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Posted Monday 8/19/19 at 11:05AM EDT
John Oliver gets Wanda Sykes and Larry David for Last Week Tonight segment on bias in medicine
For the segment, Last Week Tonight created a "What's Larry's Problem?" website where patients can play clips of David demanding...
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Posted Monday 8/12/19 at 9:42AM EDT
John Oliver bakes a large marble cake to call out the Guinness World Records' connection with authoritarian governments
On Last Week Tonight, Oliver pointed out how “authoritarians love getting Guinness World Records” as they help earn publicity and...
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John Oliver gets emotional pleading for something to be done in wake of mass shootings
The Last Week Tonight host began Sunday's show with a cold open before his opening theme song that gave him...
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Why Netflix Doesn’t Have a ‘Talk Show Problem’
“Netflix Has a Talk Show Problem,” declared the headline over John Koblin’s New York Times piece last month.
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Posted Tuesday 7/02/19 at 1:41PM EDT
Amazon calls John Oliver's report on its warehouse conditions "insulting" to empoyees
Dave Clark, Amazon’s senior vice president of Worldwide Operations, tweeted that this week's Last Week Tonight segment accusing the company's...
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Posted Monday 6/24/19 at 10:13AM EDT
John Oliver rips HBO owner AT&T, again -- this time over its "absolutely terrible" wireless network
The Last Week Tonight host took a shot at his network's corporate parent during a segment on overcrowding on Mount...
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Posted Tuesday 6/18/19 at 1:56AM EDT
With John Oliver so dominant, should Emmys split variety talk show category into two?
Weekly "explainer" shows like Last Week Tonight, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee and Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj have a...
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Posted Monday 6/17/19 at 8:10AM EDT
In making the case for Trump's impeachment, John Oliver calls Jeopardy!'s James Holzhauer a "f*cking monster"
The Last Week Tonight ended his 20-minute segment on impeaching Trump with a "slam" of Jeopardy! champ Holzhauer.
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Posted Wednesday 6/12/19 at 10:02PM EDT
It's tough for women in late-night: Even Samantha Bee has more male than female writers
The Los Angeles Times' Meredith Blake, inspired by Mindy Kaling's new film Late Night, broke down the percentage of women...
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Posted Wednesday 6/05/19 at 1:27PM EDT
Jimmy Kimmel tries impersonating John Oliver in hopes of winning an Emmy
ABC and Jimmy Kimmel Live! hope to grab the attention of Emmy voters with a "For Your Accidental Consideration" Emmy...
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Posted Monday 5/20/19 at 9:08AM EDT
John Oliver recruits Glenn Close and Tracy Morgan for Last Week Tonight segment on death investigations
Oliver spent this week delving into America's botched autopsy system.
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Posted Wednesday 5/15/19 at 4:33AM EDT
John Oliver makes fun of Suits
“We talk about legislation about as much as we talked about Suits before we knew who Meghan Markle was,” Oliver...
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Posted Monday 5/06/19 at 3:49PM EDT
John Oliver says HBO "is so deeply f*cked" without Game of Thrones
“In two weeks time, this network is so deeply f*cked,” Oliver said in a Last Week Tonight segment on lethal...
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Posted Monday 4/15/19 at 1:07PM EDT
Michael Keaton makes another late-night cameo, joining Michael K. Williams and Bryan Cranston on Last Week Tonight
One night after Keaton played Julian Assange on SNL, he joined Williams, Cranston and Richard Kind in John Oliver's second...
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Posted Monday 4/08/19 at 8:43AM EDT
D'Arcy Carden helps John Oliver expose the mobile home industry
Watch The Good Place star in a spoof of a cheesy old mobile home industry marketing commercial for Last Week...