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Created By
Manny Coto
Joel Surnow
The ½ Hour News Hour
Overview
The 1/2 Hour News Hour was an American television news satire show that aired on the Fox News Channel. The program presented news stories from a conservative perspective, using a satirical format pioneered by Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, and The Daily Show. The first pilot aired on February 18, 2007, and the second on March 4, 2007. Fox News Channel later purchased 13 more episodes of the show, which started airing on May 13, 2007. The show was cancelled and the final episode aired on September 23, 2007. Cast and crew of the show included Kurt Long, Jennifer Robertson, Manny Coto, and Ned Rice. Longtime Weekend Update anchor Dennis Miller was a regular contributor to the program with his "The Buck Starts Here" segment.
Key Crew
Writer: Joel Surnow, Sandy Frank, Manny Coto, Ned Rice, Ross Abrash, Bob Smiley, Rodney Lee Conover, Dean Batali
Director: Michael Dimich
Producer: K.C. Warnke, Tal Vigderson
Top Cast
Jennifer Robertson
Jennifer Lange
Kurt Long
Kurt McNally
Dennis Miller
Self
Jamie McShane
Timothy Cox
John Cramer
Announcer (voice)
Seasons
Season 1 (2007)
No overview available.
17 episodes
