Logie Award for Most Outstanding Drama Series
The Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Drama Series is an award presented annually at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards. The award is given to recognise an outstanding Australian drama series. The winner and nominees of this award are chosen by television industry juries.
It was first awarded at the 3rd Annual TV Week Logie Awards ceremony, held in 1961 as Best Australian Drama. The award was renamed many times in subsequent ceremonies; Best Australian TV Drama Series, Best Drama, Best Australian Drama Series, Best Drama Series, and Best Drama Show. This award category was eliminated in 1977.
At the 33rd Annual TV Week Logie Awards in 1991, an industry voted award for drama returned, originally called Most Outstanding Single Drama or Miniseries. It has also been known as Most Outstanding Series, Most Outstanding Achievement in Drama Production and Most Outstanding Drama Series, Miniseries or Telemovie. It has been known as the Most Outstanding Drama Series since 2013.
Homicide held the record for the most wins of the original award, with seven and Number 96 had three. SeaChange, The Secret Life of Us and Love My Way also had three wins each, followed by Phoenix, Underbelly, Redfern Now and Division 4 with two wins.
Winners and nominees
Listed below are the winners of the award for each year for Best Australian Drama.| Year | Program | Network | Ref |
| 1961 | Shadow of a Pale Horse | ||
| 1962 | Consider Your Verdict | ||
| 1963 | The One Day of the Year | ||
| 1965 | Homicide | ||
| 1966 | Homicide | ||
| 1967 | Homicide | ||
| 1968 | Homicide | ||
| 1969 | Homicide | ||
| 1970 | Division 4 | ||
| 1971 | Homicide | ||
| 1972 | Division 4 | ||
| 1973 | Homicide | ||
| 1974 | Number 96 | ||
| 1975 | Number 96 | ||
| 1976 | Number 96 |
Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees for Most Outstanding Drama Series.
| Year | Program | Network | Ref |
| 1991 | Come In Spinner | ||
| 1992 | G.P. | ||
| 1993 | Phoenix | ||
| 1994 | Phoenix II | ||
| 1995 | Janus | ||
| 1996 | Blue Murder | ||
| 1997 | Water Rats | ||
| 1998 | Frontline | ||
| 1998 | Good Guys, Bad Guys | ||
| 1998 | Water Rats | ||
| 1999 | SeaChange | ||
| 1999 | Blue Heelers | ||
| 1999 | Water Rats | ||
| 1999 | Wildside | ||
| 2000 | SeaChange | ||
| 2000 | All Saints | ||
| 2000 | Water Rats | ||
| 2000 | Wildside | ||
| 2001 | SeaChange | ||
| 2001 | All Saints | ||
| 2001 | Stingers | ||
| 2001 | Water Rats | ||
| 2002 | The Secret Life of Us | ||
| 2002 | All Saints | ||
| 2002 | Always Greener | ||
| 2002 | Love Is a Four Letter Word | ||
| 2002 | Stingers | ||
| 2003 | The Secret Life of Us | ||
| 2003 | All Saints | ||
| 2003 | Always Greener | ||
| 2003 | MDA | ||
| 2003 | Stingers | ||
| 2003 | White Collar Blue | ||
| 2004 | The Secret Life of Us | ||
| 2004 | All Saints | ||
| 2004 | Always Greener | ||
| 2004 | Grass Roots | ||
| 2004 | McLeod's Daughters | ||
| 2005 | Love My Way | ||
| 2005 | Love Bytes | ||
| 2005 | Fireflies | ||
| 2005 | Stingers | ||
| 2005 | The Secret Life of Us | ||
| 2006 | Love My Way | ||
| 2006 | All Saints | ||
| 2006 | McLeod's Daughters | ||
| 2006 | MDA | ||
| 2006 | The Surgeon | ||
| 2007 | Love My Way | ||
| 2007 | Answered by Fire | ||
| 2007 | RAN Remote Area Nurse | ||
| 2007 | The Silence | ||
| 2007 | The Society Murders | ||
| 2008 | Curtin | ||
| 2008 | City Homicide | ||
| 2008 | East West 101 | ||
| 2008 | The King | ||
| 2008 | Satisfaction | ||
| 2009 | Underbelly | ||
| 2009 | Bed of Roses | ||
| 2009 | Packed to the Rafters | ||
| 2009 | Rush | ||
| 2009 | Scorched | ||
| 2010 | East West 101 | ||
| 2010 | ' | ||
| 2010 | Packed to the Rafters | ||
| 2010 | Tangle | ||
| 2010 | ' | ||
| 2011 | ' | ||
| 2011 | Hawke | ||
| 2011 | Packed to the Rafters | ||
| 2011 | Rake | ||
| 2011 | Rush | ||
| 2011 | Sisters of War | ||
| 2012 | The Slap | ||
| 2012 | Cloudstreet | ||
| 2012 | Offspring | ||
| 2012 | ' | ||
| 2012 | |||
| 2013 | Redfern Now | ||
| 2013 | Offspring | ||
| 2013 | Puberty Blues | ||
| 2013 | Rake | ||
| 2013 | Tangle | ||
| 2014 | Redfern Now | ||
| 2014 | A Place to Call Home | ||
| 2014 | Offspring | ||
| 2014 | The Time of Our Lives | ||
| 2014 | Wentworth | ||
| 2015 | Wentworth | ||
| 2015 | The Code | ||
| 2015 | Janet King | ||
| 2015 | Puberty Blues | ||
| 2015 | Rake | ||
| 2016 | Glitch | ||
| 2016 | 800 Words | ||
| 2016 | A Place to Call Home | ||
| 2016 | Love Child | ||
| 2016 | Wentworth | ||
| 2017 | A Place to Call Home | ||
| 2017 | Cleverman | ||
| 2017 | Rake | ||
| 2017 | The Code | ||
| 2017 | Wentworth | ||
| 2018 | Wentworth | ||
| 2018 | A Place to Call Home | ||
| 2018 | Doctor Doctor | ||
| 2018 | Harrow | ||
| 2018 | Top of the Lake: China Girl | ||
| 2019 | Wentworth | ||
| 2019 | Doctor Doctor | ||
| 2019 | Mystery Road | ||
| 2019 | Neighbours | ||
| 2019 | Secret City: Under The Eagle |