The Feed (Australian TV series)

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The Feed
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GenreNews and satire program
Presented by Marc Fennell
Alice Matthews
Alex Lee
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of series9
No. of episodes600
Production
Executive producerMike Clay
ProducerUna Butorac
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network SBS
Release20 May 2013 (2013-05-20) –
28 June 2022 (2022-06-28)

The Feed was an Australian news, current affairs and satire television series that began airing on SBS Viceland on 20 May 2013 and continued through several series and with several changes of presenters.

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Broadcast history

The Feed was created by SBS former Director of News and Current Affairs Paul Cutler, who enlisted pop-culture journalist Patrick Abboud to help assemble a crew to produce a 15-minute daily show. Nick Hayden first executive producer when season one began airing in 2013, with presenters Patrick Abboud, [1] Marc Fennell, Jan Fran, and Andy Park.[ citation needed ]

The series episodes were extended for following seasons to a full half-hour segment daily, [2] with a mix of in-depth features, news headlines and comedy skits. Several guests presenters have appeared on The Feed including Lee Lin Chin,[ citation needed ] Dan Ilic, Kirsten Drysdale, Lawrence Leung, Good Game's Michael Hing, Mark Humphries, [3] and others. In 2015, Andy Park departed the show to become a reporter on ABC's 7.30 current affairs show.[ citation needed ]

The Feed was then co-hosted at various times by Marc Fennell, [4] Jan Fran, Laura Murphy-Oates (from NITV), [5] and others for some years.

In 2020 The Feed moved to a weekly format, and switched to the SBS main channel, airing at 10pm, and following veteran current affairs programs Insight at 8.30pm and Dateline at 9.30pm. [6]

In May 2022, SBS announced it would end the series due to declining audience figures, with its final episode airing on 28 June. Content under the Feed brand would continue to be made for SBS On Demand and social media. [7] [8]

Awards

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References

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  3. ↑ "Mark Humphries". IMDb. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Someone's Chronicling The Outfits Marc Fennell Wears On The Feed". Pedestrian.TV. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "SBS Viceland releases programming slate – AdNews" . Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  6. ↑ Moran, Robert (23 February 2020). "Viceland's The Feed graduates to SBS' main channel". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  7. ↑ Quinn, Karl (25 May 2022). "SBS dumps youth-focused current affairs show The Feed". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "SBS announces The Feed will become digital only". Mediaweek. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  9. ↑ The Feed, 20 May 2013, retrieved 9 June 2016
  10. ↑ "Logies 2016: Waleed Aly and Lee Lin Chin are ruffling feathers because they don't follow the rules". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  11. ↑ "Lee Lin Chin's 10-year-old date to the Logies said he was a winner on night of nights".
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