He said he would actively try to have the taxpayer-funded show cancelled.

"I couldn't believe it when the 'make a realistic wish' skit came on the show tonight, and particularly the closing line of 'they're going to die anyway','' he wrote.

"What on Earth were the people involved with the show thinking? Not only the morons that came up with the idea of the skit but also all the people down the production line who approved it.''

Another viewer said the skit should never have been aired.

"My God. It's utterly unfathomable that these arseholes could be that callous and unfeeling in the search for a cheap laugh," the post read.

Another said the ABC should immediately end The Chaser team's contract.

"The 'make a realistic wish' skit was the most appalling thing I have ever seen on TV," it read.

"Are these idiots so insensitive that they would send up children in such a sad situation."

One post simply said it was a "chase too far".

"Preying on sick kids and their families for a laugh? Utterly, utterly, utterly repulsive,'' one post read.

Other viewers who said the rest of the episode was funny still voiced concerns about the controversial skit.

"Yes, I found it so funny that I had to remove myself from the room to breath as I was laughing so hard,'' one audience member wrote.

"However, I think they shot themselves in the foot with the Make a Wish. Death can be funny ... but this wasn't funny, it was way too raw.''

The episode also featured a skit that mocked a viewer writing a letter of complaint to the ABC about The Chaser.

In an Age online poll last week, readers were split on the return of The Chaser's War on Everything to television last week - which attracted 1.5 million viewers - with 56 per cent saying it was still funny and 44 per cent believing the show had lost its laughs.

The Make a Wish Foundation and ABC have not yet responded to calls from The Age Online .