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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.
Cast: Rich Hall, Lucy Webb, Jan Hooks, Matthew Perry, Michael Bailey Smith, Annabelle Gurwitch, Stuart Pankin, Anne Bloom, Mitchell Laurance, Alan K. Simpson, Dick Gephardt, Fritz Hollings, Scoop Jackson, Jesse Jackson, Alexander Haig, Gary Hart, Walter Mondale, Jack Nicholson, Ronald Reagan, Geraldine A. Ferraro
Writers: Billy Kimball (Writer), Larry Arnstein (Writer), David Hurwitz (Writer), Lane Sarasohn (Writer), Steve Barker (Writer), Al Jean (Writer), Mike Reiss (Writer), Rich Hall (Writer), George Meyer (Writer), Ian Maxtone-Graham (Writer), Conan O'Brien (Writer), Greg Daniels (Writer), Annabelle Gurwitch (Writer)
Production: HBO, Not the Network Company, Inc, Moffitt-Lee Productions
Network: HBO
