What the Last Week Tonight host has come to realize is that all the late-night shows, except Jimmy Fallon, are finished with their week by Thursday evening. "So anything from like 5 o’clock on a Thursday probably falls to us, unfortunately,” he says with a laugh. “We pick up the immensely depressing relay baton. By the time Seth Meyers is done taping, we’re like, ‘F*ck, now it’s us.’” (It should be noted that Saturday Night Live also covers the news on weekends, but it's only on 21 weeks a year to Last Week Tonight's 30 weeks. And unlike SNL, Last Week Tonight doesn't take summer off.) ALSO: Is John Oliver a journalist, despite his protests?
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