The ½ Hour News Hour
Premiered: Feb 18, 2007 | 1 seasons | 17 episodes
Popularity: 4
| Creator: | Manny Coto, Joel Surnow, Ned Rice |
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| 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. |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Jamie McShane | Timothy Cox | 17 |
| Jennifer Robertson | Jennifer Lange | 17 |
| Dennis Miller | Self | 17 |
| Erin Matthews | 8 | |
| Rush Limbaugh | POTUS | 8 |
| Lorenzo Lamas | Self | 6 |
| Kevin Kilner | Jack McCraney, Conspiracy Analyst | 6 |
| Regan Burns | Tim Davenport | 6 |
| Larry Cedar | Steven Campbell | 5 |
| Leyla Milani | Self | 5 |
| Sean Masterson | Guest | 3 |
| John Viener | Bill Johnson | 2 |
| Ian Ziering | Self | 2 |
| Steve Vinovich | 2 | |
| Jonathan Mangum | 2 | |
| Sean Whalen | 2 | |
| Tiffany Espensen | Asian Girl / Yao Tsing | 1 |
| Jennifer Freeman | 1 | |
| Jill Basey | 1 | |
| Ken Davitian | Ken Davitian | 1 |
| Sunil Malhotra | Abraham Hassan | 1 |
| Tembi Locke | 1 | |
| Maurice Godin | Liquor Store Owner | 1 |
| Peter Marshall | 1 | |
| Jonathan Mangum | Dr. Samuel Pinkner | 1 |
| Jonathan Mangum | Craig Kurlander | 1 |
| Jonathan Mangum | Hank Allen | 1 |
| Erin Matthews | Guest | 1 |
| Erin Matthews | Kristen Kohler | 1 |
| P.J. Byrne | Dr. Harvey Jenkins | 1 |
| Stephen Full | 1 | |
| Stephen Full | Jerry LaSalle | 1 |
| Jeff Corbett | Mitt Romney | 1 |
| Forrest Landis | 1 | |
| Timothy Davis-Reed | Dr. Neil Mark Wilson | 1 |
| Timothy Davis-Reed | Interviewer | 1 |
| Assaf Cohen | Rafi Hadaad | 1 |
| Mike Erwin | 1 | |
| Regan Burns | Live Earth Reporter | 1 |
| Mel Fair | Wigged Man | 1 |
| David Wells | Dr. David Gayle | 1 |
| Gwendoline Yeo | 1 | |
| J. Karen Thomas | 1 | |
| Walter Addison | 1 | |
| Troy Vincent | Chuck | 1 |
| Trenton Rogers | Son | 1 |
| Dave B. Mitchell | Ben (voice) | 1 |
| Dave B. Mitchell | Ben / Dwayne / UPS Guy (voice) | 1 |
| Dave B. Mitchell | Dwayne (voice) | 1 |
| Dave B. Mitchell | Ben / Dwayne (voice) | 1 |
| Megan McNulty | Wife #1 | 1 |
| Angie Patterson | 1 | |
| Jon Prescott | Lucky Man | 1 |
| Sean Masterson | Robert McGee | 1 |
| Paula Rhodes | Mary from Malibu | 1 |
| Seth William Meier | Ken (uncredited) | 1 |
| Tyler Steelman | Timmy | 1 |
| Jean Carol | Hillary Clinton | 1 |
| Dennis Prager | Self | 1 |
| Dennis Prager | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Chris Dollard | 1 | |
| Gregg Binkley | 1 | |
| Dom Irrera | Lenny Varnadou - t-shirt salesman | 1 |