The 1/2 Hour News Hour
Fox News | Fox News Channel | Release Date: February 18, 2007
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
13
METASCORE
Overwhelming dislike based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
1
Negative:
10

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: 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. Read full review
30
The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
Season 1 Review: Sometimes the humor is so heavy-handed that it seems almost like self-parody. Read full review
20
The Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron
Season 1 Review: 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. Read full review
10
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: 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. Read full review
10
Boston GlobeJoanna Weiss
Season 1 Review: 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. Read full review
10
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: The humor is so predictable and so stale that it fails to produce any laughs. Read full review
10
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Season 1 Review: The 1/2 Hour News Hour is slow torture all by itself. Read full review
0
Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker
Season 1 Review: "Weekend Update" on its worst night isn't this bad. Read full review
0
SlateTroy Patterson
Season 1 Review: You couldn't skewer a cube of tofu with material this dull. Read full review
0
The A.V. ClubAmelie Gillette
Season 1 Review: It's even worse than anyone imagined. Read full review
0
The New RepublicSacha Zimmerman
Season 1 Review: It's hard not to keep staring perplexed, squinting a little, and uttering, "I don't get it" every few seconds. Read full review
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