TV series
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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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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Episode 1
On the Season 25 premiere Mark Critch joins Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for a song at the Come From Away forum in St. John’s, Newfoundland. This week also features Shaun Majumder interviewing NDP Leadership hopeful Jagmeet Singh in Ottawa, and a new adaptation of Aqua’s hit song “Barbie Girl” featuring “Catherine MacKenna.”
Where to watch This Hour Has 22 MinutesEpisode 2
Young Sheldon - America's newest TV show - gets a Canadian update. Meet Young Peter Mansbridge. This week also features the Battle of Alberta: Calgary vs. Edmonton, and tips to help you cope with family during Thanksgiving.
Where to watch This Hour Has 22 MinutesEpisode 3
Alan Doyle comes face to face with…Alan Doyle (Mark Critch). This week also features PEI Witness News, and Mrs. Enid reflects on the Sears legacy.
Where to watch This Hour Has 22 MinutesEpisode 4
Mark Critch sits down with “Melania” and “Ivana” Trump. Plus a new dystopic series “The Hand Man’s Tale,” and the Speaker of the House - the Honourable Geoff Regan - provides proper debating techniques to Trent McClellan.
Where to watch This Hour Has 22 MinutesEpisode 5
Mark Critch talks to Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer in Ottawa, and Shaun Majumder asks Tom Arnold about the alleged Trump tapes in Calgary.
Where to watch This Hour Has 22 MinutesEpisode 6
Shaun Majumder talks with Environment Minister Catherine McKenna as the Canada C3 expedition culminates in Victoria. This week's episode also features a new Canadian game show: Is That Jagmeet Singh?
Where to watch This Hour Has 22 MinutesEpisode 7
On the November 14 episode of 22 Minutes, find your centre and namaste with the return of Angry Yoga. Then fly high with Mark Critch on his travels to southeast Asia with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Where to watch This Hour Has 22 MinutesEpisode 8
This episode of 22 Minutes features exclusive footage of Shoppers Drug Mart's Marijuana Manager job interviews. Has Canada pulled a "She's All That?” on the world stage? "Chrystia Freeland" (Susan Kent) shows 22 Minutes the proof that Canada’s Back.
Where to watch This Hour Has 22 MinutesEpisode 9
After a WestJet flight from Toronto to St. John's was delayed, an impromptu kitchen party broke out at Pearson International Airport. 22 Minutes has exclusive footage. Has power gone to the heads of Canadian senators? Mike Duffy (Mark Critch) discusses why the Senate needs to honour...itself.
Where to watch This Hour Has 22 MinutesEpisode 10
22 Minutes sees the return of Marg Delahunty, Warrior Princess (Mary Walsh)! This week's episode also features Melania Trump (Susan Kent) saving Christmas, and a look at the CRA's quest to find the richest neighbourhoods in Canada.
Where to watch This Hour Has 22 MinutesEpisode 11
In this one hour special 22 Minutes turns its satirical eye to how the world sees Canada, with some surprising answers. Heroes to some, villains to others, you won't ever look at Canada the same way again.
Where to watch This Hour Has 22 MinutesEpisode 12
22 Minutes celebrates the best from the first half of their 25th Season.
Where to watch This Hour Has 22 MinutesEpisode 13
22 Minutes features Canada's newest game show: the "Loblaws $25 Supermarket Sweep." Plus exclusive footage from one man's Tim Hortons boycott, and independent Senator "Lynn Beyak" (Cathy Jones) cuts loose to tell it like it is.
Where to watch This Hour Has 22 MinutesEpisode 14
On the January 23 episode of 22 Minutes, Hipster Chef is back with Canada’s hottest food trend: home-delivered meal kits. This week’s episode also features 22’s Trent McLellan in Corner Brook, N.L. for Hockey Day in Canada celebrations.
Where to watch This Hour Has 22 MinutesEpisode 15
An exclusive look at a Kathleen Wynne (Susan Kent) meet and greet; also a rapping wrap-up of the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement: You Down with TPP?
Where to watch This Hour Has 22 MinutesEpisode 16
Everyone loves a snow day, so why don’t we have an anthem to celebrate them? Introducing Canadians to an instant classic. Also features representatives from Canada’s three major political parties sitting down for a 22 Minutes Political Panel.
Where to watch This Hour Has 22 MinutesEpisode 17
The new episode of 22 Minutes celebrates the unsung heroes of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games and reflects on Trudeau’s trip to India, with exclusive footage from the auditions to be the next Blue Jays announcer.
Where to watch This Hour Has 22 MinutesEpisode 18
A town in Australia is claiming the mullet as their own invention, and this week's new episode features archival footage proving it's a proud part of Canada's "hair"-itage. Also on 22 this week, the return of the Quinlan Quints and Mrs. Enid reviews Black Panther.
Where to watch This Hour Has 22 MinutesEpisode 19
What does a phone call between Trudeau and Trump discussing NAFTA sound like? Also, the popular HQ trivia app gets a Canadian update, and pot impairment tests.
Where to watch This Hour Has 22 MinutesEpisode 20
Canadian provinces can't avoid carbon pricing plans while Catherine McKenna (Susan Kent), the Carbon Tax Enforcer is on the case. Also on this week’s new episode of 22 Minutes, becoming debt free by selling organs, and a new discount airline.
Where to watch This Hour Has 22 MinutesEpisode 21
Country superstar George Canyon guest-stars on this week’s 22 Minutes, reminding everyone that the truck don’t make the man. This week’s episode also looks inside the Conservatives one million dollar filibuster.
Where to watch This Hour Has 22 MinutesEpisode 22
The Barenaked Ladies performance with Steven Page at the Junos have Canadians hoping for a reunion, and the former bandmates stop by the 22 Minutes season finale to discuss.
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Cathy Jones
Gavin Crawford
Shaun Majumder
Geri Hall
Colin Mochrie
Mary Walsh
Rick Mercer
Mark Critch
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