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
0/17 watched- Episode 1: Episode 64Sep 30, 1996
- Episode 2: Episode 65Oct 14, 1996
- Episode 3: Episode 66Oct 21, 1996
- Episode 4: Episode 67Oct 28, 1996
- Episode 5: Episode 68Nov 4, 1996
- Episode 6: Episode 69Nov 11, 1996
- Episode 7: Episode 70Nov 18, 1996
- Episode 8: Episode 71Nov 25, 1996
- Episode 9: Episode 72Dec 2, 1996
- Episode 10: Episode 73Dec 9, 1996
- Episode 11: Episode 74Dec 31, 1996
- Episode 12: Episode 75Jan 20, 1997
- Episode 13: Episode 76Jan 27, 1997
- Episode 14: Episode 77Feb 3, 1997
- Episode 15: Episode 78Feb 10, 1997
- Episode 16: Episode 79Feb 24, 1997
- Episode 17: Episode 80Mar 3, 1997
