Basic Info

First Air: October 11, 1993

Rating: ⭐ 6.6/10 (51 votes)

Status: Returning Series

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 33

Episodes: 494

Last Episode

Name: Golden Bachelor Canada

Season: 33, Episode: 7

Air Date: 2025-11-11

Runtime: 22 min

Tonight, on an all-new episode, the Prime Minister is looking for love.

Videos

This Hour Has 22 Minutes Season 15 (YouTube)

This Hour Has 22 Minutes

1993 33 seasons 494 episodes ⭐ 6.6/10 51 votes

Overview

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.