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Posted Saturday 3/23/19 at 2:41AM EDT
Explainer shows, explained: Shows like John Oliver's Last Week Tonight aim to go viral while teaching millennials about stuff
"The Explainer Show fulfills more or less the same purpose as a specialized news report or a PBS special, and...
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John Oliver: Jay Leno called Monica Lewinsky a "slut," yet he wants civility to return to late-night
In a Last Week Tonight segment on public shaming, Oliver said Leno "can go f*ck himself" over his recent comments...
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Posted Monday 3/11/19 at 10:04AM EDT
John Oliver rips HBO parent AT&T in Last Week Tonight rant on FCC and robocalls
Oliver said in his Last Week Tonight segment Sunday night on robocalls: "This is a real problem for consumers because...
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Posted Wednesday 3/06/19 at 4:40AM EST
Hollywood Medium's Tyler Henry welcomes John Oliver's criticism of TV psychics
The Last Week Tonight host referenced Henry in his segment last week on TV psychics, which described them as "unscrupulous...
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Posted Monday 2/25/19 at 8:35AM EST
John Oliver goes after reality TV mediums and daytime TV's promotion of psychics
The Last Week Tonight host devoted an entire segment to the insidiousness of psychics, particularly on daytime talk shows and...
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Posted Tuesday 2/19/19 at 5:56PM EST
Conservative vandals target a John Oliver Last Week Tonight billboard
Conservative guerrilla street artists the Faction -- the same group responsible for vandalizing Bill Maher's Real Time billboard last month...
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Posted Saturday 2/16/19 at 3:58AM EST
After five years, John Oliver's Last Week Tonight has eclipsed The Daily Show as chief comedy news influencer
Oliver's HBO show has influenced everything from Seth Meyers' Late Night "A Closer Look" segments to Hasan Minhaj's Patriot Act.
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Posted Tuesday 2/12/19 at 1:28PM EST
Stephen Colbert's audience booed John Oliver for saying President Trump could get re-elected
To say we’re halfway through his presidency is to ignore the concept of a second-term presidency,” Oliver said on Monday's...
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Posted Friday 2/08/19 at 1:05AM EST
John Oliver hates the hyperbolic headlines reacting every week to Last Week Tonight segments
“You can’t really help how (a Last Week Tonight segment is) repackaged after the fact, you kind of just have...
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Posted Friday 1/18/19 at 7:23AM EST
John Oliver's Marlon Bundo book sent to anti-LGBTQ school where Karen Pence teaches
It was revealed earlier this week that the second lady got a new job teaching art at a private Christian...
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Posted Wednesday 1/02/19 at 3:41PM EST
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight kicks off Season 6 on Feb. 17
Oliver's late-night HBO show has been on hiatus since completing Season 5 on Nov.
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Posted Monday 12/17/18 at 9:24PM EST
John Oliver takes a break from vacation for a special Last Week Tonight "Brexit Update - UK Edition," featuring Gilbert Gottfried
Watch Gottfried read obscure Brexit provisions and Bigfoot erotica.
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Posted Monday 11/05/18 at 7:37AM EST
John Oliver rips HBO's parent AT&T for supporting "white nationalist" Steve King
On Friday evening, AT&T's employee PAC publically announce it would no longer be making contributions with Iowa Rep.
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Posted Monday 10/29/18 at 12:43PM EDT
John Oliver goes after Fox News for pushing "false flag" theories over pipe bomb scare
“It has been a time for sober reflection—or, if you’re Fox News discussing those package bombs, a time for wild...
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Posted Monday 10/15/18 at 9:45AM EDT
John Oliver mocks the Instagram antics of TV news anchors David Muir, Chris Cuomo and Mika Brzezinski
The Last Week Tonight host went especially hard on Chris Cuomo, who constantly provides cringe-inducing behind-the-scenes video of him going...