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