This Week on 22 Minutes …

This week on 22 Minutes the Gang asks the question “Should Curling be shown in HD?” and Shaun Majumder returns!

This Hour Has 22 Minutes featuring audience favorites Cathy Jones, Mark Critch, Gavin Crawford, Geri Hall and Shaun Majumder airs on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 8:30 pm on CBC Television.

This Hour Has 22 Minutes is produced by Halifax Film, a DHX Media company in association with CBC Television.

www.cbc.ca/22minutes

From Bill Brioux at the Canadian Press:

• ’22 Minutes’ boss defends ambush
  “Executive producer Mark Farrell says political ambushes will always be a part of This Hour Has 22 Minutes. ‘I don’t think we’ll stop doing ambushes because there’s bad news,’ says Farrell. ‘There’s plenty of bad news ahead.'” Read more.

From David Akin of the National Post:

• This Hour Has 22 Minutes … and some extremely poor judgment
  “Every comic knows that timing is everything. And usually, the timing of the comedians on the CBC hit This Hour Has 22 Minutes is pretty good. But this morning, 22 Minutes performer Geri Hall misjudged things badly.” Read more.
• Comedian crashes McGuinty scrum
  “Single Girl struck out Wednesday because of bad timing. Television comedian Geri Hall’s attempt to mock Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty at the provincial legislature fell flat when she interrupted him fielding reporters’ questions about job layoffs.” Read more.