The ½ Hour News Hour (2007)
The ½ Hour News Hour (2007)
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Kurt Long
Kurt McNally
Jennifer Robertson
Jennifer Lange
Dennis Miller
Self
Jamie McShane
Timothy Cox
John Cramer
Announcer (voice)
Manny Coto
Writer
Joel Surnow
Writer
Ned Rice
Writer
Sandy Frank
Writer / Co-Producer
Erin Matthews
Guest / Kristen Kohler
Michael Dimich
Director
Rush Limbaugh
President / Self / President of the United States
Regan Burns
Tim Davenport / Live Earth Reporter
Bob Staley
Assistant Director
Ross Abrash
Writer
Dean Batali
Writer
Rodney Lee Conover
Writer
Bob Smiley
Writer
Michael Binkow
Co-Executive Producer
Joe Revello
Co-Executive Producer
K.C. Warnke
Producer
Wendy Wooddy
Line Producer
Tal Vigderson
Producer
Sean Callery
Music
Keegan Martin
Editor
Carol Goldwasser
Casting
Howard Meltzer
Casting
Aaron Wayne Hill
Timmy
Dom Irrera
Lenny Varnadou - t-shirt salesman
Leyla Milani
Self
John Viener
Bill Johnson
Ann Coulter
VPOTUS
P.J. Byrne
Dr. Harvey Jenkins
Ken Davitian
Ken Davitian
Jesse Erwin
Duke Lacrosse Player
Tiffany Espensen
Asian Girl / Yao Tsing
Garrett Masuda
Adopted Boy
Kevin Kilner
Jack McCraney, Conspiracy Analyst
Lorenzo Lamas
Self
Trenton Rogers
Son
Larry Cedar
Steven Campbell
Sunil Malhotra
Abraham Hassan
Seth William Meier
Ken (uncredited)
Cutter Garcia
The Creep
Dave B. Mitchell
Ben / Dwayne (voice) / Dwayne (voice) / Ben (voice) / Ben / Dwayne / UPS Guy (voice)
Maurice Godin
Liquor Store Owner
Jonathan Mangum
Craig Kurlander / Hank Allen / Dr. Samuel Pinkner
Christopher Lee Parson
Guy White
Dennis Prager
Self - Guest / Self
Troy Vincent
Chuck
Ian Ziering
Self
Sean Masterson
Guest / Robert McGee
Jason Wilkinson
John Edwards Poverty Sketch - Stylist
Assaf Cohen
Rafi Hadaad
Louisette Geiss
Guest
Chad Kimball
Gabriel Andrews / Evan Beatty / Gabriel Andrews
Abigail Mason
Meredith Sawyer
Paul Webster
Man #3
Susan Boyajian
Women #3
Dana Cuomo
Woman
Kelly McCracken
Democratic Dating Lover
Lainie Ventura
Woman #1
Michael Kaiser
Billy / John McCain's Campaign Manager
David Wells
Dr. David Gayle
Timothy Davis-Reed
Interviewer / Dr. Neil Mark Wilson
Tim Halligan
David Tubb, author
Laura Ingraham
Doctor - Hillary Ambivalence Syndrome
Jon Prescott
Lucky Man
Ron Butler
Barack Obama
Jean Carol
Hillary Clinton
Jeff Corbett
Mitt Romney
Mel Fair
Wigged Man
Stephen Full
Jerry LaSalle
Taji Coleman
Wife
Megan McNulty
Wife #1
Paula Rhodes
Mary from Malibu
Tyler Steelman
Timmy
Alex Valente
Good-Looking Guy (uncredited)
Darren Ritchie
Sean Whalen
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 18, 2007
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes17
Running Time22m
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
satire
Scripted
Wiki.
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.
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.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. Longtime Weekend Update anchor Dennis Miller was a regular contributor to the program with his "The Buck Starts Here" segment.
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