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Not Necessarily the News
Not Necessarily the News

Not Necessarily the News

6.2/10

30 Minutes

Country:US

Seasons:8

Networks:HBO

1983-08-08 - 1987-11-07

NewsComedy
Spoken Languages: English

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.

Seasons

8

Episode Runtime

30 Minutes

First Air Date

1983-08-08

Rating

6.2

Production companies

HBO, Not the Network Company, Inc, Moffitt-Lee Productions

Genre

News, Comedy

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