Logie Award for Best Entertainment Program

Logie Award for Best Entertainment Program
Country	Australia
Presented by	TV Week
First awarded	1986
Currently held by	Hamish and Andy's Gap Year South America (2015)
Most awards	Hey Hey It's Saturday (9)
Official website	www.tvweeklogieawards.com.au

The Logie for Best Entertainment Program is an award presented annually at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards. 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 also been known as Most Popular Light Entertainment Program (1987–1988, 1993–2014),^[2][3] Most Popular Light Entertainment or Comedy Program (1989–1992)^[4] and Most Popular Entertainment Program (2015). For the 2016 ceremony, the award was renamed Best Entertainment Program.^[5]

It is given to recognise an Australian light entertainment program from various formats including comedy, talent, variety, music, talk, and traditional game shows. The winner and nominees of this category are chosen by the public through an online voting survey on the TV Week website.^[6] 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
	Indicates the winning program

Year	Program	Network	Ref
1986	Perfect Match	Network Ten	[7]
1987	Hey Hey It's Saturday	Nine Network
1988	Hey Hey It's Saturday	Nine Network
1989	The Comedy Company	Network Ten
1990	The Comedy Company	Network Ten	[8]
1991	Fast Forward	Seven Network
1992	Fast Forward	Seven Network
1993	Hey Hey It's Saturday	Nine Network
1994	Hey Hey It's Saturday	Nine Network	[9]
1995	Hey Hey It's Saturday	Nine Network
1996	Don't Forget Your Toothbrush	Nine Network
1997	Hey Hey It's Saturday	Nine Network
1998	Hey Hey It's Saturday	Nine Network	[10]
1999	Hey Hey It's Saturday	Nine Network	[11]
	Battle of the Sexes	Network Ten
	Midday with Kerri-Anne	Nine Network
	The Panel	Network Ten
2000	Hey Hey It's Saturday	Nine Network	[12]
	Australia's Funniest Home Video Show	Nine Network
	The Panel	Network Ten
	Rove	Nine Network
2001	The Panel	Network Ten	[13]
	Rove (Live)	Network Ten
	Surprise, Surprise	Nine Network
	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	Nine Network
2002	Rove (Live)	Network Ten	[14]
	Australia's Funniest Home Videos	Nine Network
	The Crocodile Hunter	Network Ten
	The Panel	Network Ten
	This Is Your Life	Nine Network
2003	Rove (Live)	Network Ten	[15]
	The Crocodile Hunter	Network Ten
	Kath & Kim	ABC TV
	Russell Coight's All Aussie Adventures	Network Ten
	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	Nine Network
2004	Rove (Live)	Network Ten	[16]
	Australia's Funniest Home Video Show	Nine Network
	Kath & Kim	ABC TV
	Merrick and Rosso: Unplanned	Nine Network
	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	Nine Network
2005	Rove (Live)	Network Ten	[17]
	Dancing with the Stars	Seven Network
	Deal or No Deal	Seven Network
	Kath & Kim	ABC TV
2006	Dancing with the Stars	Seven Network	[18]
	Deal or No Deal	Seven Network
	The Glass House	ABC TV
	Rove Live	Network Ten
	Spicks and Specks	ABC TV
	Merrick and Rosso Unplanned	Nine Network
2007	Rove Live	Network Ten	[19]
	20 to 1	Nine Network
	Bert's Family Feud	Nine Network
	Deal or No Deal	Seven Network
	Thank God You're Here	Network Ten
2008	Kath & Kim	Seven Network	[20]
	The Chaser's War on Everything	ABC1
	Spicks and Specks	ABC1
	Summer Heights High	ABC1
	Thank God You're Here	Network Ten
2009	Rove	Network Ten	[21]
	Australia's Got Talent	Seven Network
	Deal or No Deal	Seven Network
	Spicks and Specks	ABC1
	Sunrise	Seven Network
2010	Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation	Network Ten	[22]
	Deal or No Deal	Seven Network
	Hey Hey It's Saturday: The Reunion	Nine Network
	Spicks and Specks	ABC1
	Sunrise	Seven Network
2011	The Circle	Network Ten	[23]
	Good News Week	Network Ten
	Hey Hey It's Saturday	Nine Network
	Sunrise	Seven Network
	Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation	Network Ten
2012	Hamish and Andy's Gap Year	Nine Network	[24]
	Australia's Got Talent	Seven Network
	The Project	Network Ten
	Spicks and Specks	ABC1
	Sunrise	Seven Network
2013	The Voice	Nine Network	[25]
	Gruen Planet	ABC1
	Hamish and Andy's Euro Gap Year	Nine Network
	The Project	Network Ten
	The X Factor Australia	Seven Network
2014	Hamish and Andy's Gap Year Asia	Nine Network	[26]
	Ja'mie: Private School Girl	ABC1
	The Project	Network Ten
	The Voice	Nine Network
	The X Factor Australia	Seven Network
2015	Hamish and Andy's Gap Year South America	Nine Network	[27]
	Family Feud	Network Ten
	The Project	Network Ten
	Sunrise	Seven Network
	The Voice	Nine Network
2016	Family Feud	Network Ten
	Gruen	ABC
	Have You Been Paying Attention?	Network Ten
	The Voice	Nine Network
	The X Factor Australia	Seven Network

Multiple wins

Number	Program
Wins
9	Hey Hey It's Saturday
6	Rove
3	Hamish and Andy's Gap Year
2	The Comedy Company
2	Fast Forward

References

1. "1986 – The Logie Awards". Yahoo!7. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014.
2. "1987 – The Logie Awards". Yahoo!7. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014.
3. "1993 – The Logie Awards". Yahoo!7. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
4. "1989 – The Logie Awards". Yahoo!7. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014.
5. Knox, David (16 November 2015). "Voting opens for 2016 Logie Awards". TV Tonight. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
6. Knox, David (5 December 2011). "Logie 2012 voting opens". TV Tonight. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
7. "1986–1989 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
8. "1990–1993 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
9. "1994–1997 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
10. "1998 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
11. "1999 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
12. "2000 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
13. "2001 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
14. "2002 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
15. "2003 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
16. "2004 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
17. "2005 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
18. "2006 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
19. "2007 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
20. "2008 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
21. "2009 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
22. "2010 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
23. "2011 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
24. "2012 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
25. "2013 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
26. Knox, David (27 April 2014). "Logie Awards 2014: Winners". TV Tonight. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
27. Knox, David (3 May 2015). "TV Week Logie Awards 2015: winners". TV Tonight. Retrieved 4 May 2015.

External links

• Official website