Fox News to begin airing conservative Daily Show counterpart

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Turnow is the producer of "24". He wrote for "Miami Vice" and "The Equalizer". Who could possibly understand comedy better than a guy who writes Action shows for TV?

While there have been a few seriously funny right wingers (I like PJ Ororke and Ben Stein) this show is almost certainly doomed.

If Democrats do something stupid, you can bet Stewart and Colbert will make fun of them. Surnow has already dedicated himself to attacking the left.

To do good political satire, you have to have an open mind and your target should be authority way more thn it should be whatever your political 'tilt' is. Surnow from everything I've read is all about the chip on his shoulder. That rarely makes for good comedy.

And a further prediction, I don't think it will play with Fix News audience either. Really bad comedy is really bad comedy. They will need to rise to at very least the level of Larry the Cable Guy (who I hate) to get an audience.