When fans will see Logies host Sam Pang on TV again

The king of the 2023 Logies has been missing from his television day jobs since taking the awards show by storm. Here’s why.

Where the hell is Sam Pang?

The king of the 2023 Logies has been missing in action from his television day jobs since hosting the awards 10 days ago.

While most hosts only go to ground after they’ve had a bad gig, the hilarious Pang – who skewered everyone from Karl Stefanovic to David Koch – should have been doing a victory lap after the Logies.

Have You Been Paying Attention?’s Tom Gleisner and Ed Kavalee accept their Logie – and roast their colleague Sam Pang at the 2023 Logies. Picture: Channel 7

Or maybe he exhausted his reservoir of top-shelf jokes at the Logies and had nothing left to give as a panellist on Seven’s The Front Bar and Ten’s Have You Been Paying Attention?

Pang missed his regular appearances on both shows last week after TV’s night of nights, and was again a no-show this week.

And his legion of fans are asking why, with many flooding social media inquiring about his absence and demanding to know “Where is Pang? and “Please come back Sam”.

Another suggested it was a TV Week conspiracy.

“Did TV Week take out Sam because of some of the jokes he made at the Logies?”

Seven says Pang will be back on the Front Bar with his mates Mick Molloy and Andy Maher, and special guests such as Stephen Kernahan, in a few weeks. Picture: Channel 7

According to his Seven reps, Pang booked travel insurance before his big Logies gig.

Seven confirmed he’d be back with his mates Mick Molloy and Andy Maher on the network’s popular AFL show The Front Bar “in a few weeks”.

A rep said he was enjoying a couple of weeks of leave – as each of the hosts do throughout the season.

Molloy, who also copped a Pang zinger during his opening monologue when the host suggested “Mick Molloy said yes. And then Channel 7 lawyers said no” to him helming the broadcast, suggested Pang had joined the Aussie winter exodus to Italy.

“Sam has headed over to Italy to convince Damien Hardwick to coach his indoor cricket team,” he quipped.

Pang’s radio host and comedian mate Marty Sheargold steps into Pang’s spot on the Front Bar this week.

One of the UK’s most well-known comedians, Alan Davies, stepped into Pang’s regular spot on Have You Been Paying Attention? on Monday, and will again take his seat next week.

Originally published as When fans will see Logies host Sam Pang on TV again