Jungleboys wins Comedy Production of the Year at the 2014 Screen Producers of Australia Awards

Last night at the Screen Producers of Australia awards Jungleboys was awarded Comedy Production of The Year for their series The Moodys.

Created by Trent O’Donnell and Phil Lloyd, the series was directed by O’Donnell and fellow Jungleboys director Scott Pickett. The award follows on from it’s win in September at the Australian Writer’s Guild Awards where three different episodes scored all three nominations. It also received a nomination for Best Comedy at the prestigious Monte Carlo TV festival.

The Moodys received a lot of international attention when four of the major US networks wanted to reformat it for the United States. Jungleboys chose to go with the Fox Network which purchased a pilot script and then one further script from O’Donnell and Lloyd. However, after the departure of the head of Fox Kevin Riley, the network let it go. The Moodys is the sequel to the original series A Moody Christmas and both series have been played on networks around the world – including Sky in the UK and Hulu in the United States.

All five nominations for Best Comedy last night were ABC comedies.