This Hour Has 22 Minutes 2023
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. Its full name is a parody of This Hour Has Seven Days, a CBC newsmagazine from the 1960s; the "22 Minutes" refers to the fact that a half-hour television program in Canada and the U.S. is typically 22 minutes long with eight minutes of commercials. Jones and Walsh had previously worked together on the sketch comedy series CODCO, on which Thomey sometimes appeared as a guest. Mercer had been a notable young writer and performer on his own, touring several successful one-man shows of comedic political commentary.
- Released: 2009-09-28
- Runtime: 22 minutes
- Genre: News, Comedy
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1. New Season, New Laughs 2023-09-19
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2. Defending Defence 2023-09-26
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3. Upside Down Fun 2023-10-03
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4. Leftovers & Laughs 2023-10-10
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5. Too Hot to Handle 2023-10-17
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6. Trick or Treat 2023-10-31
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7. The High Cost of Laughing 2023-11-07
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8. The Beatles Forever? 2023-11-14
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9. Check This Out. 2023-11-21
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10. Shooting Blanks 2023-11-28
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11. Humbug Holiday 2023-12-05
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12. New Year, New You 2024-01-09
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13. Moose Gone Wild 2024-01-16
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14. Antiquing for Groceries 2024-01-23
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15. Freedom Cock-ups 2024-01-30
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16. Dreaming Big 2024-02-06
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17. Snow Joke 2024-02-13
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18. The Hit List 2024-02-20
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19. Cash Cab Tax Grab 2024-02-27
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20. Zoning Out 2024-03-05
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21. Kenergy 2024-03-12
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22. Episode 22 2024-03-19
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23. Climate Control 2024-03-26
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24. Episode 24 2024-04-02
