"but it doesn't belong on a 24 hour news channel"
Why not? Personally, I get sick of seeing one host after the other show the same tired media-bytes and make the same comments all day long and into the evening. When the weekend comes we just have all these condensed into a weekend of programming that is nothing but a repeat of the week's programming. Some shows are even repeated as many as 3 times in a viewing day.
Lighthearted news/political programming is a good thing, IMO.
I agree, but just not on a self-identified news channel. You're right about news programming, especially the weekend lineup, but I think having a comedy show in the lineup is un-newsworthy.