History Main / NewsParody

Note that, although some of these shows give plenty of useful information, watching one is less effective than reading a newspaper, a warning which Jon Stewart in particular works hard to make clear (although scientific studies disagree and found that Series/TheDailyShow watchers were more informed on current events than people who watch and read traditional news media). Whether watching the [[NewsBroadcast "real" news shows]] that these shows parody is effective at all is more debatable.

A variation is the '''Faux News''' show or sketch, which satirises elements of legitimate news shows but doesn't use factual information. The best examples are the British radio show ''On the Hour'' and its TV adaptation, ''Series/TheDayToday'', both of which feature writing and acting by Patrick Marber, who was later nominated for an Oscar for ''Film/NotesOnAScandal''. ''The Day Today'' had its own spin-off, ''Series/BrassEye'', which spoofed the PrimeTimeNews format. The most famous Faux News outlet in the US, on the other hand, is not on television: it's ''TheOnion'' (which uses a mix of real and imaginary events), which has spread its tentacles to the Internet and other areas, as well.

* ''Series/TheDailyShow With Jon Stewart.'' (See [[http://www.thedailyshow.com the official Comedy Central site.]])
* ''CNNNN'' An Australian parody show spoofing Creator/{{CNN}}.

* ''TheOnion'' is a rare example of the NewsParody in print. And, via [[http://www.theonion.com/ its website]] and the miracle of streaming audio and streaming video, a NewsParody of radio and television news as well.

* The news section of ''TopGear'', introduced initially as a [[TwoGamersOnACouch three-presenters-on-furniture-scavenged-from-cars]] way to mention "boring but important cars" quickly. Has expanded somewhat to include car news, politics as it relates to driving, and the presenters poking fun at each other whenever possible.

* ''NewsBiscuit'' is to Britain what ''Website/TheOnion'' is to America, albeit a bit less well-known.

* The Jeselnik Offensive, a ''very'' [[BlackComedy dark]] ComedyCentral show hosted by infamously harsh comedian Anthony Jeselnik, which is mostly dedicated to mocking deaths and other tragedies from the news.

* Chilean Show ''Series/TreintaYUnMinutos'', is halfthis, half WorkCom, with puppets!

* ''Crossballs'' -- a short-lived ComedyCentral show that was a portmanteau of CNN's (now-defunct) ''Crossfire'' and MSNBC's ''Hardball''. Often pairing up a revolving cast of comedians with actual experts as they argued with each other on the topic at hand.
* ''Series/TheColbertReport''

* ''WebVideo/MockTheDummy,'' which is a Website/YouTube parody of conservative politics... with dummies.

* A popular online parody that also appears in print (notably in some alternate newspaper markets), ''[[http://www.borowitzreport.com/ The Borowitz Report;]]'' it was acquired by ''Magazine/TheNewYorker'' in 2012.

* A popular online parody that also appears in print (notably in some alternate newspaper markets), ''[[http://www.borowitzreport.com/ The Borowitz Report]]''; it was acquired by ''Magazine/TheNewYorker'' in 2012.

* The Israeli ''Eretz Nehederet'' runs almost entirely on this format, alternating between mocking remarks about recent events in the style of Seth Myers on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''[[note]]The show was clearly influenced by ''SNL'' in general.[[/note]], interviews with actors playing public figures, and skits in the formats of news reports.

* [[http://tfradio.net Radio Free Cybertron]], a {{Transformers}} podcast, has a segment called News From Cybertron, done from an in-universe point of view.

* ''Series/TheDailyShow With Jon Stewart'' (See [[http://www.thedailyshow.com the official Comedy Central site]].)

* The {{NPR}} show ''Radio/WaitWaitDontTellMe'' could be considered an example of this.

* A popular online parody that also appears in print(notably in some alternate newspaper markets), ''[[http://www.borowitzreport.com/ The Borowitz Report]]''

* Venezuela's [[Blog/ElChiguireBipolar El Chigüire Bipolar]].

Not to be confused with KentBrockmanNews, a ShowWithinAShow parody of news shows, or (as "Faux News") with a common pejorative for FoxNewsChannel.

* ''The Half Hour News Hour'' was FoxNewsChannel's attempt to counter ''Series/TheDailyShow'''s perceived liberal bias with an explicit conservative bias. The show tanked and was canceled after a few months.
* ''Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld'' (The FoxNewsChannel's much more successful comedy offering. Hovers between News Parody, Faux News, ''and'' Fake Pundit Show [because it's like ''The View'', if ''The View'' had a decidedly pro-CampGay bias]. {{Dissimile}} and absurdist tangents abound.).

A variation is the '''Faux News''' show or sketch, which satirises elements of legitimate news shows but doesn't use factual information. The best examples are the British radio show ''On the Hour'' and its TV adaptation, ''Series/TheDayToday'', both of which feature writing and acting by Patrick Marber, who was later nominated for an Oscar for ''Notes on a Scandal''. ''The Day Today'' had its own spin-off, ''Series/BrassEye'', which spoofed the PrimeTimeNews format. The most famous Faux News outlet in the US, on the other hand, is not on television: it's ''TheOnion'' (which uses a mix of real and imaginary events), which has spread its tentacles to the Internet and other areas, as well.

