Awards and Ratings
Fast Forward consistently won the ratings for all of its 90 episodes, generallyrating in the mid to high 30s.
In 1990, Fast Forward won two Logie awards; it also received two Australian Television awards ( Penguins) for Excellence in Make-up and Achievement in Production. Also in 1990, the company was bestowed with two AWGIES, the Australian Writers Guild Awards; one for Fast Forward for best Comedy/Revue/Sketch and the other for Vizard, Co-writer Best Sketch Comedy – Fast Forward. The Variety Club awarded Vizard Comedy Artist Of The Year and Rolling Stone Magazine awarded him Television Performer of The Year. At the Aria Awards Fast Forward picked up Best Comedy Record.
At the 1991 Logie Awards Steve Vizard won the Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television. Vizard also won Most Popular Male Light Entertainer. Magda Szubanski won Most Popular Female Light Entertainer and Fast Forward was awarded Most Popular Light Entertainment Program. Also in 1991, the Fast Forward writing team won an AWGIE for Best Sketch Comedy for Fast Forward.
At the 1992 Logies, Magda Szubanski once again picked up the award for Most Popular Female Performer – Light Entertainment and Fast Forward received the Logie for Most Popular Light Entertainment Program. The Australian Writers Guild presented an AWGIE to Fast Forward for Best Sketch Comedy. Fast Forward also picked up a People’s Choice Award for Most Popular Program on Australian Television.
The following year, 1993, Fast Forward won a Logie for Most Popular Comedy Program.
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