This Hour Has 22 Minutes

★7.0 1993 34 Seasons News, Comedy

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.

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Episodes

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This Hour Has 22 Minutes

Episodes

1. Popularity Contest - The Election Special

2. After-Party! The Election Wrap-up Special

3. YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH (AND RECONCILIATION)

4. ANTI-VAX SNACK ATTACK!

5. The New Normal

6. Squids Are for Kicks

7. HALLOWE’EN HIJINKS

8. Saving Daylight

9. Tapping into Remembrance Day

10. The Wrath of Karen

11. Too Soon for Christmas?

12. 22 Does 2022

13. Dry January

14. Lockdown Laughs

15. Baby, It's Cold Outside

16. Groundhog Day

17. Comedy Convoy

18. Emergency Laugh Act

19. March Madness

20. Mixtape Rewind

21. Inflation Nation

22. Coalition? What Coalition?

23. Fun & Games

24. That's a Wrap