Draft:Last Week Tonight with John Oliver season 4

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Season 4
No. of episodes30
Release
Original networkHBO
Original releaseFebruary 12 (2017-02-12) –
November 12, 2017 (2017-11-12)
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The fourth season of late-night talk and news satire television program Last Week Tonight with John Oliver originally aired between February 11, 2017, and November 12, 2017, on HBO in the United States.

Production

Season four aired from February 11, 2017, to November 12, 2017.[1][2] The season was produced by Avalon Television and Sixteen String Jack Productions;[3] it aired on HBO in the United States at 11 pm on Sundays.[4] Tim Carvell, John Oliver, and Liz Stanton were the executive producers on the season. Writers included Oliver, Carvell, Raquel D'Apice, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Maurer, Brian Parise, Scott Sherman, Ben Silva, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Seena Vali, and Juli Weiner. Paul Pennolino directed the season.[3]

Promotional material for the season showed Oliver on the sets of other popular HBO shows at the time like

party politics";[7] however, Oliver clarified that Last Week Tonight would cover issues influenced by the Trump administration.[8]

Reception

Episodes

See also: List of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		Main segmentOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
901
Trump vs. Truth
February 12, 2017 (2017-02-12)1.19[9]
Guest: Thomas Kopache
912
Vladimir Putin and Russia–United States relations
February 19, 2017 (2017-02-19)1.25[12]
Guests: Olivia Cipolla, Michaela Sprague, Nicole Medoro, Mishay Petronelli and Wesley Faucher (eurodance group)[10][11]
923
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), Republican replacement ideas
February 26, 2017 (2017-02-26)0.72[13]
934
Tibetan sovereignty debate and Human rights in Tibet
March 5, 2017 (2017-03-05)1.28[14]
Other segment:
Tenzin Gyatso (14th Dalai Lama
)
945
American Health Care Act
March 12, 2017 (2017-03-12)1.12[15]
Other segments: International Women's Day, Wikileaks' March 2017 CIA disclosures
Guests: Thomas Kopache, Rob Corddry (voice-over)
956
United States federal budget
March 19, 2017 (2017-03-19)1.03[16]
Other segments: Trump Tower wiretapping allegations, La Paz traffic zebras
967
Cannabis in the United States
April 2, 2017 (2017-04-02)1.18[17]
Other segments: Trump Tower wiretapping allegations, United Kingdom invocation of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, La Paz traffic zebras recap
Guest: Noel MacNeal (zebra)
978
Gerrymandering in the United States
April 9, 2017 (2017-04-09)1.15[18]
Other segments: 2017 Shayrat missile strike, Bill O'Reilly sexual harassment lawsuits
Guest: Thomas Kopache
989
2017 French presidential election
April 16, 2017 (2017-04-16)1.18[19]
Other segments: Sean Spicer Hitler–Assad controversy, Political positions of Donald Trump, 2017 Nangarhar airstrike
9910
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner
April 23, 2017 (2017-04-23)1.19[20]
Other segments: 2017 North Korean missile tests, 2017 Turkish constitutional referendum
Guest: Gilbert Gottfried (voice-over)
10011
Net neutrality II
May 7, 2017 (2017-05-07)1.18[21]
Main article:
Net Neutrality (Last Week Tonight) § "Net Neutrality II"
Other segments: Eight Mile Style v New Zealand National Party, American Health Care Act of 2017
10112
DaVita Inc.
May 14, 2017 (2017-05-14)1.36[22]
Other segments: Dismissal of James Comey, Bill English
10213
"Stupid Watergate"
May 21, 2017 (2017-05-21)1.42[23]
Other segments:
Comey memos, Transportation Security Administration
Guests: Sesame Street penguins (performed by Pam Arciero, Tyler Bunch, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, and John Kennedy
)
10314
United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement
June 4, 2017 (2017-06-04)1.22[24]
Other segments: 2017 London Bridge attack, Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
10415
2017 United Kingdom general election and Brexit negotiations
June 11, 2017 (2017-06-11)1.24[25]
Other segment: James Comey's testimony before Congress
Guest: Lord Buckethead
10516
Coal mining in the United States and Bob Murray
June 18, 2017 (2017-06-18)1.28[26]
Other segment: American Health Care Act of 2017
10617
Vaccine safety
June 25, 2017 (2017-06-25)1.31[27]
Other segments: Lawsuit over coal segment from episode 105, possible existence of Trump–Comey recordings, Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017
10718
Local news and Sinclair Broadcast Group
July 2, 2017 (2017-07-02)1.14[29]

Other segments:

Donald Trump's Twitter comments about Mika Brzezinski, Trump administration's travel ban, the Hall of Presidents wax museum in Gettysburg
Guests: Steve Schirripa, Campbell Scott, Anna Kendrick, Michael McKean, James Cromwell, and Laura Linney

Note: None of these guests appeared in person; only parts of the pre-recorded video were played. All listed guests, except Schirripa, performed a short film about the life of former president Warren G. Harding for the episode, with Harding being depicted by a waxwork purchased by Oliver from the Gettysburg Hall of Presidents wax museum.[28]
10819
Alex Jones and InfoWars
July 30, 2017 (2017-07-30)1.76[30]
Other segments: Donald Trump administration's proposed transgender military ban, Anthony Scaramucci, defeat of "skinny" Obamacare repeal
Guests: Jack McBrayer and Gilbert Gottfried (voice-over)
10920
United States Border Patrol
August 6, 2017 (2017-08-06)1.75[31]
Other segments: Presidency of Donald Trump, Stephen Miller
Guests: Will Arnett (voice-over)
11021
2017 North Korea crisis
August 13, 2017 (2017-08-13)1.93[32]
Other segment: Charlottesville attack
Guests: "Weird Al" Yankovic
11122
Nuclear waste and waste management
August 20, 2017 (2017-08-20)1.76[33]
Other segments: Departure of Steve Bannon, Donald Trump's response to Charlottesville
11223
Presidential pardon of Joe Arpaio
September 10, 2017 (2017-09-10)0.97[34]
Other segments: Bipartisan debt ceiling deal, rescinding of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
11324
Corporate consolidation
September 24, 2017 (2017-09-24)1.25[35]
Other segments:
2017 NFL U.S. national anthem protest, Tom Price and Steven Mnuchin
private jet scandals
11425
Forensic evidence
October 1, 2017 (2017-10-01)1.27[36]
Other segments: Trump administration's tax reform proposal, aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico
Guests: Josh Charles, Shannon Woodward, Josh Lucas, Samira Wiley, Robert John Burke
11526
Confederate monuments
October 8, 2017 (2017-10-08)1.30[37]
Other segments: President Trump's response to
Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations
Guests: Stephen Colbert
11627
Equifax security breach
October 15, 2017 (2017-10-15)1.25[38]
Other segments:
Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations, Decertification of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
11728
National Flood Insurance Program
October 29, 2017 (2017-10-29)0.96[39]
Other segments: Opioid epidemic, Roy Moore, Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey
11829
Economic development incentives
November 5, 2017 (2017-11-05)1.01[40]
Other segments:
The Inspectors

11930
Presidency of Donald Trump
November 12, 2017 (2017-11-12)1.20[41]
Guests: Thomas Kopache, Jack McBrayer, Tom Hanks

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