The 1/2 Hour News Hour

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  1. Rightwad
    Feb 23, 2007
    0
    As laugh-out-loud funny as a typical episode of "24" -- not coincidentally, both are from the same producers. Lots of material that was fresh in 1993.
  2. DavidP
    Feb 20, 2007
    0
    Chewing on tinfoil and repeatedly whacking my big toe with a sledgehammer would be more fun than watching this again. Good Lord, was this show horrible.
  3. jonm
    Feb 27, 2007
    0
    obvious, lame, boring, and just simple minded
  4. JeffK
    Feb 20, 2007
    1
    The only thing I really found funny was how poorly the laugh track was applied.
  5. PoDawg
    Feb 20, 2007
    0
    Awful
  6. bk
    Mar 10, 2007
    1
    i didn't expected in to be 'daily show' quality but i did expect a lot more than this. is there such a thing as a funny conservative?
  7. BoydP
    Mar 12, 2007
    1
    The 1 is for production values--this show is well-produced and looks much like The Daily Show and others you'd find on Comedy Central. But that is the problem: those shows are on COMEDY CENTRAL! This is on FOX NEWS! A news channel should not be airing comedy (as if to say Fox News's coverage isn't funny enough already). The Daily Show and The Colbert Report both air very The 1 is for production values--this show is well-produced and looks much like The Daily Show and others you'd find on Comedy Central. But that is the problem: those shows are on COMEDY CENTRAL! This is on FOX NEWS! A news channel should not be airing comedy (as if to say Fox News's coverage isn't funny enough already). The Daily Show and The Colbert Report both air very late at night, which is why they get lower ratings than a show airing at 7pm. That said, The Daily Show pulls in better ratings than this one--a midnight show trumping a prime time show? That takes some work. I watched two episodes back-to-back with my conservative parents. In the entire hour, I laughed only because it was attempting comedy and failing miserably; my parents laughed once. It is a sure sign of comedic failure when my conservative parents ask to change the channel. I'll give Joel Surnow credit for 24, which I watch and enjoy. But this Half-Hour News Hour is PAINFULLY unfunny. The show is filmed before a live studio audience and still needs to rely on canned laughter. Wow... that really says it all.… Expand
  8. BenW
    Mar 13, 2007
    0
    This was by far the worst half hour of television ever, just awful. It's fine to do right wing humor however this was so unfunny it was shocking. I have never EVER watched a comedy that was so unfunny. I actually thought about sucide after watching this it was so bad.
  9. RobertH
    Mar 13, 2007
    0
    WOW! does anyone know what the meaning of left winged is? First this show is not funny, the jokes are so predictable, and just NOT funny. Second, the daily show is not left winged, it makes fun of both sides, and in recent weeks I've seen TONS more material on Democrats. Third, most networks are NOT left winged, it's just not in their financial interest, they may be democratic WOW! does anyone know what the meaning of left winged is? First this show is not funny, the jokes are so predictable, and just NOT funny. Second, the daily show is not left winged, it makes fun of both sides, and in recent weeks I've seen TONS more material on Democrats. Third, most networks are NOT left winged, it's just not in their financial interest, they may be democratic just because of their beliefs, but democrats are not left winged, they're between Republicans and Independents who are left winged.… Expand
  10. TonyB
    Mar 1, 2007
    0
    It was just ridiculous.
  11. Lance
    Mar 15, 2007
    2
    The satire is pedestrian and lame. It's "Weekend Update" at its very worst. It's very sad to know that people actually think this stuff is funny and that this show is getting good ratings. I knew conservatives had bad taste in comedy, but not THIS bad. Along with "Red Eye", another example of FoxNews' decline.
  12. CherryVanilla
    Mar 16, 2007
    0
    Why would Republicans want to blantantly rip off a LIBERAL show?
  13. JessicaK
    Mar 2, 2007
    0
    This marks the end of civilization.
  14. ColinH
    Mar 23, 2007
    0
    Oh my god. It's just an agenda show made to give Conservo-Bots something to watch. There isn't anything funny on this! It's just another echo-chamber to reside in. RUN, SAVE YOURSELF.
