This Hour Has 22 Minutes: Season 16
Season 16 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of This Hour Has 22 Minutes Season 15.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 16 Progress Shield
September 30, 2008
Sep 30, 2008
Election fever is running high! Geri Hall ends up in handcuffs compliments of the Harper government and then chats with Stéphane Dion. Finally the real Elizabeth May demands to be
October 7, 2008
Oct 7, 2008
The election coverage continues. Geri Hall spends time with Gilles Duceppe and Jack Layton. Also, 'The Hour' with George Stroumboulopoulis and guest Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmad
October 14, 2008
Oct 14, 2008
This was an Election Special featuring Rex Murphy and Ian Hanomansing. Also Geri Hall catches up with the Leader of the Green Party of Canada Elizabeth May.
October 21, 2008
Oct 21, 2008
The Premier Danny Williams visits China. Teen Correspondent, Mark Jackson brings a report from the opening night of The Sound of Music in Toronto.
October 28, 2008
Oct 28, 2008
First up is the Canada in the Morning Halloween Special. Followed by a TMZed feature of the real live Jian Ghomeshi, Host of CBC Radio Show Q. Plus, Mark visits Alaska to learn mor
November 4, 2008
Nov 4, 2008
Mark Critch reports from Florida on the upcoming American election and Babe Bennett returns after a two year absence.
November 18, 2008
Nov 18, 2008
Mark Critch speaks with Premier Danny Williams, Premier Rodney MacDonald, Premier Gordon Campbell and Premier Dalton McGuinty at the First Minister's Conference. The 'French 22 Min
November 25, 2008
Nov 25, 2008
Geri Hall brings a report from the Grey Cup, and Raj Binder is at the 2008 BC Poker Championship in Vancouver.
December 2, 2008
Dec 2, 2008
Galen Westin's Memories of Christmas Special featuring Leslie Feist, David Suzuki and Anne Murray. Also, Gordon Ramsay's Christmas.
January 13, 2009
Jan 13, 2009
Geri Hall spends time with 'man of the hour' Michael Ignatieff, and another monologue from Rex Murphy.
January 20, 2009
Jan 20, 2009
Geri Hall is the only woman in The Week the Woman Went town of Tatamagouche. Air Canada - The Board Game.
January 27, 2009
Jan 27, 2009
Parliament returns on Monday, and Geri Hall attends the NHL All Star Game in Montreal.
February 3, 2009
Feb 3, 2009
Mark Critch reports from Crashed Ice in Quebec City, and Amazing Discoveries unearths the 2009 Federal Budget.
February 24, 2009
Feb 24, 2009
The Single Female Voter chats with Peter Mansbridge about his chat with US President Barack Obama, and Michael Ignatieff woos the West.
March 3, 2009
Mar 3, 2009
Gavin Crawford speaks with Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff to get tips on Gavin's impression of Ignatieff. Nathan Fielder pitches a new version of the Canadian National anthem.
March 10, 2009
Mar 10, 2009
22 Minutes asks, "Should curling be shown in HD?" Plus, the return of Shaun Majumder.
March 17, 2009
Mar 17, 2009
Computer Corner with Gunther Wilson discusses GeoFencing and introduces is younger brother, Aalto. Geri Hall brings a report from the Brier.
March 24, 2009
Mar 24, 2009
22 Minutes welcomes Ian Hanomansing. Meanwhile, Rex Murphy talks Evolution.