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John Oliver on student loans: ‘It’s hard to feel like this system isn’t rigged’: Last Week Tonight host digs into ballooning costs of higher education and ...
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John Oliver Rags On Kate Middleton's PhotoShop Abilities On 'Last Week Tonight': "A Certain Someone's Adobe Free Trial Expired In A Pretty Public Manner"
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John Oliver Rags On Kate Middleton's PhotoShop Abilities On 'Last Week ...
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HBO makes it harder to watch John Oliver for free — part of a strategy: John Oliver's "Last Week Tonight" won't appear on YouTube until days after it's aired on ...
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HBO makes it harder to watch John Oliver for free — part of a strategy
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HBO Is Using John Oliver's 'Last Week Tonight' to Force Fans to Sign Up for Max. It's Just Making Everyone Mad
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How HBO’s ‘The Regime’ creates comedy from an authoritarian regime: A veteran of 'Succession' and 'Last Week Tonight With John Oliver ...
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How HBO’s ‘The Regime’ creates comedy from an authoritarian regime
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Why 'Last Week Tonight with John Oliver' Is Delayed on YouTube: HBO is delaying its "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" clips on YouTube until ...
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Why 'Last Week Tonight with John Oliver' Is Delayed on YouTube
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Jon Stewart says his Apple TV+ show was canceled so he didn't 'say things that might get me in trouble'
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Jon Stewart says his Apple TV+ show was canceled so he didn't 'say ...
Quick Glance: Jon Stewart: A New Chapter?
  • Jon Stewart outgrows The Daily Show.

  • The search for a new host begins.

  • An unexpected twist: No new host for The Daily Show.

  • Stewart attempts his own version with an Apple TV series named 'The Problem With Jon Stewart'.
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How HBO’s ‘The Regime’ creates comedy from an authoritarian regime: A veteran of 'Succession' and 'Last Week Tonight With John Oliver ...
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How HBO’s ‘The Regime’ creates comedy from an authoritarian regime
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‘Last Week Tonight’ Switches Categories, Still Wins Emmy: Your 2023 Emmy winner for scripted variety series is 'Last Week Tonight With John Oliver.'
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‘Last Week Tonight’ Switches Categories, Still Wins Emmy
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'Cheers' and 'Ally McBeal' casts reunite at the otherwise predictable Emmy Awards
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'Cheers' and 'Ally McBeal' casts reunite at the otherwise predictable Emmy ...
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'Last Week Tonight with John Oliver' Sets February Return Date on HBO: HBO announced today that satire news show Last Week Tonihght with John Oliver ...
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'Last Week Tonight with John Oliver' Sets February Return Date ...
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John Oliver Says This Issue Causes Him 'Tension' With HBO's Lawyers: After winning an Emmy, the "Last Week Tonight" host had thanked "our lawyers ...
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John Oliver Says This Issue Causes Him 'Tension' With HBO's Lawyers
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John Oliver's Trump Update At Emmys Leads To Literal Mic-Drop Moment: The host of "Last Week Tonight" didn't get to savor his Emmy win for very long.
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John Oliver's Trump Update At Emmys Leads To Literal Mic-Drop Moment
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John Oliver Says Elon Musk's Criticisms Of His Comedy "Mean Nothing" But Notes The X Owner "Seems Wounded" And "Sensitive"
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John Oliver Says Elon Musk's Criticisms Of His Comedy
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Succession, Beef and The Bear win big at delayed 2023 Emmy awards: The TV ceremony, pushed back as a result of the strikes, also saw major and historic wins for ...
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Succession, Beef and The Bear win big at delayed 2023 Emmy awards
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Where to watch all the big Emmy-winning shows in New Zealand: Time to catch up on all those great shows you’ve been putting off.
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Where to watch all the big Emmy-winning shows in New Zealand
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John Oliver Nails the Fatal Flaw in Alabama’s IVF Ban: John Oliver called out Republicans for wanting to take away women’s reproductive rights without losing ...
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John Oliver Nails the Fatal Flaw in Alabama’s IVF Ban
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John Oliver's 'Hot Ones' episode reduces him to a pool of tears and regret: "I'll be honest, that was hotter than I wanted the first one to be."
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John Oliver's 'Hot Ones' episode reduces him to a pool of tears and regret
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Doctor Who Set Photos Reveal a New Setting, Next Companion: A new setting has been revealed for an upcoming episode of Doctor Who featuring Ncuti Gatwa and his ...
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Doctor Who Set Photos Reveal a New Setting, Next Companion
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John Oliver claps back at Elon Musk: "He's definitely sensitive, that is a biological fact," Oliver said of Musk in an interview with TMZ.
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John Oliver claps back at Elon Musk
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Elon Musk jabs back at John Oliver for 'Last Week Tonight' story: Oliver's video already has nearly four million views on YouTube.
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Elon Musk jabs back at John Oliver for 'Last Week Tonight' story
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Roy Wood Jr. Quietly Shades ‘The Daily Show’ at the Emmys: Did you catch what the onetime correspondent said as the show took home Best Variety Talk Series on ...
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Roy Wood Jr. Quietly Shades ‘The Daily Show’ at the Emmys
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'Last Week Tonight With John Oliver' Renewed for Three Seasons at HBO: "Last Week Tonight With John Oliver" has been renewed for three more seasons at ...
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'Last Week Tonight With John Oliver' Renewed for Three Seasons at HBO
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John Oliver Unloads on GOP’s Porn-Obsessed ‘Bigot’ Leader Mike Johnson: The “Last Week Tonight” host sent a warning to viewers, reminding them just how close ...
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John Oliver Unloads on GOP’s Porn-Obsessed ‘Bigot’ Leader Mike Johnson
Quick Glance: Controversy Surrounding GOP Leader Mike Johnson
  • Johnson shares online porn account with teenage son

