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.
It was first awarded at the 9th Annual TV Week Logie Awards ceremony, held in 1967 as Best Comedy. The award was renamed many times in subsequent ceremonies; Best Australian Comedy (1968, 1972-1974), Best Comedy Show (1969), Best Comedy (1970). This award category was eliminated in 1975.
The category was reinstated as the Most Outstanding Achievement in Comedy Program in 1998 but in 1999, the category was dropped. From 2000, the award category was restored as Most Outstanding Comedy Program. In 2010, the category changed to Most Outstanding Light Entertainment Program which included comedy panel, talent and variety shows. From 2015, the category was split into Most Outstanding Entertainment Program and a reinstated Most Outstanding Comedy Program category. This award category was eliminated again in 2018.
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 NetworkRef 1967 My Name's McGooley, What's Yours? 1968 My Name's McGooley, What's Yours? 1969 I've Married A Bachelor 1971 Noel Ferrier's Australia A-Z 1972 The Group 1973 The Godfathers 1974 The Aunty Jack Show
Listed below are the winners of the award for each year for Most Outstanding Comedy Program.
Year Program NetworkRef 1998 Frontline McFeast Club Buggery 2000 The Micallef Program BackBerner Good News Week The Panel 2001 The Games The Panel The Dream with Roy and HG Pizza 2002 The Micallef Program The Panel Rove Live Pizza The Election Chaser The Monday Dump 2003 Kath & Kim CNNNN The Ice Dream with Roy and HG Russell Coight's All Aussie Adventures John Safran's Music Jamboree 2004 Kath & Kim CNNNN The Glass House Pizza An Audience with Dame Edna 2005 The Chaser Decides Pizza Kath & Kim Derrick John Safran vs God 2006 We Can Be Heroes The Glass House Spicks & Specks The Ronnie Johns Half Hour Comedy Inc.: The Late Shift 2007 Thank God You're Here The Glass House Spicks & Specks The Chaser's War On Everything Stupid, Stupid Man 2008 Summer Heights High Thank God You're Here Kath & Kim The Chaser's War On Everything Wilfred 2009 The Hollowmen Very Small Business Review with Myles Barlow Mark Loves Sharon Mr Firth Goes To Washington
From 2010 to 2014, comedy nominees were included in the Most Outstanding Light Entertainment Program category.
Year Program NetworkRef 2015 Utopia Upper Middle Bogan Black Comedy Please Like Me Legally Brown 2016 Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell Please Like Me Utopia No Activity Open Slather 2017 Please Like Me Upper Middle Bogan Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell Rosehaven Black Comedy
From 2018 to 2022, comedy nominees were included in the Most Outstanding Entertainment Program category.
Year Program NetworkRef 2023 Colin From Accounts Fisk Have You Been Paying Attention? Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell Summer Love Taskmaster Australia
Multiple wins Wins Number Program My Name's McGooley, What's Yours? The Micallef Program 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
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