The 1/2 Hour News Hour

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Season #: 2, 1
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2.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 380 Ratings

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  1. DaveB
    Mar 4, 2007
    0
    Are Republicans really this stupid? I watched the March 4th show a few minutes ago, and I'm stunned at how unprofessional and unfunny it was. How did the guy working the laugh track know when to turn it on? By the way, great timing having Ann Coulter on. Again, are Republicans really that stupid? Yes, they are.
  2. GalenL
    Mar 4, 2007
    0
    this program was so dull I almost didnt notice it killing my soul.
  3. Mark
    Mar 7, 2007
    0
    It's as if Stalin in the 1950's tried to do a comedy show. It's scary to see just how hard these self-righteous, dogmatic, intolerant conservatives try to be funny.
  4. RichardR
    Mar 8, 2007
    10
    Well, well. Almost all zeros or tens. Hmm. Could political voting be goin' on? Nah? Nobody here but us Wingnuts and Moonbats. And we're all fair and balanced.
  5. davetheblue
    Apr 2, 2007
    0
    I have to say, as a long term republican, this show is an embarrassing failure. Is this the best that we can come up with? No wonder we're so unpopular: we appear to be unbelievably dull by nature. That and unimaginative, risk averse, and uninspired. And with a very low expectation of the intelligence of the average viewer. Fox must really think that we're a bunch of I have to say, as a long term republican, this show is an embarrassing failure. Is this the best that we can come up with? No wonder we're so unpopular: we appear to be unbelievably dull by nature. That and unimaginative, risk averse, and uninspired. And with a very low expectation of the intelligence of the average viewer. Fox must really think that we're a bunch of knuckle-dragging mouth-breathers to find this funny. I sat through the whole thing without a single chuckle. I only made groans and sighs. Fox, end it now. You're embarrassing us more than Bush on his worst day.… Expand
  6. kvon
    Apr 2, 2007
    0
    This show is the worst excuse for comedy i have ever seen. Its got an overused laugh track, and it needs it because there just isnt anything funny. We get that the writers hate liberals, and that they think they are dumb, but, that in itself isnt a joke, nor is it enough to fill 20 minutes of entertainment. I gotta admit, this is the lamest thing i have seen in decades. Its a cheap This show is the worst excuse for comedy i have ever seen. Its got an overused laugh track, and it needs it because there just isnt anything funny. We get that the writers hate liberals, and that they think they are dumb, but, that in itself isnt a joke, nor is it enough to fill 20 minutes of entertainment. I gotta admit, this is the lamest thing i have seen in decades. Its a cheap knockoff of the daily show, except with an agenda and no sense of humor. Conservative humor is out there, and it can be funny some times, like Dennis Miller, but, this just doesnt come close to anything remotely entertaining to anyone. Can i rate this below a zero?… Expand
  7. JimmyJ
    Apr 23, 2007
    10
    I'm giving this a 10 to do my small part to keep this on the air because I really think that a weekly half hour of neocons trying to be funny just serves to make younger folks say to themselves, "Yeah, these are the type of people I want to associate myself with." But for those of you who are "seriously" giving it a 10 and trying to defend it, come on. Lay off the kool-aid. I know I'm giving this a 10 to do my small part to keep this on the air because I really think that a weekly half hour of neocons trying to be funny just serves to make younger folks say to themselves, "Yeah, these are the type of people I want to associate myself with." But for those of you who are "seriously" giving it a 10 and trying to defend it, come on. Lay off the kool-aid. I know that "The Daily Show" and "Colbert" tick you off but try to take ideology out of the mix and just see this for what it is. This is painful, god-awful stuff. It reminded me of a couple of high school kids trying to do a "Weekend Update" schtick. Come on now, folks. Nobody's listening. You're all alone at your computer. You can admit it. This blows like a Class 5 hurricane, doesn't it? There now. Doesn't that feel better? What Fox really needs to do is try to buy the rights to those clips from "The Daily Show" and "Colbert" where Stewart, Colbert, et al. are skewering the Clintons, Pelosi, et al. Between TDS and CR, there's eight shows a week. The clips slamming the left from each of them would easily fill up 22 minutes of air time for Fox and it would be light-years funnier than what they've got now with this.… Expand
  8. RobertoV
    Apr 29, 2007
    0
    I just didn't think it was funny. Although I agree with the absurdity in the segment on American Civil Liberties Union, there was no punch line at the end.
