Open Slather
Open Slather is an Australian sketch comedy television series which first aired on The Comedy Channel on Foxtel on 24 May 2015. The 20 episode series is executively produced by Laura Waters and Rick McKenna. After the first ten episodes aired, the series experienced a hiatus while new episodes were in production. Replacing new episodes were 30 minute 'best of' episodes titled "Open Slather Reopened". The second block of ten episodes began airing on 6 September, and concluded on 8 November 2015. On 31 December 2015, it was announced the show had been cancelled. Reception. Ben Nuetze of  Crikey wrote ""Open Slather" is an apt title for Foxtel's brand new sprawling sketch show...In fact, I don't think I've ever seen a sketch show which is so eclectic and disconnected in terms of style. In moments it wears its politics on its sleeve; in others it sets about satirising Australian society, and it often picks up on the classic parody style of "Fast Forward". There's really no singular idea holding all of this together, and the show seems to have no real focus and no clear reason for being...And yet, it's often  surprisingly excellent." David Knox of TV Tonight commented "On the positive side, there were some great laughs to be found in "Open Slather"...A strong cast of emerging comedians...slipped in with ease alongside "Fast Forward" veterans in this mix of popular culture, social and political humour. On the less-positive side some of the sketches struggled...whilst others made me uneasy that they were trying to recapture "Fast Forward" magic with a tone stuck in the 80s."