*Warning: PIRATE RADIO presentation*
Australian viewers have hit out at US sitcom Two Broke Girls after an episode aired on Channel Nine included a joke about indigenous Australians.
Social media was bombarded with outraged comments on Wednesday after one of the regular characters, Korean immigrant and dinner owner Han, announced: 'I'm in a casual flirtation with a woman in Australia. She's part Aboriginal but has a great personality.'
Former Channel Nine talent Chantelle Ford, who won the 2014 series of The Block, was among the angered fans taking to Twitter to express their disgust.
Disgust: Australian viewers have hit out at US sitcom Two Broke Girls after an episode aired on Channel Nine included a crude joke about indigenous Australians
'WTF is with the racial slur on U.S #TwoBrokeGirls?! "Dating #Australian... She is part aboriginal BUT she has a great personality!"? WTAF,' she wrote.
'Dabbling in racist "humour" well over their own heads. Who's that supposed to appeal to? 2015. Get a clue @2brokegirls!'
'@ChantelleFordAU ew that's disgusting. how disappointing!' one user wrote in response.
Another said: '@ChantelleFordAU I saw that too and was like "um...what!?" It seems like they have at least one racial slur in every episode'.
Melbourne resident Shannon Marie also felt the gag, which was made in the first two minutes of the episode, was inappropriate.
Feeling it 'crossed the line', she questioned whether the Australian network airing the show was aware of it's content.
'WTF is with the racial slur?' Former Channel Nine talent Chantelle Ford took to Twitter to express her disgust
Not ok: Viewers bombarded social media with complaints
Angered: Chantelle went on to say, 'Dabbling in racist "humour" well over their own heads. Who's that supposed to appeal to?'
'Err I don't think you can say that Two Broke Girls #crossedtheline,' she wrote on Twitter, 'doesn't channel 9 filter through episodes before airing them?! #TwoBrokeGirls'.
On Reddit another viewer said: 'So I was just watching 2 Broke Girls (Don't judge me, it was on in the background) and a scene came up where the guy they were working with (an asian caricature basically) was talking to them about a girl he's flirting with online, saying "she's part Aboriginal, but she has a great personality!" What the fuck is that?'
'Wow, I didn't think 2 Broke Girls could have gotten even more racist than it was already.' one user said in response.
In fact, the program, which is riddled with stereotype characters, has been slammed in the past for it's racially insensitive jokes.
'She's part Aboriginal but has a great personality': The remark was made by one of the show's regular characters, Korean immigrant and dinner owner Han
Crossed the line: One Melbourne resident questioned whether the network broadcasting the program in Australia was aware of its content
In 2011 the show was criticised for a racial slur uttered by leading star Kat Dennings who plays Max alongside Beth Behrs.
'You can't tell an Asian he made a mistake. He'll go in back and throw himself on a sword,' she said.
A second example saw Behrs, who plays Caroline, say: 'Sophie is the loudest person we know.' 'Even black people at the movies tell Sophie to be quiet.'
The program, created by Sex And The City writer and director Michael Patrick King and comedian Whitney Cummings, has also been criticised for it's lewd sexual innuendo with many viewers in the US making complaints to their regulating body the FCC.
'It's 8:30 at night on a Monday and I have to explain to my child what 'fingering' is?' read one informal complaint.
Another said: 'Two casual references suggesting anal sex on a first date. Are there no standards anymore on broadcast television?'
US series: The sitcom, lead by Kat Dennings (left) and Beth Behrs (right) is known for its stereotype characters and lewd sexual innuendo
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