There’s A Competition Deciding Australia’s Best TV Shows & If It’s Not Kath & Kim We Riot

The TV Week Logie Awards are celebrating a major television milestone by calling on the public to determine the best Aussie shows over the past seven decades.

The competition was launched in honour of Aussie TV’s 70th birthday, which is marked for September when exactly 70 years will have passed since commercial television officially launched to Australian audiences way back in 1956.

… And then came Netflix. (Image: Getty)

The time since has seen no shortage of stellar homegrown series, with the 140-strong shortlist for the competition spanning everything from beloved sitcoms to enduring news programs and more than a few game-changing reality TV classics.

TV stans will vote on the 70 best titles from that list, with the results set to be revealed at the upcoming Logie Awards slated for August.

On the reality front, the shortlist name-checks staples like Australian Idol, MasterChef, Gogglebox, Big Brother and yes, even Married At First Sight.

Soap operas get a shout through shortlist entrants like Home and Away, Neighbours, and McLeod’s Daughters, while scripted classics like Offspring, Wentworth, Underbelly, Puberty Blues and Heartbreak High also made the cut.

Comedy fans will also be pleased with the shortlist, with Fisk, We Can Be Heroes, Colin From Accounts and this writer’s top choice, Kath & Kim, all vying for a place on the podium.

Also in contention are news shows like 60 Minutes and Four Corners, and kid-friendly fare like Bluey, Play School and The Wiggles.

kath and kim — *My shaylas! (Image: ABC TV)*

Naturally, not every single TV show was able to make the shortlist (justice for Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation), but the competition does allow voters to add their own suggestions.

Voting for the competition is accessible HERE, and closes on Sunday, June 21, a little bit before the 2026 Logies.

This year’s edition of the Aussie awards show will also celebrate TV’s 70th birthday, with Sam Pang stepping back from hosting duties and Robert Irwin and Kitty Flanagan considered nominee frontrunners in the Gold Logie category.

In the meantime, I’m gonna need the competition organisers to look at moi, look at moi, because there’s a very nice, different, and unusual show that deserves the top spot.

Lead images: Neighbours and Kath & Kim