  9. DaveD
    May 13, 2007
    0
    Pure dreck.
  10. JustinP.
    May 24, 2007
    10
    Like most shows on TV, this show is aimed at a niche audience. And that niche audience likes it a lot. People who disagree with it's views will be endlessly annoyed by it, no matter how much it makes fun of conservatives. Like the Daily Show, some people will probably watch this show just to have their personal beliefs validated and just to see the opposing view attacked. But if you Like most shows on TV, this show is aimed at a niche audience. And that niche audience likes it a lot. People who disagree with it's views will be endlessly annoyed by it, no matter how much it makes fun of conservatives. Like the Daily Show, some people will probably watch this show just to have their personal beliefs validated and just to see the opposing view attacked. But if you watch this with the Daily Show, it will make you stop and think about your beliefs, whatever they are.… Expand
  11. NickM.
    May 27, 2007
    10
    I understand why many people gave this negative reviews......the first few episodes were shaky and seemed like they were trying too hard....but they've really gotten it right now, and it is now a witty and clever political comedy.
  12. racqueteer
    Jun 11, 2007
    1
    This show makes fun of liberals the way a 5th grade class clown makes fun of a substitute teacher. Luckily there's a Disney-Channel-style laugh track (roaring laughter immediately following every supposedly humorous line) so the viewer can tell what to guffaw at. To paraphrase Larry the Cable Guy: "I don't care who you are, that's just not funny right there."
  13. WhitneyA.
    Jun 10, 2007
    0
    Really, really, really awful. This is on a REAL news channel -- showing fake news. It's like Fox wanted to say all these things during the "real" news but can only get away with it in a "satire" (yeah, right) show. Not funny, tries way too hard, and ridiculously partisan. I give a 0, 'cause I can't imagine it getting much worse. (I will give it this: like Fox itself, Really, really, really awful. This is on a REAL news channel -- showing fake news. It's like Fox wanted to say all these things during the "real" news but can only get away with it in a "satire" (yeah, right) show. Not funny, tries way too hard, and ridiculously partisan. I give a 0, 'cause I can't imagine it getting much worse. (I will give it this: like Fox itself, they're often wrong on the facts. The ACLU jokes just seem kind of stupid for anyone who knows ANYTHING about the ACLU not spoon-fed them by the media.)… Expand
  14. PhilT.
    Jun 10, 2007
    0
    Who would have thought intolerance could be so funny! Except they have a broad on the show; if they were REAL conservatives, they'd only let white guys be the anchors.
  15. EricC.
    Jun 24, 2007
    0
    I hear the show didn't cut it and going off the air ... for obvious reasons ... it's NOT funny.
  16. TonyS
    Jul 28, 2007
    1
    I'm not going to rate this show based on its ideology. I don't think that this show deserves a 10 just because it has a conservative point of view. I'm judging the show on it's own merits, not on the political views of it's writers. The fact of the matter is that the show is awful. It's derivative, unoriginal, and worst of all, it's not funny. In all I'm not going to rate this show based on its ideology. I don't think that this show deserves a 10 just because it has a conservative point of view. I'm judging the show on it's own merits, not on the political views of it's writers. The fact of the matter is that the show is awful. It's derivative, unoriginal, and worst of all, it's not funny. In all honesty this is no funnier or entertaining than listening to, say, Michael Savage or Sean Hannity. Conservative humor can work. South Park and Team America skewer Michael Moore, liberal hollywood, PETA and environmentalists, among others, and it is funny. The tragedy of this show is that we need a good conservative comedy news show. But this isn't it and it won't be unless some major improvements are made.… Expand
  17. WillM
    Aug 13, 2007
    0
    I kept waiting for the "funny part" to roll around. Over the course of the entire show, I didn't laugh once.