  15. ChrisE
    Mar 28, 2007
    3
    Jokes and satire not very witty, predictable most of the time. Wish there could be a funny right wing show that could make fun of the other side while poking fun at themselves. There is plenty of material out there and "1/2 Hour" seem to miss most of it
  16. jackie
    Mar 4, 2007
    0
    this hurt. literally. :( the second episode was alright, until it became entirely bigoted. oh, haha, all the terrorists have been muslim, this means islam is not a religion, it's a terrorist organization. wow. congrats guys.
  17. JamesM
    Mar 5, 2007
    0
    This thing is truly horrible, but it will play to the lowest common denominator, which is where it's aiming. Funny is hard work and it is difficult to write material that is satirical but not actually cruel or sophomoric. The Daily Show and Colbert have the unique ability to laugh at themselves which the right completely lacks. Also, Colbert and Stuart are much better at making fun This thing is truly horrible, but it will play to the lowest common denominator, which is where it's aiming. Funny is hard work and it is difficult to write material that is satirical but not actually cruel or sophomoric. The Daily Show and Colbert have the unique ability to laugh at themselves which the right completely lacks. Also, Colbert and Stuart are much better at making fun of the left. Their priority is humor. It works because politics, politicians and the media are all absurd and funny- on both sides. BTW I read the Wa Po article and I would hardly call it a rave review. He basically said it might not be a total disaster. He is probably right, Fox viewers are used to doing what they are told to do. If they are told to watch this crap, they will. I hope this show dies very quickly.… Expand
  18. Josh
    Mar 5, 2007
    0
    Why is everyone making this a political issue? I'm an ultra conservative and I still thought this sucked because it just wasn't funny. I happen to LIKE The Daily Show because it is, in fact, funny. I don't agree with Jon Stewart's opinions, but he does a funny show. This is just stupid.
  19. StephenC.
    Mar 5, 2007
    0
    Why do people hate America? For a start, how about a show being aired on a cable NEWS network that spends 7 minutes making fun of Muslim names for no apparent reason than that they are alien and funny, that allows Ann Coulter to make jokes about wondering "which countries have we not bombed yet?", and... well, that should be just about enough.
  20. ChrisM
    Mar 7, 2007
    1
    I can't imagine the producers/writers do a worse job on this. However, I'm sure it's possibleolbutt, so I gave it a 1/10. I also cannot imagine anyone, on the right, on the left, or in the middle (where the majority sit) finding this anything but painful to watch. What's with all the trolls on here spamming this site with positive ratings? If you want great humor with I can't imagine the producers/writers do a worse job on this. However, I'm sure it's possibleolbutt, so I gave it a 1/10. I also cannot imagine anyone, on the right, on the left, or in the middle (where the majority sit) finding this anything but painful to watch. What's with all the trolls on here spamming this site with positive ratings? If you want great humor with a right wing slant, go read some PJ O'Rourke. It just doesn't get stinkier than this.… Expand
  21. CharlesW
    Mar 7, 2007
    0
    This is supposed to be a comedy show - a conservative answer to "The Daily Show". I think Fox News has finally realized that its elderly current audience is going to eventually die (Bill O'Reilly's views median age is somewhere in the 60's and rising) and "The Daily Show" is attracting more and more young people every day. Of late most conservatives just plain avoid the This is supposed to be a comedy show - a conservative answer to "The Daily Show". I think Fox News has finally realized that its elderly current audience is going to eventually die (Bill O'Reilly's views median age is somewhere in the 60's and rising) and "The Daily Show" is attracting more and more young people every day. Of late most conservatives just plain avoid the tag-team of comic virtuosity that is Stewart followed by Colbert. Bill O'Reilly tried his hand on Colbert but I think Bill just realized that like most things that involve complex thought processes and ideas and concepts that aren't 100% with us or against us black or white type concepts - that he just didn't understand what Colbert was saying. Colbert just tired Bill out and left him looking like an old man gasping for some kind of gusto to propel a counter attack that never came. Cue - The Half Hour News Hour - Fox's own "Daily Show" for Conservatives. The supposed humor is kind of like President Bush's "Barneycam Christmas" videos. I can't help but feel that it probably has a similar effect on others as it did on me. It kind of engenders the same feeling as is someone forced you to watch a tape of your mom and dad attempting some form of passionate looking Latin