Not Necessarily the News


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Episodes: 72

Seasons: 8

Show dates: January 3, 1983 – August 26, 1990

Performers include: Anne Bloom, Danny Breen, Lucy Webb

Description: Not Necessarily the News (shortened as NNTN) is an American satirical sketch comedy series first aired on HBO in September 1982 as a comedy special, and then 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 that had ended earlier in 1982.
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