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.
This Hour Has 22 Minutes (Season 14)
October 3, 2006 (Episode 1)
Air date: 2006-10-03
October 10, 2006 (Episode 2)
Air date: 2006-10-10
October 17, 2006 (Episode 3)
Air date: 2006-10-17
October 24, 2006 (Episode 4)
Air date: 2006-10-24
October 31, 2006 (Episode 5)
Air date: 2006-10-31
November 7, 2006 (Episode 6)
Air date: 2006-11-07
November 14, 2006 (Episode 7)
Air date: 2006-11-14
Overview: Due to the current events nature of this political satire show, the summary will not be available until the show first airs.
November 21, 2006 (Episode 8)
Air date: 2006-11-21
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November 28, 2006 (Episode 9)
Air date: 2006-11-28
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December 5, 2006 (Episode 10)
Air date: 2006-12-05
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January 30, 2007 (Episode 11)
Air date: 2007-01-30
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February 6, 2007 (Episode 12)
Air date: 2007-02-06
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February 13, 2007 (Episode 13)
Air date: 2007-02-13
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Best of 2006 (Episode 14)
Air date: 2007-02-20
Overview: This episode is a selection of the best clips from various episodes from the past two seasons, based on the viewer voting on CBC.ca.
February 27, 2007 (Episode 15)
Air date: 2007-02-27
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March 6, 2007 (Episode 16)
Air date: 2007-03-06
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March 13, 2007 (Episode 17)
Air date: 2007-03-13
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March 27, 2007 (Episode 18)
Air date: 2007-03-27
Overview: Due to the current events nature of this political satire show, the summary will not be available until the show first airs.
Episode 19 (Episode 19)
Air date: 2007-04-03
Episode 20 (Episode 20)
Air date: 2007-04-10
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