This Sunday at 10pm Eastern, Fox News Channel is going to show a pilot episode of a news satire show it's commissioned from "24" executive producer Joel Surnow.
Here at NB and MRC, we often rightly complain at the media's leftward slant. This slant exists largely because the news and entertainment media shun and blacklist people with known conservative and libertarian politics, however, it's also a question of the right's interest in media.
If you're sick of every comedy show being run by left-wingers like Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, and David Letterman, join me in watching the "Half-Hour News Hour" this Sunday and tell everyone you know who might like it to tune in as well.
For a sample of the show and its format, click on over to this YouTube excerpt. There's also another promo where the show's producers discuss who might be offended at it. Click past the fold to watch the first spot right from this entry.
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To sweeten the pot a bit more
February 14, 2007 - 17:32 ET by BufordTo sweeten the pot a bit more, one of the contributors to the show will be Rush Limbaugh. He has participated in two pilots.
The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program. Ronald Reagan
Is Dennis Miller involved?
February 14, 2007 - 17:34 ET by Roger the ShrubberIs Dennis Miller involved?
That would have been an excel
February 14, 2007 - 17:36 ET by BDThat would have been an excellent selection as far as "The Host". Either him or PJ O'Rourke...
Don't know, just heard Rush s
February 14, 2007 - 17:36 ET by BufordDon't know, just heard Rush say he was part of the pilots.
The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program. Ronald Reagan
Hmmmm.... the transition is a
February 14, 2007 - 17:34 ET by BDHmmmm.... the transition is a bit "Wooden" but the part about the magazine was adequately funny...
That's the thing, if we're
February 14, 2007 - 17:37 ET by Matthew SheffieldThat's the thing, if we're able to get the show enough ratings so that it can get off the ground, the producers can continue to make refinements and make it even more funny and slick.
Oh the ratings will be throug
February 15, 2007 - 14:41 ET by TruthMongerOh the ratings will be through the roof : ) !
Finally! Ive been waiting f
February 14, 2007 - 17:38 ET by DontTreadOnMeFinally! Ive been waiting for a show like this for a long time. Fight Fire with fire.
And next I want a TV News station that slants as far to the right as ABC, NBC and CBS do to the left. FOX is great and all but that fair and balance junk doesnt cut it when the other side is so blatantly biased.
Get a channel thats way to the right and show those liberals what SLANTED really means and they can stop criticizing Fox.
I saw a clip from the show th
February 15, 2007 - 16:49 ET by waka wakaI saw a clip from the show that was about Obama. It was HILARIOUS! I don't know why they use that laugh track tho.
This stinker will be canceled in 3 months, if that.
Reality has a well known liberal bias.
Is MRC planning to host a vie
February 14, 2007 - 17:39 ET by ucIs MRC planning to host a viewing party for those in the area?
Coulter playing VP!
February 14, 2007 - 17:44 ET by bigtimerI posted this news about a Half-Hour ago....LOL! (The half hour thing for those of you in Rio Linda)...)
...anyway, the best part is that Ann Coulter is playing the Vice Prez to Rush being the Pres...
Doesn't get any better... Gotta watch it!
Rich isn't it?
Hope it get's to be PRICELESS!
I posted the 1/2 Hour News Ho
February 15, 2007 - 02:07 ET by CarpareusI posted the 1/2 Hour News Hour news here at Newsbusters a couple of days ago. That and a couple of bucks leaves me a couple of bucks short of a latte- if only I drank coffee.
re: the video...not making
February 14, 2007 - 17:44 ET by balboare: the video...not making me real optimistic for the whole show. Not very funny. And the laughing sounds forced.
But I'll watch it, just to see.
boa......leave it to you... I
February 14, 2007 - 17:48 ET by bigtimerboa...
...leave it to you...
I haven't seen the video...but nevertheless...leave it to you...
Now I will go and try to watch the video...
but leave it to you...
Well of course! But serious
February 14, 2007 - 17:54 ET by balboaWell of course!
But seriously...where's the funny?
Some of the articles in the "BO" magazine were funny. But that's it.
Concur, hence my "Wooden
February 14, 2007 - 17:57 ET by BDConcur, hence my "Wooden" comment earlier.
boa...Well, I caught the vide
February 14, 2007 - 18:00 ET by bigtimerboa...
Well, I caught the video. I laughed, I liked the sarcasm and the left is going to hate it.
Like I said...leave it to you.... LOL!
Btw...ckc...I like The Red-Eye Show...know I may be in the minority...
Time will tell on this new show though...as always...ratings ratings ratings.
Gotta run...have a good one all...see ya later.
