About this season
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.
Episodes (12)
1. September 21, 2010
Aired 21 September 2010
Geri Hall gets up close and personal with "Talk Sex With Sue Johanson" about why baby boomers are having more sex. Mark Critch and Gavin Crawford go door-to-door conducting a Conservative Party version of the census.
2. September 28, 2010
Aired 28 September 2010
Mark Critch helps the Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, Danny Williams resolve his conflict with Quebec. Mrs. Enid (Cathy Jones) gets nasty about her fellow seniors.
3. October 5, 2010
Aired 5 October 2010
Geri Hall and NDP Leader, Jack Layton prepare John Baird's chocolate chip cookies and Stephen Harper's salsa, using a cookbook with Conservative Party recipes. Teen Correspondent, Mark Jackson (Gavin Crawford) speaks with David Suzuki about why the Conservative government doesn't think science is important.
4. October 12, 2010
Aired 12 October 2010
This week on 22 Minutes, Mark Critch is in Reykjavik, Iceland to celebrate John Lennon's 70th birthday with Yoko Ono. And Geri Hall consults with a higher power to see why the Leafs suck.
5. October 19, 2010
Aired 19 October 2010
Mark Critch speaks with Canada's leaders on the 22 Minutes Red Carpet at the National Press Gallery Dinner on Parliament Hill. And, Gordon Pinsent reads his favourite quotes from Justin Bieber's new memoirs.
6. October 26, 2010
Aired 26 October 2010
Mark Critch uses a translator to speak to Bloc Québécois Leader, Gilles Duceppe. Teen Correspondent, Mark Jackson (Gavin Crawford) tours the tar sands in a helicopter.
7. November 9, 2010
Aired 9 November 2010
Mark Critch competes with Justin Trudeau to grow a moustache for the 'Movember Fundraiser'. And 22 Minutes, Correspondent Mary Walsh ambushes Tea Party Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell at her polling station in Wilmington, Delaware.
8. November 16, 2010
Aired 16 November 2010
Correspendent Albert Howell reports from the red carpet at the 25th annual Gemini Awards. And Dog the Bounty Hunter (Mark Critch) and his wife Beth (Cathy Jones) talk about the Randy Quaid situation.
9. November 23, 2010
Aired 23 November 2010
10. November 30, 2010
Aired 30 November 2010
11. Episode 11
Aired 7 December 2010
12. Episode 12
Aired 14 December 2010