ABC axes The Roast The Roast team (from left): Nich Richardson, Alex Lee, Tom Glasson, Jazz Twemlow, Mark Humpries, Clarke Richards. Photo: ABC The ABC has axed satirical news program The Roast after three years on air. The Roast began as a one-minute online program in 2011 before ABC2 picked it up as a two-minute program a year later. The Roast was extended to 10 minutes this year. While decisions about ABC programming are being affected by looming government funding cuts, Fairfax Media understands the axing was part of the normal programming review process. In an announcement on the program on Monday night, The Roast team said: "It's still unclear what show will replace The Roast on ABC2 but being ABC2 we can assume the current frontrunners include insightful documentaries like I Married My Staircase, My Penis Is A White Collar Criminal and Dawn Porter: Almost Fell Over in the Shower Today." In a later Facebook post the team said: "We would like to thank you for all the support you've given us over the years. Especially those tax dollars you didn't have a choice about giving to us. We'd also like to wish young, promising comedians like Shaun Micallef and The Chaser the best of luck as we pass the torch down to them. As for where you can watch us next year, we're excited to be able to make an announcement shortly. But what we can tell you now is this: we have one more week left on the ABC, and we plan to give you our best episodes yet. Or failing that, the best episode we could make that day. As a long-term savings measure, the ABC is considering switching off ABC2 and moving its youth-focussed content online and onto the iview catch up service.