Love sarcasm. Love it. But th
February 14, 2007 - 21:42 ET by balboaLove sarcasm. Love it. But they have a ways to go before this thing is anywhere near as good as The Daily Show or Colbert.
boa...Geesh!It hasn't even ai
February 14, 2007 - 21:49 ET by bigtimerboa...
Geesh!
It hasn't even aired yet in one entire half hour segment yet...
I am well aware the war room of the leftists are already getting ready with-anti-spin for FOX and this show, but I hope they do, if the first few shows aren't that good, they will have free advertisement from msnbc and others to tune in...kinda like what msnbc is still doing to the minute...with all the other #1 FOX Shows...American Idol, 24...this may be next....
LMAO!
Coulter and Rush....priceless!
I love it!
True, they haven't aired an
February 15, 2007 - 02:20 ET by sarcasmoTrue, they haven't aired an entire show yet, and while my hope is with the new show, my verdict so-far is with Bal. It's just not all-that-funny. If this segment truly represents their "A game," Colbert & Stewart have not-much to worry about, IMO. Hopefully, the actual show will be better.
JMR
Maybe it can only get better?
February 15, 2007 - 02:48 ET by CarpareusMaybe it can only get better? I laughed at the Marion Barry (not to be confused with the Marion Berry) endorsement bit and Obama's Democrat ratings plummet.
I hope so. The Daily Show,
February 15, 2007 - 03:08 ET by sarcasmoI hope so. The Daily Show, for example, is at its best when covering issues regular media don't cover, like voting machine "security," but the Fox offering has a ways to go before it gets to that level. From the brief clip, I'd make the following suggestion... '70s era Saturday Night Live themes around the failed drugwar & Democrats probably aren't gonna impress the libertarians in their audience, because we tend to be 100%-aware that the government's full of bipartisan-BS on that particular issue, so my advice is to try making FUNNY jokes about illegal drugs for a change -- even if it questions big government's tax and spend drugwar & gives Roger Ailes more heartburn than the unfunny Obama stuff!
JMR
By "laughed" I meant it was t
February 15, 2007 - 03:13 ET by CarpareusBy "laughed" I meant it was the high point, although I detest laugh tracks which is what the audience? sounded like.
The thing is, actually-funn
February 15, 2007 - 03:27 ET by sarcasmoThe thing is, actually-funny drugwar comedy-material abounds these days. I mean, ferchrissakes Philly has just banned the blunt. (I'd ask, "what's next, the cheesesteak?" but the foodnazis are apparently ahead of both me & the drugnazis!).
JMR
It is my contention that even
February 15, 2007 - 04:45 ET by CarpareusIt is my contention that eventually the only legal location for tobacco may be on Reservation Casinos. I hope the veal at Ralph's in Philly is never criminalized.
Have to agree. If that is t
February 14, 2007 - 18:38 ET by Russell6Have to agree. If that is the best they can do it's going to fail miseralby, not funny at all. I was hoping they'd get someone with some wit like Ingram or Miller. Didn't dig the laugh track or whatever it was either. They need someone who can be funny and witty on the fly instead of having humor read off a telapromter.
Time will tell Russ...time wi
February 14, 2007 - 18:54 ET by bigtimerTime will tell Russ...time will tell.
Bal - the show was impromptu and the audience was..
February 14, 2007 - 18:48 ET by misterbillBal - the show was impromptu and the audience was..all liberals. Try as they might, they couldn't help but laugh.
Next week they will show a still photo of Obummer and Hildebeast in a warm embrace.
An ugly American is one who does not support his country.
I hope this show is better
February 14, 2007 - 17:48 ET by ckc1227I hope this show is better than their latest addition, which is a show called "Red Eye". I like Fox, but that show ....isn't very good, to say the least.
The balance
February 14, 2007 - 17:57 ET by porterjervisI have already seen on this site and another I frequent, some complaining, what about 'Fair and Blanced'?
I defer to the Limbaugh defense, "I am the balance."
Any bets on how long it takes
February 14, 2007 - 18:19 ET by Chicago RepublicanAny bets on how long it takes the Left to make this stupid comment (or some variation)? - "I thought FoxNews already WAS a comedy?"
They might say that if ther
February 15, 2007 - 06:57 ET by SomerTeethThey might say that if there was anything remotely close to comedy involved with this show.
FL Lotto#s??? Or have you s
February 15, 2007 - 07:11 ET by sarcasmoFL Lotto#s??? Or have you somehow seen an advance copy???
JMR
This seems akin to Air Amer
February 14, 2007 - 18:20 ET by toolzThis seems akin to Air America entering AM talk radio.
