Logie Award for Most Popular Panel or Current Affairs Program

Logie Award for Most Popular Panel or Current Affairs Program
Country	Australia
Presented by	TV Week
First awarded	1980
Currently held by	Australian Story (2023)
Most awards	A Current Affair (11)
Website	tvweeklogieawards.com.au

The Logie Award for Most Popular Panel or Current Affairs Program is an award which is presented at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards. It is given to recognise the popularity of an Australian news panel discussion or current affairs television show.

The award was first presented at the 22nd Annual TV Week Logie Awards held in 1980 as the Logie for Most Popular Public Affairs Program. It was eliminated as a category in 1999 but reintroduced in 2000, until it was eliminated again in 2013. For the 58th Annual TV Week Logie Awards ceremony held in 2016, the category was reintroduced as the Logie Award for Best News Panel or a Current Affairs Program[1][2] and it was also awarded in 2017 before being eliminated in 2018.[3] It returned in 2019 as the Logie Award for Most Popular Panel or Current Affairs Program.[4] It changed to Most Popular Current Affairs Program in 2023.

Winners and nominees

Key	Meaning
‡	Indicates the winning program

Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees as Most Popular Public Affairs Program.

Year	Program	Network	Ref
1980	60 Minutes‡	Nine Network	[5]
1981	60 Minutes‡	Nine Network
1982	60 Minutes‡	Nine Network	[6]
1983	60 Minutes‡	Nine Network
1984	60 Minutes‡	Nine Network
1985	60 Minutes‡	Nine Network
1986	60 Minutes‡	Nine Network	[7]
1987	60 Minutes‡	Nine Network
1988	60 Minutes‡	Nine Network
1989	A Current Affair‡	Nine Network
1990	A Current Affair‡	Nine Network	[8]
1991	A Current Affair‡	Nine Network
1992	A Current Affair‡	Nine Network
1993	A Current Affair‡	Nine Network
1994	Real Life‡	Seven Network	[9]
1995	A Current Affair‡	Nine Network
1996	A Current Affair‡	Nine Network	[10]
1997	A Current Affair‡	Nine Network	[11]
1998	A Current Affair‡	Nine Network	[12]
2000	A Current Affair‡	Nine Network	[13]
	60 Minutes	Nine Network
	The 7.30 Report	ABC TV
	Today Tonight	Seven Network
2001	A Current Affair‡	Seven Network	[14]
	60 Minutes	Nine Network
	Today	Nine Network
	Today Tonight	Seven Network
2002	Today Tonight ‡	Seven Network	[15]
	A Current Affair	Nine Network
	Australian Story	ABC TV
	60 Minutes	Nine Network
	Today	Nine Network

Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees for the Logie for Best News Panel or a Current Affairs Program.

Year	Program	Network	Reference
2016	The Project‡	Network Ten	[16]
	60 Minutes	Nine Network
	Q&A	ABC
	Sunrise	Seven Network
	Today	Nine Network
2017	The Project‡	Network Ten	[17]
	Four Corners	ABC
	60 Minutes	Nine Network
	Sunrise	Seven Network
	Today	Nine Network
2019	The Project‡	Network Ten
	7.30	ABC
	60 Minutes	Nine Network
	A Current Affair	Nine Network
	Australian Story	ABC
	Four Corners	ABC
2022	The Project‡	Network Ten	[18]
	7.30	ABC
	Australian Story	ABC
	A Current Affair	Nine Network
	Four Corners	ABC
	The Front Bar	Seven Network

Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees for the Logie for Most Popular Current Affairs Program.

Year	Program	Network	Reference
2023	Australian Story	ABC
	60 Minutes	Nine Network
	7.30	ABC
	A Current Affair	Nine Network
	Foreign Correspondent	ABC
	Four Corners	ABC

References

1. Cronin, Seanna (4 November 2015). "Changes and new gongs in store for the 2016 Logie Awards". Sunshine Coast Daily. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
2. Knox, David (4 November 2015). "Logies announce new categories, voting to open shortly". TV Tonight. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
3. Knox, David (5 March 2018). "Voting opens for 2018 Logie Awards". TV Tonight. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
4. Knox, David (18 February 2019). "Logies introduce new Reality category". TV Tonight. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
5. "1978–1981 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
6. "1982–1985 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
7. "1986–1989 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
8. "1990–1993 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
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10. "1996 – The Logie Awards". Yahoo!7. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
11. "1997 – The Logie Awards". Yahoo!7. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
12. "1998 – The Logie Awards". Yahoo!7. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
13. "2000 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
14. "2001 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
15. "2002 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
16. Knox, David (9 May 2016). "2016 Logie Awards: winners". TV Tonight. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
17. Knox, David (23 April 2017). "TV Week Logie Awards 2017: winners". TV Tonight. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
18. Knox, David (19 June 2022). "Logie Awards 2022: Winners". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 8 August 2022.