Mary Walsh
Director
This Hour Has 22 Minutes (1993)
Season 4
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.
Released Oct. 11, 1993
Episode 23 min
2+
Genres: Comedy, News, Talk Show
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Network: CBC Television
S4E1 - Episode 64
Sept. 30, 1996, midnight
S4E2 - Episode 65
Segments include: - Princess Diana's video scandal - The new Liberal whip - Marg Delahunty talks with Donovan Bailey - Babe Bennett on sex changes - The Right Answer - Heritage Minute: The Sea-Doo - Streeter: Can a Bank Change? - To spank or not to spank? - The Campbell File - Dakey Dunn and Margaret Atwood
Oct. 14, 1996, midnight
S4E3 - Episode 66
Segments include: - Preston Manning's ""Fresh Start"" - The ""22 Minutes"" Curriculum Guide - Joe Crow on Brian Tobin - Pope John Paul II out of hospital - Marg Delahunty's Parliamentary Pajama Party - ""Overcurrents"" with Wendel Mesley - Streeter: Careers - Canada's first Hooters restaurant - ""Sex with Lou""
Oct. 21, 1996, midnight
S4E4 - Episode 67
Segments include: - Union shutdown of Toronto - Mad cow disease - Arctic parks - Rockin' at the Rodeo: Same-sex line dancing - Dakey Dunn on exercise - ""Marketplace A1C 2F2"" - Streeter: Empty Preston - Hackers enter the CIA website - Association of People Named Blaine
Oct. 28, 1996, midnight
S4E5 - Episode 68
Segments include: - Lucien Bouchard tries to revive Quebec's economy - J.B. Dickson on assignment in Washington D.C. - Mrs. Enid on dating - Scientists discover a new planet - Tony Costello and ""No You Can't!"" - Streeter: Democracy, American-Style - Mrs. Tomorrow - News for Dogs
Nov. 4, 1996, midnight
S4E6 - Episode 69
Segments include: - Preston Manning finds three replacement MPs - Ross Perot's post-election plans - Ozone hole sets record - The Multicorp investigation - Streeter: Impressions of Washington - ""22 Minutes in the Woods"" - ""Canada's Funniest Home Videos""
Nov. 11, 1996, midnight
S4E7 - Episode 70
Nov. 18, 1996, midnight
S4E8 - Episode 71
Nov. 25, 1996, midnight
S4E9 - Episode 72
Dec. 2, 1996, midnight
S4E10 - Episode 73
Dec. 9, 1996, midnight
S4E11 - Episode 74
Dec. 31, 1996, midnight
S4E12 - Episode 75
Jan. 20, 1997, midnight
S4E13 - Episode 76
Segments include: - Clinton's inauguration - Lloyd Axworthy goes to Cuba - Dakey Dunn on a nookie-free existance - Streeter: Canada's Manifest Destiny - Sexual harrassment in the workplace - Hockey Notebook - The Campbell File
Jan. 27, 1997, midnight
S4E14 - Episode 77
Segments include: - An apology to the banks - Marg Delahunty on hospitals - ""Money Matters!"" - Streeter: Teflon Jean - The Sphinxler Sisters - Adolescent Notes - ""Definitely Not the Women's Network"" - ""Birding""
Feb. 3, 1997, midnight
S4E15 - Episode 78
Feb. 10, 1997, midnight
S4E16 - Episode 79
Feb. 24, 1997, midnight
S4E17 - Episode 80
Segments include: - Eaton's files for bankruptcy protection - Quebec's trade dispute - The first man on the Pill - Babe Bennett - ""Man Talk"" - Election Watch '97 - Jerry Boyle
March 3, 1997, midnight
Network: CBC Television
Episode Runtime: 23 min.
Season Runtime: 880 min.
Released: Oct. 11, 1993
Last Air Date: Dec. 2, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: PG / 2+
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