Channel Seven News' new comedy skit by Mark Humphries is blasted by viewers just hours after veteran presenter Sharyn Ghidella was axed from the network

Furious viewers have threatened to boycott Channel Seven after the network debuted a new satirical segment hosted by comedian Mark Humphries. 

The 6:57pm News will be a weekly segment on Friday's after the news bulletins and is just one of a series of changes introduced by the channel. 

Humphries chose to crack several jokes about President Joe Biden after he suffered several gaffes during a high-pressure press conference. 

'Today, people around the globe waited with bated breath to hear from Joe Biden, the leader of the Free, for now, World,' the comedian began. 

'His press conference was delayed by over an hour, presumably because the President was running late or more likely, waddling late. 

'And you know it was serious because of how it was being billed by the White House. A big boy press conference. And that's technically correct if you're using the Benjamin Button definition of 'boy'.

'Biden, who is 81 but doesn't look a day over 90, spoke smoothly on a variety of issues and allayed voters' fears about his age, is what I wish I could tell you.'

'Well, he didn't miss,' Seven anchor Angela Cox said at the end of the segment. 

However, viewers were left less than impressed by the skit. 

'You've sacked Sharyn Ghidella and now at the end of the news you have a very unfunny, stupid, moronic idiot on!' one woman wrote on X. 

'I will never watch Seven News again.'

'What is this horse****,' a man said. 

'Channel 7 news doing a terrible job of copying @cheapseatsau lol,' a third said. 

It comes after veteran Channel Seven presenter Sharyn Ghidella has been axed from the network after almost four decades in the industry. 

Ghidella, 58, the face of Seven News in Queensland since 2007, confirmed the news in a fiery Facebook post on Friday.

She said her 'tap on the shoulder' finally came while she was at the salon, admitting it was a 'relief' of sorts after several anxious weeks of media job cuts.

Humphries gained prominence as on the ABC's satirical show The Roast and also appeared on the network's 7.30 program and Insiders. 

The comedian hosted the Australian version of the BBC show Pointless, which was cancelled after four months in 2019.

Humphries revealed later that the franchise didn't fly here because it 'lacked the comedic banter' of the UK version. 

The funnyman also previously appeared on SBS' The Feed and ABC's Insiders. 

More to come.