Think Progress

The “Half Hour News Hour” is going down. Crocodiles everywhere are weeping; warblers quit warbling; gloom descended on Tinkerbell, and Barry Bonds confessed that O.J. took steroids.

Think Progress: "...TVNewser reports today that the HHNH has been canceled. In a memo to senior producers today, Fox News Corp.’s senior vice president Bill Shine announced:

Joel Surnow and I have mutually decided that we will not continue the Half Hour News Hour beyond its current 15 episode run. The last show will be presented on September 16th.

Shine claimed the reason for the shelving of the show was that Fox is “considering ways to retool the show for future scheduling needs.” He held out the chance that the show would air again: “There is still a chance you will see the program at some point in the future...”"