The offensive remark occurred during the first five minutes into the Season 4 episode titled And the Fun Factory, which aired on Channel Nine on Tuesday night and was watched by 324,000 people. Courtesy CBS TV Network.
CBS comedy 2 Broke Girls. Source: Supplied
UPDATE: The stars of 2 Broke Girls originally distanced themselves from a racist joke made on the show about Indigenous Australians but lead actresses Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs have now both spoken out against the offensive line.
Dennings, who stars as Max Black on 2 Broke Girls, took to Twitter and called the comment "a moment of ignorance".
Behrs, who plays Caroline Channing, repeated what Dennings said, tweeting: "It does NOT reflect how I or cast feels."
Former prime minister Kevin Rudd called on the sitcom to apologise last week after it made a joke that many Australians called racist and offensive.
Mr Rudd tweeted today that the joke was a "pathetic attempt at racist humour".
"How low can you go for canned laughter? program should apologise," he tweeted.
MORE: Why we shouldn't 'lighten up' about racism
The popular American comedy show was called out by Aussie viewers for the offensive remark, which occurred during the first five minutes into the season 4 episode titled "And the Fun Factory".
It aired on Channel 9 on Tuesday night and was watched by 324,000 people.
In the scene a male character reveals that he has been flirting with an Australian girl online and says: "She's part Aboriginal, but she has a great personality!"
Unhappy viewers took to social media, with former Nine personality and The Block contestant Chantelle Ford just one of the many to voice her disgust.
Leisa, 31, from Adelaide was watching with her husband at the time and says she was horrified by the remark.
"I'm not a huge fan of the show, but we just happened to be watching the telly when the episode came on," she told news.com.au. "We (my husband and I) both just stopped and stared at the TV. We couldn't believe it had aired on our screens. We were both like what the hell? You can't say that about our national people.
"They were inferring that Aboriginal means inferior. The other characters laughed like it was the funniest thing they had ever heard."
Leisa said she is not indigenous, but said: "I do actually have several friends who are Aboriginal, and family members who have Aboriginal heritage as well.
"I just think, any kind of racism against any person when it's celebrated like it's a joke, it's just not OK."
Kat Dennings, left, and Beth Behrs of CBS comedy 2 Broke Girls. Source: News Limited
Leisa said she contacted Nine on Facebook publicly as soon as the episode aired, and then tagged them in a comment on Wednesday night. She still hasn't had a response from the network. Her friends have since been re-posting her comment as well.
There were at least three other posts on Nine's Facebook page and several tweets regarding the offensive episode.
Leisa asked: "Doesn't someone watch it before it goes to air so that we know it meets our code of practice?"
Another viewer who saw the episode posted the following on social media forum Reddit: "So I was just watching 2 Broke Girls (Don't judge me, it was on in the background) and a scene came up where the guy they were working with (an Asian caricature basically) was talking to them about a girl he's flirting with online, saying "She's part Aboriginal, but she has a great personality!"
The episode has already aired in the US in January follows the two main characters, waitresses Caroline (Behrs) and Max (Dennings), as they try to produce their new cupcake T-shirt range.
It is not the first time the show has been criticised for its offensive content. In a 2011 column, the New Yorker called it "so racist it is less offensive than baffling" in relation to repeated jokes made by the main characters about their American-Asian boss.
Actors Kat Dennings (L) and Beth Behrs from the TV program 2 Broke Girls. Source: Supplied
Created by Sex and the City's Michael Patrick King, the show which debuted in the US in 2011 has had much success in pushing the envelope of tasteful comedy.
While on a discussion panel in 2012, King defended walking the fine line between what is funny and what is offensive by saying that the show is filmed in front of a studio audience who tell the creators whether they like a joke or not.
"I feel no need to pull away from the brand of 2 Broke Girls which is 'in-your-face girls.' It is ballsy. It is right in your face, and hopefully funny. … People pull away from something if it's not in good taste. More and more people are leaning in to 2 Broke Girls."
News.com.au contacted Channel 9 to inquire whether any complaints were made to the broadcaster and is yet to hear back.
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