The Feed (Australian TV series)

The Feed is an Australian news, current affairs and satire television series that began airing on SBS Viceland (then known as SBS2) on 20 May 2013 and continued through several series and with several changes of presenters until it became a digital only production in May 2022.

The Feed
Genre	News and satire program
Created by	Paul Cutler
Presented by	Marc Fennell Alice Matthews Alex Lee
Starring	Jan Fran Michael Hing Mark Humphries Dan Ilic Lawrence Leung Alice Matthews Tania Safi Michelle Rimmer Rebecca Metcalf David Maalso Laura Murphy-Oates Lee Lin Chin Kirsten Drysdale Virginia Langenberg Jenna Owen Andy Park Vic Zerbst [1]
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of series	9
No. of episodes	600
Production
Executive producer	Mike Clay
Producer	Una Butorac
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	SBS2, later renamed to SBS Viceland SBS
Release	20 May 2013 (2013-05-20) – 28 June 2022 (2022-06-28)

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 was the first executive producer when season one began airing in 2013, with presenters Patrick Abboud,^[2] Marc Fennell, Jan Fran, and Andy Park.^[3]

The series episodes were extended for following seasons to a full 30 minute segment daily,^[4] with a mix of in-depth features, news headlines and comedy skits. Several guests presenters have appeared on The Feed including Lee Lin Chin,^[4] Dan Ilic,^[5] Kirsten Drysdale,^{[citation needed]} Lawrence Leung,^{[citation needed]} Good Game's Michael Hing,^{[citation needed]} Mark Humphries,^{[citation needed]} and others.^{[clarification needed]} In 2015, 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, Jan Fran, Laura Murphy-Oates (from NITV),^[6] and others for some years.

In 2020 The Feed moved to a weekly format, and switched to the SBS main channel, airing at 10:00pm, and following long-time current affairs programs Insight at 8.30pm and Dateline at 9:30pm.^[7]

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.^[3][8]

Awards

• In 2015, The Feed was nominated for a Logie Award in the Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report category for their story "Ice Towns".^[9]
• In 2016, Chin was nominated for the Gold and Silver Logie Awards^[10] for her work on the series and on SBS World News.^[11]
• In 2017 producer Elise Potaka won an Amnesty International Australia Media Award for her story "Forced to Marry"^[12]
• In July 2018 reporter Laura Murphy-Oates won the Young Journalist of the Year Walkley Award.^[13]
• In November 2018 the UN Day Media Award was won by producer Una Butorac for her story "Foul play: Are clubs killing community sport?".^[14]
• In 2019 Fran won the 2019 Walkley Award for Best Commentary for her "Frant" segments.^[15]
• In 2020 Marty Smiley, Jack Tullerners and Pat Forrest won the Best Visual Storytelling Young Walkley award for their feature on the Christian Democratic Party, while Ella Archibald-Binge was awarded the longform feature prize for her piece on Australia's stolen wages scheme.^[16]