Great Ratings for Terrible Show
Posted by Kyle
February 23rd, 2007 at 11:12am
In News Please Stop It
Ok, I hope none of you were part of this number. Apparently 1,478,000 people watched "The 1/2 Hour News Hour" on Fox News Channel last week. That's too many people. Even if you tuned in just to watch a train wreck, you're only encouraging them!
I'd just like to reiterate that I'm not offended as a liberal. I'm offended as someone who loves comedy. This should be something that liberals and conservatives can get together on. Don't encourage bad comedy just because you agree with the show's supposed ideology. Ideologically based comedy is a terrible idea to begin with. The Daily Show didn't set out to be liberal, it just ended up that way. And it doesn't hurt that there's been a conservative government in power. If a Democrat ends up president, The Daily Show will absolutely be making merciless fun of him or her.
So please. Don't watch this show.
I would say that something that unfunny would naturally fail. But I guess that’s not always the case.
In any case, I’m guessing the audience will drop off to people who enjoy their own opinions being spat at them.
And Fox only ordered 2 episodes to start. Let’s hope we get a huge drop off next week.
I caught part of this while they were doing something on would-be children’s books (”The Little Engine That Couldn’t Quite” and such) and it was so disgusting on so many levels I vowed: Never Again. Never Forget.