The Logie for Most Popular Entertainment Program is an award presented annually at the Australian

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Logie Awards The TV Week Logie Awards (known colloquially as The Logies) is an annual ceremony celebrating and honouring the best shows and stars in Australian television, sponsored and organised by the magazine ''TV Week''. The event is telecast live and ...

. It recognises the popularity of an Australian light entertainment program from various formats including comedy, talent, variety, music, talk, and traditional game shows. 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. Over the years, it has been known as Most Popular Light Entertainment Program (1987–1988, 1993–2014), Most Popular Light Entertainment or Comedy Program (1989–1992), Most Popular Entertainment Program (2015) and Best Entertainment Program (2016-2017). From 2018, the award category name was reverted to Most Popular Light Entertainment Program. The winner and nominees of this category are chosen by the public through an online voting survey on the ''TV Week'' website. ''

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'' holds the record for the most wins, with nine, followed by '' Rove'' with six wins.

Winners and nominees

Multiple wins

See also

References

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