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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

American late-night talk and news satire television program hosted by comedian John Oliver
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Summary

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is a television series[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,005 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver's field of work was investigative journalism[3].
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver's field of work was comedy[4].
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is the creator of John Oliver[5].
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Talk Series[6].
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Talk Series[7].
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Talk Series[8].
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series[9].
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series[10].
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Talk Series[11].
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver's instance of is recorded as television series[12].
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver's instance of is recorded as organization[13].
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver's instance of is recorded as comedy news[14].
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver's genre is comedy television series[15].
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver's genre is current affairs[16].
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver's genre is political satire[17].
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver's genre is late-night talk show[18].
  • A cast member of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver was John Oliver[19].
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver was produced by John Oliver[20].
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver's production company is recorded as Avalon Group[21].
  • The original language of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver was English[22].
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver's presenter is recorded as John Oliver[23].
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver's Commons category is recorded as Last Week Tonight with John Oliver[24].
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver was distributed by video on demand[25].
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver's original broadcaster is recorded as HBO[26].
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver's country of origin is recorded as United States[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver was produced by John Oliver[20]. A cast member of it was John Oliver[19]. It is the creator of John Oliver[5].

Publication

The original language of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver was English[22]. Genres include comedy television series[15], current affairs[16], political satire[17], and late-night talk show[18]. It was distributed by video on demand[25].

Reception

Awards received include Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Talk Series[6], a class of award[28], in United States[29], founded in 2015[30]; Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series[9], a class of award[31], in United States[32], founded in 1957[33]; and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series[34], an award[35], in United States[36], founded in 2015[37].

Why It Matters

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ranks in the top 4% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,005 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

FAQs

What awards did Last Week Tonight with John Oliver receive?

Honors received include Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Talk Series[6], Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Talk Series[7], Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Talk Series[8], and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series[9].

Related Entities

John Oliver United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  10. [19] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
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  18. [34] ↑ . variety.com. Retrieved . variety.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [22] ↑ . fernsehserien.de. Retrieved . fernsehserien.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . fernsehserien.de. Retrieved . fernsehserien.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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