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Dec 31, 2014 · Not Necessarily the News is an early HBO program combining skits performed by an SNL-like repertory company of players, with real-life news footage that was frequently altered for comedic effect.
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Not Necessarily the News: Created by John Moffitt. With Anne Bloom, Danny Breen, Lucy Webb, Mitchell Laurance. An offbeat look at current events, often by dubbing over news video with farcical commentary.
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- 1982
- Comedy
- Anne Bloom, Danny Breen, Lucy Webb
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.
72 x 30 minute episodes. This American version of the British series Not The Nine O Clock News featured actual news footage (slightly edited for laughs) combined with sketches and blackouts satirising television news broadcasts.
From Lithuania to La La Land, Tom Parks and Annabelle Gurwitch bring you all the news that's fit to air...and some that's not! It's all hilarious, and dangerously up to the minute. Look for "field reporters" such as Merrill Markoe, plus surprise special guests.
The program combines real news footage (slightly altered for laughs) with sketches and blackouts to satirize television news programs. Directors John Moffitt
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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.
