βThis Hour Has 22 Minutes,β a Canadian Sketch Show, Beats American Late Night to the Punchline NYT - World By: Shawna Richer 2 November 2026 at 05:01 The long-running comedy show βThis Hour Has 22 Minutesβ is having a heyday playing with the fraught relationship between President Trump and Canada. Β© Carolina Andrade for The New York TimesMark Critch, a veteran cast member of βThis Hour Has 22 Minutes,β plays President Trump on the show.