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.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | Pilot (1) | 1983-08-08 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | Pilot (2) | 1983-08-15 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | Pilot (3) | 1983-08-22 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | The Regan of Doom | 1983-10-02 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | Theo | 1983-10-09 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | Road Trip | 1983-10-16 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | Machine | 1983-10-23 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | Halloween | 1983-11-07 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | Audrie in Love | 1983-11-14 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | The Funeral | 1983-11-21 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 11 | Action Star | 1983-11-28 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 12 | KKK and Rich | 1983-12-05 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 13 | Human Face | 1983-12-12 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 1 | Blood Not Simple | 1984-05-03 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 2 | Levity | 1984-05-10 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 3 | Shotgun | 1984-05-17 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 4 | Sunday, Bloody Sunday, Coarse Light | 1984-05-24 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 5 | Sex at 10 Feet | 1984-05-31 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 6 | A Little Sex with Breakfast | 1984-06-07 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 7 | The Kick | 1984-06-14 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 8 | The Real Kick | 1984-06-21 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 9 | Clip Show | 1984-06-28 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 10 | There is no Regan | 1984-08-26 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 1 | Marathon | 1985-01-01 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 2 | The Guy from Elecko | 1985-01-08 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 3 | Le Boob | 1985-01-15 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 4 | Le Boob Part 2 | 1985-01-22 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 5 | Annabelle and Rich Go Down Under | 1985-01-29 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 6 | Tales of 3 | 1985-02-05 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 7 | Brother and Mother | 1985-02-12 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 8 | The Pope | 1985-03-04 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 9 | Fight Club | 1985-03-11 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 10 | Not Necessarily the News: America | 1985-05-31 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 11 | Hot Noise | 1985-03-18 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 1 | The New Chick | 1985-07-02 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 2 | The Fight | 1985-07-09 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 3 | The Comedian | 1985-07-16 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 4 | GGG (1) | 1985-08-01 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 5 | GGG (2) | 1985-08-08 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 6 | 100...........Just 100 | 1985-08-15 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 7 | This Phyco Rift | 1985-08-22 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 8 | Freddy | 1985-09-03 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 9 | The Script | 1985-09-10 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 10 | Film Festival | 1986-05-12 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 11 | Audire got Run Over by a Reindeer | 1986-05-19 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 12 | The Death | 1986-05-26 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 13 | The Elf | 1986-06-01 | 30 min |
