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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...
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WWE responds to Last Week Tonight takedown: "John Oliver simply ignored the facts"
Oliver devoted his main segment last night to slamming the WWE, one week before WrestleMania, arguing that Vince McMahon has...
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Posted Monday 4/01/19 at 9:12AM EDT
John Oliver takes on WWE and Vince McMahon a week before WrestleMania
The Last Week Tonight host devoted a segment to calling out the WWE, alleging that McMahon has a lack of...
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Posted Saturday 3/23/19 at 2:41AM EDT
John Oliver relies on his "Go f*ck yourself" formula: Why his attack on Jay Leno was flawed
"One could argue that Oliver was holding Leno 'accountable' for jokes he told in the 1990s that now seem cruel...