Eyebrows were raised this week when Channel 10 revealed the very male, very white talent lineup for eight new programs announced as part of its Pilot Week initiative.
High-profile entertainment industry personalities, from Meshel Laurie to Jane Kennedy, called out the lack of diversity, forcing the network to attempt to justify the decision.
Now comedian Kitty Flanagan has joined the chorus, skewering Channel 10 in a hilarious sketch on ABC program, The Weekly.
Watch part of her kick-arse skit in the video below.
Set three months ago at Channel 10 HQ, the satirical skit sees a network executive attempt to address the Pilot Week gender imbalance by recruiting Flanagan to host a show.
Flanagan knocks back the gig, because clearly her XX chromosomes mean she’d be utterly rubbish at it, y’know?
“Men are good at television because they get to do it all the time. There’s no precedent for a woman hosting a show. We don’t know what she might do,” she explains.
“This is Pilot Week. It’s not the time to get all crazy and innovative and take risks.”
She also has a dig at her employer, the ABC, and even suggests her husband as an alternative, noting that while he may not be a comedian, “he’s a man. So instinctively he’ll know what to do”.
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