | 1986 |
| Currently held by | Gogglebox Australia (2019) |
| Most awards | Hey Hey It's Saturday (9) |
| Website | www |
It was first awarded at the 28th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, held in 1986 when the award was originally called Most Popular Australian Light Entertainment Program.[1] Over the years, it has been known as Most Popular Light Entertainment Program (1987–1988, 1993–2014),[2][3] Most Popular Light Entertainment or Comedy Program (1989–1992),[4] Most Popular Entertainment Program (2015) and Best Entertainment Program (2016-2017).[5] From 2018, the award category name was reverted to Most Popular Light Entertainment Program.[6]
The winner and nominees of this category are chosen by the public through an online voting survey on the TV Week website.[7] Hey Hey It's Saturday holds the record for the most wins, with nine, followed by Rove with six wins.
Winners and nominees
| Key | Meaning |
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Indicates the winning program |
| Year | Program | Network | Ref |
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| 1986 | Perfect Match |
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| 1987 | Hey Hey It's Saturday |
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| 1988 | Hey Hey It's Saturday |
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| 1989 | The Comedy Company |
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| 1990 | The Comedy Company |
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| 1991 | Fast Forward |
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| 1992 | Fast Forward |
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| 1993 | Hey Hey It's Saturday |
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| 1994 | Hey Hey It's Saturday |
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| 1995 | Hey Hey It's Saturday |
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| 1996 | Don't Forget Your Toothbrush |
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| 1997 | Hey Hey It's Saturday |
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| 1998 | Hey Hey It's Saturday |
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| 1999 | Hey Hey It's Saturday |
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| Battle of the Sexes | |||
| Midday with Kerri-Anne | |||
| The Panel | |||
| 2000 | Hey Hey It's Saturday |
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| Australia's Funniest Home Video Show | |||
| The Panel | |||
| Rove | |||
| 2001 | The Panel |
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| Rove (Live) | |||
| Surprise Surprise | |||
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? | |||
| 2002 | Rove (Live) |
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| Australia's Funniest Home Videos | |||
| The Crocodile Hunter | |||
| The Panel | |||
| This Is Your Life | |||
| 2003 | Rove (Live) |
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| The Crocodile Hunter | |||
| Kath & Kim | |||
| Russell Coight's All Aussie Adventures | |||
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? | |||
| 2004 | Rove (Live) |
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| Australia's Funniest Home Video Show | |||
| Kath & Kim | |||
| Merrick and Rosso Unplanned | |||
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? | |||
| 2005 | Rove (Live) |
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| Dancing with the Stars | |||
| Deal or No Deal | |||
| Kath & Kim | |||
| Merrick and Rosso Unplanned | |||
| 2006 | Dancing with the Stars |
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| Deal or No Deal | |||
| The Glass House | |||
| Rove Live | |||
| Spicks and Specks | |||
| 2007 | Rove Live |
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| 20 to 1 | |||
| Bert's Family Feud | |||
| Deal or No Deal | |||
| Thank God You're Here | |||
| 2008 | Kath & Kim |
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| The Chaser's War on Everything | |||
| Spicks and Specks | |||
| Summer Heights High | |||
| Thank God You're Here | |||
| 2009 | Rove |
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| Australia's Got Talent | |||
| Deal or No Deal | |||
| Spicks and Specks | |||
| Sunrise | |||
| 2010 | Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation |
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| Deal or No Deal | |||
| Hey Hey It's Saturday: The Reunion | |||
| Spicks and Specks | |||
| Sunrise | |||
| 2011 | The Circle |
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| Good News Week | |||
| Hey Hey It's Saturday | |||
| Sunrise | |||
| Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation | |||
| 2012 | Hamish and Andy's Gap Year |
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| Australia's Got Talent | |||
| The Project | |||
| Spicks and Specks | |||
| Sunrise | |||
| 2013 | The Voice |
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| Gruen Planet | |||
| Hamish & Andy's Euro Gap Year | |||
| The Project | |||
| The X Factor | |||
| 2014 | Hamish & Andy's Gap Year Asia |
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| Ja'mie: Private School Girl | |||
| The Project | |||
| The Voice | |||
| The X Factor | |||
| 2015 | Hamish & Andy's Gap Year South America |
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| Family Feud | |||
| The Project | |||
| Sunrise | |||
| The Voice | |||
| 2016 | Family Feud |
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| Gruen | |||
| Have You Been Paying Attention? | |||
| The Voice | |||
| The X Factor Australia | |||
| 2017 | Have You Been Paying Attention? |
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| Anh's Brush with Fame | |||
| Family Feud | |||
| The Voice | |||
| Upper Middle Bogan | |||
| 2018 | Gogglebox Australia |
Foxtel |
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| Anh's Brush with Fame | |||
| Family Feud | |||
| Hard Quiz | |||
| The Project | |||
| 2019 | Gogglebox Australia |
Foxtel |
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| Anh's Brush with Fame | |||
| Dancing with the Stars | |||
| Gruen | |||
| Hard Quiz | |||
| The Voice |
Multiple wins
| Number | Program |
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| Wins | |
| Hey Hey It's Saturday | |
| Rove | |
| Hamish and Andy's Gap Year | |
| The Comedy Company | |
| Fast Forward | |
| Gogglebox Australia | |
References
- "1986 – The Logie Awards". Yahoo!7. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014.
- "1987 – The Logie Awards". Yahoo!7. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014.
- "1993 – The Logie Awards". Yahoo!7. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- "1989 – The Logie Awards". Yahoo!7. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014.
- Knox, David (16 November 2015). "Voting opens for 2016 Logie Awards". TV Tonight. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- 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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "2010 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- "2011 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- "2012 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- "2013 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- Knox, David (27 April 2014). "Logie Awards 2014: Winners". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
- Knox, David (3 May 2015). "TV Week Logie Awards 2015: winners". TV Tonight. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- Knox, David (9 May 2016). "2016 Logie Awards: winners". TV Tonight. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
- Knox, David (23 April 2017). "TV Week Logie Awards 2017: winners". TV Tonight. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- 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.
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