The ½ Hour News Hour
American television news satire program / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The ½ Hour News Hour is an American television news satire show that aired on Fox News. The program presented news stories from a conservative perspective, using a satirical format akin to Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, and The Daily Show.
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 17 |
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Running time | approx. 26 minutes |
Production company | 20th Television |
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Network | Fox News |
Release | February 18 (2007-02-18) – September 23, 2007 (2007-09-23) |
The first pilot aired on February 18, 2007, and the second on March 4, 2007. Fox News later purchased 13 more episodes of the show, which started airing on May 13, 2007. The show was subsequently cancelled, and the final episode aired on September 23, 2007.[1]
Cast and crew of the show included Kurt Long (playing co-anchor Kurt McNally), Jennifer Robertson (playing co-anchor Jennifer Lange), Manny Coto, and Ned Rice.[2] Longtime Weekend Update anchor Dennis Miller was a regular contributor to the program with his "The Buck Starts Here" segment.[3]