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
0/24 watched- Episode 1: Popularity Contest - The Election Special22 min · Sep 14, 2021
- Episode 2: After-Party! The Election Wrap-up Special22 min · Sep 21, 2021
- Episode 3: YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH (AND RECONCILIATION)22 min · Sep 28, 2021
- Episode 4: ANTI-VAX SNACK ATTACK!22 min · Oct 5, 2021
- Episode 5: The New Normal22 min · Oct 12, 2021
- Episode 6: Squids Are for Kicks22 min · Oct 19, 2021
- Episode 7: HALLOWE’EN HIJINKS22 min · Oct 26, 2021
- Episode 8: Saving Daylight22 min · Nov 2, 2021
- Episode 9: Tapping into Remembrance Day22 min · Nov 9, 2021
- Episode 10: The Wrath of Karen22 min · Nov 16, 2021
- Episode 11: Too Soon for Christmas?22 min · Nov 23, 2021
- Episode 12: 22 Does 202222 min · Jan 4, 2022
- Episode 13: Dry January22 min · Jan 11, 2022
- Episode 14: Lockdown Laughs22 min · Jan 18, 2022
- Episode 15: Baby, It's Cold Outside22 min · Jan 25, 2022
- Episode 16: Groundhog Day22 min · Feb 1, 2022
- Episode 17: Comedy Convoy22 min · Feb 22, 2022
- Episode 18: Emergency Laugh Act22 min · Mar 1, 2022
- Episode 19: March Madness22 min · Mar 8, 2022
- Episode 20: Mixtape Rewind22 min · Mar 15, 2022
- Episode 21: Inflation Nation22 min · Mar 22, 2022
- Episode 22: Coalition? What Coalition?22 min · Mar 29, 2022
- Episode 23: Fun & Games22 min · Apr 5, 2022
- Episode 24: That's a Wrap22 min · Apr 12, 2022
