Logie Award for Most Popular Panel or Current Affairs Program


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 and it was also awarded in 2017 before being eliminated in 2018. It returned in 2019 as the Logie Award for Most Popular Panel or Current Affairs Program.

Winners and nominees

Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees as Most Popular Public Affairs Program.
YearProgramNetworkRef
198060 Minutes
Nine Network
198160 Minutes
Nine Network
198260 Minutes
Nine Network
198360 Minutes
Nine Network
198460 Minutes
Nine Network
198560 Minutes
Nine Network
198660 Minutes
Nine Network
198760 Minutes
Nine Network
198860 Minutes
Nine Network
1989A Current Affair
Nine Network
1990A Current Affair
Nine Network
1991A Current Affair
Nine Network
1992A Current Affair
Nine Network
1993A Current Affair
Nine Network
1994Real Life
Seven Network
1995A Current Affair
Nine Network
1996A Current Affair
Nine Network
1997A Current Affair
Nine Network
1998A Current Affair
Nine Network
2000A Current Affair
Nine Network
200060 Minutes
Nine Network
2000The 7.30 Report
ABC TV
2000Today Tonight
Seven Network
2001A Current Affair
Seven Network
200160 Minutes
Nine Network
2001Today
Nine Network
2001Today Tonight
Seven Network
2002Today Tonight
Seven Network
2002A Current Affair
Nine Network
2002Australian Story
ABC TV
200260 Minutes
Nine Network
2002Today
Nine Network

Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees for Logie for Best News Panel or a Current Affairs Program.
YearProgramNetworkReference
2016
The Project
Network Ten
201660 Minutes
Nine Network
2016Q&A
ABC
2016Sunrise
Seven Network
2016Today
Nine Network
2017The Project
Network Ten
2017Four Corners
ABC
2017Studio 10
Network Ten
2017Sunrise
Seven Network
2017Today
Nine Network