SBS pulled Mark Humphries sketch critical of SBS On Demand

Hal Crawford

April 16, 2025 11:12

A sketch from comedian Mark Humphries that poked fun at SBS On Demand’s technical problems during the first season of The Handmaid’s Tale in 2017 was binned by SBS.

Humphries posted the sketch – originally made for SBS’s show The Feed – on Instagram yesterday, saying he felt that enough time had passed for the sensitivities at SBS to have abated.

“ This is the only sketch that I’ve made across various shows that has never aired,” Humphries said in the post. “My understanding is that people at SBS took some offence.”

Mark Humphries in the forbidden sketch

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Hal Crawford

Crawford has worked across news media over a 30-year career, including running Ninemsn editorial in Sydney (editor-in-chief and publisher) and the TV3 newsroom in Auckland (chief news officer).

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