The ½ Hour News Hour

Synopsis

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.

Cast

Jennifer Robertson

Jennifer Lange

Kurt Long

Kurt McNally

Dennis Miller

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Jamie McShane

Timothy Cox

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John Cramer

Announcer (voice)

Crew

Directing

• Michael Dimich Director
• Bob Staley Assistant Director

Editing

• Keegan Martin Editor

Production

• Manny Coto Executive Producer
• Sandy Frank Co-Producer
• Ned Rice Co-Executive Producer
• Joel Surnow Executive Producer
• Michael Binkow Co-Executive Producer
• Joe Revello Co-Executive Producer
• K.C. Warnke Producer
• Wendy Wooddy Line Producer
• Tal Vigderson Producer
• Carol Goldwasser Casting
• Howard Meltzer Casting

Sound

• Sean Callery Music

Writing

• Joel Surnow Writer
• Manny Coto Writer
• Sandy Frank Writer
• Ross Abrash Writer
• Dean Batali Writer
• Rodney Lee Conover Writer
• Bob Smiley Writer
• Ned Rice Writer

Seasons & episodes

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