
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.
- Created By
- First Aired on
Aug 08, 1983
- Popularity: 2.5879
- 4 votes
- Networks
- (US)
- Production
HBO (US)Not the Network Company, IncMoffitt-Lee Productions (US)
- Status: Ended
Show Ended
8 seaons till Nov 07, 1987
Last episode: Inside Entertainment
Seasons & episodes
Total 8 seasons, 100 episodes

Season 1
Aired
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.