Created by Nick Hayden Country of origin Australia | Presented by Marc Fennell
Jan Fran Original language(s) English | |
Also known as News.People.Culture.Daily Genre News and satire program | ||
The Feed is an Australian news, current affairs, and satire television series that began airing on SBS Viceland on 20 May 2013 and plays Monday to Thursday evenings at 7.30pm. A compilation show airs every Friday as the "Friday Feed" in the same timeslot of 7.30pm. It is currently presented by Marc Fennell and Jeanette Francis (Jan Fran), with reporting by Patrick Abboud and Laura Murphy-Oates, and satire from Mark Humphries and Michael Hing.
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Broadcast history
The Feed was created by producers Nick Hayden and Lanneke Hargreaves and season one began airing in 2013 with presenters Patrick Abboud, Marc Fennell, Jeanette Francis and Andy Park with 15 minute episodes for the first year. The series episodes were extended for following seasons to a full half an hour segment, with a mix of in-depth features, news headlines and comedy skits. Several guests presenters have appeared on The Feed including Lee Lin Chin, Dan Ilic, Kirsten Drysdale, Lawrence Leung, Good Game's Michael Hing, Mark Humphries, and others. Chris Leben serves as the head comedy writer for the series and is a co-creator on their comedy pilot, The Weekend Shift. In 2015, Andy Park departed the show to become a reporter on ABC's 7.30 current affairs show. As of 2016, The Feed has been co-hosted on air by Marc Fennell and Jeanette Francis. As of 2016 they have been joined by Laura Murphy-Oates from NITV.
Awards
In 2015, The Feed was nominated for a Logie Award in the Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report category for their story "Ice Towns". In 2016, Lee Lin Chin was nominated for the Gold and Silver Logie Awards for her work on the series and on SBS World News.