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Not Necessarily the News

Not Necessarily the News

Description: Not Necessarily the News is an American 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. For most of the run, the series featured Anne Bloom, Danny Breen, Rich Hall, Mitchell Laurance, Stuart Pankin and Lucy Webb. Wikipedia
Genre: Documentary, Comedy
Year Released: 1982
Number of seasons: 8
Number of episodes: 72
First episode air date: October 13, 1982
Network: HBO
Writers: Rich Hall, Billy Kimball, Elaine Pope, Tom Kramer, MORE
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