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Not Necessarily the News
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.
Seasons
1. Pilot {1}
Air Date: 1983-08-08
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.
2. Pilot {2}
Air Date: 1983-08-15
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.
3. Pilot {3}
Air Date: 1983-08-22
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
4. The Regan of Doom
Air Date: 1983-10-02
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.
5. Theo
Air Date: 1983-10-09
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.
6. Road Trip
Air Date: 1983-10-16
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.
7. Machine
Air Date: 1983-10-23
Staurt gets a new car, and so does Rich. They decide to have a deathrace. After Stuart wins, Rich gets depressed and checks himself into mental institution, leaving Stuart to get him out.
8. Halloween {unedited version}
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In this uncut original episode that HBO refused to air becuase of male nudity and slams at the U.N. {The ONLY time HBO has ever pulled an episode} Rich picks up up a hooker that turns out to be his long lost daughter
9. Halloween {Edited Version}
Air Date: 1983-11-07
In this newly edited version, the comments {or slurs} against the United Nations and the male nudity scene are cut out. HBO also wanted the scene where a woman is penetrated by a mans fingers {i could be more specific, but this is a G-Rated site} edited down so you see only a bit of nudity.
10. Audrie in Love
Air Date: 1983-11-14
Audrie gets two love intrests, Rob and Bob, who turn out to be brothers. Meanwhile, Rich has a try at boxing, and of course, fails miserably.
11. The Funeral
Air Date: 1983-11-21
After Rich's father dies, he makes an ass of himself at the funeral. Eating candles and making love to a dog.
12. Action Star
Air Date: 1983-11-28
The Stuido is visted by an Arnold Swartzenger type character. Audire and Annabelle both fall in love with him, so does Rich, who questions his sexuality.
13. KKK and Rich
Air Date: 1983-12-05
Rich joins a group club. Little does he know this club is the dreaded Klu Kulx Klan. Meanwhile Micheal tries to call a bet made by Stuart that he can make love to 3 women at once.
14. Human Face
Air Date: 1983-12-12
Rich gets plastic surgeary, but his doctors fear he has gotten cancer from the plastic. Meanwhile, Stuart and Melanie have a flashback of there mystery past.
1. Blood Not Simple
Air Date: 1984-05-03
In this Goof episode. A murderer terrorizes the studio and our newscasters must find the killer.
2. Levity
Air Date: 1984-05-10
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.
3. Shotgun
Air Date: 1984-05-17
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"".
4. Sunday, Bloody Sunday, Coarse Light
Air Date: 1984-05-24
A british filmaker comes to the studio and begins to seduce the female staff members. Rich swears to teach the British man a lesson.
5. Sex at 10 Feet
Air Date: 1984-05-31
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.
6. A Little Sex with Breakfast
Air Date: 1984-06-07
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.
7. The Kick
Air Date: 1984-06-14
Rich is kicked in the groin and must spend 3 weeks in a hospital ward.
8. The Real Kick
Air Date: 1984-06-21
Rich is fired from the studio but regains his contract when he seduces the new female head of the studio.
9. Clip Show
Air Date: 1984-06-28
A series of clips titled ""The Best of Not the News""
10. There is no Regan
Air Date: 1984-08-26
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.
1. Marathon
Air Date: 1985-01-01
Rich runs the New York marathon and wins. But is stripped of the title becuase of false rumors about steriod addiction. He must find out who framed him.
2. The Guy from Elecko
Air Date: 1985-01-08
A foreign man gets a job in the studio, and as usual, he seduces the female members of the staff.
3. Le Boob
Air Date: 1985-01-15
Rich goes on a hunt for the world's largest breasts. Searching London, Paris, and Los Angeles. Our newscasters follow him and chase the story.
4. Le Boob Part 2
Air Date: 1985-01-22
Rich continues his search for the world largest breasts. Taking him to Hong Kong and Brazil. He finds that his co-star, Annabelle, is the winner of the contest.
5. Annabelle and Rich Go Down Under
Air Date: 1985-01-29
While in Autrailia, Annabelle and Michael suffer romantic obsession and jealousy before Rich comes and ruins everything by gettting tangled up with the mob.
6. Tales of 3
Air Date: 1985-02-05
3 short stories 1} ""The Quickining"" It is shown to us what would happen if everything in life were sped up 90% 2} ""Robotican"" Rich gets a robotic arm and it begins to take controll of his life 3} ""Leprechan"" The Studio is visited by 3 Leprechans
7. Brother and Mother
Air Date: 1985-02-12
Stuart's brother comes to the studio and falls in love with Annablle.
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8. The Pope
Air Date: 1985-03-04
Our studio gets a very very speical visit from the pope himself.
9. Fight Club
Air Date: 1985-03-11
Stuart and Rich institute an infamous studio fight club.
10. Not Necessarily the News: America
Air Date: 1985-05-31
An hour long speical celerating the best moments of the show.
11. Hot Noise
Air Date: 1985-03-18
The entire staff is ordered to undergo a sexaholics class.
1. The New Chick
Air Date: 1985-07-02
After Micheal leaves the studio, the team gets a new member, Melanie, a young colledge student.
2. The Fight
Air Date: 1985-07-09
Annabelle and Melanie fight over a man who, little known to them is an axe murderer.
3. The Comedian
Air Date: 1985-07-16
A comedian comes to the stuido,and, once agian, seduces the female members of the staff.
4. GGG {1}
Air Date: 1985-08-01
Rich produces his own ""Girls gone wild"" movie. Traveling to greece to find out who's the wildest.
5. GGG {2}
Air Date: 1985-08-08
Rich's video takes him the the pacific northwest.
6. 100...........Just 100
Air Date: 1985-08-15
Rich goes on a quest to see if he can have sex with 100 women in 1 day.
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7. This Phyco Rift
Air Date: 1985-08-22
In this phyco rift, Melanie holes up in an old hotel and is stalked by a mysteroius stranger.
8. Freddy
Air Date: 1985-09-03
In ""A Night of Elm Street"" spoof, our newscaster are haunted by a Freddy type madman.
9. The Script
Air Date: 1985-09-10
Stuart writes a script but has a hard time getting it published.
10. Film Festival
Air Date: 1986-05-12
The staff attends a film festival.
11. Audire got Run Over by a Reindeer
Air Date: 1986-05-19
Audrie goes missing on christmas eve.
12. The Death
Air Date: 1986-05-26
Rich's uncle dies and he drags all his co-workers to the funeral.
13. The Elf
Air Date: 1986-06-01
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2. Not Necessarily the Year in Review
Air Date: 1986-12-20
3. March Edition
Air Date: 1987-03-07
Shake off those winter doldrums with "the fastest and sometimes funniest half-hours on television.
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7. Inside Washington
Air Date: 1987-07-02
When the crew visits Capitol Hill, Frosty Kimelman decides her name has been holding her back, so she goes through a succession of name changes. Also, Pat Robertson, Dr. Robert Schuller, Rev. Jerry Falwell, and Father Guido Sarducci square off; Jesse Helms discusses a crackdown on pornography; Nancy Reagan talks about stepdaughter Maureen; plus Ronald Reagan stands by for an interview with Bob Charles.
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10. October Edition
Air Date: 1987-10-01
Sketches include: Surprise!, Murch's Fried Pieces, This Date in Comedy, Football Wrap-Up, Arm and Hammer Baking Soda & morning Sniglets.
11. Inside Entertainment
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.
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Rating
6.2/10
Release Date
1983-08-08
Episodes
100 (8 seasons)
Status
Ended
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