Number and
proportion of Australian and co-production series/serials by genre, 1997/98–2007/08
Next update November 2009
Since 1997/98, the ‘real-life/contemporary
drama’ genre has tended to account for the highest proportion of
Australian and co-production series/serials, followed, in recent years,
by situation comedies or sitcoms, then police dramas.
As a whole, 25–40 per cent of Australian
and co-production series have been comedies, although since 2005/06 comedies
have comprised more than half the slate.
No.
Australian and co-production series/serials by genre
97/98
98/99
99/00
00/01
01/02
02/03
03/04
04/05
05/06
06/07
07/08
11-year annual av.
Comedy
Sitcom
3
3
5
6
7
4
2
3
4
6
9
5
Sketch comedy
3
2
0
3
1
4
4
1
4
5
1
3
Total comedy
6
5
5
9
8
8
6
4
8
11
10
7
Drama
Medical
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
Police
6
4
3
3
5
3
2
1
1
1
2
3
Real life/
contemporary1
5
5
8
8
7
7
7
7
4
7
5
6
Historical2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sci-fi/fantasy3
0
3
3
2
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
Total drama
14
13
15
14
16
12
10
11
8
9
8
12
Proportion
of Australian and co-production series/serials by genre (%)
97/98
98/99
99/00
00/01
01/02
02/03
03/04
04/05
05/06
06/07
07/08
11-year annual av.
Comedy
Sitcom
15%
17%
25%
26%
29%
20%
13%
20%
27%
30%
50%
25%
Sketch comedy
15%
11%
0%
13%
4%
20%
25%
7%
25%
25%
6%
13%
Total comedy
30%
28%
25%
39%
33%
40%
38%
27%
50%
55%
56%
38%
Drama
Medical
10%
6%
5%
4%
8%
10%
6%
13%
13%
5%
6%
8%
Police
30%
22%
15%
13%
21%
15%
13%
7%
7%
5%
11%
15%
Real life/
contemporary1
25%
28%
40%
35%
29%
35%
44%
47%
27%
35%
28%
33%
Historical2
5%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
<1%
Sci-fi/fantasy3
0%
17%
15%
9%
8%
0%
0%
7%
7%
0%
0%
6%
Total drama
70%
72%
75%
61%
67%
60%
63%
73%
53%
45%
44%
62%
Source: Screen Australia.
Notes:
1. Series set in present day, depicting real life or contemporary situations
with the story focused on personal dramas of characters.
2. Series in a historical setting.
3. Fantasy-based series such as Farscape or The Lost World.
