1/2 Hour News Hour, The

Show Info

Genre(s): Comedy, News & Talk

Created By: Joel Surnow

First Air Date: February 18, 2007

Summary

The right-wing answer to "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart," the Fox News-produced spoof "1/2 Hour News Hour" gets a brief tryout on the Fox News Channel. (Yes, this time FNC is attempting to be funny intentionally.)

Also On The Web: YouTube: 1/2 Hour News Hour

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Vote Now!The average user rating for this show is 2.8 (out of 10) based on 369 User Votes

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Mark L. gave it a0:
The ACLU joke was actually really funny, because guess what right-wingers? THE KKK is a right-wing group, and we lefties defended your right to march! Whoohoo! That was irony, which Faux is really good at presenting...sometimes as actual news sadly.

r C. gave it a10:
Loved the show...sorry it's off the air. The fact that the Libs don't get it, even makes it better. They don't get the Bible either.

Drew M gave it a10:
I am really pissed that they took it off the hour. My Sundays were actually lived waiting for this show. It was a great answer for us conservatives. Finally the left is getting bashed in a funny -- It was a great show and I will REALLY miss it..

Kevin K gave it a0:
Ideology without humor.

Jim gave it a0:
This show is about as funny as invading a country based on fabricated evidence of weapons of mass destruction. No matter how hard they try, they'll never match the comedy in using the exact same fabrications to invade another country, 5 years later. The creators of this show shouldn't be too upset that they lack humor, however. their reptilian single-minded approach to life and politics has allowed what was a marginal faction of ignorant, backwards country bumpkins to virtually dominate America's political process. Instead of trying to out lib the libs, the cons on Fox "News" should embrace their lack of culture and sophistication, perhaps with 30 minutes, every Sunday night, of dead air or perhaps paint drying.

James D gave it a10:
Some of the bits weren't funny, but overall the show was good. They had some good segments poking fun at the left, which of course the left hated.

Dan gave it a10:
Finally, someone makes fun of the left. The left probably doesn't get any of the jokes or is offended by the show.

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