<p>The final chaotic season of <i>Codco<\/i> had just wrapped when Mary Walsh sat down at a Toronto bistro with George Anthony, then creative head of CBC TV’s arts programming. She’d been thinking about a news-based comedy show–did he think that would fly? He did. That was the early ’90s. Twenty-five seasons later, hundreds of thousands of Canadians continue to tune in weekly to <i>This Hour Has 22 Minutes<\/i> for its unashamedly Canadian, biting satirical take on politics and power. <\/p>
\n<p><i>25 Years of 22 Minutes<\/i> takes readers backstage to hear first-hand accounts of the show’s key moments\u2014in the words of the writers, producers and cast members who were there. Readers will have a front-row seat to the birth of the show\u2014including a crisis that had producers scrambling in the very first episode\u2014and offer an insider’s take on the highs, the lows, and the daily grind behind the scenes at <i>22 Minutes<\/i>.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
<p>The final chaotic season of <i>Codco<\/i> had just wrapped when Mary Walsh sat down at a Toronto bistro with George Anthony, then creative head of CBC TV’s arts programming. She’d been thinking about a news-based comedy show–did he think that would fly? He did. That was the early ’90s. Twenty-five seasons later, hundreds of thousands of Canadians continue to tune in weekly to <i>This Hour Has 22 Minutes<\/i> for its unashamedly Canadian, biting satirical take on politics and power. <\/p>
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