Dance like "The Lambada" in a packed club on their wedding anniversary 15 years ago. You want to smile and politely cheer them on but it's so bad and so grindingly embarrassing that you just can't stand it. The anchors are so artificial they might as well have the name of a major japanese auto maker printed on their plastic chests. I suppose the funniest joke is when they do a bitter and mean-spirited attack on Barrack Obama and they give him an Oprah style magazine called BO Magazine (BO - Body Odor - Funny huh?) but the best bit is actually the fact that on the cover of the magazine one of the articles is "A life in politics: My 18 month journey". If they had more stuff like that which was actually true - Obama has little experience - and had some kind of comic punch, timing and talent this might have been a two. The show could never be more than a two because that would require that they actually have the ability to laugh at themselves - that they have humility, empathy, and good comic delivery. They have none of that. 1/2HNH Is doing a wonderful job of one thing - showing American conservatism up to be what it is - Out of touch with reality, regressive, hate and fear driven, arrogant and ignorant. This show is like pulling your own teeth. Slowly. With fingernail clippers. And no anesthetic. I hope Fox don't cancel it. I hope it's on forever. In the future this show will be used as a teaching tool for students of comedy. It's like one of those "How many fire hazards are in this picture?" type exercises - how many comic timing mistakes, tired out-of-date jokes and just plain bad attempts at humor can you spot? 0/10 - It's awful… Expand
  22. MichaelN
    May 6, 2007
    0
    This show is a humiliating failure.
  23. ChristineNYC
    May 7, 2007
    1
    This is really terrible. Daily Show is funny because it finds all politics funny. It finds humor anywhere it can find it and makes fun of democrats regularly. HHNH has an agenda and is trying way too hard. Just a train wreck to watch.
  24. libertarian
    Jun 11, 2007
    0
    I found Dennis Millers insistence that not finding WMD's was a good thing and had no impact on the analysis of the effects of American Foreign policy to be terrifying to say the least. And how can conservatives hate the ACLU so much. Who can be against some lawyers constantly being devils advocate in the name of defending our basic constitutional rights.
  25. WarneG.
    Jun 3, 2007
    0
    Apparently Dennis Miller believes there's good money in being a fascist.
  26. TimC.
    Jun 4, 2007
    0
    Truly awful. I watch it because I get pleasure out of watching tripe, but the last episode crossed the line from lame to banal. There wasn't one genuine laugh to be had. Even Dennis Miller--who's occasionally good for a smirk--was a cold as a two day dead fish.
  27. GooberL.
    Jun 9, 2007
    0
    HHNH is exactly the sound I make when I'm squeezing out a very large dookie. The fascinating thing about this show is that everyone who loves it is saying the same thing: "Ha, take that you PC Democrats!" as if TDC and Colbert are political soapboxes. No, they're just REALLY brilliant and funny shows that just happen to lean left because making fun of pompous blowhards is really HHNH is exactly the sound I make when I'm squeezing out a very large dookie. The fascinating thing about this show is that everyone who loves it is saying the same thing: "Ha, take that you PC Democrats!" as if TDC and Colbert are political soapboxes. No, they're just REALLY brilliant and funny shows that just happen to lean left because making fun of pompous blowhards is really funny, and most of the most supercilious, self-righteous, pompous blowhards (but certainly not all) tend to be Republicans. It takes a colossally unfunny ignoramus to think that it's a good idea to base a comedy show on political ideology.… Expand
  28. ChristopherB
    Jun 9, 2007
    0
    Do these folks really think that a comedy show should have an ideological agenda? It's astonishingly stupid to think that the Daily Show and Colbert are just liberal platforms that happen to be funny. Um, no. They are brilliantly written and performed shows that make incessant fun of idiocy in power. They are leaning left right now (at least to the seething neocons) because the right Do these folks really think that a comedy show should have an ideological agenda? It's astonishingly stupid to think that the Daily Show and Colbert are just liberal platforms that happen to be funny. Um, no. They are brilliantly written and performed shows that make incessant fun of idiocy in power. They are leaning left right now (at least to the seething neocons) because the right wing has nearly cornered the market on self-righteous ignorance. Don't worry, though, Democrats will always have their hands in the trough, too, and Jon and Stephen will be there to give them a high colonic of truth!!… Expand
  29. TImR.
    Jul 11, 2007
    0
    Derivative of other news satires, but not as satirical. Or funny.
