''How's Your News?'' is an American television series and also a feature film. It aired Sundays on

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in the United States, and the feature film based on the same concept was released in 2003. It stars a group of reporters with

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who interview celebrities and politicians. It is the continuation of a

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project started in 1999 by Arthur Bradford at Camp Jabberwocky in

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, which was made into a movie of the same name and shown on

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in 2003. ''

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'' creators

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and

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serve as the show's executive producers. Season One had a total of 6 episodes. According to the ''How's Your News?'' website on April 9, 2009, the show was not renewed for a second season on MTV, stating: ''"The decision had little to do with the quality of the series, which was one of the most enthusiastically received and best reviewed programs on mtv this year. It's just a tough financial time and mtv needed to keep pushing for higher ratings with other shows. Also, we always knew that our series was an unusual fit for their style of programming. We're not "The Hills" or "America's Next Best Dance Crew" after all..."'' After completing the feature film for HBO, the concept was pitched to the Trio network, who subsequently backed the short film "On the Campaign Trail", about the ''How's Your News?'' teams trip to both the Democratic and Republican conventions in 2004. The half-hour film was broadcast on Trio and Channel Four England and featured candid interviews with

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, Andre 3000,

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, amongst others. Although it was rarely seen, this half-hour documentary was well-reviewed and helped convince MTV of the viability of the concept as mainstream TV series. They funded a pilot in 2006. In 2012 ''How's Your News'' visited both the Republican and Democratic conventions again with support from Matt Stone, and released an hour long documentary special.

Cast

* Jeremy Vest * Susan Harrington * Robert "Bobby" Bird * Sean Costello * Larry Perry * Lucas Wahl * Brendan "B-Money" Lemieux

Episodes

Season One # Los Angeles, CA # Las Vegas, NV # Austin, TX # New Orleans, LA # Louisville, KY # New York, NY

Reviews

Tom Shales, "Disabled Get Last Laugh on MTV's 'News'", ''Washington Post''

* ttps://archive.today/20130120050010/http://blogs.courant.com/roger_catlin_tv_eye/2009/02/mtvs-asks-hows-your-news.html Roger Catlin, "MTV's Asks: 'How's Your News?'", ''Hartford Courant''
Xeni Jardin, "BB Video: How's Your News? Comedy/News by Disabled People, Produced by South Park's Matt + Trey", BoingBoing.net

References

External links

MTV Press release: MTV UNVEILS UNIQUE DOCU-COMEDY SERIES "HOW'S YOUR NEWS?"

Episodes Online
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