Channel Seven has come under fire after showing a Family Guy episode featuring jokes about Robin Williams just some hours after it was announced that the actor had been found dead.

Digital channel 7Mate broadcast the ‘Big Man on Hippocampus’ episode at 11pm last night – some 14 hours after it was revealed that the Oscar-winning actor had died, Mumbrella reported.

Viewers severely criticized this move on social media describing the programming decision as ‘insensitive’ and ‘poor form’.

One viewer, ‘sam1pm’, wrote on Twitter: ‘A little insensitive to play a family guy that bags Robin Williams today.’

‘number0six’ added: ‘Poor form @7Mate_TV airing family guy where they have a dig at Robin Williams?’

Source:www.dailymail.co.uk