If the trailer is any hint at
February 14, 2007 - 18:21 ET by jdhawkIf the trailer is any hint at how the show will be, I am going to set my DVR to record it.
I loved BO magazine - where can I subscribe? I can't wait for the swimsuit edition!
By the way, you can wait all night long on many an SNL show and not view one funny skit. For that reason, I haven't watched it in years. The others of that genre suck equally.
On the other hand, Fox will turn the air waves into gold, again. This Sunday night show will be talked about at the "water cooler" long past Monday.
I think we should dress up as our favorite characters
February 14, 2007 - 18:28 ET by Carl KolchakI'm crying laughing. What a great post!
I think we should all dress up as our favorite characters from the show and plan a convention where we can all get together and say catchy phrases from the show.
"I've always been crazy, but it's kept me from going insane" Waylon Jennings
And...
February 14, 2007 - 18:31 ET by misterbillBrack Obummer can dress up as Alfalfa and regale us with anecdotes of his experience.
An ugly American is one who does not support his country.
Matthew, watched the piece -goooooood!
February 14, 2007 - 18:27 ET by misterbillNow I have another show I can watch. I watched Leno last night because Dennis Miller was on. Pelosi and Hildebeast were aptly discussed. He had me LMAO. He also laid a big trip on Algore and GW. It was a great bit. Leno couldn't stop laughing. Miller also referenced John Edwards in a very funny but very unfavourable light. With supporters like Miller, we could cut rhrough all the Stewart, Letterman crap.
An ugly American is one who does not support his country.
FNC "Comedy" Show Not FUnnie
February 14, 2007 - 18:46 ET by P.J. GladnickThe biggest problem with the new FNC comedy show is that it is just NOT FUnnie. That hackeyed "BO" joke was old weeks ago. The writers of that show either need to go back to the creative drawing boards or be sacked.
I have to concur...
February 14, 2007 - 18:53 ET by toolzI have to concur... not much originality in the format (doing exactly what daily show, weekend update does, et al, only shifted to the right- which I suppose is the point) or the jokes. If this gets sacked by critics- and it will- it most likely deserves to... it just isnt fresh. That being said, perhaps it will fit a niche and find sucess, who knows.
toolz-- I will watch, if only..
February 14, 2007 - 19:08 ET by misterbilltoolz-- I will watch, if only..because I am so bleeping tired of so much anti-Bush, anti-Republican, anti-conservative tripe I have heard when I tuned in to the other shows. I watch the local news (no network big three buls**t in my house.), Fox for my national news--(Hume , O'Reilly , occsionally cavuto). It seems we conservatives have been the source of derision for years. I welcome any chance to turn it around.
An ugly American is one who does not support his country.
I will say this, it wil
February 14, 2007 - 19:22 ET by toolzI will say this, it will be interesting if there is a lot of hoopla if and when this show touches a leftist nerve... because there are a lot of cheap shots in comedy shows that go unnoticed in the name of comedy... will have to see if this show ruffles any feathers.
Well, judging by some of the
February 14, 2007 - 19:50 ET by sunandsteelWell, judging by some of the comments on the youtube site you would have thought it was the Klan who made this video. It was funny, nothing scathing or edgy in my opinion, certianly not close to most of the Daily Show material. But people were crying racism and the whole bit. The funniest thing about this show might be watching the left whip themselves into a frenzy and not the actual show.
So basically you have no cl
February 15, 2007 - 09:30 ET by steviep831So basically you have no clue?
How about letting the show do it's thing, watch an entire episode and then give your 2 cents? From the short clip I saw, it was funny and I look forward to watching the entire episode. But I'm not going to sit here and opine about the destiny of this show, because no one here knows it.
Oh the left is not going to l
February 14, 2007 - 19:00 ET by VT Con ManOh the left is not going to like this at all. After all their catterwalling about Rush and Fox. Oh the humanity!!!! There will be many dour reports of the insensitivity of those mean right wingers at Fox.
Can't wait!!!
Oh, and lets not trash the whole concept because the 2 minute trailer is not gut spliting funny. Sheesh.
I will give the show a view o
February 14, 2007 - 19:09 ET by tweakthetrollI will give the show a view or 2....was hoping for something of a mirror image of "Countdown" on MSNBC as biased to the right as KO is biased to the left only polking fun at the biased left by telling half-truths and incomplete strories in an intentional manner with humor...........maybe to much to ask for..........will see.
Yes, I think that would
February 14, 2007 - 19:24 ET by toolzYes, I think that would be fresh... absurdist humor, satiring a show that is just begging to be satired.
At first thought...