  18. SamP.
    Aug 14, 2007
    1
    Well, the thing about the daily show is truth, done with tongue in cheek. The thing about Colbert is he plays the Conservative pundits better they themselves do, except without the extra effort to cover up hypocrisy. This HHNH just didn't get it. It was like an un-funny Mad TV based around liberal bashing. (But keep in mind, when a connie watches the Daily Show this is exactly how Well, the thing about the daily show is truth, done with tongue in cheek. The thing about Colbert is he plays the Conservative pundits better they themselves do, except without the extra effort to cover up hypocrisy. This HHNH just didn't get it. It was like an un-funny Mad TV based around liberal bashing. (But keep in mind, when a connie watches the Daily Show this is exactly how they interpret it. They don't get irony, otherwise they'd have been laughing when Bush 2 was given 4 more years) I'm glad its over with. Maybe they'll watch the Daily Show and take better notes this time.… Expand
  19. JeffW.
    Aug 14, 2007
    0
    I tried to see the humor. I really tried.
  20. bobd.
    Aug 14, 2007
    0
    I actually work on 24. Now, the next time I see Joel my smirk will will extra smirky. And let me point out again that perhaps a supposedly Fair and Balanced straight news channel isn't the appropriate place for and ideological comedy show. Or, at the very least it's REDUNDANT.
  21. TylerA.
    Aug 15, 2007
    0
    Absolutely one of the lowest things FOX news and Rupert Murdoch have ever done. The ACLU ads were simply appalling. Maybe these neocons don't want their free speech protected by the ACLU? The ACLU is actually protecting these wingnuts' right to free speech and FOX is ripping them for trying to prevent the demonization of former sex offenders???? The Limbaugh-Coulter bits were Absolutely one of the lowest things FOX news and Rupert Murdoch have ever done. The ACLU ads were simply appalling. Maybe these neocons don't want their free speech protected by the ACLU? The ACLU is actually protecting these wingnuts' right to free speech and FOX is ripping them for trying to prevent the demonization of former sex offenders???? The Limbaugh-Coulter bits were offensively unfunny, the sketch about men filing sexual harassment suits against women because they felt uncomfortable has now demonized gays all throughout the country, and the "news" segments were painfully tasteless. Just another pathetic attempt by Fairly Unbalanced Fixed Noise to futilely villify liberals and moderates everywhere.… Expand
  22. LawrenceS.
    Aug 15, 2007
    1
    I tried it. Pathetic. Not a funny moment in the two shows I watched. Bad writing, worse performance. Does the right not understand the concept of irony?
  23. ChrisM.
    Aug 17, 2007
    0
    This is proof that evil people can't be funny.
  24. NicholasClemens
    Aug 2, 2007
    0
    A right wing satire is not nessesarily a bad thing, but the show isn't even funny! The jocks are all predictable and unoriginal, and putting fictional news on a 24 hour news chanel, while not exactly new, is disgusting.
  25. SteveH
    Aug 5, 2007
    0
    No laugh track needed... http://youtube.com/watch?v=CJEeyLeqJHc
  26. Sara
    Feb 17, 2007
    0
    The president skit looked more like a parody of conservative thought processes. "Well, after two years of a democratic congress, the economy is in ruins and we're internationally hated, but luckily, the conservatives are back in charge." Unlike, you know, how things are after six years of a Republican one. Seriously, who thought that was a good idea?
  27. DanielM
    Feb 17, 2007
    0
    oh-my-god that this show is discraceful
  28. IanS
    Feb 18, 2007
    0
    So painful to watch, its comparable to an awful high school production
  29. JohnStewart
    Feb 18, 2007
    0
    very, very, very poorly done
  30. DavidH
    Feb 18, 2007
    1
    Be you liberal or conservative, I think we can all put aside our partisan differences and agree that this show is awful
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Metascore
13

Overwhelming dislike - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 10 out of 11
  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Barry Garron
    20
    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.
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  2. Orlando Sentinel
    Reviewed by: Hal Boedeker
    0
    "Weekend Update" on its worst night isn't this bad.
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  3. Slate
    Reviewed by: Troy Patterson
    0
    You couldn't skewer a cube of tofu with material this dull.
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