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Not Necessarily the News

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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.

Aug 8, 19838 seasons100 episodesEndedEN

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Seasons

Season 1

14 episodes

Premiered Aug 8, 1983

Season 2

10 episodes

Premiered May 3, 1984

Season 3

11 episodes

Premiered Jan 1, 1985

Season 4

13 episodes

Premiered Jul 2, 1985

Season 5

13 episodes

Season 6

13 episodes

Season 7

13 episodes

Season 8

13 episodes

Episodes

1–6 of 14

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Ep 1

Pilot {1}

Aug 8, 1983

30m

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.

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Ep 2

Pilot {2}

Aug 15, 1983

30m

Living in the house of Chester, our team discovers he is an infamous murdere and call the police, but discover that they themselves are being arrested for being accomplices. They get a lawyer, and after 3 mistrials, they are set free, but are still homeless, and unemployed.

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Ep 3

Pilot {3}

Aug 22, 1983

30m

Are team, desperate for money, start a chalk selling buisness, after it fails, they try several other things before getting hired at a new station, WBBCC

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Ep 4

The Regan of Doom

Oct 2, 1983

30m

The newsroom is visited by a Ronald Regan impersonater, he begins to wreak havoc and begin turning the staff against each other. They proceed to throw the Regan out, but they discover this fake Regan is the real thing.

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Ep 5

Theo

Oct 9, 1983

30m

Annabelle has a new love intrest, a quirky fellow named Theo. Meanwhile, A mystery guest has been called to the show, who is he? what will he do? The answer is: Its the Regan impersonator, and he has come to wreak havoc and break up Theo and Annabelle.

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Ep 6

Road Trip

Oct 16, 1983

30m

Rich and Michael go on a road trip to mexico where Rich is kidnapped and traded for beer. Meanwhile the crew is visited by a gay man. Also, Annabelle divises a plot to humiliate the Regan because of the loss of her boyfriend, Theo.

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