Australian series and serials by genre Number and proportion of Australian series and serials by genre, 1997/98–2013/14 Next update March 2016 Number | Proportion From 1997/98 to 2006/07, the ‘real-life/contemporary drama’ genre tended to account for the highest proportion of Australian series/serials (including co-productions). However, sitcoms have taken over in the last six years as the most popular genre. Since 2005/06, comedies overall have comprised more than half the slate. Number Comedy Drama Total Sitcom Sketch comedy Total comedy Medical Police Real life/ contemp’ry.1 Historical2 Sci-fi /fantasy3 Total drama Total 1997/98–2013/14 98 37 135 18 36 88 1 13 156 291 Annual av. 1997/98–2013/14 6 2 8 1 2 5 0 1 9 17 1997/98 3 3 6 2 6 5 1 0 14 20 1998/99 3 2 5 1 4 5 0 3 13 18 1999/00 5 0 5 1 3 8 0 3 15 20 2000/01 6 3 9 1 3 8 0 2 14 23 2001/02 7 1 8 2 5 7 0 2 16 24 2002/03 4 4 8 2 3 7 0 0 12 20 2003/04 2 4 6 1 2 7 0 0 10 16 2004/05 3 1 4 2 1 7 0 1 11 15 2005/06 4 4 8 2 1 4 0 1 8 16 2006/07 6 5 11 1 1 6 0 0 8 19 2007/08 9 1 10 1 1 4 0 0 6 16 2008/09 8 2 10 1 2 2 0 0 5 15 2009/10 7 1 8 0 3 2 0 0 5 13 2010/11 7 0 7 0 1 5 0 0 6 13 2011/12 8 1 9 0 0 3 0 0 3 12 2012/13 6 2 8 1 0 4 0 0 5 13 2013/14 10 3 13 0 0 4 0 1 5 18 Source: Screen Australia. Notes: Productions under Australian creative control, including domestic productions, official co-productions and other productions involving shared creative control, i.e. with a mix of Australians in key creative positions. Does not include series for children. 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. Proportion Comedy Drama Sitcom Sketch Total comedy Medical Police Real life/ contemp’ry.1 Historical2 Sci-fi /fantasy3 Total drama Annual av. 1997/98–2013/14 34% 13% 46% 7% 12% 30% <1% 4% 54% 1997/98 15% 15% 30% 10% 30% 25% 5% 0% 70% 1998/99 17% 11% 28% 6% 22% 28% 0% 17% 72% 1999/00 25% 0% 25% 5% 15% 40% 0% 15% 75% 2000/01 26% 13% 39% 4% 13% 35% 0% 9% 61% 2001/02 29% 4% 33% 8% 21% 29% 0% 8% 67% 2002/03 20% 20% 40% 10% 15% 35% 0% 0% 60% 2003/04 13% 25% 38% 6% 13% 44% 0% 0% 63% 2004/05 20% 7% 27% 13% 7% 47% 0% 7% 73% 2005/06 25% 25% 50% 13% 6% 25% 0% 6% 50% 2006/07 32% 26% 58% 5% 5% 32% 0% 0% 42% 2007/08 56% 6% 63% 6% 6% 25% 0% 0% 38% 2008/09 53% 13% 67% 7% 13% 13% 0% 0% 33% 2009/10 54% 8% 62% 0% 23% 15% 0% 0% 38% 2010/11 54% 0% 54% 0% 8% 38% 0% 0% 46% 2011/12 67% 8% 75% 0% 0% 25% 0% 0% 25% 2012/13 46% 15% 62% 8% 0% 31% 0% 0% 38% 2013/14 56% 17% 73% 0% 0% 22% 0% 6% 28% Source: Screen Australia. Notes: Productions under Australian creative control, including domestic productions, official co-productions and other productions involving shared creative control, i.e. with a mix of Australians in key creative positions. Does not include series for children. 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.