* ''Broken News'' does the Faux News variant, cutting between snippets of different styles of news show, such as "Look Out East" spoofing BBC local news broadcasts, a BBC News parody with presenters [[color:red:who]] [[color:blue:keep]] [[color:red:interrupting]] [[color:blue:each]] [[color:blue:other]], an ITV News parody skewering the channel's overuse of flashy graphics, an American network news parody that's usually oblivious to what's going on in the rest of the episode (and features Claudia Christian as one of the hosts), and several others, and frequently cuts between the various sub-shows in mid-sentence in a way that's supposed to represent a bored viewer flicking between channels. It's the SpiritualSuccessor to ''The Sunday Format'', a radio series by the same writers that does much the same with newspapers.
* HaveIGotNewsForYou is considered to be the quintessential British version. It's more of a quiz/panel show than a News Parody, although there's plenty of fun-making about the news
* MockTheWeek is a DarkerAndEdgier version of the above.
* HaveIGotNewsForYou tends to go for harder ([[DarkerAndEdgier Edgier]]) news stories, while MockTheWeek mostly makes fun of celebrities. Not particularly edgy, although it does certainly have more BlackComedy.

* ''Series/TheDayToday'', ChrisMorris's surreal spoof of the ''style'' of news reporting.

A variation is the '''Faux News''' show or sketch, which satirises elements of legitimate news shows but doesn't use factual information. The best examples are the British radio show ''On the Hour'' and its TV adaptation, ''TheDayToday'', both of which feature writing and acting by Patrick Marber, who was later nominated for an Oscar for ''Notes on a Scandal''. ''The Day Today'' had its own spin-off, ''Series/BrassEye'', which spoofed the PrimeTimeNews format. The most famous Faux News outlet in the US, on the other hand, is not on television: it's ''TheOnion'' (which uses a mix of real and imaginary events), which has spread its tentacles to the Internet and other areas, as well.

* ''TheDayToday'', ChrisMorris's surreal spoof of the ''style'' of news reporting.

* ''MockTheDummy,'' which is a Website/YouTube parody of conservative politics... with dummies.

* ''CNNNN'' An Australian parody show spoofing {{CNN}}.

* ''Not the Nine O'Clock News'' (one of the earliest dedicated NewsParody shows, which went out at 9 PM on BBC2 directly opposite the ''real Nine O'Clock News'' on BBC1)

* ''Not Necessarily the News'' (modeled on the above though with no specific time reference, one of the earliest dedicated NewsParody shows in the US)

* Indian news/media commentary portal Newslaundry has a series known as Clothesline, where the anchor, veteran journalist Madhu Trehan does this for news media, mostly television, crossing over with {{MST}}, by adding her own commentary.

* ''The Half Hour News Hour'' (notable for its conservative satirical slant, and [[strike: sucking]] being reviled by [[strike:editors]] viewers of [[strike:certain]] [[strike: all]] [[strike:'''certain''']] most political views). Was canceled by Fox after a few months.
** ''Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld'' (The FoxNewsChannel's much more successful comedy offering. Hovers between News Parody, Faux News, ''and'' Fake Pundit Show [because it's like ''The View'', if ''The View'' had a decidedly pro-CampGay bias]. {{Dissimile}} and absurdist tangents abound.).

** ''Not Necessarily the News'' (modeled on the above though with no specific time reference, one of the earliest dedicated NewsParody shows in the US)

* HaveIGotNewsForYou is considered to be the quintessential British version.
** More of a quiz/panel show than a News Parody, although there's plenty of fun-making about the news

** HaveIGotNewsForYou tends to go for harder ([[DarkerAndEdgier Edgier]]) news stories, while MockTheWeek mostly makes fun of celebrities. Not particularly edgy, although it does certainly have more BlackComedy.

* ''Series/ThatWasTheWeekThatWas''

* ''Series/ThisHourHas22Minutes'' (Canada).
** And let's not forget ''Radio/RoyalCanadianAirFarce'' (also from Canada).
** Or ''TheRickMercerReport'', also from Canada.

A variation is the '''Faux News''' show or sketch, which satirises elements of legitimate news shows but doesn't use factual information. The best examples are the British radio show ''On the Hour'' and its TV adaptation, ''TheDayToday'', both of which feature writing and acting by Patrick Marber, who was later nominated for an Oscar for ''Notes on a Scandal''. ''The Day Today'' had its own spin-off, ''BrassEye'', which spoofed the PrimeTimeNews format. The most famous Faux News outlet in the US, on the other hand, is not on television: it's ''TheOnion'' (which uses a mix of real and imaginary events), which has spread its tentacles to the Internet and other areas, as well.

* ''That Was The Week That Was''

* ''CNNNN'' An Australian parody show spoofing ''{{CNN}}''.

* ''TheChasersWarOnEverything''
* ''ThisHourHas22Minutes'' (Canada).
** And let's not forget ''RoyalCanadianAirFarce'' (also from Canada).
** Or TheRickMercerReport, also from Canada.

** CBC's ''ThisIsThat'', a parody of CBC's current issues interview shows, like ''As It Happens''. It features discussion of fictional current affairs along with outraged listeners calling in.

* The Jeselnik Offensive, a ''very'' [[BlackComedy dark]] ComedyCentral show hosted by infamously harsh comedian Anthony Jeselnik, which is partially dedicated to mocking deaths and other tragedies from the news.

May be the entire premise of the series, or constitute one segment within a SketchComedy, such as the "Weekend Update" segment in ''SaturdayNightLive'', or the "Laugh-In News" on ''[[{{Rowan And Martins Laugh-In}} Laugh-In]]''.

* ''NewsBiscuit'' is to Britain what ''TheOnion'' is to America, albeit a bit less well-known.

* The Headlies section of ''WrestleCrap'', in a parody of less reputable Wrestling Newz sites.