Greg Daniels
Director
Not Necessarily the News (1983)
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.
Keywords: imdb.1980s, imdb.1990s, imdb.satire, imdb.political-satire, imdb.news-satire, imdb.fake-news-report, imdb.based-on-british-tv-series + 5 more, imdb.remake, imdb.spoof, imdb.satire-comedy, imdb.parody-comedy, awards.emmy-award-nominated
Production Companies: HBO, Not the Network Company, Inc, Moffitt-Lee Productions
Network: HBO
Country: United States
Languages:
English
Season 1
14 episodes
Season 2
10 episodes
Season 3
11 episodes
Season 4
13 episodes
Season 5
13 episodes
Season 6
13 episodes
Season 7
13 episodes
Season 8
13 episodes
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HBO
3000 min
30 min/ep
Aug. 8, 1983
Nov. 7, 1987, midnight
Ended
NR