This Hour Has 22 Minutes

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Now in its fourteenth season, This Hour Has 22 Minutes is one of Canada's most popular comedies. The show's combination of sketch comedy and news parody has earned it nineteen Gemini Awards (the Canadian equivalent of an Emmy), including five for Best Comedy Series.

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Now in its fourteenth season, This Hour Has 22 Minutes is one of Canada's most popular comedies. The show's combination of sketch comedy and news parody has earned it nineteen Gemini Awards (the Canadian equivalent of an Emmy), including five for Best Comedy Series.

22 minutes is a satirical news program akin to Jon Stewart's Daily Show. In the words of the show star Mark Critch: "It's kinda like the news, only drunk."

Popular segments include: Sports Beat with host Chip McAllister and his new Hindi co-host Raj Bhinder; Frontier in Science, which pokes fun at science and technology magazine programs; commercial parodies; crashing of major events; and the ever popular ambushing of politicians and other public figures.

The show's fourteenth season began on Tuesday October 3, 2006.

Broadcast History:
Season 1 -- Friday 8:30pm CBC
Season 2 -- Unknown CBC
Season 3-8 -- Monday 8:00pm CBC
Season 8 -- Thursday 8:00pm CBC (Eps 11 and 12 only)
Season 9 -- Friday 8:30pm CBC
Season 10 -- Tuesday 8:00pm CBC
Season 11-13 -- Friday 8:30pm CBC
Season 14-present -- Tuesday 8:30pm CBCless «

• Season 15 Posted

  I know there are no fans here of Canadian political satire, but I have now posted all the announced episodes for the 2007-2008 (Season 15) season. Let's talk about it here ... if anyone ever finds this place.

  I know there are no fans here of Canadian political satire, but I have now posted all the announced episodes for the 2007-2008 (Season 15) season. Let's talk about it here ... if anyone ever finds this place. less «

  Im2Crazy4U
  1 comments, last one Nov 12, 2007 + Add Comment

• You Vote for the Best of 2006

  For the February 20, 2007 episode, they will be showing the best clips from the past two seasons, as voted by the viewers. Go to the 22 Minutes website to pick your favourites. Note: I also posted this as a news item.

  For the February 20, 2007 episode, they will be showing the best clips from the past two seasons, as voted by the viewers. Go to the 22 Minutes website to pick your favourites. Note: I also posted this as a news item.less «

  Im2Crazy4U
  1 comments, last one Jan 31, 2007 + Add Comment

• Favourite Comedian On 22

   i didn't like rick mercer when he was on there ,but i like him now, i like shawn on 22.

   i didn't like rick mercer when he was on there ,but i like him now, i like shawn on 22.less «

  neon2farmer Last online Nov 19, 2007
  3 comments, last one Dec 2, 2006 + Add Comment

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  2.5 Terrible

  Going Downhill Fast. hide « show »

  This show used to be very funny with some great sketches and great talent on it, it was one of the few Canadian comedy TV series on CBC that as a Canadian you could actually be proud of-- or at least not angry that they were wasting your tax dollars on it. But the last two or three seasons this show has just been garbage. They have really bad new people on it who just aren't funny and none of the sketches or jokes or characters are funny any more either. The show must just be stale but it has been on for so many years I guess that is no surprise. It used to be better than Air Farce but now it is just like Air Farce with tired gags and over acting. Stick a fork in this show cuz it's done.

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  cynthiabel Added Mar 18, 2009 All my reviews
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  2 Terrible

  Used to be Funny. hide « show »

  "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" used to be a very funny show. Like another CBC program that is a very similar sketch comedy show about Canadian politics ("Royal Canadian Air Farce") it has probably just been on too long. Both shows are well over ten years old and they have obviously gotten very stale. I don't think the show got really bad after Rick Mercer left, it has only gotten really bad in the last two or three seasons. "The Rick Mercer Report" is also not very funny (I think Rick Mercer has just lost it) with nothing really happening in it. This season is the worst I can remember and I just won't watch "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" any more. They are finally getting rid of "Royal Canadian Air Farce" and I think this show won't be far behind. It is sad because it used to be very good.

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  lare84 Added Nov 30, 2008 All my reviews
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  1 Abysmal

  Used to be funny. hide « show »

  This Hour Has 22 Minutes used to be funny but for the last two or three years it has just sucked it used to be great and Royal Canadian Air Farce sucked but now they both suck.
  Royal Canadian Air Farce still sucks tons more than This Hour Has 22 Minutes but they both just have bad jokes about news headlines and the segments and sketches are all just terrible.
  The acting on This Hour Has 22 Minutes is tons better than on RCAF but the jokes are just so bad it is sad to see that the show has fallen this far from where it used to be.
  The cast is fine but they need to change the show tons to make it funny again or else just cancel it like they finally canceled RCAF maybe some shows just shouldn't stick on TV forever or they get stale like this.

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  runnynoz Added Oct 19, 2008 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  I wrote about the wrong show before, I meant the hour was bad this show is alright. hide « show »

  again ignore this review it was meant for the show the hour, I put it in the wrong spot. This show is decent and funny were the other show is just some guy who doesn't know anything spouting his mouth off. Sorry for the confusion. I do like this skits on this show, they are pretty good and the new segments, so this show is definitely a good show to watch, even though I can't think of anything else to say about it, I still have 13 words left now I have 7. I reccomend watching this show to check it out.

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  kevinb4444 Added Aug 28, 2007 All my reviews
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  9 Superb

  Some viewers mat not share this..sense of humour..... hide « show »

  This hour has 22 minutes is a satirical examination of dayily events some viewers may not share this..sense of humour. thi is what always used to preceed 22. i like it better now that Mary Walsh is gone she made people not like it because she made it stupid. i like the cast that's on ther now they do a fine job of acting.i like how they put what a polotician said and put it with a different story, it really makes it funny. i don't usually like the skits all that much but some are good. i think 22 is better than Royal Canadian Air Farce. later.

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  neon2farmer Added Nov 8, 2006 All my reviews