Critic Reviews
| 60 |
Miami Herald Glenn Garvin
If none of this quite rises to the level of Jon Stewart's intellectual hopscotch or Amy Poehler's inspired lunacy, it's nonetheless agreeably funny. |
| 30 |
The New York Times Alessandra Stanley
Sometimes the humor is so heavy-handed that it seems almost like self-parody. |
| 20 |
Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron
A look at the first episode suggests that, just as A.M. radio is the unassailable province of the right, TV might better be left to the left. |
| 10 |
Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm
The 1/2 Hour News Hour is slow torture all by itself. |
| 10 |
Variety Brian Lowry
As for Surnow, in a sense, he's added a program to his resume that neatly dovetails with "24" -- demonstrating that stiff, uninspired comedy isn't exactly torture; it's just not much fun. |
| 10 |
Boston Globe Joanna Weiss
In truth, there's nothing wrong with partisan humor, as long as it's actually funny. But here, even the less-political jokes are hopelessly obvious or old. |
| 10 |
Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan
The humor is so predictable and so stale that it fails to produce any laughs. |
| 0 |
Orlando Sentinel Hal Boedeker
"Weekend Update" on its worst night isn't this bad. |
| 0 |
Slate Troy Patterson
You couldn't skewer a cube of tofu with material this dull. |
| 0 |
The Onion A.V. Club Amelie Gillette
It's even worse than anyone imagined. |
| 0 |
The New Republic Sacha Zimmerman
It's hard not to keep staring perplexed, squinting a little, and uttering, "I don't get it" every few seconds. |
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