NYT reports 'This Hour Has 22 Minutes' outpacing U.S. late night on Trump-Canada tensions
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The New York Times reported that the long-running Canadian sketch comedy show is having success with material based on the fraught relationship between President Trump and Canada, notably beating American late-night shows to the jokes.
“The long-running comedy show "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" is having a heyday playing with the fraught relationship between President Trump and Canada.”
New York Times · rss ↗This Hour Has 22 Minutes Canadian sketch comedy show
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2 outlets ‘This Hour Has 22 Minutes,’ a Canadian Sketch Show, Beats American Late Night to the Punchline
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Even the @nytimes.com is now effectively acknowledging that the world needs more 🇨🇦Canada. 😉
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# SaturdayNightLive in the United States has great political humor, often pointing out the ridiculousness of Donald Trump and the fools in his Cabinet. Today I learned that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has political satire ("This Hour Has 22 Minutes") that is at least as good as what # SNL offers: https://www…
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It's never explicitly mentioned to be in Canada. Not a single Canadian flag, and never explained how a formerly wealthy American family can just show up and live and work in Canada because they... Own the town? That's not how visas or residency work. Their goals are always to be back in New York or LA, the Roses have old fuddy-duddy New York…
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A Canadian Sketch Show Beats American Late Night to the Punchline https://www. nytimes.com/2026/11/02/world/c anada/this-hour-has-22-minutes-trump-carney.html?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-ca Archive link: https:// archive.is/20261102052539/http…
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I mean it it is made for Canadians so they lean into Canadian politics and culture super hard, unfortunately those references and humor do not translate as well outside of Canada.
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Growing up in Michigan, I used to watch This Hour Has 22 Minutes. I'm glad to see it's getting more attention in the US! https://www. nytimes.com/2026/11/02/world/c anada/this-hour-has-22-minutes-trump-carney.html
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all politicians if they are smart, go on 22 Minutes. The only one who was ambushed in a sketch called "Marge Princess Warrior" and didn't play along was Rob Ford.
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Mark Critch’s Trump impersonation is easily the best out of all the comedy shows and late night hosts. It’s fucking uncanny, bud
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Mark McKinney's Mark Carney is pretty good too, totally lives up to the character
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