The Feed (Australian TV series)


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

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, Marc Fennell, Jeanette Francis and Andy Park.
The series episodes were extended for following seasons to a full half an hour segment daily, 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. In 2015, Andy Park departed the show to become a reporter on ABC's 7.30 current affairs show.
Since then, The Feed has been co-hosted at various times by Marc Fennell, Jan Fran, Laura Murphy-Oates and others. it occupies an hour-long weekly slot.
In 2020 The Feed switched to the SBS main channel, airing at 10pm and follow veteran current affairs programs Insight at 8.30pm and Dateline at 9.30pm.

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.
In 2018 reporter Laura Murphy-Oates won the Young Journalist of the Year Walkley Award