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ZX86

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Wed Nov 4, 2015, 09:31 PM Nov 2015

Kal Penn to Parody Fox News on ABC [View all]

Harold & Kumar star Kal Penn is reuniting with the writers of the hit feature franchise, Hayden Schlossberg and Jon Hurwitz, for Fair And Balanced, a single-camera comedy, which has been set up at ABC.

Written by Schlossberg and HurPremiere Of Universal Pictures' "American Reunion" - After Partywitz, Fair And Balanced, from Lionsgate TV, revolves around an aspiring NPR reporter who is swayed to work at a Fox News-type channel.

http://deadline.com/2015/11/fair-and-balanced-comedy-kal-penn-start-harold-kumar-writers-abc-1201605901/

What took so long? This has been a target rich area for comedy for years. I kept waiting for Tina Fey and Amy Pohler to do this. Call the network Wolfe News. Plenty of female actors could just chew the scenery lampooning the the "talent" they have over there. The scripts practically write themselves. Actually you could just transcribe what they broadcast like this:

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Very cool.Looking forward to seeing this. think Nov 2015 #1
Shut up and take my money now! Initech Nov 2015 #2
How do you parody something hifiguy Nov 2015 #3
Why? MFrohike Nov 2015 #4
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