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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Pilot {2}
Pilot {3}
The regan of doom
Theo
Road trip
Machine
Halloween {unedited version}
Halloween {edited version}
Audrie in love
The funeral
Action star
Kkk and rich
Human face
Blood not simple
Levity
Shotgun
Sunday, bloody sunday, coarse light
Sex at 10 feet
A little sex with breakfast
The kick
The real kick
Clip show
There is no regan
Marathon
The guy from elecko
Le boob
Le boob part 2
Annabelle and rich go down under
Tales of 3
Brother and mother
The pope
Fight club
Not necessarily the news: america
Hot noise
The new chick
The fight
The comedian
Ggg {1}
Ggg {2}
100...........just 100
This phyco rift
Freddy
The script
Film festival
Audire got run over by a reindeer
The death
The elf
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Not necessarily the year in review
March edition
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Not necessarily the media
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Inside washington
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Inside entertainment
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Year in review
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