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Rick Mercer Report | |
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Also known as | Rick Mercer's Monday Report (2004–2006) |
Created by | Rick Mercer Gerald Lunz |
Presented by | Rick Mercer |
Country of origin | Canada |
No. of seasons | 15 |
No. of episodes | 255 |
Production | |
Production locations | Canadian Broadcasting Centre Toronto, Ontario |
Running time | 22–23 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | CBC Television |
Release | January 12, 2004 April 10, 2018 | –
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Rick Mercer Report (also called the Mercer Report or RMR) is a Canadian television comedy series which aired on CBC Television from 2004 to 2018. Launched as Rick Mercer's Monday Report, or simply Monday Report, by comedian Rick Mercer, the weekly half-hour show combined news parody, sketch comedy, visits to interesting places across Canada, and satirical editorials, often involving Canadian politics. The show's format was similar in some respects to satirical news shows like Mercer's prior series, This Hour Has 22 Minutes.
The first two seasons aired on Monday nights, and aired its remaining seasons Tuesday nights at 8:00 p.m. on CBC. The program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto, Ontario, except for the on-location and rant segments. These segments were shown to the studio audience during taping, with their reactions recorded for broadcast.
In September 2017, Mercer announced that the show would conclude on April 10, 2018, after a total of 15 seasons.[1]