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Posted Friday 4/24/20 at 5:28PM EDT
Will President Trump's disinfectant coronavirus controversy lead cable networks to stop carrying his briefings live?
The president's suggestion on Thursday that ordinary household disinfectants will kill the virus proved to be so controversial that he...
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John Oliver pays "tribute" to Wendy Williams' "no f*cks given" quarantine shows
Oliver devoted the end of Sunday's Last Week Tonight to lovingly mocking the "spectacular content" of The Wendy Williams Show...
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Posted Monday 4/20/20 at 11:04AM EDT
John Oliver exposes the dangers of the Fox News-Trump coronavirus misinformation news cycle
The Last Week Tonight host tackled how conservative media, particularly Fox News, have formed a feedback loop when it comes...
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Posted Wednesday 4/15/20 at 2:56AM EDT
John Oliver recalls showing Tiger King's Joe Exotic in 2016
On the October 16, 2016 episode of Last Week Tonight, Oliver said Joe Exotic might be "the perfect candidate" for...
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Posted Monday 4/06/20 at 12:45PM EDT
John Oliver exposes One America News, President Trump's new favorite news network
The Last Week Tonight host said conservative outlet OAN's “almost Anchorman-like parody of right-wing news” is “incredibly dangerous at a...
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Posted Tuesday 3/31/20 at 12:53PM EDT
John Oliver tells Stephen Colbert of the challenge of learning Zoom to work from home
"Yesterday they were talking me through filming through the chat on Zoom, literally like they were talking to a civilian...
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Andy Cohen is bringing back Watch What Happens Live tonight, 10 days after coronavirus diagnosis
Cohen is joining a number of late-night hosts returning to TV tonight, including Stephen Colbert, Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy...
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HBO bringing back John Oliver's Last Week Tonight and Bill Maher's Real Time next week
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver will air a new episode on Sunday taped from Oliver's home, where he's under...
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Posted Sunday 3/22/20 at 11:41PM EDT
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver tweets: "Will we be back next week? We hope so!"
"There’s no new show tonight, so we’re repeating last week’s episode, which is still.
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Posted Tuesday 3/17/20 at 9:52PM EDT
John Oliver's final Last Week Tonight before coronavirus hiatus evoked David Letterman's 9/11 moment
"Sunday’s show felt like Oliver sending out one last emergency broadcast to whoever could hear it," says Tim Grierson of...
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Posted Monday 3/16/20 at 7:31AM EDT
John Oliver taped a stripped-down Last Week Tonight "somewhere else" after coronavirus struck his office building and studio
“Both the place where we normally tape on Sunday (the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City) and our office...
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Posted Friday 3/13/20 at 4:00PM EDT
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver will go on hiatus after a "shortened" show on Sunday
John Oliver will host an abbreviated episode starting at 11:22 p.
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All New York late-night shows will tape without live audiences due to coronavirus concerns
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers, The Daily Show...
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Posted Monday 3/09/20 at 9:39AM EDT
John Oliver slams Disney-owned streaming service in India for pulling his episode taking on India's prime minister
The Last Week Tonight host said his recent criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that was yanked from Disney-owned Hotstar...
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Posted Tuesday 2/25/20 at 3:48PM EST
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight episode on India Prime Minister Narendra Modi blocked on Disney-owned Indian streaming service
Disney-owned Indian streaming service Hotstar, India’s largest on-demand video streaming service with more than 300 million subscribers, has blocked this...