Following this Sunday's repeat of The 1/2 Hour News Hour, FNC will test a pilot of It's Out There, "a half-hour of stories derived from blogs," Variety scoops.

The show, "fronted by conservative blogger-columnist Michele Malkin and former Clinton administration operative Kirsten Powers, will take on political and cultural issues enflaming the blogosphere. The first episode will look at John Edwards' virtual campaign HQ and other candidates using social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace to reach young voters." More...