Jan Hooks
Not Necessarily the News (1983)
Season 2
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.
Released Jan. 3, 1983
Episode 30 min
None+
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
S2E1 - Blood Not Simple
In this Goof episode. A murderer terrorizes the studio and our newscasters must find the killer.
May 3, 1984, midnight
S2E2 - Levity
A band is hired to ""put some life"" into the studio. There music {heavy metal devil style} drives our team mad and there manager gets the hots for Audrie.
May 10, 1984, midnight
S2E3 - Shotgun
Rich gets a shotgun and acciedently shoots himself in the foot. With himself handicaped, he gets a telescope and sees a murder from his window. Ala ""Rear Widnow"".
May 17, 1984, midnight
S2E4 - Sunday, Bloody Sunday, Coarse Light
A british filmaker comes to the studio and begins to seduce the female staff members. Rich swears to teach the British man a lesson.
May 24, 1984, midnight
S2E5 - Sex at 10 Feet
Stuart and Michael buy a hooker together but fight over who gets who first. Meanwhile, Rich courts a young woman who is revealed to be the sister of Annabelle.
May 31, 1984, midnight
S2E6 - A Little Sex with Breakfast
Micheal and Annabelle begin having a steady relationship, little does Micheal know, that Annabelle and Stuart are having a wild affair in this unuasally poined episode.
June 7, 1984, midnight
S2E7 - The Kick
Rich is kicked in the groin and must spend 3 weeks in a hospital ward.
June 14, 1984, midnight
S2E8 - The Real Kick
Rich is fired from the studio but regains his contract when he seduces the new female head of the studio.
June 21, 1984, midnight
S2E9 - Clip Show
A series of clips titled ""The Best of Not the News""
June 28, 1984, midnight
S2E10 - There is no Regan
When the Regan fake dies, Annabelle goes to florida to visit her sister and Audire lives in her place, she has big parties and one of her guests turns out to be the son of the Regan.
Aug. 26, 1984, midnight
Network: HBO
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: Jan. 3, 1983
Last Air Date: Nov. 7, 1987, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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