Not Necessarily the News

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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News
Comedy
Created By

First Aired on

Aug 08, 1983

8 seaons till Nov 07, 1987

Popularity: 2.5879
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Networks
(US)
Production

HBO (US)Not the Network Company, IncMoffitt-Lee Productions (US)

Status: Ended

Show Ended

Last episode: Inside Entertainment

Seasons & episodes

Total 8 seasons, 100 episodes

Season 1

Aired

14 Episodes
  • Episode 1Pilot {1}30 min

    The Newsroom is shut down and our newscasters must go elsewhere. However they do not do well and they become homeless. They are saved by a friendly man named Chester, who brings them into his home.

  • Episode 2Pilot {2}30 min

    Living in the house of Chester, our team discovers he is an infamous murdere and call the police, but discover that they themselves are being arrested for being accomplices. They get a lawyer, and after 3 mistrials, they are set free, but are still homeless, and unemployed.

  • Episode 3Pilot {3}30 min

    Are team, desperate for money, start a chalk selling buisness, after it fails, they try several other things before getting hired at a new station, WBBCC

  • Episode 4The Regan of Doom30 min

    The newsroom is visited by a Ronald Regan impersonater, he begins to wreak havoc and begin turning the staff against each other. They proceed to throw the Regan out, but they discover this fake Regan is the real thing.

  • Episode 5Theo30 min

    Annabelle has a new love intrest, a quirky fellow named Theo. Meanwhile, A mystery guest has been called to the show, who is he? what will he do? The answer is: Its the Regan impersonator, and he has come to wreak havoc and break up Theo and Annabelle.

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