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''This Hour Has 22 Minutes'' (almost always referred since fall 2009 as simply ''22 Minutes''; the full title is still seen briefly in the show's current introduction) 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. Its full name is a parody of ''This Hour Has Seven Days'', a CBC newsmagazine from the 1960s; the "22 Minutes" refers to the fact that a half-hour television program in Canada and the U.S. is typically 22 minutes long with eight minutes of commercials. Jones and Walsh had previously worked together on the sketch comedy series ''CODCO'', on which Thomey sometimes appeared as a guest. Mercer had been a notable young writer and performer on his own, touring several successful one-man shows of comedic political commentary. Salter Street Films produced the series until the 2003–2004 season. Salter Street was acquired in 2001 by Alliance Atlantis, and production of the series was transferred directly to Alliance Atlantis in the twelfth season. Since 2005, Halifax Film, a new company formed by Salter co-founder Michael Donovan, has produced the show. Recognized with 24 Gemini Awards and 11 Canadian Comedy Awards, ''22 Minutes'' is broadcast on the CBC Television network. It is taped before a live audience in Studio 1 at CBHT in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The series, which originally aired on Mondays for several seasons and later on Fridays, currently airs Tuesdays at 8:30pm on CBC, after the ''Rick Mercer Report''. ==Cast== Although each cast member's real name was always shown at the beginning of each episode, at the end of most episodes prior to 2006, one cast member would sign off using their anchor character's name, which is noted below where known. This has now been discontinued, and anchors now regularly address each other by their real names. * Cathy Jones (1993– ) as anchor (formerly ''Sydney Dubizzenchyk'', a reference to former CBC anchor Tina Srebotnjak, who had become the host of ''Midday'' in 1992) and various correspondents and sketch characters. Jones is the only member from the original cast for the entire series thus far. * Mark Critch (2003– ), as anchor (formerly ''Bas MacLaren'', apparently in homage to two well-known Newfoundland radio announcers, Bas Jamieson and George MacLaren) and various correspondents and sketch characters. * Shaun Majumder (2003–2010, 2011– ) as anchor (formerly ''Tucker T. Bartlett'') and various correspondents and sketch characters. He appeared less often in his last couple of years with the show, and eventually left the series to star on ''Detroit 1-8-7'', but returned to the show starting in the 19th season. * Susan Kent (2012–) as anchor and various correspondents and sketch characters. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「This Hour Has 22 Minutes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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