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Though live-action comedies do them occasionally, these routines are much more common in animated shows. This may have to do with the fact that animated shows usually use multiple characters per actor, and can afford to have a diverse supporting cast (and also, of course, because it's infinitely easier to have [[Canon Discontinuity]] in a show which everyone already knows isn't supposed to be realistic). Another barrier to live-action use is that some countries restrict how fictional news can be displayed, likely to prevent another ''[[The War of the Worlds (radio)|The War of the Worlds]]'' type incident (for example, British TV requires fictional news be displayed on a TV screen within the show). Even if a show isn't made primarily for such a country, production companies are loath to throw away potential export markets or be required to make local versions to air there.

* Act III of ''[[DoctorDr. HorriblesHorrible's Sing -Along Blog]]'' gives us two rather hammy TV news anchors whose coverage of Captain Hammer's "inspirational acts of heroism" segues neatly into the following gem -- "Next up, who's gay?" (For extra humor, the [[Gilligan Cut|next line]] is sung by Captain Hammer's [[Camp Gay]] [[Fan Boy]].) They are later shown weeping uncontrollably on the air over {{spoiler|<s>Penny</s> What's-her-name's death}}.