Series · Comedy, News
This Hour Has 22 Minutes (1993)
★ 6.7 · 54 votes34 seasons · 587 episodesComedy, News1993
This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials. Originally featuring Cathy Jones, Rick Mercer, Greg Thomey and Mary Walsh, the series featured satirical sketches of the weekly news and Canadian political events. The show's format is a mock news program, intercut with comic sketches, parody commercials and humorous interviews of public figures. The on-location segments are frequently filmed with slanted camera angles.
- Creator
- Mary Walsh, Rick Mercer
- Writers
- Mark Critch, Kyle Tingley, Dean Jenkinson
- Network
- CBC Television
- Country
- Canada
- Language
- English
- First aired
- October 11, 1993
- Status
- Returning
Cast
Mark Critch
Cathy Jones
Gavin Crawford
Shaun Majumder
Geri Hall
Mary Walsh
Rick Mercer- Trent McClellan
Aba Amuquandoh- Stacey McGunnigle
Colin Mochrie
Chris Wilson
Mark McKinneyMark Carney- Bella MartinSelf
Elisha Cuthbert
Donovan ColanSon
Ashley DingwellGuest Performer
Rob FordSelf- Alan FrewSelf
Sharjil RasoolKash Patel
Episodes
0/20 watched- Episode 1: October 2, 2007Oct 2, 2007
- Episode 2Oct 9, 2007
- Episode 3Oct 16, 2007
- Episode 4Oct 22, 2007
- Episode 5Oct 30, 2007
- Episode 6Nov 6, 2007
- Episode 7Nov 21, 2007
- Episode 8Nov 27, 2007
- Episode 9Dec 4, 2007
- Episode 10Jan 8, 2008
- Episode 11Jan 15, 2008
- Episode 12Jan 22, 2008
- Episode 13Jan 29, 2008
- Episode 14Feb 5, 2008
- Episode 15Feb 12, 2008
- Episode 16Feb 19, 2008
- Episode 17Feb 26, 2008
- Episode 18Mar 4, 2008
- Episode 19Mar 11, 2008
- Episode 20Mar 18, 2008