  30. JohnW
    Jul 27, 2007
    0
    I'm pretty sure I never laughed while watching this show. It was bad.
  31. MarkO.
    Jul 8, 2007
    0
    This is a very terrible show. I'm not convinced, though, that the poor writing and bad acting are solely responsible. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert serve roles as court jesters for the powerful, while this show sends their clowns out the other way, to ridicule the political opposition, those who have no power. It's a fundamentally flawed concept.
  32. cindyl.
    Aug 14, 2007
    1
    Feeling generous today I gave the 1/2 Hour News Hour a rating of 1. If you are in high school-well, it might be a tad bit funny. Being an adult-not so much.
  33. TrueBlueM.
    Aug 14, 2007
    1
    I'm extremely liberal. But I thought the first moment of the sight gag of Limbaugh as president was kind of funny, given the context. Ditto with Anne Coulter walking through the door as the Vice President. But sight gags can't carry a half hour show. So they are reduced to body odor jokes and making fun of people's names, which wasn't funny in elementary school. I'm extremely liberal. But I thought the first moment of the sight gag of Limbaugh as president was kind of funny, given the context. Ditto with Anne Coulter walking through the door as the Vice President. But sight gags can't carry a half hour show. So they are reduced to body odor jokes and making fun of people's names, which wasn't funny in elementary school. Republicans can only do grade school level political humor because sophisticated allusion and wordplay requires a certain level of critical thinking, and being able to hold two ideas at once and laugh at the juxtaposition of things you didn't expect to find together ( I smile everytime I see The Daily Show caption about "Mess O'Potamia"). Many conservatives do not know how to do this kind of thinking, or do not enjoy it. One of the other commenters made a good suggestion: Fixed News Channel should just anthologize all the Daily Show and Colbert Report humor about people on the left. That way they'd get a much funnier 22 minutes a week.… Expand
  34. JRE.
    Aug 15, 2007
    1
    The only time this show made me laugh was when they announced its cancellation!
  35. TomK
    Aug 3, 2007
    0
    Pathetic attempt to emulate the Daily Show/Colbert Report.
  36. PatK
    Aug 5, 2007
    0
    You right wing slow pokes just don't get it. There is no such thing as "conservative humor" because the conservatives in charge in this country are purely pro-business and pro-power, at the expense of all the rest of us. (and as an aside, why do you dim bulbs continue to voite against your own economic interests? How can you still not see what is happening?) Their attempts at humor, You right wing slow pokes just don't get it. There is no such thing as "conservative humor" because the conservatives in charge in this country are purely pro-business and pro-power, at the expense of all the rest of us. (and as an aside, why do you dim bulbs continue to voite against your own economic interests? How can you still not see what is happening?) Their attempts at humor, therefore,are bound to fail as there is nothing more disgusting than coroprate fat cats poking fun at those who happen not to belong to their exclusive country club.… Expand
  37. LennyT
    Feb 17, 2007
    0
    So bad it makes you feel sorry for FNC. Trite.
  38. KurtA
    Feb 17, 2007
    0
    The only thing that is missing is real laughs from a live audience... check that TV audience.
  39. Dave
    Feb 18, 2007
    0
    Fox is doing fake news? This is news??
  40. ChrisA
    Feb 18, 2007
    1
    This just sucks.
  41. RuffyR
    Feb 18, 2007
    10
    I loved it!
  42. MikeH
    Feb 18, 2007
    10
    OK Libs...it's all fun and games until the joke's on you. I'll laugh really hard the first time this gets better ratings than your liberal counterpart...and it will happen. I thought it was hilarious! - A God Fearing, All American Conservative
  43. HankC
    Feb 18, 2007
    0
    terrible and offensive
  44. NealW
    Feb 18, 2007
    10
    Great show....silly and fun.
  45. PaulM
    Feb 18, 2007
    0
    Middle schoolers could write better parody.
  46. JasonS
    Feb 18, 2007
    0
    Completely fails to be either original or funny.
