''Because News'' is a Canadian radio and television program, which airs weekly on

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."CBC Radio One Unveils Fall Lineup"
. ''Broadcaster'', September 3, 2015. Hosted by comedian

Gavin Crawford Gavin Crawford (born 2 April 1971) is a Canadian comedian and actor, best known for ''The Gavin Crawford Show'' and ''This Hour Has 22 Minutes''. He currently hosts the panel show, '' Because News'', on CBC Radio One. Early life Crawford was b ...

, the program is a

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, on which three celebrity panelists, often but not always

stand-up comedian Stand-up comedy is a comedy, comedic performance to a live audience in which the performer addresses the audience directly from the stage. The performer is known as a comedian, a comic or a stand-up. Stand-up comedy consists of One-line joke ...

s, compete to answer questions about current news stories. The program also features brief comedy interludes focused on Crawford's voice impersonations of personalities in the news."CBC's Because News to tape episode in London"
''

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'', January 4, 2017. The program debuted in September 2015. Episodes are usually taped at the

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, although selected episodes have been recorded in other cities. A television version of the program premiered on

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in October 2020."Because News, Canada's funniest news quiz show hits TV screens this fall"

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, September 10, 2020.

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