Not Necessarily the News

News

Comedy

1983

8 Seasons

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Episode Guide

August 8, 1983 - December 12, 1983Season 1 of Not Necessarily the News has 14 episodes.

Season 1 Episodes

S1 E1: Pilot {1}

Aug 8, 198330 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.

Series info

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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Ratings

IMDB: 7.5TMDB: 6.2

Original Language

English

Release Date

August 8, 1983

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