The Logie for Most Popular Sports Program was an award presented annually at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards. It recognises the popularity of an ongoing Australian sports program, where the general theme of the show is sport, with the emphasis on commentary and highlights.
The award was first presented at the 29th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, held in 1987 when it was originally called Most Popular Sports Coverage. It was renamed as Most Popular Sports Program in 1993, then eliminated as a category in 1999 but reintroduced in 2000. For the 2016 and 2017 ceremonies, the award was renamed as Best Sports Program before being permanently eliminated in 2018.
The winner and nominees of Most Popular Sports Program were chosen by the public through an online voting survey on the TV Week website. The NRL Footy Show holds the record for the most wins, with eleven, followed by The AFL Footy Show with eight wins.
Winners and nominees Key Meaning Indicates the winning program
Year Program NetworkRef 1987 Wide World of Sports Nine Network 1988 Cricket Nine Network 1989 Olympic Games Network Ten 1990 Cricket Nine Network 1991 Cricket Nine Network 1992 Cricket Nine Network 1993 Barcelona Olympic Games Seven Network 1994 AFL Grand Final Seven Network 1995 Commonwealth Games Network Ten 1996 The Footy Show (AFL) Nine Network 1997 The Footy Show (AFL) Nine Network 1998 The Footy Show (AFL) Nine Network 2000 The NRL Footy Show Nine Network The AFL Footy Show Nine Network Live and Kicking Seven Network Sports Tonight Network Ten 2001 The Dream with Roy and HG Seven Network The AFL Footy Show Nine Network The NRL Footy Show Nine Network The Olympic Show Seven Network 2002 The AFL Footy Show Nine Network The NRL Footy Show Nine Network Planet X Seven Network Sports Tonight Network Ten The Monday Dump with Roy and H.G. Seven Network 2003 The AFL Footy Show Nine Network The Fat ABC TV The NRL Footy Show Nine Network The Monday Dump with Roy and H.G. Seven Network Sports Tonight Network Ten 2004 The AFL Footy Show Nine Network The Cream with Roy and HG Seven Network The Fat ABC TV The NRL Footy Show Nine Network Sports Tonight Network Ten 2005 The NRL Footy Show Nine Network The AFL Footy Show Nine Network Before the Game Network Ten The Dream in Athens with Roy and HG Seven Network Sports Tonight Network Ten 2006 The NRL Footy Show Nine Network The AFL Footy Show Nine Network Before the Game Network Ten RPM Network Ten Sports Tonight Network Ten 2007 The NRL Footy Show Nine Network The AFL Footy Show Nine Network Before the Game Network Ten RPM Network Ten Sports Tonight Network Ten 2008 The AFL Footy Show Nine Network Inside Cricket Fox Sports 1 The NRL Footy Show Nine Network Sports Tonight Network Ten The World Game SBS 2009 The NRL Footy Show Nine Network The AFL Footy Show Nine Network Before the Game Network Ten Sports Tonight Network Ten Wide World of Sports Nine Network 2010 The NRL Footy Show Nine Network The AFL Footy Show Nine Network Before the Game Network Ten Sports Tonight Network Ten Wide World of Sports Nine Network 2011 The Footy Show (AFL) Nine Network Before the Game Network Ten The Footy Show (NRL) Nine Network The Matty Johns Show Seven Network Wide World of Sports Nine Network 2012 2011 AFL Grand Final Network Ten Before the Game Network Ten The Footy Show (AFL) Nine Network The Footy Show (NRL) Nine Network Wide World of Sports Nine Network 2013 The Footy Show (NRL) Nine Network Before the Game Network Ten Paralympics London 2012 – Highlights ABC1 The Footy Show (AFL) Nine Network Wide World of Sports Nine Network 2014 The NRL Footy Show Nine Network The AFL Footy Show Nine Network Before the Game Network Ten The Cricket Show Nine Network Wide World of Sports Nine Network 2015 The NRL Footy Show Nine Network The AFL Footy Show Nine Network The Cricket Show Nine Network The Marngrook Footy Show NITV Wide World of Sports Nine Network 2016 The NRL Footy Show Nine Network AFL 360 Fox Footy The Marngrook Footy Show NITV The AFL Footy Show Nine Network Wide World of Sports Nine Network 2017 The NRL Footy Show Nine Network Monday Night with Matty Johns Fox Sports The AFL Footy Show Nine Network In Rio Roday Seven Network Wide World of Sports Nine Network
Multiple wins Number Program Wins 11 The NRL Footy Show 8 The AFL Footy Show 4 Cricket 2 AFL Grand Final
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