Basic Info

First Air: August 08, 1983

Rating: ⭐ 6.2/10 (4 votes)

Status: Ended

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 8

Episodes: 100

Last Episode

Name: Inside Entertainment

Season: 5, Episode: 11

Air Date: 1987-11-07

The crew visits the red carpet to report on the 97th Annual Golden Calf Awards. Also, Dolly Parton and Madonna are interviewed, Helen St. Thomas visits Frankenstein's monster and The Wolf Man at a retirement home, Don King presents new sniglets, and former child star Jay North goes on a rampage.

Not Necessarily the News

1983 8 seasons 100 episodes ⭐ 6.2/10 4 votes

Overview

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.