  • Criticism of Johnson's lack of vetting as speaker

  • Johnson defends right-wing book author despite questionable views

  • Critique of Johnson's attitudes and political views
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John Oliver Exposes Freight Train Industry With Terrifying ‘Thomas The Tank Engine’ Remake
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John Oliver Exposes Freight Train Industry With Terrifying ‘Thomas The ...
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John Oliver Names The Most ‘Monumentally S**tty’ Retail Stores In America: The host of "Last Week Tonight" reveals the worst places to both shop and work in ...
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John Oliver Names The Most ‘Monumentally S**tty’ Retail Stores In America
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John Oliver on the ‘terrifying’ state of America’s freight train industry: On Last Week Tonight, the host discussed the many ways an under-regulated and ...
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John Oliver on the ‘terrifying’ state of America’s freight train industry
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John Oliver Sends Off Kissinger to Hell and Santos to Bravo: The “Last Week Tonight” host had much to say about the former U.S. secretary of state ...
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John Oliver Sends Off Kissinger to Hell and Santos to Bravo
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'Last Week Tonight' Host John Oliver Dings Apple TV+ Saying Streamer Is "Where Celebrities Go To Hide"
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'Last Week Tonight' Host John Oliver Dings Apple TV+ Saying Streamer Is ...
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John Oliver 'Last Week Tonight' Segment Derails New Zealand Bird Vote: John Oliver's recent 'Last Week Tonight' segment has derailed the voting ...
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John Oliver 'Last Week Tonight' Segment Derails New Zealand Bird Vote
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John Oliver Reveals What Really Happens When You Donate Your Body To Science: The host of "Last Week Tonight" exposes some weaknesses in the system for donating ...
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John Oliver Reveals What Really Happens When You Donate Your Body To ...
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Pūteketeke named New Zealand’s ‘bird of the century’ after John Oliver campaign: New Zealand's newly elected prime minister Christopher Luxon gave the ...
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Pūteketeke named New Zealand’s ‘bird of the century’ after John Oliver ...
Quick Glance: John Oliver's Unusual Campaign Influences New Zealand Vote
  • Comedian John Oliver successfully campaigned for an unusual bird in New Zealand's Bird of the Century contest.

  • With his humorous campaign, he managed to displace the iconic national bird, the kiwi.

  • Vote checkers in New Zealand were so overwhelmed by Oliver's foreign interference that they had to postpone the announcement of the winning bird for two days.

  • The annual event aims to raise awareness about the fate of the nation’s native birds, some of which are threatened with extinction.
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John Oliver Reminds Us Over And Over That Pete Hegseth Went To Princeton: The "Last Week Tonight" host unspooled a supercut of the Fox News personality bragging ...
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John Oliver Reminds Us Over And Over That Pete Hegseth Went To Princeton
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'Last Week Tonight' Exposes Abysmal Working Conditions of Dollar Stores
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'Last Week Tonight' Exposes Abysmal Working Conditions of Dollar ...
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'Last Week Tonight': John Oliver Talks SAG-AFTRA Strike Ending & Questions If He Needs Movies Anymore
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'Last Week Tonight': John Oliver Talks SAG-AFTRA Strike Ending & Questions ...
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John Oliver Roasts DeSantis’ ‘Pathetic’ Response to Trump Over Boots Controversy: The “Last Week Tonight” host had words for the Florida governor surrounding his ...
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John Oliver Roasts DeSantis’ ‘Pathetic’ Response to Trump Over Boots ...
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John Oliver buys Manitowoc billboard for New Zealand Bird of the Century contest, adding ‘we need your support, too’
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John Oliver buys Manitowoc billboard for New Zealand Bird of the Century ...
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John Oliver Can’t Help Piling on Boebert in Epic ‘Last Week Tonight’ Return: One story in particular stood out after 22 weeks away from the desk.
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Quick Glance: John Oliver Congratulates WGA Writers Strike
  • John Oliver returns to the Last Week Tonight desk and laments missing out on so much during the last five months that it would take a whole new version of Billy Joel's We Didn't Start The Fire to cover it.
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John Oliver Takes Down World’s Weirdest Wannabe President Javier Milei: The “Last Week Tonight” host introduced viewers to right-wing libertarian Argentinian ...
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John Oliver Takes Down World’s Weirdest Wannabe President Javier Milei
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'Last Week Tonight': John Oliver Throws Darts At Former Fox News Host Tucker Carlson
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John Oliver Tears Into CNN Analyst for Pushing ‘War Crimes’: The “Last Week Tonight” host was floored when he heard what one guest on CNN had to say this week.
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John Oliver Tears Into CNN Analyst for Pushing ‘War Crimes’
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John Oliver Relentlessly Trolls Lauren Boebert In First Show Back After Strike: The "Last Week Tonight" host obsessed over this one story that took place during ...
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Quick Glance: John Oliver Mocks Lauren Boebert in First Show After Strike
  • John Oliver covers a variety of topics in his first show after the strike.

  • One main focus was on Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), who was kicked out of a performance of the 'Beetlejuice' musical.

  • Boebert was removed for vaping, causing disruptions, and inappropriate behavior during the show.

  • John Oliver then transitioned to discussing economic problems in Italy.