  47. RonR
    Feb 19, 2007
    10
    Superior humor!
  48. lizh
    Feb 19, 2007
    10
    I loved it. At first it was a bit shocking to hear jokes about the left, it's so unusual I felt a little naughty listening to it and enjoying it. It's about time there was another voice on TV. Keep up the good work.
  49. BrianM
    Feb 19, 2007
    1
    Am I missing something here? After the show finished, I thought isn't comedy at it's best when practiced by the anti-establishment. It's just not funny when the Bush administration does one liners and zingers about the ACLU.
  50. kevinc
    Feb 19, 2007
    0
    Nice use of the laugh track over and over again. This shows they couldn't get a live audience to laugh at anything.
  51. MichaelC
    Feb 19, 2007
    0
    Horrific. Brain-dead monkeys on meth couldn't write worse material. I suppose it makes sense - how can you comment wittily on reality when you're living in the reality-free echo-chamber of Limbaugh and O'Reilly?
  52. R.Skelly
    Feb 19, 2007
    2
    this is an awkward, desperate and ultumately woeful attempt at political parody.
  53. BrianB
    Feb 19, 2007
    0
    Good lord... if you want to copy Stewart and Colbert, please do it well. Without laugh tracks.
  54. CoryK
    Feb 19, 2007
    1
    Attempt at balancing out liberal-biased satire? Maybe. Funny? No, not at all.
  55. MichaelT
    Feb 19, 2007
    10
    Watched it three times, showed to alot of friends......... I haven't laughed so hard since Sienfeld
  56. jonr
    Feb 19, 2007
    0
    It was terrible and unfunny. Larry the cable guy was more insightful!!!
  57. pata
    Feb 19, 2007
    0
    i can't believe this show was actually approved. i felt like i was watching a public access teen news program from a year ago. the jokes were totally outdated and the whole feel was cheap. those two actors/anchors should be ahshamed of themselves for taking this job. i'm sure they will be.
  58. CarlaW
    Feb 19, 2007
    10
    Great Fun! Illustrates the absurd by being absurd.
  59. KrisK
    Feb 19, 2007
    2
    relegated to the hellish hours of 3AM and plugged between other boners like Girls Gone Wild and Enzyte, it might do wonderfully. Some of us get punchy enough to laugh at anything, even this, at 3 AM.
  60. AlmaC
    Feb 20, 2007
    10
    Enjoyed it a lot
  61. MelodyC
    Feb 21, 2007
    0
    Heroically, historically bad. The Plan 9 from Outer Space of TV comedy.
  62. dare-as
    Feb 21, 2007
    2
    (2) for concept, (0) for execution, neither news nor entertainment
  63. MariaL
    Feb 21, 2007
    0
    the humor was mean spirited and juvenile at best . Not at all impressed and I love political humor.
  64. JamesR
    Feb 21, 2007
    0
    Republicans aren't funny.
  65. JohnM
    Feb 21, 2007
    0
    Painfully unfunny. The use of a laugh track is pathetic at best. What is a comdey show doing on a news network. It should be on FX channel or some other fox channel.
  66. SteveM
    Feb 21, 2007
    2
    Sophmoric, ancient jokes given a "new" spin. If it was remotely funny, why the canned laugh track? Seriously. Don't get too fond of this show, it'll last maybe two weeks before Fox puts a bullet in its head.
  67. JimS
    Feb 21, 2007
    0
    Wrong on so many levels.
  68. R.MichaelM
    Feb 21, 2007
    10
    I'm not used to freely laughing at these types of shows. I'm usually waiting for some jab at Bush or the GOP. Not anymore. Free at last!
