Not Necessarily the News
Air Date: 8/8/1983
Imdb: tt0085065
Popularity: 11.714
Vote: 6.2/10 (4)
Last Aired: 11/7/1987 12:00:00AM
Next Aired:
Status: Ended
Seasons: 8 - Info
Networks: HBO

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.