Not Necessarily the News

1983    30m
7.5
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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6 Seasons
  • Season 1
    Season 114 Episodes
  • Season 2
    Season 210 Episodes
  • Season 3
    Season 311 Episodes
  • Season 4
    Season 413 Episodes
  • Season 6
    Season 613 Episodes
  • Season 8
    Season 813 Episodes
Cast of Not Necessarily the News
  • Rich Hall
  • Lucy WebbHelen St. Thomas
  • Jan Hooks
  • Matthew PerryBob
  • Michael Bailey Smith
  • Annabelle Gurwitch
  • Stuart Pankin
  • Anne Bloom
  • Mitchell Laurance
  • Alan K. SimpsonSelf (archive footage)

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