  69. ChiefBaseje
    Feb 21, 2007
    0
    "Barrack Obama = B.O". "Oh! lets laugh at that guy for driving hybrid cars.". the subject matter on this show is so petty, its dumbfounding. it would be nice to see this show take on the more important issues facing this country. alas, instead of getting jokes concerning the circus that is the new congress, corruption in government (on both sides) and the general toothlessness of the left "Barrack Obama = B.O". "Oh! lets laugh at that guy for driving hybrid cars.". the subject matter on this show is so petty, its dumbfounding. it would be nice to see this show take on the more important issues facing this country. alas, instead of getting jokes concerning the circus that is the new congress, corruption in government (on both sides) and the general toothlessness of the left in opposing the war (non-binding resolutions!), Fox News serves up "jokes" about an imaginery cabinet of lesbians. stirring stuff. "the daily show" is funny because even with its leftist bias, nobody is safe from ridicule, liberal, independent or republican. Fox News is incapable of seeing wrong in the left (recall their designation of "democrat" status to Mark Foley. thats the level of their delusion). for this reason, comedy from the right is best served by finding a medium other than Fox "News". conservative comedy is by no means an outlandish propositon and i have often wondered why it hasnt taken root yet. however, this is a horrible attempt that might well put other, more competent hands off from attempting right-biased comedy.… Expand
  70. DanielA
    Feb 21, 2007
    0
    They should probably try to spend more time on being funny and less on trying to be "right wing." I have never seen material is forced and, well, stupid. And this is coming from a regestered Independent. One of the least funny television shows I have ever seen.
  71. StewartL
    Feb 21, 2007
    0
    I would have given it a 1 had they had Bush doing fart jokes.
  72. andrewO
    Feb 20, 2007
    0
    so bad... i mean i would watch, IF IT WERE AT ALL FUNNY
  73. Damien
    Feb 21, 2007
    0
    Bathroom humor just isn't funny. Nice how they added a canned laugh track to it. Awful, just awful.
  74. ChefClark
    Feb 21, 2007
    0
    To effectively review this show, you need to observe it with a politically-neutral viewpoint. To review this show on comedic merit, it is absolutely horrible. Its structure of set-up, punchline, set-up, punchline, combined with its poor sketch acting and a LAUGH TRACK creates a dismal production that should never have even made it to a pilot episode.
  75. jackbauer
    Feb 23, 2007
    8
    For a Pilot episode that couldn't be topical due to lag time, they really pulled off something quite funny. Too bad the critics didn't give it a chance. However, with 1.5m viewers, it beats the Colbert Report and is barely behind Jon Stewart.
  76. JoeM
    Feb 23, 2007
    1
    Full Disclosure: I voted for Bush in the last election. I'd vote for him again. I think he is Mt. Rushmore good. History will prove this. Furthermore, I do watch FOX, which is why I ran into this piece of poop. Their politics might be in the right place, but, holy cow, the comedy is awful. There are dozens of excellent conservative comedians out there. I doubt that any of the people Full Disclosure: I voted for Bush in the last election. I'd vote for him again. I think he is Mt. Rushmore good. History will prove this. Furthermore, I do watch FOX, which is why I ran into this piece of poop. Their politics might be in the right place, but, holy cow, the comedy is awful. There are dozens of excellent conservative comedians out there. I doubt that any of the people involved in this show would know comedy if it walked up and bit them on the keister. What I'm saying is, P.J. O'Rourke this is not. If this is the best we can come up with for comedy we're going to lose the culture wars in the long run.… Expand
  77. RyanGosling
    Feb 23, 2007
    10
    The few moments of brillance overshadow the boredom.
  78. Mr.Hankey
    Feb 23, 2007
    0
    The worst show of all time... The 1/2 Hour News Hour is a pathetic attempt at a republican version of the Daily Show. Remember Fox is the channel that brought us (the viewers) many shows uninteresting shows like the OC and American Dad. Don't Watch this, It's just sick. Everyone should loathe it.
  79. JoeH
    Feb 24, 2007
    0
    that sucked
  80. KevinB
    Feb 24, 2007
    0
    Any 10 on here proves the long-known belief that conservatives have no sense of humor. Or that no matter how positively bad someone or something is, if it is presented by some right-wing blowhard, THEN IT'S AWESOME! All politicians suck and so do the people who worship them!
  81. casiocris
    Feb 25, 2007
    0
    lacking.
  82. Freeman420
    Feb 25, 2007
    0
    This show is so horrible! The Daily Show criticizes both the LEFT AND RIGHT. This show just attacks anything left leaning with no humor whatsoever! The 1/2 Hour News Hour uses a laugh track(obviously), while The Daily Show uses their live audience who actually laugh because Jon Stewart is hilarious!