February 14, 2007 - 20:34 ET by GregE...I don't like the concept of it. Regardless if funny or not. I really like Fox News and personally I think it should remain news, news analysis, opinion debates, etc. A news outlet producing a show to offset shows that are not news related or that don't have anything to do with a "news" channel is not something I'd recommend FNC attempt. But, game on at this point. No stopping it now, unless it just stinks.
I wish they'd not stepped into this area.
GregE - you confuse FOX Network with FOX News
February 14, 2007 - 20:37 ET by acaiguanaGregE - you confuse FOX Network with FOX News.
Two different networks.
ACA
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Hillary Clinton says: "I want to take those profits."
I know there are two networks.
February 16, 2007 - 12:43 ET by GregEThis show is airing Sunday night at 10:00 ET is on Fox News Channel.
Greg,Come on, guy.Comedy is n
February 14, 2007 - 20:39 ET by BlondeGreg,
Come on, guy.
Comedy is not such a reach for Fox.
They still let Geraldo have a show, after all.
Oh, how I wish Dennis Miller was the man in charge of this effort.
I think it'll definitely ge
February 14, 2007 - 23:01 ET by Howard_BealeI think it'll definitely get the message across.
But I think getting the message across is going to be a higher priority for this show than being funny.
The show has some things goin
February 15, 2007 - 00:20 ET by MikeBThe show has some things going for it. It doesn't need to be side-splitting hilarious to be good. It is doing the same thing from the right that Stewart and Uberloon, et al, are doing from the left, and that's the point: it is satirizing those shows which the Koskids and Hufftard posters seem to like. So it doesn't have the best writing in the world. Neither does SNL, or Stewart. SNL has had some skits lampooning the marxist leftists like Hillary! that have been fairly good. But, it is an inconsistant thing.
I liked the clip with Prez Rush and VP Coulter. Mayhap Dennis Miller will make some appearances. Those will be good. Even if you thought the Rush/Ann skit was lame, just compare it to anything Bill Mahr has done. Light years above anything that showed on Politically Incorrect. Give the show a chance. And, remember the available alternatives.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
Finally! And yes, I'll be w
February 15, 2007 - 01:45 ET by sarcasmoFinally! And yes, I'll be watching.
JMR
The left is such a target r
February 15, 2007 - 09:41 ET by Jack BauerThe left is such a target rich environment for mockery, it's almost impossible to miss with the right cast and sharp writers... but the small clips I've seen are, unfortunately, a humor free environment.
Rush is a funny guy, but this look likes an SNL skit mocking him! I'm hoping this is just a promo for the show, and not a regular piece.
Ann Couter pretending to be Hillary Clinton pretending to be President... that may be funny and scary.
Man you guys are a
February 15, 2007 - 10:22 ET by Dee BunkMan you guys are a tough crowd. I agree 100% with Mathew. I didn’t think this clip was bad, but even if I did, I would support the show so that people know there is a market for conservative comedy. If we don’t support it and get everyone we know to do the same, we have no right to complain anymore. If this show flops, no one will
do it again.
The only time I've ever heard
February 15, 2007 - 12:50 ET by LeonThe only time I've ever heard Rush be funny is when Bubba the Love Sponge used his sounds clips berating drug addicts (prior to his drug addiction being made public of course) mixed with that Afroman song, "Because I got High"
Now that's some funny stuff...
Well then, you have obviously
February 15, 2007 - 13:07 ET by BDWell then, you have obviously never listened to the Skits involving Tom Daschles Radio show, or Radio Ads for Burf Cafeteria or Spatula City.
Please listen, then reply.
Leon... You need to hear his
February 15, 2007 - 15:44 ET by bigtimerYou need to hear his show... he has a great recording of Algore singing 'Ring of Fire' (Paul Shanklin?)...it's hilarious!
Spoof on a major subjects of Al's...bet ya can't guess which one Leon!
Laugh out loud funny!
The first joke out of the gat
February 15, 2007 - 15:19 ET by tracheostomyThe first joke out of the gate was very good, but the rest was pretty forced.
At least its funnier than Gaggle.
-PJ
THERE'S an example damnation-
February 15, 2007 - 15:37 ET by sarcasmoTHERE'S an example damnation-with-faint-praise!!! :)
JMR
Hehe, wasn't it Julie Andrews
February 15, 2007 - 16:05 ET by tracheostomyHehe, wasn't it Julie Andrews who said something about a spoonful of sugar? >;D
-PJ
Ouch, that's worse than a bad
February 15, 2007 - 16:32 ET by IAmCanadianOuch, that's worse than a bad episode of MadTV. Seriously get Miller, O'Rourke, or Stein on board, FAST!