Not Necessarily the News
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| Not Necessarily the News | |
|---|---|
| Format | Satire |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | HBO |
| Original run | January 8, 1983 – August 26, 1990 |
| External links | |
| IMDb profile | |
Not Necessarily the News was a satirical sketch comedy series that ran on HBO 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.
It starred:
- Anne Bloom, as Frosty Kimelman
- Danny Breen, as Steve Casper
- Rich Hall, who did a regular feature on "sniglets".
- Mitchell Laurance, as news reporter Pete Kimelman.
- Audrie Neenan (season 1)
- Stuart Pankin, as anchorman Bob Charles of the news team.
- Lucy Webb, as Helen St. Thomas
- Jan Hooks, (season 1&2)
- Annabelle Gurwitch, later seasons, co-anchor alongside Tom Parks
Not Necessarily the News was the first television program to be widely referred to by its initials NNTN, a practice now common.
NNTN was Conan O'Brien and Greg Daniels' first professional television writing gig.
The show's theme song was the instrumental bridge of Eric Clapton's cover of "Motherless Children".
