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^[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]

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 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
	Studio 10	Network Ten
	Sunrise	Seven Network
	Today	Nine Network

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