In the spirit of bipartisanship, I gave this show a chance. No, really, I did! I probably watched 3/4 of the episodes (at least in part) of The 1/2 Hour News Hour. While the two "anchors" actually had some chemistry and talent, they couldn't do much with the material.
And whoa, the material. Painful out-of-date groaners, mean-spirited digs at politicians and celebrities, and oh yeah, Dennis Miller. One of the original stars of the real Weekend Update finds himself an unfunny footnote on a Weekend Update/Daily Show ripoff. It was bad, just. . .bad. But you'd never know it from the laugh track. The laugh machine thought it was uproarious!
You can fool most of the FOX "News" viewing public most of the time, but I guess you can't make them think you're funny.
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Fox’s Right-Wing Alternative To Daily Show Fails
In January, Fox announced that it would begin airing the “Half Hour News Hour” on Sunday nights, the so-called “right-wing answer to ‘The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.‘” “You can turn on any show and see Bush being bashed,” said creator Joel Surnow, producer of Fox’s 24.
“There really is nothing out there for those who want satire that tilts right.” As Fox has learned, that’s because no one wants to watch that kind of satire. . .
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