Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014 – ...)

2014 • 13 seasons • Talk, Comedy • TV-MA

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Episode 8 — Essential Workers

Season 7 • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Released: 2020-04-12 • Talk/Comedy/News

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John explains how the Trump administration failed to protect the unemployed, small businesses and essential workers during the pandemic, the peeps make their unholy return, and 90s rat erotica makes John's day once again.

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Episodes

Episode 1
Medicare for All
2020-02-16

Episode 2
Modi
2020-02-23

Episode 3
Coronavirus
2020-03-01

Episode 4
Sheriffs
2020-03-08

Episode 5
Coronavirus II
2020-03-15

Episode 6
Coronavirus III
2020-03-29

Episode 7
One America News Network
2020-04-05

Episode 8
Essential Workers
2020-04-12

Episode 9
Coronavirus Misinformation
2020-04-19

Episode 10
COVID-19 Testing
2020-05-03

Episode 11
United States Postal Service
2020-05-10

Episode 12
Coronavirus Impact on Sports
2020-05-17

Episode 13
Postal Voting
2020-05-31

Episode 14
Police
2020-06-07

Episode 15
Facial Recognition
2020-06-14

Episode 16
Prisons & Jails
2020-06-21

Episode 17
Coronavirus IX: Evictions
2020-06-28

Episode 18
Conspiracy Theories
2020-07-19

Episode 19
Uighurs
2020-07-26

Episode 20
U.S. History
2020-08-02

Episode 21
Juries
2020-08-16

Episode 22
Border Wall
2020-08-23

Episode 23
RNC 2020 & Kenosha
2020-08-30

Episode 24
Supreme Court
2020-09-27

Episode 25
Election 2020
2020-10-04

Episode 26
The World Health Organization
2020-10-18

Episode 27
Asylum
2020-10-25

Episode 28
Trump & the Coronavirus and William Barr
2020-11-01

Episode 29
Election Results 2020
2020-11-08

Episode 30
Trump & Election Results
2020-11-15

Information

Creator	John Oliver
Episode air date	12.04.2020
Episode runtime	30 min
Episode rating	7.20
Genres	Talk / Comedy / News
TMDB series rating	7.8
IMDb series rating	8.8
Series status	Returning series
Age rating	17+
Country	US

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Cast

John Oliver
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