  83. VitoC
    Feb 26, 2007
    0
    Full disclosure: I am a liberal. I don't plan to vote for Barack Obama because he has very little experience on the federal level. I don't mind having conservative comedy, but how can anyone think this is funny? It honestly offends me to think that anyone believes people watch The Daily Show solely because it has a liberal bent. It also happens to be extremely funny on a level Full disclosure: I am a liberal. I don't plan to vote for Barack Obama because he has very little experience on the federal level. I don't mind having conservative comedy, but how can anyone think this is funny? It honestly offends me to think that anyone believes people watch The Daily Show solely because it has a liberal bent. It also happens to be extremely funny on a level completely unrelated to politics. This show is not. Put aside your political differences and ask yourself if you'd watch this if it weren't politically motivated. And since I'm sure this is meant to appeal to the younger demographic (who like the absurdist humor of South Park or Daily Show), ask yourself whether this is the way you want your side to be represented. But that's all just trying to be neutral. Personally, I would enjoy it if this show was on the air for years. If this is what conservatives consider funny, I can assure you, that makes me very, very happy.… Expand
  84. Steve
    Feb 26, 2007
    0
    The US has sent some great comedy shows across the pond over the years, but this isn't one of them. You could just see the writers trying to think of ways to satirise people who aren't in power. I can't believe my Tivo thinks I might want this show saved next time.
  85. davef
    Feb 26, 2007
    0
    This show is no different than I hear on a daily basis on talk radio. America is a two party system, it pains me to hear attacks on either party. It aids our enemies.
  86. GregM
    Feb 27, 2007
    0
    Real humor is about exposing the absurdities of modern life and confronting uncomfortable cultural truths and trends. Modern American "conservatism" is about spewing absurd anachronistic babble with a straight face and redefining "truth" until it is devoid of any meaning whatsoever. Genuine "humor" is not compatible with the ideology of the New Right. PS: This show sucks.
  87. andya
    Mar 11, 2007
    0
    terrible
  88. PedroV
    Mar 1, 2007
    0
    Boy that was rough. Were they trying to be that bad? Was that the joke and I missed it? I felt like I was back in middle school watching the A/V kids do the school news. Fox should stick to what it does best, lie and bully the American masses. Wow, that was bad. Brought to you by the Republican party, home of rich people and rednecks!
  89. Nutstoyoutoo
    Mar 1, 2007
    0
    I cannot imagine why anyone would voluntarily watch this show. It does exactly the wrong things that funny fake news (John Stewart, Steven Colbert, some SNL 'Weekly Updates') thankfully don't: it's relentlessly political, never takes more than 30 seconds to set up and deliver a one-liner joke, and to add injury to injury, also can't even find funny punchlines. I cannot imagine why anyone would voluntarily watch this show. It does exactly the wrong things that funny fake news (John Stewart, Steven Colbert, some SNL 'Weekly Updates') thankfully don't: it's relentlessly political, never takes more than 30 seconds to set up and deliver a one-liner joke, and to add injury to injury, also can't even find funny punchlines. Watch 2-3 John Stewart clips: he'll make fun of the Democratic presidential candidates, laugh at Anna Nicole Smith's court case, poke fun at Cheney and them himself - he lampoons everything. This show skewers only liberal targets, delivers the 'jokes' one after the other, and sounds more like two drunk conservatives cracking awful jokes than a comedy show. Comedy, after all, is supposed to be FUNNY.… Expand
  90. MikeB
    Mar 10, 2007
    0
    This is the worst show I have ever seen. Writing is terrible. The jokes are just stupid. The two News Anchors have no personality. The content simple is cheap, it's not satire, it's right-wing puke. There act on the ACLU is just baseless. Is there a live audience? It's pretty sad when the jokes are so stupid they need a laugh track...... I still don't understand why a This is the worst show I have ever seen. Writing is terrible. The jokes are just stupid. The two News Anchors have no personality. The content simple is cheap, it's not satire, it's right-wing puke. There act on the ACLU is just baseless. Is there a live audience? It's pretty sad when the jokes are so stupid they need a laugh track...... I still don't understand why a News Channel feels it needs to compete with a comedy show. Are they feeling that threatening!!… Expand
  91. JIm
    Mar 10, 2007
    9
    Yes us right wingers do think it's funny. Even funnier than all the left wing people saying how horrible it is. I don't find idiots making fun of President Bush to be funny but the jabs at the ACLU are great and right on target. Deducted 1 point for the canned laughs.
