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By Christopher Beam
Posted Saturday, Feb. 17, 2007, at 6:26 AM ET

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10. New This Week [UP ARROW]

Please Don't Let This Show Be Daily
Television. Fox News unveils clips of its upcoming 1/2 Hour News Hour, a comedy program pitched as The Daily Show for people who find The Daily Show too entertaining. One sketch imagines a United States with Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter as president and VP. We'd rather go a half hour with the explosively formed penetrator.

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