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Not Necessarily the News

6.9/10
TMDB7 votes
1983Original: English8 seasons

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.

Genres: News, Comedy
Cast: Rich Hall

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About Not Necessarily the News

Not Necessarily the News (1983) is a TV series in the news, comedy genres. The cast includes Rich Hall.

Released
1983-08-08
Original language
English
Seasons
8
Episodes
100
Status
Ended
Production companies
HBO, Not the Network Company, Inc, Moffitt-Lee Productions

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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.

Who stars in Not Necessarily the News?

Rich Hall. See the cast cards above for character names.

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