  92. Stewartk
    Mar 12, 2007
    0
    I wish I could give this one a minus rating. It's hard to tell the difference between this show and regular Fox News Programming. Actually, there is a big difference. Regular Fox News is much funnier. When you have chuckleheads like O'reilly and Hannity and Colmes, how can anyone comedy show compete
  93. BrendanD
    Mar 14, 2007
    0
    Anyone criticizing this program from the left or praising it from the right has no idea what makes good comedy. The fact is, I don't really give a damn what somethings political slant is if it's entertaining. I consider myself progressive, but Ted Nugent rocks (especially with the Amboy Dukes), and Charlton Heston was a great, great actor (anyone disputing that, tell me, who Anyone criticizing this program from the left or praising it from the right has no idea what makes good comedy. The fact is, I don't really give a damn what somethings political slant is if it's entertaining. I consider myself progressive, but Ted Nugent rocks (especially with the Amboy Dukes), and Charlton Heston was a great, great actor (anyone disputing that, tell me, who else could've played Moses?). "The 1/2-Hour News Hour" doesn't suck because it's a rightist show; it sucks because it's not funny. The Marion Barry joke, which was the funniest point of the Rip Obama segment, is a stale one. The rest of it just wasn't funny. "B.O.?" Really? Is that the best conservatives can do for comedy? I think not. Look, there are insanely talented conservatives out there, funny ones who deserve just as much recognition as anybody on the leftist front. Trey Parker and Matt Stone of "South Park," for example, are middle-rightists, if you pay attention to that sort of thing; but the difference between them, the real comic geniuses, and the hacks putting on this ridiculous display is that Parker and Stone are too funny to get caught up in partisan crap. They're not looking to win approval from a certain segment of society. As for those of you criticizing "The Daily Show" as "too liberal," I ask you, have you watched the show? I'll grant you that Jon Stewart is a liberal himself, but he would've been off the air years ago if he weren't funny. The fact is, the man's hilarious, as are the other writers and "anchors" on the show. Similarly, Stephen Colbert is a near-genius comic mastermind who channels both Bill O'Reilly and Keith Olbermann in one of the funniest pairings I can think of. See, that's what makes comedy funny: the ability to, y'know, BE FUNNY. I'd watch "The 1/2-Hour News Hour" again if it actually had something funny going on, but frankly, I don't need my ear jawed off by commentators who will do nothing but make fun of liberals the entire time. At least "The Daily Show" takes pot-shots at both sides.… Expand
  94. SmokeyMcPot
    Mar 15, 2007
    10
    ed begley jr.
  95. FranklinM
    Mar 16, 2007
    2
    Man I am really disappointed in this show. I watched really hoping that I would finally see some good comedy about thos lefties and what do I get? Coulter trying to be funny. I like her rants about liberals just like the other guy but come on. She is not funny. I just wish we could be a little more original. We don't need to copy the Daily Show. We can do better.
  96. aj
    Mar 22, 2007
    1
    Not as funny as the Fox news channel. The rest of the 23 1/2 hrs on Fox news is funnier. Please keep this show, it fits FNC pretty good
  97. ixat
    Mar 26, 2007
    1
    Look, I believe that conservatives can be funny, and the left in America does give plenty of material for derision. But... this... oh my god. You know the show is in trouble when their supposed antagonist - Jon Stewart - skewers Democrats so much better.
  98. allanc
    Mar 28, 2007
    0
    Absolute garbage. Worst 30 minutes on television, Ive seen infomercials that have been funnier.
  99. MattK
    Mar 3, 2007
    0
    Realizing that Fox News is losing viewership at its fastest rate ever, Rupert Murdoch is desperately flailing around and grasping at whatever he can to save his laughable "Fair and Balanced" network. The nasty by-product of this feeble attempt is the "1/2 Hour News Hour," a trainwreck of a show. I am a paleoconservative, and do not find this funny in the slightest.
  100. noeg
    Mar 4, 2007
    0
    just terrible
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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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