Viewers slam ‘putrid’ and ‘trashy’ Shane Warne miniseries as first episode debuts on Channel Nine

Channel Nine’s Shane Warne biographical TV series, titled Warnie, debuted on Sunday night to an avalanche of negative reviews. 

Viewers tuning in were not impressed with what they saw, with many sharing their thoughts on Twitter. 

‘Warnie series couldn’t better represent how trashy your brand is. Insult to the great man. Shame!’ wrote one person. 

’10 minutes into Warnie and have turned it off. Ordinary, no actually horrific,’ said another. 

‘Cringe factor aside, this is just boring,’ tweeted another, while one more wrote, ‘This is putrid and getting worse…’ 

‘This is HORRENDOUS!’ commented someone else, with another asking, ‘Who approved this crap?’ 

‘This Warnie biopic is such a cringe, how’d this get approved,’ one more person watching at home said.  

‘This isn’t “it’s that bad it’s funny” it’s that bad it’s god awfully painful Not even 15 mins in,’ someone else tweeted. 

‘So far it’s worse than I expected. Tacky and sensationalist. So disappointing,’ yet another viewer wrote. 

Other said they would give it a chance, with one writing, ‘This Warnie series on Nine is already highly cringeworthy, poorly directed, and rougher than sandpaper gate.’

‘Warnie and Packer sitting somewhere highly bemused. I’ll keep watching, see if it improves,’ they added. 

It comes after Shane’s ex-wife Simone Callahan slammed the timing of the miniseries.  

The former WAG believes it’s too soon for a show about the late cricketer, who died suddenly from a heart attack aged just 52 on March 4, 2022 while on holiday in Thailand.

‘I haven’t wanted to read into too much about it, but I think it’s a bit unkind and mean spirited to be honest,’ the 53-year-old told the Herald Sun. 

‘He’s just passed, let him rest in peace. And for the kids, I just believe that they’re not showing any compassion at all by putting this out there in such a short amount of time after this has happened. To be honest but that’s how I feel about it,’ she added.