From tonight’s This Hour Has 22 Minutes – “Status: Doing a Sketch about Facebook”:
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This Week on 22 Minutes …
This week on 22 Minutes Gavin Crawford speaks with Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff to get tips about his ‘impression’ of Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff. (photo attached, credit Mark Mullane)
And Nathan Fielder pitches a new version of the Canadian National Anthem.
This Hour Has 22 Minutes featuring audience favorites Cathy Jones, Mark Critch, Gavin Crawford and Geri Hall airs on Tuesday, March 03, 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.
WGC Screenwriting Award nominations announced
From a media release:
Outstanding list of finalists announced for the 2009 WGC Screenwriting Awards
The Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) will celebrate the winning words of 2008 on April 20 at the 13th Annual WGC Screenwriting Awards, honouring excellence in screenwriting. More than 150 scripts vied for the judges’ attentions this year. The entries have been narrowed to 37 finalist scripts across 11 categories, including screenwriting for feature film, episodic half-hours and one-hours, documentary film and more. In all, 51 screenwriters are up for awards. Several special awards, including the WGC Showrunner Award, will also be handed out at the event. Click here for a full list of nominees.
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Ratings so far this week
From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:
- Ratings: Rick Mercer Gets High With Hazel
“Hurricane Hazel McCallion helped storm the Rick Mercer Report to a seasonal high, scoring 1,289,000 viewers last night.” Read more. - House keeps Global Alive on Monday
“CBC’s Little Mosque on the Prairie (560,000) and especially Sophie (205,000, with just 93,000 25-54-year-old viewers according to BBM NMR overnight estimates) are down week to week. Just For Laughs (315,000) is pulling half what Being Erica was averaging on Monday night before it was moved–unsuccessfully, so far–to Wednesdays.” Read more.
Geri Hall loses it on This Hour Has 22 Minutes
From the Feb. 24 episode: