Not Necessarily the NewsTV Show
Not Necessarily the News is a satirical sketch comedy series that first aired on HBO in September 1982 as a comedy special, and then ran as a series from 1983 to 1990. It featured sketches, parody news items, commercial parodies, and humorous bits made from overdubbing or editing actual news footage. It was based on the British series, Not the Nine O'Clock News. Not Necessarily the News was also the birthplace of Rich Hall's sniglets.
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Not Necessarily the News first aired in 1983 and is listed as a news, comedy series.
The series information currently records 8 seasons, 100 episodes, status: Ended, network information for HBO.
Top-billed cast members include Rich Hall. The synopsis above provides the available premise, while the season section shows the published season and episode structure.
