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This Hour Has 22 Minutes
This Hour Has 22 Minutes (commonly shortened to 22 Minutes since 2009) 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 with a combination of 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
which ran for three seasons on The Comedy Network. In 2000 and 2001, he was also a cast member of the short-lived American sketch series "Hype". In 2003 he joined the cast of "This Hour Has 22 Minutes", filling in for Mary Walsh during her time away from the show. In 2004, Crawford was made a full-time cast member of "This Hour Has 22 Minutes".
Crawford hosted the 2008 Canadian Screenwriting Awards and the Canadian version of "How Do You Solve