--- title: "Mark Critch mocks Matt Walsh on This Hour Has 22 Minutes over Netflix hit Below" description: "A Newfoundlander on a Canadian satire show answered two U.S. podcasters who disliked the Newfoundland-set thriller Below, which is now Netflix's…" url: https://tv-movies.skoop.news/mark-critch-mocks-u-s-podcasters-over-their-gripes-about-new--11-02/ published: 2026-11-02T08:17:19.099720-05:00 modified: 2026-11-02T08:17:19.099744-05:00 section: "TV & Movies" publisher: "skoop.news" language: en keywords: ["this hour has 22 minutes", "Hour Has", "As of Oct", "Tucker Carlson Show", "Ben Shapiro", "Donald Trump", "Josh Hartnett", "Below", "Newfoundland", "Minutes"] hashtags: ["#HourHas", "#AsOfOct", "#TuckerCarlsonShow", "#Episode", "#movieclips"] image: https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Tengis_Movie_Theater_-_Screen.jpg/1280px-Tengis_Movie_Theater_-_Screen.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail --- # Mark Critch mocks Matt Walsh on This Hour Has 22 Minutes over Netflix hit Below > A Newfoundlander on a Canadian satire show answered two U.S. podcasters who disliked the Newfoundland-set thriller Below, which is now Netflix's most-watched English title. Published 2026-11-02 · Updated 2026-11-02 · TV & Movies, [skoop.news](https://skoop.news/) ## In brief - Mark Critch mocked two right-wing U.S. podcasters who had gripes about the Newfoundland-set Netflix thriller Below. [[1]](https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-critch-mocks-u-podcasters-183133653.html) - Walsh said the show's Newfoundland accents are the ugliest of all time. [[1]](https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-critch-mocks-u-podcasters-183133653.html) - Critch said Walsh does not hate Newfoundlanders but hates women. [[1]](https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-critch-mocks-u-podcasters-183133653.html) ## The Tuesday takedown Mark Critch mocked two right-wing U.S. podcasters who had gripes about the Newfoundland-set Netflix thriller Below. [[1]](https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-critch-mocks-u-podcasters-183133653.html) If you watch Canadian satire, the target of Tuesday's segment will matter to you. [[1]](https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-critch-mocks-u-podcasters-183133653.html) Critch went after Matt Walsh on Tuesday's episode of This Hour Has 22 Minutes. [[1]](https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-critch-mocks-u-podcasters-183133653.html) Critch is a Newfoundlander, and he answered in an accent, joked that he should quit his job and called Walsh an arsehole. [[1]](https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-critch-mocks-u-podcasters-183133653.html) [[2]](https://medicinehatnews.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2026/10/30/mark-critch-mocks-u-s-podcasters-over-their-gripes-about-newfoundland-set-below/) ## What Walsh said about Newfoundland Walsh said the show's Newfoundland accents are the ugliest of all time. [[1]](https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-critch-mocks-u-podcasters-183133653.html) In a recent YouTube video, he mispronounced the name Newfoundland and said anyone with the accent should not speak on camera. [[1]](https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-critch-mocks-u-podcasters-183133653.html) The week before, Walsh posted a 32-minute video that walked through the entire plot of Below. [[1]](https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-critch-mocks-u-podcasters-183133653.html) He offered it as an example of woke slop. [[1]](https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-critch-mocks-u-podcasters-183133653.html) He also quipped that the show's menacing sea monster was simply a misunderstood single mom and a feminist icon. [[1]](https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-critch-mocks-u-podcasters-183133653.html) ## Critch's reply on gender Critch said Walsh does not hate Newfoundlanders but hates women. [[1]](https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-critch-mocks-u-podcasters-183133653.html) Last year, Walsh appeared in a Tucker Carlson Show video arguing that feminism is the most destructive ideology in human history. [[1]](https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-critch-mocks-u-podcasters-183133653.html) ## Ben Shapiro gets roasted too Critch also roasted U.S. commentator Ben Shapiro. [[1]](https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-critch-mocks-u-podcasters-183133653.html) Shapiro recently said in a video that Below is go-woke slop, partly because of its messaging on climate change. [[1]](https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-critch-mocks-u-podcasters-183133653.html) ## Who is Critch, and what is Below? Critch has been on the satire news show This Hour Has 22 Minutes since 2003. [[1]](https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-critch-mocks-u-podcasters-183133653.html) He is much-loved there for his pouty-lipped impersonation of U.S. President Donald Trump. [[1]](https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-critch-mocks-u-podcasters-183133653.html) He also co-created and stars in the award-winning comedy Son of a Critch, which is about his childhood in St. John's. [[1]](https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-critch-mocks-u-podcasters-183133653.html) Below stars Josh Hartnett as a fisherman whose Newfoundland town is attacked by a gnarly sea creature. [[1]](https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-critch-mocks-u-podcasters-183133653.html) It was shot in eastern Newfoundland. [[1]](https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-critch-mocks-u-podcasters-183133653.html) ## The numbers behind the fuss Netflix says Below drew 17 million views in its first week, which makes it the streaming platform's most-viewed Canadian debut. [[2]](https://medicinehatnews.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2026/10/30/mark-critch-mocks-u-s-podcasters-over-their-gripes-about-newfoundland-set-below/) As of the week before the article, Below was Netflix's most-watched English title. [[1]](https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-critch-mocks-u-podcasters-183133653.html) As of Oct. 25, it held that spot across the globe. [[2]](https://medicinehatnews.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2026/10/30/mark-critch-mocks-u-s-podcasters-over-their-gripes-about-newfoundland-set-below/) ## What this means for you If you watch This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Tuesday's episode is where Critch mocked Walsh. [[1]](https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-critch-mocks-u-podcasters-183133653.html) If you want to judge the accents Walsh disliked, Below is on Netflix, where it was the most-watched English title as of Oct. 25. [[1]](https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-critch-mocks-u-podcasters-183133653.html) [[2]](https://medicinehatnews.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2026/10/30/mark-critch-mocks-u-s-podcasters-over-their-gripes-about-newfoundland-set-below/) If you want to see the plot Walsh criticized, his 32-minute video from the week before walks through all of it. [[1]](https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-critch-mocks-u-podcasters-183133653.html) Shapiro's video, which called Below go-woke slop partly over climate change messaging, is the other complaint Critch roasted. [[1]](https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-critch-mocks-u-podcasters-183133653.html) ## Sources 1. [Mark Critch mocks U.S. podcasters over their gripes about Newfoundland-set 'Below'](https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-critch-mocks-u-podcasters-183133653.html) — ca.finance.yahoo.com 2. 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