Move over Comedy Central top rated Fox News Channel is airing two pilots of Joel Surnow's "The ½ Hour News Hour" to test the market for a right-leaning satire show. FNC is testing the concept on Sunday nights. The first episode will air at 10 p.m. Sunday and repeat the following Sunday. The second episode will air at the same time March 4."We're calling it news with a sense of humor," said Surnow, producer of Fox's smash hit "24." "It's a show that satirizes the targets that have been missed by the mainstream satirists on TV... You can turn on any show and see Bush being bashed," Surnow said. "There really is nothing out there for those who want satire that tilts right."
I predict that this will be a huge success simply because the left is so much more cartoonish, uptight, lacking a sense of humor and utterly incapable of self deprecation, thus is easily made fun of. Conservative wit and humor can be wicked indeed, as the opponents of Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan discovered.
This looks great Joe! I'll be watching.
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