Media Watch host Paul Barry’s replacement revealed after ABC star was rushed to hospital

The ABC has announced a temporary fill-in for Paul Barry on Media Watch as it searches for a longer-term replacement after he was rushed to hospital following a road accident.

Media Watch host Paul Barry’s replacement has been revealed as the ABC host takes extended leave following a road accident.

ABC journalist Jeremy Fernandez will fill in for Barry on Monday night as producers scramble to find a replacement.

“We are pleased to announce that Jeremy Fernandez will be presenting Media Watch this week while we find a longer term fill in. It looks like Paul Barry will be off for around four weeks. Thanks for all the kind and supportive words we have received for him. #MediaWatch,” the show’s Twitter page announced on Sunday.

Media Watch host Paul Barry is on extended leave following a road accident in Sydney’s east last week.

Veteran ABC journalist Jeremy Fernandez will host Media Watch on Monday night. Picture: Toby Zerna

Malaysian-born Fernandez worked as a producer for CNN International in London before joining the ABC in Sydney in 2009.

He previously hosted the morning edition of ABC News and has also worked as a voice-over artist with Channel 7.

Barry sustained a shattered pelvis and broken hand after being hit by a car while riding his bike to work.

It comes after Barry, 69, was rushed to hospital in Sydney’s Eastern suburbs last week after being hit by a car on his way to work.

The TV presenter was riding his bike to work when the collision occurred and he sustained several injuries including a shattered pelvis which has left him unable to walk.

He is currently on the mend at Prince of Wales Hospital in Randwick.

“Sorry. No ⁦ @ABCmediawatch ⁩ for me this week. Broken hand and pelvis after a thoughtless driver backed into the road without looking and cleaned me up on my bike as I rode to work. Not sure when I’ll be good to go again. Soon, I hope,” he wrote.