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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver( 2014)

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Overview

A half-hour satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events.

  1. John Oliver

    Creator

Series Cast

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    John Oliver

    Self - Host

Current Season

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Season 11

2024 | 30 Episodes

Season 11 of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver premiered on Feb 18 2024

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A review by Peter McGinn

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Written by Peter McGinn on Sat Apr 04 2020
I usually, but not always, get something out of each episode of John Oliver’s show. Since he goes into great detail on a different topic each week, it depends on the topic as to whether Inenjoy the episode. Sometimes he takes matters further than just talking about issues. For example, my favorite show was when he talked about how easy it is to beget non-taxable status as a church, and to illustrate, the show started its own church. It was humorous, informative and the donations they collected went to a charity, not to buy a jet for an evangelist. The other part of the show is the opening mo...

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Status

Returning Series

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Type

News

Original Language

English

Keywords

  • political satire
  • global politics
  • late-night show