Not Necessarily the News

Not Necessarily the News

1987-11-07 30 minutes.
6.20 4 votes

Season - Episode

8 Season 8 Jan 01, 1970
7 Season 7 Jan 01, 1970
6 Season 6 Jan 01, 1970
5 Season 5 Jan 01, 1970
4 Season 4 Jul 02, 1985
3 Season 3 Jan 01, 1985
2 Season 2 May 03, 1984
1 Season 1 Aug 08, 1983

Overview

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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Language English